It's been over eight years since former Atlanta Braves general manager John Coppolella was banned for life after MLB found several infractions into illegal signings of international players. Although Coppolella was eventually reinstated by MLB three years ago, he kept a low profile.
On Thursday morning, however, Baseball America published an article, written by Coppolella himself, announcing he was joining the publication as a contributor, and also revealing that he had been working behind the scenes in sports in the past few years.
John Coppolella returns to baseball eight years after ban
Since getting banned from baseball, Coppolella has taken an odd route to get back into the game.