Glavine Always has Been a Thinking Man's Pitcher

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As Barry Bonds is assured of everlasting infamy, it's easy to overlook baseball's other brush with history, the one Tom Glavine has kept syringe-free from Day One. The Mets' left-hander is on the verge of winning his 300th game, which is an elite-caliber achievement on its own. But Glavine is crashing the record books without a 90-mph fastball, reason enough to put the steroid vigil on hold and honor his rsum.

Actually, Glavine is a purist's dream, conquering hitters for parts of three decades without overpowering a single one. He's living proof that baseball and pitching in particular is a thinking man's game. No left-hander gets into a hitter's head as successfully or as often as Glavine, outguessing them, controlling their bat speed, robbing them of their most precious weapon: confidence.

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Glavine Always has Been a Thinking Man's Pitcher

Hitting, after all, is all about timing and comfort, and nothing makes a batter more uncomfortable than a ball that moves late and unpredictably. Glavine does this by changing ...

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