 Then General Manager Joe McEvane got orders in the middle of the season from his bosses to trade a few players to lower payroll. That's when another guy on this stage, John Shearholz, traded for me, bringing me to the Braves. Joe McEvane was doing me a favor by trading me as close to Tampa as possible. I was very excited to be joining a team that had been a couple of plays away from winning back-to-back championships