Tom Glavine: I don't like losing, but I know tomorrow morning I'll get a hug from my little girl, and that means more to me than any baseball game.
Tom Glavine: When I didn't feel good about my ability to make the pitches that I wanted to make, I was making pitches to avoid mistakes. Now I'm not. I'm being aggressive and making pitches to get outs or at least throw strikes. It makes all the difference in the world.
Tom Glavine: Baseball players are no different than fans. We try and keep up on the moves and trades during the offseason. I was really excited about what the Mets have done this offseason. They went ahead and really addressed some of our weaknesses. I think this is a team easy to get excited about.
Glavine's favorite athletes as a kid were Bobby Orr, Carl Yastremski, and Fred Lynne.
Glavine's favorite basketball team is the Boston Celtics.
Tom has four children: Amber, Jonathan, Peyton, Mason.
Glavine was acquired by the New York Mets via free agency on Dec. 9, 2002.
Glavine won the World Series MVP Award in 1995.
Tom has won the Silver Slugger Award for the best hitting pitcher four times (1991, 1995, 1996, 1998).
Tom won the Cy Young Award in 1991.
He made his Major League Debut on August 17, 1987.
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