No Balk by 300-Game Winner Glavine When It Comes to Union Solidarity

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2007/08/09/no-balk-by-300-game-winner-glavine-when-it-comes-to-union-solidarity/

by Mike Hall, Aug 9, 2007

Some years down the road, after Tom Glavine throws his last pitch—one that will probably clock in the low 80-mph range and just barely paint the lower outside corner—he will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.



His Cooperstown plaque will duly note the 300-plus victories, two Cy Young awards, five 20-win seasons and more from his impeccable career. But what is likely to be little noted, if mentioned at all, are Glavine’s impeccable union credentials.

Glavine, who pitched 16 years for the Atlanta Braves and is now in his fifth season with the New York Mets, earned his 300th win this past Sunday against the Cubs. Just 23 pitchers have hit the 300-victory mark in major league history.

The Massachusetts native carries with him the lessons and values he learned in a working class family. His father, Fred, is a retired construction worker. Glavine has been one of the most active and prominent ball players in the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA). He first served as the player representative for the Braves starting in 1991 and has spent more than a dozen years as the player rep for the entire National League.

FULL story at link.

[Captain Hilts]

1. Yep. Good on him! nt

[Gato Moteado]

2. is schilling in the union?

if so, they should boot his dumb, fake-christian, fascist boot licking ass out. i used to like the red sox, but when they signed schilling and let him babble on mindlessly before the 2004 election, the red sox became my least favorite team. schilling can take his bloody sock and shove it up his dumb freeptard ass.

[cloudbase]

3. If I recall correctly,

the MLBPA had no problem crossing picket lines and playing when the umpires were on strike.