Topic: Frank Wren
Quotes
We appreciate and respect everything Tom has done for and brought to the Atlanta Braves organization and our fans
Braves dump lefty Tom Glavine Jun 03, 2009
This contract ensures that Chipper will play his whole career as a Brave, which was a key factor for us, our fans and for Chipper
Chipper Jones extends contract with Braves Mar 31, 2009
Not only is this a historically important day for the Braves franchise, but with Kenshin we have acquired a pitcher who will be an integral part of our pitching staff over the next three seasons
Japanese All-Star Kawakami now a Brave Jan 14, 2009
We were pleased by the report that there was not a significant injury to the elbow or shoulder that would prevent Tom from pitching in the future
Braves' Glavine undergoes surgery Aug 21, 2008
He was sore when he came out of the game
Braves put Glavine on disabled list Aug 16, 2008
Franklin E. Wren (born March 17, 1958, at St. Petersburg, Florida) is an American front office executive in Major League Baseball. Since the end of the 2007 baseball season, he has been the general manager of the Atlanta Braves
Wren attended St. Petersburg Junior College and signed with the Montreal Expos as an outfielder in 1977. In five minor league seasons, he batted .259 and peaked with a 38-game trial with the Double-A Memphis Chicks in 1980. He joined the Montreal front office as assistant director of scouting in 1987.
In September of 1991, Wren's boss, Expo GM Dave Dombrowski, accepted the position of general manager of the Florida Marlins, a National League expansion franchise set to begin play in 1993. Wren followed Dombrowski to the Marlins as the club's assistant general manager. He was promoted to vice president in 1996. In 1997, a veteran-laden Marlin club won the franchise's first World Series championship. The following year, in 1998, owner H. Wayne Huizenga would order his front office to divest the team of its high-priced veterans and the Marlins spiraled into the basement of the National League East Division. Nevertheless, Dombrowski, his front office and his farm system were considered among the best in baseball.
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