Logged on just before bedtime because I couldn't let this go untorched.
The 43-year-old Glavine, who was coming back from shoulder and elbow surgery, threw six scoreless innings for Class-A Rome on Tuesday night and proclaimed himself ready to pitch in the majors again.
Instead, the Braves cut him, another move that figures to draw the ire of Atlanta fans after the team failed to re-sign John Smoltz during the offseason.
Glavine described himself as "very surprised" in a text message to The Associated Press.
General manager Frank Wren said the decision had nothing to do with a $1 million bonus that Glavine would have received for being placed on the major league roster. Instead, the team felt it had a better chance to win with a younger pitcher in the rotation.
"This was not a business decision," Wren said. "This was a performance decision."
Top prospect Tommy Hanson will be called up Saturday to start against Milwaukee. Glavine, meanwhile, hasn't decided whether he wants to try to hook on with another team.
"Not sure about pitching," he said in his text.
Glavine was still trying to deal with what appeared to be another bitter split from the Braves.
"We gave him the option, 'If you want to retire, you can retire as a Brave,'" Wren said. "He asked us to release him."
Wren said Glavine's impressive performance in the minors had no impact on the team's assessment of his ability to pitch in the big leagues.
"We've been evaluating him the last four weeks and everyone felt we had a better chance to win at the major league level with one of our younger pitchers," Wren said. "The pitching line is irrelevant when you're pitching in low A-ball. The line is not relevant as to whether you can get major league hitters out."
Punk-ass bitch of the week is Atlanta Braves GM Frank Wren. I'm sorry, Mr. PABOTW, did you notice that it was Tom Glavine you were talking about? His jock strap weighs more than you can lift. "Everyone felt we had a better chance to win at the major league level with one of our younger pitchers." Yeah. As in,
fuck the fanbase of the Atlanta Braves, both paying and watching at home. We have some 26-year-old fuck who's got a 5.23 ERA who you're gonna get to see the rest of the season, in place of this Glavine bum.
It's not like Glavine's my boy or anything. I am a Chicago fan. But I hope Glavine goes somewhere and wins 15 games in the last four months.
I wouldn't say I quite care about it, yet that's not my job, after all. It's the job of Mr. Frank Wren.
Nice going, fuckbrain. You know what it's gonna say on your gravestone?
I can imagine such a thing wouldn't be easy.