Yancy Street Gang wrote: Did Glavine run over your cat or something? Nah, I just take umbrage with the contstant adulation of Glavine as our "ace," "clutch," and "a big game pitcher." These things may have been true in the distant past but not during 5 Inning Tommy's time as a Met. His heart is obviously still with the Braves and he's been mailing it in for three years as he cashes his paychecks. Thus I don't wan't the Mets to be reliant on Glavine when the season's on the line. An "ace" would not automatically cough up an early lead when his team is playing on the road. A "clutch pitcher" would be able to pitch more than 5 innings. A "big game pitcher" would be able to pitch himself out of a jam. Willie went right to the pen instead of giving Glavine a chance to pitch out of a jam because he knew that Glavine couldn't do it and was on the verge of a meltdown. Runs are scarce and precious in the postseason because the pitching steps up. Weaver - whom our own usually wise Frayed Knot declared suxx - stepped up last night. Glavine, did not.