Tom Glavine
Tom Glavine
Thomas Michael "Tom" Glavineis an American retired professional baseball player. A pitcher, Glavine played in Major League Baseball for the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth25 March 1966
CityConcord, MA
CountryUnited States of America
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I think that's still part of the excitement of being out there. If I get to the point where I don't, then I don't need to be playing anymore. So at least I know I still care about it, and it matters, and I want to do well.
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Roger is the pioneer that showed us that if you eat right and take care of yourself, you can pitch into your 40s.
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With three balls, Willie told me to put him on. That took care of it for me. I was intent on trying to make pitches and get back. ... Regardless of what his numbers say, he's still capable of doing a lot of things. He's the guy you don't want beating you.
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If it happens, I'll be proud, and it would be a dream come true, though I doubt I ever thought I'd be a Hall of Famer when I started. It wasn't until late in my career that people started to mention it, and you start thinking about it a little bit.
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If he's in the lineup and he's in a key situation, I would assume you're going to see the four fingers. You're still not going to let him beat you, I don't care how slow a start he's off to.
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Bobby Cox had the biggest influence in my career and probably the second- or third-biggest influence in my life.
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There are issues that go beyond some of the things said in that article. John should have a chance to explain himself and show that the way he was portrayed in the article was not his real mindset.
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Without having read it, being told what was in the newspaper, I'm not going to deny that that conversation took place. But that's it. That's a business situation that should remain between the people that were involved. As far as my reaction to it, I really don't have one. I think the only reaction is that I don't really think it's something that needs to be public knowledge.
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This was the best one I've had. That's why I came over here rather than pitch in a minor-league game. It gives me a better sense of where I am.
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We gave him grief about everything. We always got on him about his physique, which is less than intimidating. How he'd dress sometimes. All that stuff. He was fair game. He played the game, and he gave it back. That was part of the great thing there, for the three of us to be able to be teammates as long as we were, to form a great friendship. Nowadays in baseball, that's hard to do.
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We feel like there's a window of opportunity to get something done in the next several days and we're willing to explore that, ... It hurts nobody by giving it a couple of extra days.
You go as long as you can or as long as you have to.
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Because I hadn't pitched well against them and because they're good, ... I measured myself against them.
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Both of us threw well. He threw a little bit better. It's one of those games that's tough to lose.