In Praise of Tom Glavine
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by user Josh Q. Public
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Public Service Announcement: As much as I want the Mets to lose. I mean, c’mon, we can’t have any New York team doing anything, can we? I have to root for this guy. How can I not? Big Game Tommy. That’s the moniker Willie Randolph has given him. And so far, he has lived up to it. Before we get into all that, Sherman, set the way back machine to 1984. A local kid from Billerica Mass. Bob Miller style. Yup, another Masshole. I already like the guy. Played on a high school team with future All-Star, Gary DiSarcina. The year he was drafted by the Braves, he was also drafted by the LA Kings. Ahead of Luc Robitaille. Not bad, right? A local kid and a hockey player. You have to love him. Add to that, he’s 40 years-old; he becomes one of my guys. In the Public Eye. So I watched with special interest as he took the mound last night against the Cards. I watched as he started a record 16th post season game. I watched as he pitched seven shutout innings. I watched the game before when he pitched six shutout innings against Dem Bums. Making him the first pitcher since the Rocket in 2000 to make consecutive postseason starts without allowing a run. I watched as he gave up just four hits. I watched as he was in complete command of his pitches all night. Boy, does he have great location. I watched as he looked like the Glavine of old that carried the Braves to one division title after another. I watched as he reminded us all of another Tom Terrific. I watched as Red Bird batters looked off balance, guessing at pitches and guessing wrong. I watched Glavine the Great show why he is a legitimate number one. Petey who? I will keep watching this guy. I will keep watching to see him break the 300-win barrier. Just ten shy. I will keep watching to see him win another World Series MVP. Remember, it was he, not Greg Maddux, not John Smoltz, who won that MVP in the only World Series win those Brave teams ever won. I will keep watching as Tom Glavine pitches his way into the Hall of Fame. The Crafty Lefty shows he’s still got a little somethin somethin still in the tank.
Peace out homies. Six Two and Even.
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