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Tom Glavine will face the Mets today, for the first time since leaving for Atlanta via free agency last winter.
He is 1–1 with a 4.41 ERA this season for the Braves.
…glavine will be pitching against John Maine, who was essentially a student of glavine’s last season…hopefully, pitching against his former mentor will not mess with johnny’s head…
For more on Glavine, read the New York Post.
…glavine was terrible against the Braves after joining the Mets…it would be nice if he could return the favor by being terrible against the Mets after re-joining the Braves…
Speaking of Braves pitchers, if John Smoltz is ever able to return from the disabled list, he’ll likely pitch from the bullpen and not the starting rotation, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Hahaha hope they take advantage and pound this guy…Take em out in the first inning guys. LGM
I really hope so too. I liked Glavine as a Met. I thought he was a good clubhouse influence, but we gotta be able to hit him. I could see Wright having success against him.
I can see Wright getting absolutely zero to hit. Everything off the plate and down. The good thing is Glavine is not the type of sidearming lefty that can easily get left handed hitters out. We should be fine and Delgado should be able to get around on Glavines fastball
such a HUGE end of the month, with HOTlanta and Florida and teh NL West contending Dodgers..this may very well make or break the team’s will…regardless, i for one will be rooting HARD for my team,s tarting with ditching work early today for some wings and beers for the 1pm game
You have no idea how good that sounds.
take me too!!!!
I want your job. Have fun.
He’s Bobby Bonilla
I know everyone wants the Mets to go out and pound on Glavine, and while there would be a certain satisfaction to be gathered from that, I myself would find it more satisfying for John Maine to go out and win a real pitcher’s duel, and beat Glavine 2-1 or 1-0.
I know all we remember is the last few starts that Glavine made here, which were terrible indeed, but let us not forget the positive contributions that he made to this team for a few years. He was always the consummate professional and always battled. He may not always have been successful, but he did go to the mound prepared to win every fifth day.
Agreed. That being said, if Glavine’s here, Johan probably isn’t. And, I’d love to see the Mets run Glavine early and tire out the Atlanta pen for the nightcap.
Oh yeah, it would be silly to argue that the Mets should have kept Glavine - his tenure here was done, but I think we still should all appreciate what he did for the club.
I love exciting games, and I’m itching to see the Mets win a comeback in a “battle of the bullpens,” but all of that said, by preference for today is 15-0.
Maine’s been a real gamer this year, and the scary thing is that he could be even better…his strikeout rate is down and his walk rate up from last year. Let’s hope we get a lot of innings out of him so our ‘pen is rested for the nightcap.
No way. I want the Mets to continue pounding the ball. None of this pitchers dual crap. Mets win 5-2.
I promise you that there will be, at the very least, dual pitchers.
I also agree. Glavine gave his heart to the Mets for 5 years. He pitched through some terrible starts and learned how to be effective. I will always remember his start against the Cardinals in the NLCS when he shut them down so effectively, leading Pujols to say “he wasn’t that good.” Ha! That game stands out just as vividly as does hiw last miserable start.
Glavine was great with the fans and with kids especially, giving autographs easily and even on days that he started. His behavior in this regard was much more fan friendly than any other member of the Mets through the years he was with them. We should beware riding down every former Met who we encounter anyway. Not a good showing for us as fans I think. I was at the game when Darryl Strawberry came back the first time as a Dodger. I never heard such booing! The he hit a homer and we all cheered, because we suddenly saw that we really loved him and and his ability to drive a ball. I know he was home-grown, and Glavine is suspect because he went back to the hated Braves. But there was a lot of shared respect and love between mets fans and Glavine; we shouldn’t forget that.
Any other readers going to be at the Ted this afternoon?
We should have the run of the place for the afternoon game if we can get the early lead. Hopefully the John Maine Express keeps rolling.
Would love to… Don’t have anybody to go with, All my Mets friends are working and can’t take the day….
In fairness to Glavine, after the first couple of years, he actually pitched pretty well in most of his starts against Atlanta.
Glavine will be remembered for 3 things with the Mets: His first start on Opening Day 2003 against the Cubs, his last start, and the fact that the Braves destroyed him his first few times out. Oh, and that he never really wanted to be here in the first place. The fact that he pitched extremely well in the 2006 postseason, and was effictively the 1 or 2 starter for this team for 5 years, is completely lost.
I’m not getting any warm fuzzies about Tommy, but just saying.
That said, I’ll take 7 tuns without an out today.
I guess he pitched OK in teh post season. He kinda gave up a lead against St. Louis in Game 3. I hold no grudges though.
He actually pitched a gem in game 1, but he did pitch a mediocre game 5 to put the Mets in a 3-2 hole. He also pitched a stellar game 2 vs. the Dodgers in the NLDS. All in all he pitched really well.
I’ll remember the fact that his 300th win came in a Mets uniform. Personally. I think others will too.
Actually, he was 4-11 against Atlanta, with an ERA over 5. (I didn’t realize it was so bad.) His 5 year record was 0-4, 1-2, 1-2, 1-1, and 1-2. His ERA against them the last three years was a respectable 3.40.
yeah, it’s Glavine, but more importantly it is a road divisional game.
hopefully Glavine doesn;t get out of the 5th due to his high pitch count and we start the 4 games in 3 days by taxing their bullpen.
in the end, it is all about wins and losses and I am happy to see Glavine pitching the first game, hoping that he does not go deep into the game.
I want to see 24-19 by the end of today. Johnny Maine is pitching the first game, correct? Whose pitching tonight? Is it Pelf?
Vargas.
thanks!
Who is 4-1 lifetime at the Ted.
I have no hard feelings regarding Glavine…probably because I never accepted him as a Met. He rarely pitched well against the Braves, at first I attributed it to the Mets’ lineup when he first joined the team. Then, I just figured that Atlanta’s lineup had the book on him.
His performance last year is what Met fans will choose to remember by, perhaps rightly so. But, I will remember him for not missing starts and usually giving the club 6 strong innings and k