Glavine agrees to return to Braves for 1 year, $8 million

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ShysterBall found this 11/19/2007 on www.baseballthinkfactory.org [flag]
As Steve Avery starts soft tossing… Tom Glavine is coming home. The 303-game winner returned to the Atlanta Braves on Sunday, agreeing to an $8 million, one-year contract. The agreement between the two-time NL Cy Young Award winner and the Braves was revealed by a person familiar with the deal who spoke on condition of anonymity because the team has not yet announced it. Glavine already ... [link]

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Glavine Back With Bravos
Published 11/19/2007 by Shyster at ShysterBall
... Some of my good friends at BTF seem to think this is a bad move for Atlanta -- a primate by the name of Rough Carrigan terms it "a triumph of emotion over reason" -- but I couldn't disagree more. Unlike the Mets -- and unlike the 1987-2002 Braves -- these Braves are not looking for Glavine to be a front line starter. They are looking for him to be a more or less average innings eater that they can plug in to the 4th or 5th slot in the rotation and not have to worry about him. ...

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DAVID O'BRIEN The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 11/18/07 Tom Glavine was willing to take a "hometown discount" for the opportunity to live at his Alpharetta home with his wife and four children during the season. So on Monday, the former ...
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MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com found this 11/19/2007 on atlanta.braves.mlb.com

ATLANTA -- In a perfect world, Tom Glavine and the Braves never would have parted ways. Fortunately, fate and a strong mutual desire have reunited them and given the celebrated southpaw the opportunity to conclude his storied career where it began.  ...
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Philliesflow.com found this 11/19/2007 on sportsillustrated.cnn.com

ATLANTA (AP) -Tom Glavine won his 300th game with the New York Mets. He plans to get his final win for the Atlanta Braves. Glavine agreed to an $8 million, one-year contract with the Braves, his agent said Sunday, returning to the city he always ...
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