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Article: Repetition Glavine's key
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 9, 2002
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Repetition Glavine's key
For Braves pitcher, winning is routine
By JACK CURRY New York Times
Sunday, June 9, 2002
Atlanta -- Tom Glavine wants to and really needs to throw a
baseball every day. He likes the feeling of his fingers gripping the
seams of the ball, the comfortable way the ball leaves the fingertips
of his left hand and how the ball's path tells him everything he
needs to know about the efficiency of that pitch. Then he relishes
repeating the process.
For Glavine, the simple act of tossing a ball in the outfield on
some days is part of a routine that has helped him win 234 games with
the Atlanta Braves and nudged him closer and closer to the Hall of
Fame. Pitchers pitch, so the ...