Photos: Tom Glavine Day

Last Friday was Tom Glavine Daythe day in which the retired pitcher was inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame, and his #47 was retired forever.  What was supposed to be an evening with a memorable ceremony, followed by a dominant Braves win ended up being an evening where the game and ceremony were both delayed two hours by a torrential downpour.  Apparently fellow soft-tossing left-handed pitcher Barry Zito was inspired by Tom Glavine that evening, and struck out ten batters.  Unfortunately, he pitched for the other team.  18 beers later, the Braves coughed up the lead in the bottom of the 9th, and lost the game in extra innings.  🙁

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