<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>NEW YORK (AP) -- Tom Glavine sounded worried and hopeful at the same time. Surrounded by media in a small room next to the New York Mets' clubhouse on Sunday, he said his pitching shoulder is being examined for a possible blood clot. Glavine felt coldness in his left ring finger after his start Wednesday in Philadelphia. Depending on tests in the next few days, the 40-year-old pitcher could return to the mound as soon as next weekend or require surgery. He tried to be optimistic, and Mets officials expressed hope that he will return to the mound soon. Yet, they all said no one had a diagnosis yet. "You get scared. You start wondering about the rest of your career, if there's going to be one," the two-time Cy Young Award winner said. "I had a wonderful career, and I've stayed healthy for the most part. I've envisioned my retirement, but I never envisioned it through an injury. So from that standpoint, it's uneasy. "It's strange, too, because I sit here and I feel fine," he added. "Everything feels great. I don't have any pain anywhere or anything like that. It's just I have this something going on inside my shoulder that needs to be looked at." Glavine became a star while pitching for Atlanta from 1987-2002. His hair now starting to gray, he is 12-6 with a 3.92 ERA for the NL East-leading Mets, and his 287 victories rank third among active pitchers behind Roger Clemens (346) and Greg Maddux (329). New York already is without Pedro Martinez, on the 15-day disabled list after straining his right calf Monday. Despite a 14-game lead in the NL East and a league-best 75-48 record, the Mets would not appear to be a dominant team if they head into the playoffs without Glavine. "The season wouldn't mean very much if something was to happen to him," closer Billy Wagner said. "We're concerned just on a friendship basis. We're not concerned about our season. We've got talent on this team." Glavine's left middle finger and index finger were diagnosed in 1990 with Raynaud's, a condition caused by poor circulation that leads to numbness and coldness. "We just thought it was an extension of that," he said, "and then when they got further into the tests, I guess they picked something up when they did the ultrasound." This was the first time his ring finger was bothered, and it still felt cold Sunday. He consulted with teammate Roberto Hernandez, who had blood clots in his right forearm in 1991 and had a vein transplanted from a leg to the arm. "The possibilities go from doing an angiogram and seeing that this is just an isolated incident -- I don't have a problem, that I could be pitching by the weekend -- to I have to have surgery and I could be done for the year," Glavine said. "I'm hoping for the best but certainly am prepared and understand what the worst is." Mets general manager Omar Minaya and manager Willie Randolph were hopeful Glavine will miss only one or two turns in the rotation. "Hopefully after he shows that he's going to be OK, he'll be able to come back and be able to help us as we move through September and hopefully beyond September," Minaya said before the Mets beat Colorado 2-0. Glavine said the injury was not life-threatening. "When you start hearing blood clots and aneurysms and stuff like that, you start thinking heart attacks or strokes and stuff. It's not the same thing," he said. "Believe me, I've asked that question to every doctor I've talked to." With Glavine and Martinez out, John Maine, Steve Trachsel and Dave Williams will start against St. Louis in a series beginning Tuesday. Orlando Hernandez also is in the rotation, Brian Bannister or Oliver Perez could be brought up from Triple-A Norfolk and Mike Pelfrey is recovering from a strained back muscle. "You almost expect this kind of stuff. I've been through it many, many times, and you learn to react on the fly and keep your wits about you," Randolph said. "It's always a challenge in a lot of ways to get through these kind of things."</div><div align="center">Source</div>If this is true, that would be a huge blow to the Mets' starting pitching rotation.
I heard about this, and if this is true just like lightsout said it would be a huge blow to the mets, i dont see the mets making the world series without tommy glavine
This will hurt the Mets, especially since they need to call up the minor leaguers. They can still make a deal, but there aren't many starters left. They will still make the World Series, because the Cardinals aren't what they used to be, and everybody else is average.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Mets' Glavine doesn't need surgery, will return soonOn Sunday it was feared Tom Glavine might miss the rest of the season. Now, the veteran Mets left-hander might be on the mound as soon as next week.An angiogram performed Monday on Glavine's left shoulder revealed that an old injury to his artery was causing the coolness Glavine was feeling in his left ring finger, the Mets announced Tuesday.The scar tissue occasionally causes blood clots to form in his finger, the team said, and Glavine will be treated with baby aspirin and other medication to improve his circulation.There is no immediate need for surgery and he most likely will be able to return to the mound in seven to 10 days, the Mets said."I was relieved to hear the news," Glavine said. "First and foremost to hear that the condition is not serious, but also to hear that I can get back to doing what I love to do relatively quickly."Glavine will rest for the next few days to allow the incision from the angiogram to heal. The Mets said they have not decided who would make Glavine's next start, but the left-hander will be allowed to begin light activity and start throwing soon."The news from our doctors is as good as we could have hoped for," said Mets' general manager Omar Minaya. "We look forward to having Tom return to full activity and get back on the mound as soon as possible."Glavine's left middle finger and index finger were diagnosed in 1990 with Raynaud's, a condition caused by poor circulation that leads to numbness and coldness."We just thought it was an extension of that," he said, "and then when they got further into the tests, I guess they picked something up when they did the ultrasound."This was the first time his ring finger was bothered, and it still felt cold Sunday. He consulted with teammate Roberto Hernandez, who had blood clots in his right forearm in 1991 and had a vein transplanted from a leg to the arm.Glavine became a star while pitching for Atlanta from 1987-2002. His hair now starting to gray, he is 12-6 with a 3.92 ERA for the NL East-leading Mets, and his 287 victories rank third among active pitchers behind Roger Clemens (346) and Greg Maddux (329).Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.</div>LinkWell this is great news if your a Mets fan, bad if your a Dodgers, Cardinals, Reds one.
