Doug ‘Squirrelly’ Wilder

Many reactions have erupted in the blogosphere to the news about the R-Braves. Here is another take: Today is Mayor L. Douglas Wilder’s birthday; he’s 77. This week the Atlanta Braves gave him a birthday present — now he no longer has to worry about cobbling together a deal to keep them from pulling their Triple […]

January 17, 2008; 11:55 PM • by FTRea

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Many reactions have erupted in the blogosphere to the news about the R-Braves. Here is another take:

Today is Mayor L. Douglas Wilder’s birthday; he’s 77.

This week the Atlanta Braves gave him a birthday present — now he no longer has to worry about cobbling together a deal to keep them from pulling their Triple A baseball team out of Richmond. On Monday the news broke that after this coming season, the Richmond Braves will become the Gwinnett Braves.

Now, if he can find the time, Doug Wilder must turn his attention to explaining what went wrong. He’s been so busy ducking questions about his battles with the school administration, his battles with City Council, his own office’s way of handling money, the Battery Park flood troubles, etc., that he may have to hire another squad of consultants to study the baseball issue.

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