Tom Glavine Is Cranky, Old, Litigious

Hey, remember the glory days of the 1990s Braves? Remember Greg Maddux, John Smoltz, and Tom Glavine giving the opposition the old one-two-three punch on the rubber? Well with G.M. Frank "Birdman" Wren's sudden release of a rehabbing Glavine, those days are certainly over. Glavine's pissed, and he's thinking about how he can get back that tidy $1 million bonus he would have earned had he made the Braves roster. Hey, someone's gotta pay for the Flomax prescription: Pitcher Tom Glavine is considering filing a grievance against the Atlanta Braves over his release Wednesday, as originally reported on FOX Saturday Baseball. Glavine's agent, Gregg Clifton, has spoken with a labor attorney and the players' union about possibly filing the grievance, according to a major-league source. Players cannot be released by their teams due to financial reasons, according to the collective-bargaining agreement. Glavine was set to receive a $1 million bonus once he ...