Many in the sports world reached out today to congratulate Tom Glavine.
BILL BELICHICK
“On behalf of your favorite NFL team the New England Patriots,
congratulations on your incredible career and your 300th victory.”
STEVE CARLTON
“Congratulations, welcome to the 300 Club, and I’m looking forward to seeing you in the Hall. I’m sure this will lead to that eventuality – so
congratulations once again.”
BOBBY COX
“Tommy, congratulations on number 300. I can’t think of anybody more deserving, anybody tougher than you’ve been throughout your entire
career. And I can only think of the big game you pitched for us in our World Series championship year here in Atlanta in 1995; Game Six of the World Series, a 1-0 shutout. You’ve always been a big part of the Braves
history and now you’re making history with the New York Mets.”
WAYNE GRETZKY
“Congratulations on your 300th win. I’m so very proud of you and I want the people of New York to know and baseball fans across America to realize that you were drafted ahead of Brett Hull and Luke Robitaille.
Had you chosen hockey maybe in 1993 the Kings would have won the Stanley Cup. You were the missing link. Congratulations!”
PEDRO MARTINEZ
“I can’t tell you how happy I have been to be Tom Glavine’s teammate the last three years. He represents all that is good about baseball. He is a tremendous human being. I’m proud that I have won 200 games and to think he has won 300 games – WOW – that is an amazing accomplishment.”
LEO MAZZONE
“You never forgot that little voice whispering in your ear telling you never to give in. And you haven’t given in for 300 of them buddy. It was my privilege to be your pitching coach for a long, long, long time. I don’t think anyone else in major league history is going to win 300 anymore. It’s a testament to your talent and your mental toughness and I’m real proud of you, thanks for making me look real smart.”
BOBBY ORR
“I just wanted to congratulate you on your 300th victory. I would have loved to have seen you in our game; you would have been a great teammate. Everyone here in New England is very proud of you. So again,
congratulations, enjoy your day, and I’m proud to call you a friend.”
GAYLORD PERRY
“Congratulations for being in the 300 club, we expect many more wins.”
MIKE PIAZZA
“Congratulations on your 300th win. It’s an incredible milestone, you should be very proud. Congratulations buddy.”
TOM SEAVER
“Well Mr. Glavine, welcome to the 300 Club. It’s a very select group. It’s a measure of excellence over a long period of time. I’m proud to have you in that group and I think number 310 might be a good time to
call it quits.”
ALLEN H. (BUD) SELIG
“On behalf of Major League Baseball, I congratulate you on becoming the 23rd pitcher in baseball history to reach the 300 career wins milestone. You join many of the greatest pitchers who have ever lived in achieving this increasingly rare feat. It has been a pleasure to watch your outstanding career unfold. You have won with professionalism and class, and your devotion to our national pastime is an example for all of your peers. I personally have known your great dedication and am very proud of your contributions to the game on and off the field.”
DON SUTTON
“I feel like I owe you an apology. I remember when I first saw you pitch and I got to know you a little bit I said this man is going to win 200 games, sorry I shortchanged you. I always kind of felt a special
affection for you, kind of like a little brother. I want you to share it with the teammates and the friends who have never wavered in the support of your goal and their belief that this definitely was a worthy goal and
you were going to get it. I hope when things slow down just a little bit you pull up a chair in a quite corner and pour yourself something good from Napa Valley, I know you have some of it and then pat yourself
on the back because you did it the hard way. You had to work; you had to be a pitcher. You didn’t throw 99 miles an hour, but you mastered the art of pitching. I couldn’t be happier for anyone I have ever known in the game.”
JOHN SMOLTZ
“Well we’ve been locker mates for a long time, 16 years, and we play golf together. We were able to see each other at our worst and best moments in baseball, and got to see the side that nobody else got to
see. I have seen you through some of the toughest times and watched you persevere on and off the field. Congratulations Tommy on win number 300. Your perseverance, your workouts, your dedication has allowed you to get to this point. You are part of an elite group. You’re headed to Hall of Fame.”
CHARLIE WEIS
“As you reach this milestone 300th win, I’m reflecting a little bit about all those times you were pitching for the Braves against the Yankees in the World Series and now with the Mets. In the rest of baseball history, it will be very seldom that this milestone will be reached. On behalf of everyone here at Notre Dame and all the people from Massachusetts, from my days with the Pats, I just want to congratulate you and tell you how proud we are for you to have
accomplished this feat. Congrats to you and your family and we wish you nothing but the best.”
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“As a long time Mets fan, congratulations on win 300 but you will always be an Atlanta Brave to me”
Kranepool
Yeah glavine’s a brave. but he was the only brave with Class. Thats why he left them to play for a real team. ;-]
I find it funny how Pedro had to plug himself at 200 wins.
The other pitchers said welcome to the club and look forward to more wins. not once talking about their actual number of wins. I think Pedro allowed a little jealousy to leak through, because he knows he’s done with baseball and will never see 300.
John –
Thanks for sharing those congratulations with us. Nothing shows the measure of a person more than the words of their peers at a time like this. It is respect that I see and hear from them and it is well deserved.
Tom Glavine will fit right in with the ‘300 Club’members.
What do you think the future holds for Tommy?
TOM SEAVER
“Well Mr. Glavine, welcome to the 300 Club. It’s a very select group. It’s a measure of excellence over a long period of time. I’m proud to have you in that group and I think number 310 might be a good time to
call it quits.�
I hope Glav gets to 312.
Nice compilation of quotes, John. Hmmm … I wonder what kind of congratulatory messages Bonds got?
Tommy is part Met and part Brave. So for the Met part of him I am proud and congratulate him on this rare milestone achievement.
I don’t think Pedro is jealous at all—not in a small petty way. I also don’t think he’s done. Don’t know how good he’ll be when he gets back, but I think he’ll be very competitive. Am really looking forward to his return.
Mr. BMC guess you don’t know humor when you read it.
Call me crazy here, but does anybody think David Wright has a legitimate chance of winning the NL MVP? You look at others who are having good seasons (Cabrera – bad team, Ramirez – bad team, Utley – injured, Pujols – bad team). Nobody is having a historic season.
Among contenders, I’d say Eric Byrnes and Prince Fielder have a good shot at winning, but they compare very favorably to Wright thus far.
Granted, I’d take the Mets winning the NL East over any individual award, but its food for thought.
“Chewing, chewing, chewing…!”
Pedro wasn’t plugging anything, it was a self depricating comparison.
Oh and for the record, I’ll take Pedro’s career over any of the Brave trio.
SNY had a nice program with various past/former teammates of Tom’s commenting on his accomplishment.
Included was Tom terrific talking about what made the other Tom such a good pitcher.
Yeah I saw this on adam rubins blog earlier. Did you copy and paste it straight from his site?
What time will SNY be airing pedros wed start? They said they would have it live but didnt give a time.
Hot Corner – Wright’s not gonna get MVP unless he gets really hot. Fielder has been the man this year, and will get it unless he keeps slowing down. Byrnes is an interesting one I hadn’t thought about, especially because of his defense.
Bonds got some one sentence congratulations, then Selig talked about the controversey for the rest of the statement. He really hates Bonds for breaking the record.
The Truth – it was also in Newsday today, did Rubin copy and paste it from there?
Way to get your knickers in a bunch over nothing.
all in all you know what is the best right now?
the list on the right side of this browser
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15-20 long years. and there we are back in the saddle.
Lets Go Mets Go!
bloody browser didnt like cut n paste
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