Promising Prospect to Braves Legend

Promising Prospect to Braves Legend

Published Aug. 6, 2010 7:44 a.m. ET

By Bill Shanks
Foxsportssouth.com

August 6, 2010

The date was August 8, 1987, almost 23 years ago. I was a 17-year-old kid working a DJ shift at a radio station on a Saturday afternoon in Waycross, Georgia.

As I was spinning records (yes, we actually used records back then) I saw a copy of The Florida Times-Union sports page. When I turned to page B-4, it had a story that caught my eye.

Atlanta

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