Two to Go

Ken Davidof at On The Mets Beat, writes about the Mets and who is yet to shave their heads:

By late Tuesday, only two Mets had yet to take their turn in the barber's chair. Tom Glavine had his head shaved immediately after the Mets' 4-1 win over the Giants, as did Aaron Heilman.That left only Aaron Sele and Jose Reyes as the two remaining holdouts on the 25-man roster.

Sele at least had a plausible excuse, saying that he had to fly to LA on Thursday for a family photo session. For that, his teammates were willing to give him a pass, but he should expect to go bald or go home when he returns to Shea on Friday. The only other holdout was Jose Reyes, who did not provide a reason.

Reyes said before the game he would submit to the razor, but did not after batting practice and played with his full head of hair intact. Even manager Willie Randolph tried to get Reyes into the chair Tuesday afternoon, but the shortstop refused. Not sure what's going on with that, but it's probably a good idea if Reyes joins his teammates.

Glavine Gets 294 In Win

Marty Noble at Mets.com, writes about the Mets 4 to 1 win over the Giants last night:

And so it was that the 294th victory of Glavine's career -- a sidecar to the Mets' 4-1 victory -- took precedence over the 745th home run of Bonds' career, if not here, then anywhere baseball achievement is measured at the bottom line and objectivity is just a local call.

Glavine won the battle and war, withstanding Bonds' latest assault on Henry Aaron and all the disciples of 755 and moving to within six victories of his own personal objective, a 300 game. And all the while, the Mets were benefiting, assuring themselves of producing a winning record on this seven-game excursion.

Shortly after they had participated in a group haircut -- a demonstration of unity they said wasn't necessary -- the Mets all got together and beat up Matt Cain, the Giants' starting pitcher.

The Mets scored three runs before the game was six batters old and essentially coasted from there, putting an end to Glavine's streak of winless starts and providing manager Willie Randolph the 200th victory of his 356-game career.

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Glavine Passes 2,500 K's

Barry M. Bloom at Mets.com, writes about Tom Glavine getting one step closer to the Hall Of Fame:

Glavine's strikeout of D-backs second baseman Orlando Hudson to end the first inning was the 2,500th of his career. And his sixth-inning whiff of Eric Byrnes was No. 2,503, moving Glavine ahead of New York Giants great Christy Mathewson into 28th place on the all-time list."I don't want to say it's not a big deal to me, but on the one hand it's really not," Glavine said.

"I don't consider myself to be, nor does anyone else, a strikeout pitcher. It's another one of those things that it's a nice number and nice company to be in. Hopefully there'll be a bunch more before it's over. It's certainly not a statistic I'm enamored with, but it is a nice number."

A Look At Tonight's Starters (Hopefully)

Hopefully the Mets and Phillies can fit in a game tonight. So, if our prayers are answerd and they do play tonight, here's the pitching matchup:

Tom Glavine (2-1, 3.12)
Glavine was about as good as he could be in frigid New York temperatures on Thursday, giving up three runs in a six-inning performance against Philadelphia. He recovered from a rocky start to record career win No. 292, despite walking three in the first inning and serving up two home runs to Phillies leadoff man Jimmy Rollins.

Freddy Garcia (0-0, 0.00)
Garcia makes his long-awaited Phillies debut. The right-hander had a delayed start to his regular season because of soreness in his right biceps. In his only career start against the Mets, Garcia allowed one run on six hits in a complete-game victory, striking out seven.