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Tom Glavine began his baseball career back in 1984 when he was drafted by the Atlanta Braves organization. He made his Major League debut August 17, 1987 against the Houston Astros and notched his first career win one start later on August 22 - a 10-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Glavine amassed a lengthy, successful reign with the Braves (which included two Cy Young awards, five seasons of 20 or more wins, and a World Series MVP), before heading to the New York Mets in December 2002 via free agency.
On August 5, 2007, he became just the 23rd pitcher in Major League Baseball to win his 300th career game, as the Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs 8-3 at Wrigley Field.
After five seasons with the Mets, Glavine became a free agent in November 2007 and returned to the Braves, signing a deal with the team he began his storied career with.
Glavine made 13 starts in the 2008 season, undergoing season-ending elbow and shoulder surgery. After rehabbing during the offseason, Glavine agreed to a one-year deal with the Braves on February 20, 2009, but he suffered a shoulder-related setback and was eventually released by the Braves on June 3.
Glavine announced his retirement on February 11, 2010 and was hired as a special assistant to team president John Schuerholz. He assists him on baseball and business projects, and works on special assignments for general manager Frank Wren. Glavine also does occasional Braves TV and radio broadcasts as well.
On August 6, 2010, Glavine was inducted into the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame and had his number retired in a pre-game ceremony.
LATEST UPDATES
| Tuesday, January 24, 2012 |
| Christopher Garcia was nice enough to email me some Tom Glavine photos he had/located. They are from 1988-89. You can find them HERE. Thanks again, Christopher! |
| Thursday, January 12, 2012 |
| The 20th Annual Tom Glavine's Spring Training benefiting the Georgia Transplant Foundation is scheduled for Saturday, January 21 at the Delta Air Transport Heritage Museum. For more information on the event, including sponsorship opportunities, CLICK HERE. |
| Sunday, January 1, 2012 |
| Happy New Year! Hope everyone is doing well. My apologies for the lack of updates. I found a GORGEOUS photo of Tom Glavine on Pouya Dianat's facebook page from a recent photoshoot. I've added it to the gallery HERE. Finally, I wanted to send my deepest sympathies to Braves trainer Jeff Porter and his family, after the car accident yesterday that resulted in the death of his wife, Kathy. My heart hurts for all of their friends and family. |
| Tuesday, September 27, 2011 |
| Screen Caps and a video of Tom Glavine from yesterday's Braves-Phillies broadcast are added to the site. I'm pretty much done with the Gallery re-arranging as well. |
| Sunday, September 25, 2011 |
| Better late than never: I've posted Tom Glavine screen caps and a video from the Sept. 18th Braves-Mets game. Enjoy! Sorry for the delay. Also, Glavine did a recent interview on MLB Radio. I've added a snippet of the interview to the Audio section. And, I'm still tinkering with the Gallery (It still works, and everything is there, I'm just re-arranging stuff) My apologies! |
| Thursday, September 22, 2011 |
| Just a heads up: I'm in the process of re-arranging stuff in the Photo Gallery. I'm consolidating several of the folders into one big Photos folder, to make things easier. I'm not finished yet, so if you visit the gallery, I apologize for things not being completely organized at the moment. |
| Sunday, September 18, 2011 |
| Tom Glavine and John Smoltz have been named to the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. You can read more about that HERE. Congratulations to both! Tom is in the booth alongside Joe and Chip today for the Braves-Mets game. I will hopefully have screen caps and a video in the next few days. My apologies for not having them up today. |
| Sunday, September 4, 2011 |
| I've added screen caps and a video from the August 31st Braves-Nationals game that Tom Glavine did. Sorry for the delay. I also have screen caps and a video from today's Braves-Dodgers game as well. |
| Wednesday, August 30, 2011 |
| Tom Glavine did the Braves-Nationals game last night alongside Joe Simpson. I've added screen captures and a video to the site. Also, I've updated to the Quiet Heroes page with information on this year's event. There are some super cool Glavine-related things up for auction at the event. |
| Thursday, August 25, 2011 |
| Tom Glavine did the Braves-Cubs game last night alongside Joe and Chip. I've added screen caps and a video to the site. |
| Wednesday, August 24, 2011 |
| Tom Glavine did the Braves-Cubs game last night alongside Joe and Chip. I've added screen caps and a video to the site. He should be doing tonight's game as well. Yay. :) |
| Tuesday, August 23, 2011 |
| Tom Glavine did the Braves-Cubs game last night alongside Joe and Chip. I've added screen caps and a video to the site. I believe he's doing this entire series, so I should have additional stuff over the next couple of days too. |
| Tuesday, August 16, 2011 |
| Tom Glavine did the Braves-Giants game last night alongside Joe Simpson. I've added screen caps and a video to the site. Enjoy! :) |
