"The talk around baseball is why don't the Cubs spend more money?"

Torborg has been in or around baseball for 39 of his 60 years.

"I think the love of children and missing the game had a lot to do with wanting to be around baseball again," he said.

"I've been around baseball my whole life and I've seen the game from the inside out."

But others around baseball are skeptical and believe he could be a Yankee before long.

The way he sees it, he's just a guy who's been around baseball a little longer than most.

Many in and around baseball are upset, except perhaps the player who has the most reason to be.

Still, there is much skepticism around baseball that a new policy can be put in place by next season.

But he is discussing his options, executives around baseball say.

But in the minds of many around baseball, Atlanta deserves better.