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Former Braves manager Gonzalez laughs off clumsy firing

Gonzalez found out about firing from automated email from travel agency

In this April 13, 2016, file photo, Atlanta Braves former manager Fredi Gonzalez, right, with general manager John Coppolella sitting at left, talks with the media before a game against the Washington Nationals on April 13 at Nationals Park, in Washington. Braves general manager John Coppolella confirmed the firing of Gonzalez, in his sixth season, Tuesday. - photo by Alex Brandon

0519Gonzalez — In this April 13, 2016, file photo, Atlanta Braves former manager Fredi Gonzalez, right, with general manager John Coppolella sitting at left, talks with the media before a game against the Washington Nationals on April 13 at Nationals Park, in Washington. Braves general manager John Coppolella confirmed the firing of Gonzalez, in his sixth season, Tuesday. - photo by Alex Brandon

VILLANOVA, Pa. — Fredi Gonzalez brought two bottles of wine and knocked on the hotel room door of Atlanta general manager John Coppolella for a late-night bull session. Gonzalez also brought his personal spoiler alert — that he knew he was out as manager of the Braves and had found out not by pink slip, but an automatically generated email. Gonzalez received an email Monday that had been sent from the team’s travel agency that informed him his flight for the next day had been booked from Pittsburgh to Atlanta.

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