Daily Archives: August 6, 2007
…the buzz from Florida notes that Pedro Martinez will make a minor-league rehab start this week, ‘come hell or high water’…it may be Wednesday, it may be 
Thursday, it may be with st.lucie mets or with the gulf coast team, but it will be somewhere and with someone…
…there is a sense of urgency, because the Mets would like to get pedro at least five or six major-league starts before helping out during the playoffs, assuming the team gets to October…as it is, if pedro makes four minor-league starts right now, and has no set backs or misses a day, he will be back by the end of this month, leaving him the roughly five to six desired starts in september with the Mets…one more delay, though, and that number starts to dwindle…
…the word from new york is that Luis Castillo will be fine…he left last night’s game with a bit of dehydration and heat exhaustion…from what i can gather, it was super hot last night in chicago, with zero breeze, which is an awful combination…jut ask alfonso soriano or carlos zambrano…
…nevertheless, castillo was fine after the game, and will be back in the lineup against the Braves, which is good, because as much as i like Ruben Gotay, i was very, very intrigued by what was happening last night with castillo and Jose Reyes at the top of the lineup…
Prior to yesterday’s game, Willie Randolph continued to tell reporters that Paul Lo Duca would not be catching last night, as he continued to recover from a sore hamstring.
According to Randolph, with roughly 50 games left in the year, and hopefully a few in October, it is not worth risking Lo Duca’s overall health for one historic game.
Yet, Lo Duca was in the lineup…
Lo Duca, explaining the situation, 
while talked to reporters prior to last night’s win…
“Willie said, ‘Go ahead and punch me in the face, because I’m not going to play you.’
“I got upset a little bit, but I talked to him. I understand where he’s coming from.
“I know Willie is trying to protect me, but as a player I don’t know what to do with myself. I walk up and down the dugout bored out of my mind. I want to play. I want to be out there.”
“He said, ‘Being in my shoes, what would you do?’ I said, ‘What if you were in my shoes?’ We talked it out a little bit and I’m in there…I worked my magic.”
Of course, after the game, Randolph told reporters that he was not necessarily convinced by Lo Duca’s words, but by his actions, after having watched the catcher run the bases before the game while looking more than healthy.
Last night, Tom Glavine won for the 300th time in his career, joining only 22 other players, including just five lefties, in the history of baseball to do the same.
Glavine won his first game in 1987, he won his 100th game 
seven years later, six years later he won 200, and seven years later he won 300.
…in other words, he more or less kept up the same pace throughout his entire career…the man is nothing if he isn’t consistent…
Glavine, on 300, talking to reporters after the game…
“I think the feeling right now is probably relief…leading up to this thing, there’s a lot of emotions that go in to it…I think at some point in time, I don’t know when, the historic side of it will sink in…
“The Cy Young Award, you kind of celebrate that by yourself, and the World Championship you celebrate with your team, and that’s much more fun, this, to a degree, is probably closer to the World Championship because I know how much my teammates wanted me to get it, I know how happy they are for me and to be able to share in my personal moment with those guys means an awful lot to me…
…if you’re looking for something else to read today, you have plenty to choose from in the following…
In the New York Post, Mike Vaccarro paints Glavine as the calm, cool guy in the middle of a frenzy.
Also in the New York Post, Mark Hale talks with Glavine’s former teammate, and best friend, John Smoltz.
For coverage of Glavine’s family, read Wayne Drehs at ESPN.com, as well as MLB.com, which also includes video of his post-game press conference.
Also at MLB.com, a headline describes Glavine asm ‘The New Tom Terrific,’ for a column by Marty Noble.
At I’m Writing Sports, Nick Underhill discusses whether or not Glavine will be the last player to ever win 300.
…well, yes, assuming Randy Johnson retires…Mike Mussina will not play another seven years, like he’ll need to, and after that, it’s over…the books are closed…
At his blog, Musings and Prophecies of Metstradamus, John gives a Police-oriented apology to Glavine, and says congratulations, as well.
And, lastly, of course, in Newsday, Wallace Matthews cannot refuse an opportunity to embarrass the Mets, even on such a special night, writing, “All things considered, you gotta believe Tom Glavine would have preferred to have earned his 300th win at home…In Atlanta.”
…don’t you just love how he slips in the ya gotta believe, too…gee, what a peach…
Lastly, Glavine, on the significance of 300, while talking to reporters after last night’s game…
“It’s a huge accomplishment, obviously, on a personal note, but I sure would like to end this year with another World Championship to go along with it.”
…ding, ding…and just in time for the Braves…
