The 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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Excellent
DrB - May 11, 2010
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HeywardFTW! - May 11, 2010 via mobile
Great!
Well deserved congrats!
HeywardFTW! - May 11, 2010 via mobile
Thanks ...
Tommy G,for a zillion great moments!!!
mikie baseball - May 11, 2010
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.
BlueVol03 - May 11, 2010
A+
Smoltz next!
Richard R - May 11, 2010
Thanks for Game 6, Mr. Glavine.
Bronn - May 11, 2010
+1
Smoltz's Beard - May 11, 2010
+1000000000000000000000000000
For game 6 he’ll always be my favorite Brave.
mdhenshaw - May 11, 2010
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.
Jon Bois - May 11, 2010
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.
Rhyno18 - May 11, 2010
rec’d for Klesko
10-4 - May 11, 2010
you’ve been Mr. Scoop these past couple days.
10-4 - May 11, 2010
I’ll take Twitter for $600, Alex.
Its what all the cool kids are doing these days.
Rhyno18 - May 11, 2010
totally
sddbaker - May 11, 2010
dude
sddbaker - May 11, 2010
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.
gondeee - May 11, 2010
The only thing you were stuck in was a bottle of cheap gin
Rhyno18 - May 11, 2010
+1
Smoltz's Beard - May 11, 2010
Awesome! I went to the game where they retired Maddux’s number, hopefully I can go to this one too!
MBL1 - May 11, 2010 via mobile
I was there for that one too....
Too bad this one can’t be against the Mets as well.
sddbaker - May 11, 2010
That would be interesting with Glavine
eaheckman10 - May 11, 2010
interesting FOR* Glavine
eaheckman10 - May 11, 2010
Haha that would be very interesting!!!
MBL1 - May 11, 2010 via mobile
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
Frozen Fan - May 11, 2010
*fame
Frozen Fan - May 11, 2010
Funniest misspelling ever. When I saw “fakes” I was like WHAT?? And then I saw your post correcting the spelling. haha…:)
MBL1 - May 11, 2010 via mobile
I hate presumptive spelling. Damn iPhone
Frozen Fan - May 11, 2010
I have an iPod touch in my hands and I hate the keyboard too, lol.
MBL1 - May 11, 2010 via mobile
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!
Rhyno18 - May 11, 2010
Ha Ha! What show/movie is that from? I can’t remember.
FitzFan - May 11, 2010
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.
XBEARDX - May 11, 2010
Welcome to
SUNSET DAZE!
sddbaker - May 11, 2010
not that I'm there yet.....
sddbaker - May 11, 2010
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!
Lizziebeth - May 11, 2010
Have you ever watched this show?
It’s hilarious and frightening.
sddbaker - May 11, 2010
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.
Fatvirus - May 11, 2010
Or...
Get bigger backs and go with triple digit numbers. Or fractions. Or decimal points. Something of that sort.
XBEARDX - May 11, 2010
Fatvirus - May 11, 2010
Jackie Anderson was wayyyyyy better.
UMDBHIK - May 11, 2010
Woooooooo!!!!!!
Go Tommy! We’ll never see a rotation like that again!
MikeHamptonStillOwesMeMoney - May 11, 2010
I’ll never forget your part in 1994, but congratulations Glavine.
UMDBHIK - May 11, 2010
Thanks Tommy!
Not my best Glavine pic, but it’s the only one I can get to at the moment…
Lizziebeth - May 11, 2010
Excellent News
Nova Scotia Steve - May 11, 2010
Leavin’ for the Mutts be damned!
Love ya Tommy!
jdmarine - May 11, 2010
Real HOF soon enough.
Get A Grip - May 11, 2010
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.
strider15 - May 11, 2010
I only popped on after seeing the lineup from the Braves' Twitter and going "Whaaa?"
AllSaintsDay - May 11, 2010
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
jdmarine - May 11, 2010
Tonight's lineup
1. Prado
2. Heyward
3. Chipper
4. McCann
5. Glaus
6. Hinske
7. Infante
8. McLouth
9. Hudson.
Smoltz's Beard - May 11, 2010
Heyward at 2! Diggin it!
strider15 - May 11, 2010
Heyward to be in 3rd by june
I hope
JasonHeywardisGod - May 11, 2010
Hahahahaha... just found this on my computer from 2007
strider15 - May 11, 2010
LOL
That poor guy…so many jokes…
Smoltz's Beard - May 11, 2010
like
another day, another bankrupt golden corral?
Lizziebeth - May 11, 2010
He’d walk in to a Chinese buffet and immediately the owner would come out of the back, “We closed, we dry clean now, YOU GO NOW!!!”
Rhyno18 - May 11, 2010
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.
Jacob Peterson - May 11, 2010
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.
Sam Jethroe - May 11, 2010
He certainly deserves it.
Congrats, Tommy.
TonyAlmeyda - May 11, 2010
Very well-deserved. This is from last summer in Rome.
rbravesfan - May 11, 2010
Beautiful shot!
Lizziebeth - May 12, 2010
aww thanks. I am just most at home behind my camera. :-)
rbravesfan - May 12, 2010
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