When the Atlanta Braves suddenly released two-time Cy Young Award winner Tom Glavine earlier this month shock waves were felt throughout the baseball community. It doesn't matter which side of the "were the Braves right or wrong with how they handled this move" fence you sit, what matters now is the fact that Glavine says that he isn't going to pitch again. At least not in 2009.
In a text message conversation with FOX 5 Atlanta's Buck Lanford, Glavine said, "I'm not going to pitch or do anything in baseball until at least next year."
Glavine, who's currently 21st on the all-time list with 305 wins, plans to spend the rest of the current season being a "full-time dad".
Not only had Glavine not seen major league action in 2009, but he only mustered 13 starts in 2008, a season where his ERA crept above 5.00 for the first time since his rookie year with the Braves in 1987.
Glavine is 43 right now. He'll turn 44 prior to the 2010 season. It's hard to imagine a situation where the decorated veteran will get a chance to catch on in another rotation. This seems like the perfect time to ride off into the sunset, enjoy being a "full-time dad" and begin work on a speech for Cooperstown.
Glavine will definitely need that Hall of Fame speech in about five years.
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6-19-2009 @ 3:55PM
papam11 said...
Someone has just got to explain to me how this guy has won 300 games. Whenever I watch him pitch, I see him throwing "beachballs". He's being clocked in the high 70's and low 80's, at best, yet is winning games. Anyone else throwing at those speeds would get hammered. Is it because hitters get so excited by his "puffballs" that their pupils become over-dilated and the pitch bacomes blurred? I just don't get it.
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6-19-2009 @ 7:03PM
JEREMY JUMP said...
It's called location! You don't have to throw 100mph or even 90mph to be effective. I played college ball and I hear alot from people who have never made it passed little league ball talk about how they could crush someones pitches. Just understand that if he has won over 300 games, he's better than most pitchers you have ever watched. Give the man some props, he is a Hall of Famer!
6-19-2009 @ 7:04PM
John Marshall said...
I really wish the arrogant self-centered butt head would just go away. He is quite convinced that loyalty is a one-way street.
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6-20-2009 @ 1:27AM
shibbits said...
if you think Glavine threw nothing put "puffballs" you are obviously too young to remember his pitching in the 90's when he was one of the 5 most dominant pitchers in the game...check past stats when he was throwin 92 93 with pin point control and winning 17 18 20 games a year before ya spout off about the end of the mans career.
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6-21-2009 @ 2:00PM
martins1220 said...
MR GLAVINE WILL MAKE A FANTASTIC ADDITION TO ANY TEAMS PITCHING STAFF AS A COACH.
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6-24-2009 @ 11:47PM
pier group said...
Tom Glavine is well respected and a class act here in the big "A" - we won't forget that you were the winning pitcher with our ONLY World Series win, and we won't forget all the volunteering and good deeds you do for our fair city. Good luck & God Bless, Tom
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