mets84

http://www.newsday.com/sports/ny-sbw...1201318.column

I'm not about to pretend that Glavine is Mr. Met because he won #300 in orange and blue, but come on... october curveballs and persecuted chop-shoppers are one thing, but this is probably the sport's final 300-game winner, and for newsday to choose to tell the story this way is flat-out disgraceful.

freakzilla11

While some of what he says is true (especially Met fans looking at him as a Brave), why **** on the moment?

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uphill struggle

In the era of the transient free agent, this is not surprising, nor is it uncommon.

What is, is the way Mets fans have embraced Glavine as if he were one of their own, born and bred a Met and bleeding orange and blue.


see, what met fans should have done last night is bring signs that say "go back to atlanta." that's what any good fan would do. why embrace someone who just made history when he played most of his career on another team?
now yank fans of course can wallow in 500 like a pig in **** because A-Rod is a true Yankee now

Busyman

When have Met fans really ever embraced Glavine? To me he's always been kept at arms length by the fans at best. Hell, there have been times when he's been out and out despised by the fans.

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QuantumBaseball

I agree 84. He won his 300th game in a Mets uniform (Seaver wasn't given that opportunity); watching on espn I was forced to look at his cheerleader wife every 43 seconds; he won the game (and the series) for the Mets; he helped the Mets maintain their lead on the second and third place teams. To me, in the year 2007, this is all good!

Maybe many Mets fans haven't embraced him (certainly not on MOFO referring to him as Mrs Glavine and other uncomplimentary names), but he is a NY Met in 2007-the year he won his 300th game. To me, he is a NY Met, and will be until he goes somewhere else for a ton of money. Today I'm a fan of his; next year....well, we'll see.

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NeilAllen

Now here's a shocking statement by Wally:

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Ajax

We're in an era where we forgive our enemies. Japan, Viet Nam and Red China are big time trade partners now. You gotta keep up with the times. Glavine was a Brave and NOW he's a Met. Get used to it.

Shooter Mcgavin

Glavine has been here for 5 seasons now. For the first 3 years he pitched so so and that's why the fans didn't embrace him. Last season he pitched great and it seemed the Mofo warmed up to him. His first love will always be the Braves. Just like Kieth Hernandez and his Cardinals.

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KingOlerud

You have to admire how he used the "at home. In Atlanta." gimmick twice.

firststringer

Here's the line that made me click out of the article:

"But the fact is, Glavine has never really looked comfortable in a Mets uniform and you've never been fully comfortable with him wearing one".

I absolutely love when people I don't know tell me what I'm uncomfortable with...

freakzilla11

Can someone listen to Wally's ESPN radio show today and tell me what he says?

Oh, wait... nevermind. He's a better radio host than writer anyways.

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Busyman

Funny that he writes then when in the same article he's scratching his head at Met fans embracing Glavine as one of their own. How can one be embracing him and not be fully comfortable with him as a Met at the same time?

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Green Must Go

I think one thing that sticks in Mets fans heads is that despite this being Glavine's fifth season with the team, his family never moved out of Atlanta. That was even a big factor in whether he would resign with the Mets.

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The_Kings_of_Quit

Look, despite where he pitched before he came here, and despite how god-awful he's looked at times (especially against Atlanta early in his Mets tenure), how can you really root AGAINST a guy, who, by all accounts, is a stand-up, respectful, NICE guy, who has done nothing or said nothing to embarrass this organization or even HINT that his heart was broken that he had to come back here. I think he's been a pretty solid Met.

Will he always be a Brave at heart? Of course. He started there. Spent, what 16 great years there, winning and performing at amazing levels. I'm pretty sure he wanted to end there.

That's ok. He's a Met, and he has given us some pretty great moments in his tenure here, including some impressive post-season starts, after having come off a serious health scare.

What, really, is not to like about the guy, short of some puzzlingly bad performances at times that are in much smaller supply than his good ones.

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