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
early effort guys seeing seemed seen smoking talked trouble
There seemed to be an effort in the early '90s to kind of do away with it. You were seeing guys get in trouble or talked to if they were seen smoking on TV.
aware choose options
I've always been aware of what I eat. There are a lot of options and you have to choose carefully.
everybody guy knows played seems somewhere
A lot of times, the guy that's out there pitching, you probably played with him somewhere already, ... Nowadays, it seems like everybody knows everybody.
looks won
That's how we won them when I was there. It looks like it still works.
bit both games threw tough
Both of us threw well. He threw a little bit better. It's one of those games that's tough to lose.
energy enthusiasm fun guy stuck
The thing that stuck out about him was his energy and enthusiasm when he played. He was a fun guy to watch.
certainly complete continue last problems winning year
It's a complete reversal. It's certainly something we want to continue to do, but we have had some problems last year winning on the road, and that's something we have to do something about.
baseball certainly happen perspective time
There's always things that happen from time to time that put baseball into perspective for everybody, and this is certainly one of those instances,
anybody himself regard special view
I don't want to say he doesn't know what he's done. He just doesn't have much regard for it. He just doesn't really view himself being more special than anybody else.
agreement cap certain chance difference philosophy reach salary talking virtually work
In 1994 there was virtually no chance we were going to reach an agreement without a work stoppage, ... They were talking about a salary cap and we weren't. In this negotiating we've been talking about virtually the same thing. It's sometimes a difference in philosophy on how to reach certain goals.
deals directions echo followed game hope last major map pleased road team together wagner
I echo those comments. No question, Wagner has made us a much better team than we were last year. There's no guarantee, we still have to play, but we have to be pleased with what we have. We made two major deals and did as much as I think we could have done. It's awesome. I'm excited. They put together a game plan, a road map to success, and we followed the map very well. Now I just hope the directions are up-to-date.
game
They had a lot to do with me re-evaluating my game plan. In that sense, I'm thankful.
areas certainly evaluate expected looking stronger talent team teams
If you evaluate our team, we've certainly assembled the talent to win. Looking at some of the teams I was on in Atlanta, I can't say those teams had more talent than this team overall. Some areas are stronger than others. But the thing we always had over there was that we just expected to win.
baseball help helping humbling playing position simply
I like to be in a position of helping people. I find it very humbling that, simply by playing baseball, I'm in position to help so many people. I never take that for granted.