Tom Glavine signed with the Atlanta Braves. Gee, there's a shock. He never wanted to leave there in the first place. John Schuerholz told us all that when he wrote in his book how Glavine begged to take him back the night before he signed with the Mets in 2003.
Glavine was 61-56 as a Met. His best season was 2006 and that was only one that remotely resembled the pitcher the Mets were expecting to be getting when they originally signed Glavine.
Hind sight is always 20-20, so it's easy for me to sit here and say that he was very average over his 5 years at Shea. The best thing he did for the Mets was eat up innings, which is great if you're the #4 or #5 starter on a team. But Glavine was brought in to be a big game pitcher and help the Mets finally beat the Barves. Ironically, he could not have been more opposite of those expectations.
The Braves were the one team he just couldn't beat. Maybe it's because his heart was always with them and not with the team that was shelling out millions of dollars to him. He never won really big games for the Mets and when all the chips were on the table, we should have seen that debacle against Florida coming. The funny thing is that Glavine had a good career in the post season for the Braves. Interesting.
I'm not saying that he tried to lose, but I am saying that his heart wasn't in it when he was a Met. All he wanted was to go back to the team that turned their backs on him. You would think that since the Mets practically rolled out the red carpet for him every game he started that he would have given a little more. They always say you want what you can't have.
So here is a certain hall of famer going back to Atlanta with his tail between his legs. In my eyes, his left his dignity on the mound at Shea when Willie finally pulled him after 2/3 of an inning in the biggest game of the season.
Can't wait to see your first start against the Mets at Shea next Tommy-boy!
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