I just read an article on Mets.com, by respected beat writer Marty Noble, which stated that it is possible that Tom Glavine may not return to the Mets in 2007.
According to Noble, and I quote:" Glavine will see how the season plays out, and the playoffs, and then decide which city he wants the road to number 300 to be through".
Glavine is currently 13 wins shy of 300, so he wont get there this year. One had always assumed that with only one more year to get to 300, he would go back to the Mets. That having been said..
If baseball was not solely about economics, Glavine should do one thing, and one thing only: Call Braves GM John Scherholtz, bury the hatchet, and return to Atlanta for whatever the Braves can afford to pay him, to win number 300 in Atlanta. Glavine has made over 40 million dollars just in the years from 2003 to 2006, not counting what he made in the 1990s. He is probably set for life, and doesnt need the money. The man won 242 games, 11 division championships, and the most important game in Braves history, Game 6, of the 1995 World Series, in Atlanta. Imagine how it would be to have him win number 300 there.
That being said, looking at the Braves situation, this is unlikely to happen. They have Mike Hampton, a much younger lefty, coming back next year from Tommy John surgery. They still have John Smoltz, and Tim Hudson. Horacio Ramirez will be a free agent, as will John Thomson. Thomson likely is gone, with his last two injury plagued seasons, and maybe Ramirez is too.
If baseball wasnt solely about money, this would be a great scenario. I doubt it is going to happen, though. My bet is that Glavine hangs on one more year at Shea, and wins number 300 in New York, the same place Phil Niekro did, after winning 268 games with the Braves. Hopefully, when he makes the Hall of Fame, Glavine should, and will, go in wearing a Braves cap.
Mitch
According to Noble, and I quote:" Glavine will see how the season plays out, and the playoffs, and then decide which city he wants the road to number 300 to be through".
Glavine is currently 13 wins shy of 300, so he wont get there this year. One had always assumed that with only one more year to get to 300, he would go back to the Mets. That having been said..
If baseball was not solely about economics, Glavine should do one thing, and one thing only: Call Braves GM John Scherholtz, bury the hatchet, and return to Atlanta for whatever the Braves can afford to pay him, to win number 300 in Atlanta. Glavine has made over 40 million dollars just in the years from 2003 to 2006, not counting what he made in the 1990s. He is probably set for life, and doesnt need the money. The man won 242 games, 11 division championships, and the most important game in Braves history, Game 6, of the 1995 World Series, in Atlanta. Imagine how it would be to have him win number 300 there.
That being said, looking at the Braves situation, this is unlikely to happen. They have Mike Hampton, a much younger lefty, coming back next year from Tommy John surgery. They still have John Smoltz, and Tim Hudson. Horacio Ramirez will be a free agent, as will John Thomson. Thomson likely is gone, with his last two injury plagued seasons, and maybe Ramirez is too.
If baseball wasnt solely about money, this would be a great scenario. I doubt it is going to happen, though. My bet is that Glavine hangs on one more year at Shea, and wins number 300 in New York, the same place Phil Niekro did, after winning 268 games with the Braves. Hopefully, when he makes the Hall of Fame, Glavine should, and will, go in wearing a Braves cap.
Mitch
