""The last thing I want to do was come in here and sound like a bitter athlete," Tom Glavine said on 790 The Zone this morning.

Call that a swing and a miss.

My favorite Brave ever went on the radio (link requires registration) and did himself a massive disservice. He sounded like a bitter athlete. He called the Braves liars. He called them cheap. He said he'd been "misled and mistreated to a certain extent."

And also this: "It could have been handled a whole lot better … This organization sometimes boxes itself in. They don't ever take into account [that some] guys deserve to be treated a little bit differently."

Tom Glavine was treated differently. He was handed a million dollars coming off shoulder surgery at the ancient age of 43. No other team would have given him a job - or a dime - without first seeing if he could pitch. The Braves gave him a million dollars. Then they took a long look and decided he couldn't.

And now he's mad. He's mad because he had to drive (his estimation) "an hour and a half" to pitch in Rome on Tuesday. He's mad because he worked hard to get into shape only to be told he wasn't good enough to make the Braves' 25-man roster. Had he been told, Glavine said, he was going to have to audition for a place on the team, he wouldn't have signed the contract.

So there it is: If he was going to try and make a comeback, Tom Glavine wanted a guaranteed roster spot. At age 43. After arm surgery."