Comments on: News: Braves release Tom Glavine

By: Chan Ho Parking Lot

Chan Ho Parking Lot — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:32:48 +0000

I’m no big fan of Glavine either, but his refusal to give in as you mentioned was pitching smarts. He deserves credit for that. I remember a game when the Mets had a 4-1 lead against the Phils and it was based loaded with Ryan Howard at the plate. He gave Howard absolutely nothing to hit and Howard walked and it was 4-2. Citizens Bank Park was going crazy. Then, he gets the next guy out – inning over. 4-2 Mets. He sacrificed a run there instead of giving Howard a pitch he could drive which could have made it 6-4 Phils. That was smart pitching. Most other pitchers would have no choice but throw strikes to Howard because of their fear of walking a run in.

By: Chan Ho Parking Lot

Chan Ho Parking Lot — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:27:07 +0000

Like I said, he felt it was not the right thing to say at that particular time:

“Was it the right time to make that point?” he asked rhetorically. “Probably not. I was trying to find comfort in what was an otherwise miserable day.”
“Believe me, I understand what it feels like when your favorite team loses,” he said. “I’m sorry about that. It was not my intent.”

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:38:00 +0000

actually that is not what he said at all, he said he understood how people might have misunderstood his emotions, but he was not devastated, and it was not a poor choice of words, it is baseball a game at the end of the day, if you are ever devastated by it, you have far too much invested in it.

By: Mets5rocks

Mets5rocks — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:35:57 +0000

I agree Glavine’s time as a Met is done for a couple of reasons: A) The Fans would never hear of it! B) Tom Glavine had all he could do to not hang up the spikes with his last setback while with his cherished Braves. I fully expect Tom Glavine to retire in short order, that is if he’s not arrested for attempting to throttle Frank Wren for making him go through all that rehab only to be released!

By: starz31

starz31 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:33:59 +0000

Exactly…this move has a lot to with how good Tommy Hanson is. Tom Glavine may feel like he is not done b/c they would probably have let him retire instead…but he prolly wanted to play and tommy hanson is far and away a better option…so, glavine had to go.

Point is, watch out for Hanson.

By: nyj0126

nyj0126 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:59:18 +0000

Tom’s worked hard this spring and the last couple months though. It’d kind of leave an empty feeling to just drop your glove and walk away like this. That’s not how Tom wants to walk away. It’s only been 1 1/2 years since Glavine was a Met. Joining another team, like the Yankees or Red Sox, would be different, because he’d be around a bunch of new guys. He knows most of the Mets, he’s got a good relationship with ownership, Omar and Jerry was his bench coach for three years. If it’s not retirement, who besides the Mets? It’s all he’s know outside of Atlanta. Honestly, I think the Braves would have wanted to use him in the bullpen, but he probably said no, which was why they released him.

By: nyj0126

nyj0126 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:56:55 +0000

I’m suprised 70 percent of people said no. Perhaps some of that is tied to his last start as a Met. Or another logic could be that he’s not a headache or over-the-hill guy injury prone guy with an ego worth taking on, which is what’s already too prevalent on this roster. In any instance, as a cheap 5th starter, it’s good insurance, considering Redding’s looking awful in his last two starters. One more poor Redding outing, and Figueroa deserves a shot, since he didn’t actually do bad in his only, nor did he for over a month last season.

By: VegasMet

VegasMet — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:54:24 +0000

Sorry, but a very loud NO! to signing Glavine. Sure, I know he got us some wins, and we shouldn’t judge him solely on his last start. But the truth is that Tom was always a Brave at heart. More importantly (for me) he was unbearable to warch, Even when he was pitching well, that nibbling BS was excruciating.

The commentators have always had a love affair with the phrase, “he refused to give in” to a batter. All that meant to me was he would walk the bases loaded trying to find a soft spot in the lineup.

I found him as hard to watch as Trachsel. Now that Padilla has become available, I hope that Omar will explore that option and leave senior citizen Glavine for some other desperate team.

By: Chan Ho Parking Lot

Chan Ho Parking Lot — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:04:48 +0000

Maybe so, but it wasn’t the right thing to say at the time he said it. Glavine himself even admitted that it was a poor choice of words on his part.

By: Hit The Weights Zeile

Hit The Weights Zeile — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:55:37 +0000

is this a joke, are you people on drugs. Tom Glavine was done 2 years ago what makes you think after an injury and surgery that he is going to get ANYONE out now. No tom glavine, no pedro martinez. This is what happens when Omar YET AGAIN can not have a COMPLETE offseason. Remember all the morons on here saying Dunn strikes out too much or he was a product of Cincy? Im sure thats what you were thinking when he hit the farthest HR in citifield’s short history. Omar screwed up he got Krod/Putz and patted himself on the back for 4 months he never got that extra bat or arm for the rotation and now here we are looking for that player we shouldve gotten in January.