Played Like a Fookey

From K-Ros:

Furcal, the top free-agent shortstop on the open market this year, has decided to sign with the Dodgers, major-league sources say. Furcal had been debating for the last two days between the Dodgers and the Braves.

The Dodgers and Furcal were still hammering out an agreement Wednesday afternoon, sources said, but the Braves had been informed that Furcal would not accept their deal.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that Rafael Furcal is now persona non grata to Atlanta Braves fans. Whether it was him or his agents who led the Braves down this wrong turn we may never know, but either way I'm not surprised. This is the way our off-season has been, why should it change? But hey, maybe this is a blessing in disguise, I don't see how right now, but that's what I'm telling myself. Remember, Furcal was really just the means to make another move, he wasn't the real hitter we needed this off-season.

More from the D-Fab blog:

Just talked to Frank Wren, and they are not happy with the agent. Said there was an agreement, to the point of the Braves sending over the term sheet on Tuesday for Kinzer/Furcal to sign after agreeing to all the points Monday night. They never returned the term sheet.

“I think you have to be upset with the turn of events and the way,” Wren said. “We usually don’t do business this way. You don’t expect people you have to deal with to do business that way.”

Upset... yeah.

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