Atlanta Braves Wiretap

Glavine Pitches Five Scoreless Triple-A Innings

Tom Glavine, trying to come back from arm surgery at age 43, pitched five scoreless innings for Triple-A Gwinnett on Thursday in an 10-6 International League victory over Indianapolis.

"It's been a long time since I won a game in the minors and I hope it's the last one," said Glavine, who was promoted to the Braves during the 1987 season.

Via SI.com


Randy Johnson Wins No. 299

Randy Johnson earned his 299th victory with six very impressive innings, giving up three hits and one run in the Giants? 6-3 home win over the Braves on Wednesday night, as reported by the Associated Press.

The five-time Cy Young Award winner struck out five to run his career total to 4,843, second-most in MLB history.

Johnson likely will get his first chance to become the 24th major leaguer with 300 victories next Wednesday at Washington.

Via AP


Glavine Could Return By End Of Month

Tom Glavine had another successful bullpen session on Wednesday, and could return to the mound for the Braves by the end of the month.

He threw 33-35 pitches with bullpen coach Eddie Perez standing in as a batter.

"The key is going to be first and foremost: Am I having pain when I make pitches that doesn't allow me to make my pitches? So far, I haven't had that," Glavine said. "The second part of that is going to be, you know, do I get sore, so sore in between starts that, you know, I can't do anything or I'm not sure whether or not I'm going to make my next start?"

He paused, and then answered his own question.

"So far, both of those have been good."

Via ESPN


Braves May 2009 Archive

  • Braves' Anderson Rejects Minor League Rehab

    The Braves suggested that outfielder Garret Anderson complete a rehab assignment in the minor leagues after a stint on the disabled list with a quadriceps strain.

  • McCann Turns To Glasses To Fix Blurriness

    Braves catcher Brian McCann has turned to glasses in an attempt to correct the blurriness that has hampered his vision as of late.