Braves to Retire Glavine's Number
by gondeee on May 11, 2010 11:52 AM EDT
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PrintThe Braves will retire their second number in as many years on August 6th, when they retire Tom Glavine's uniform number 47. Here is the blurb from the official release:
The Atlanta Braves will pay tribute to their former pitcher Tom Glavine on Friday, August 6 by inducting him into the Braves Hall of Fame and retiring his uniform number. The induction will take place at a special luncheon and the uniform number retirement will occur in a pre-game ceremony that night before the Braves take on the San Francisco Giants.
"Tom has been, and continues to be, a very special part of the Atlanta Braves organization," said Atlanta Braves President John Schuerholz. "There’s no greater honor than inducting him into our Hall of Fame and making sure his Braves uniform number 47 is retired and finds its rightful place alongside other great Braves Hall of Famers."
Glavine’s number 47 will be the seventh Braves uniform number to be retired, joining Hank Aaron (44), Eddie Mathews (41), Dale Murphy (3), Phil Niekro (35), Warren Spahn (21) and Greg Maddux (31). The Braves also retired the number 42 along with all Major League Baseball teams to honor Jackie Robinson.
And the healing process between the Braves and Glavine should be complete after this. I'm guessing next year we'll get #6 and #29 added to that list of retired numbers... and at this pace we might get #10 too.
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Thanks ...
Tommy G,for a zillion great moments!!!
by mikie baseball on May 11, 2010 12:01 PM EDT reply actions
Oh...
I see what you did there, a gentle dig at Chipper. Agreed though.
Congrats to Glavine. He and the Triumvirate provided many great memories.
+1
Another uninnocent, elegant fall into the unmagnificent lives of adults...
by Smoltz's Beard on May 11, 2010 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Game 6 is still my all-time favorite sports moment.
Still bitter over Tony Pena, though. Granted, Tom got a whole lot of defensive help from his fielders, but if Tony Pena doesn’t hit that bloop, we get the only World Series-winning no-hitter in the history of baseball. I say “only” because I doubt it will ever happen.
Weekend Editor, SB Nation
ye olde news is ye olde gondeee
Sober up and post quicker or I may have to pull a bigjoe and go start my own blog. Nah, all I’d ever write about was how the Braves have been shite since they traded Klesko.
Shouldn't Wes Timmons get a shot at 3B over that Chipper guy everybody talks about?
by Rhyno18 on May 11, 2010 12:20 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I’ll take Twitter for $600, Alex.
Its what all the cool kids are doing these days.
Shouldn't Wes Timmons get a shot at 3B over that Chipper guy everybody talks about?
totally
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
dude
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
I was stuck in an hour and half meeting this morning when this broke. Trust me, I got the press release and I would have had this info first if I had been around.
The only thing you were stuck in was a bottle of cheap gin
Shouldn't Wes Timmons get a shot at 3B over that Chipper guy everybody talks about?
+1
Another uninnocent, elegant fall into the unmagnificent lives of adults...
by Smoltz's Beard on May 11, 2010 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Awesome! I went to the game where they retired Maddux’s number, hopefully I can go to this one too!
by MBL1 on May 11, 2010 12:28 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I was there for that one too....
Too bad this one can’t be against the Mets as well.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
Haha that would be very interesting!!!
by MBL1 on May 11, 2010 12:37 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Not exactly surprising
But well deserved. Congrats Tommy! I was fortunate to watch him his entire career. The first live braves game I saw, Tommy started. Thanks for the memories. Hall of fakes calling
Braves Win! Braves Win!
Funniest misspelling ever. When I saw “fakes” I was like WHAT?? And then I saw your post correcting the spelling. haha…:)
by MBL1 on May 11, 2010 12:38 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I have an iPod touch in my hands and I hate the keyboard too, lol.
by MBL1 on May 11, 2010 12:49 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
You’re gonna go blind if you keep that up.
What?…What do you mean that’s not what he’s talking about? You kids today with you hippitty hoppy music and your Snoopy Dog Dog, and your new fangled toys. GET OFF OF MY LAWN!
Shouldn't Wes Timmons get a shot at 3B over that Chipper guy everybody talks about?
Congrats...
To Tom. I must say, it’s kinda weird to be getting to the point in my lifetime where I’m starting to see people’s rookie/early seasons and then also seeing them retire.
Welcome to
SUNSET DAZE!
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
not that I'm there yet.....
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
Holy shiiiite
The seated red head looks just like my everdrunk step grandmom. Two white poodles at her feet and a highball glass in (both) her hand(s) and damn it’s Martha!
Have you ever watched this show?
It’s hilarious and frightening.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
Awesome
Always a big Tommy G fan.
Pretty soon guys are going to have to pick a jersey number over 50 to get on the club.
Or...
Get bigger backs and go with triple digit numbers. Or fractions. Or decimal points. Something of that sort.
Woooooooo!!!!!!
Go Tommy! We’ll never see a rotation like that again!
by MikeHamptonStillOwesMeMoney on May 11, 2010 1:14 PM EDT reply actions
Congrats Tommy...
on a different note, 5 hours before game time and I’m already here. The first step is admitting you have a problem.
I only popped on after seeing the lineup from the Braves' Twitter and going "Whaaa?"
STILL stopping every few minutes to realize "Whoa. The Saints won the Super Bowl."
by AllSaintsDay on May 11, 2010 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions
lol, i’m with ya on that one! I’m waiting for a game thread to come up! I almost NEVER get a chance to post during the game thread. I’m by myself with my 5 year old and 19 month old so I’m usually cooking or doing dishes or bath time or just too tired during game time! Wish they’d put it up now since I have a chance to play!hahaha
Tonight's lineup
1. Prado
2. Heyward
3. Chipper
4. McCann
5. Glaus
6. Hinske
7. Infante
8. McLouth
9. Hudson.
Another uninnocent, elegant fall into the unmagnificent lives of adults...
by Smoltz's Beard on May 11, 2010 3:13 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Heyward to be in 3rd by june
I hope
I pray to Jason Heyward every night
by JasonHeywardisGod on May 11, 2010 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
LOL
That poor guy…so many jokes…
Another uninnocent, elegant fall into the unmagnificent lives of adults...
by Smoltz's Beard on May 11, 2010 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Congratulations to Tommy on a well-deserved honor. We’re now entering the “retired numbers” phase of the the Braves dynasty. Maddux last year, Tommy this year, I’m sure Bobby and Smoltzie soon after, Chipper whenever he retires… That’s probably it, right? Not sure if Javy Lopez or Andruw are quite deserving enough. Still, that’s a heckuva lot of retired #s for one era. It was a pretty special time.
"Yeah, and I have an enchanted jock strap." -- Karl Karlson
And try as they might...
The bastards can’t EVER take it away from us.
That rotation gave me so many great moments to treasure. Even as an obvious HOFer, Tommy is still underrated. This honor is well deserved and I look forward to the ceremony.
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