Monday, November 19, 2007
Tom Glavine has just signed a one-year $8 million contract with his former team, the Atlanta Braves.
Glavine turned down $13 million with the Mets clearly indicating that he would rather play with his “home-team.” Home in the sense he played the majority of his career there and his wife and four children live in Atlanta.
Adding seasoned Glavine with the Braves’ pitchers John Smoltz and Tim Hudson will create a solid pitching rotation that I think will continuously provide wins. The Braves organization was looking for another pitcher who could provide regular quality innings, and I think they hit the jackpot.
Glavine has a career 303-199 record with just a 3.51 ERA. Glavine pitched with the Braves from 1987-2002, but has come full circle to return “home” to the Braves.
Although Glavine had a rough end of last years’ season, the Braves show full confidence in him and know that he will come through with a W. After all, he did complete at least 200 innings of 14 of the past16 seasons pitched.
Glavine is excited to get back close with his family and teammates whom he played so long with. Being a long-time Braves fan, I know fans will rejoice in having Glavine back. I know the first time he steps out on the mound at Turner Field wearing a Braves uniform again; fans will stand and cheer loudly at his return.
So Braves fans, dust off those Glavine shirts, you can wear them again!
4 comments:
well, it was nice to see a player feel that family was more important than money! In our small town newspaper today the front page of the sports section gave Glavine the bigger headline than A-Rod being named MVP!!! Yeah!!!!!!
"We Believe"
It is very nice! Props to the paper for featuring Glavine over A-Rod.
Go Glavine! I'm glad to have him back, not only because of his playing ability but because it shows he's quit looking at the almighty dollar sign. When he left the Braves he got a lot of bad pubicity (he deserved it) but I think he realizes the team that pays the most isn't always the best ball club to play on!
sounds like it'll be good for the Braves! :)
Now, I know I have no idea about what kind of hardships baseball players face, but I'm thinking he (even with his family of 4) will more than scrape by with that 8 million... am I right?
:) Shoot, if that's my problem one day, choosing over 8 or 13 mill... well, if that is my problem, we're going to the mountains, Deni. And it's on me.
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