Today was a great day for several reasons, but for this post I'm focusing on just one. For those of us who got to experience the Braves' dominance of the 90's and early part of the 2000's, this season is a sentimental one. Veteran manager Bobby Cox is hanging the spikes up after this season, but to me, there's one item higher on the scale of importance.
Anyone who knows me well knows that Tom Glavine is my all-time favorite baseball player. As upset as I was with the way he was dismissed last year, I could not be happier that the Braves have announced that they will retire his number - 47 - on August 6. Today, Sarah got our tickets to that game. There is no way I will miss that game. I had the opportunity to watch the festivities last season when the Braves retired Greg Maddux' number and I can't wait to see the same for Glavine.
I love watching pitchers in baseball. (You know, I think that's a good topic for a future post.) I will always maintain that the majority of Braves fans didn't know how good they had it with Maddux, Glavine, and Smoltz. I think I did though. I had so many opportunities to go watch them pitch, and I never passed one up.
Looking down the road, 2014 is going to be amazing when Maddux and Glavine go into the Hall of Fame together. Mark my words, I'll be there.
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