(lyrical cue from Flipper!) To the surprise of no one, former Atlanta Braves pitcher Tom Glavine has gone back to the organization that signed him, leaving Mets fans everywhere to ponder his five year stay in New York. The bottom line: thanks for basically nothing Tom, you really pitched tough this year when the chips were on the line. The stats for his last three starts, as the Mets September lead dwindled to nothing, was 10.1 innings pitched, 25 hits allowed, 17 runs allowed, all of them earned, for an ERA of just under 15.00! Not even the Red Sox could overcome those kinds of bad starts.
The overtures between Glavine and the Braves, when Tom was between contracts, was enough to infuriate many, many Mets fans, while there were some, like me, who stupidly hoped that a lot of fans had finally embraced him, especially around the time he notched his 300th career victory. It was just an illusion folks, a memory that doesn't need to be hangin' around any more.
ESPN STORY
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