...Another great article from Mets.com.
The start of the NL East pennant race gets going tonight with the first meeting of the Mets and the Braves. With Tom Glavine now back on the Braves, this should be a very intersting series.
David Wright has heard a thing or two about this Tom Glavine guy. Wright might even believe he's familiar with the man who once owned a Shea Stadium locker just a few yards away -- before realizing, of course, that he knows nothing at all.
"I am excited about facing him," Wright said, tongue planted firmly in cheek. "I want to see what it's like, see the legend and the myth."
Wright's short wait is over. The Mets and Braves will face each other for the first time this season, playing three games in Atlanta beginning on Friday. Mets fans might view the series with a measure of vengeance, still steaming over Glavine's poor final outing at Shea Stadium and subsequent defection to his hometown Braves. But regardless of whether or not that's fair, the Mets and Braves have more pressing issues on their agendas. This is the first of many critical series that should help decide the National League East.
"I think it can set the tone," Braves catcher Brian McCann said. "It's the first time you see each other. You see where you stand right away."
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