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Old 08-05-2007, 10:47 PM   #1
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Default Tom Glavine wins number 300

http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/news_story/?ID=215572&hubname=

23rd pitcher to do so and if Randy Johnson can't come back to pitch again could very well be the last guy to do so for the forseeable future.

Interesting that he was a 4th round pick (69th overall) of the L.A. Kings (same year and 102 places higher than Luc Robitaille!) as well and was a bigger hockey fan than baseball fan growing up in the Boston area. In my opinion this is an untainted milestone and something to take a minute to appreciate. Given how pitching is today in MLB winning 300 games is no small feat.

On the Jays telecast today they were talking about this and I wonder if it will open the door for a guy like Bert Blylevin to get in down the road here. Guy pitched 22 years and won 287 games.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blylebe01.shtml

In 1973 he had 40 starts, 37 descision and threw 325 innings!!! And he still was able to pitch for 19 years after that. I don't think we'll ever see numbers like that again.
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