Tom Glavine: Friar Of The Day

As a fan of the pitching rich Padres, it was a pleasure seeing the Mets veteran lefty notch win #300 Sunday. Tom Glavine who starred for many years in Atlanta next to San Diego's own Greg Maddux reached a milestone that we may not see another pitcher achieve. The last three to make the club of 23 hurlers are Glavine, Maddux, and Clemens all of whom won #300 in their forty's. The only player who is close to to joining the club is Randy Johnson, 43, (who is out for the remainder of this season with another back problem) who goes into 2008 with 284 victories. It seems unlikely for the Big Unit to win 16 more games in his career.

In a week that we saw A-Rod become the youngest player player to hit 500 homeruns, Barry Bonds tie Hank Aaron's 755, it is Tom Glavine's 300th win that deserves the Friar Of The Day award. The homerun milestones are amazing, but we will see more players hit 500 round trippers and we will see Bonds' number broken (A Rod); but will we ever again see a pitcher record his 300 victory?

Congratulations!