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Schuerholz feted as he enters Braves’ Hall
- Updated: August 19, 2016
ATLANTA — John Schuerholz playfully said he did not know what acerbic meant until he met the oft-sarcastic Stan Kasten. At the same time, Schuerholz savors all that has transpired since he changed his mind and accepted Kasten’s invitation to leave the comforts of Kansas City to accept the challenge of guiding the Braves through the final stages of a rebuild.
Schuerholz initially declined Kasten’s invitation to become the Braves’ general manager two days after the 1990 season and then called back three days later to say, “I made a mistake,” to which Kasten replied, “Yeah, I know.”
More than a quarter century later, Kasten was among the countless friends, family members and former employees who gathered at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Atlanta on Friday afternoon to shower Schuerholz with appropriate praise as he and Andruw Jones became the latest inductees into the Braves’ Hall of Fame.
“Individually, this is at the top of the mountain for me,” Schuerholz said. “When you hear [yourself] being talked about one moment after the other and you continue to hear those things, it’s a little overwhelming.”
Kasten, who is now the president and CEO of the Dodgers, Hall of …
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