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Glavine preps for return

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Tom Glavine is set to return from the DL. Associated Press (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
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Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Tom Glavine is set to return from the DL. Associated Press (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

Tom Glavine got a cup of coffee Friday and walked around Manhattan.

“I had a few people come up to me and just say, ‘You know, hey: Sorry about the way that last game went. Appreciate what you brought to the Mets, what you brought to the team.’ And I think that’s, you know, that’s all you can ask for.”

In his final start for New York last September, he got just one out and gave up seven runs in an 8-1 loss to Florida – dropping the Mets out of a first-place tie with Philadelphia on the final day of the season and costing them a chance for the playoffs.

“I don’t expect people to be happy with the way the last game of the year went, because I’m not,” he said. “I was certainly upset about it and embarrassed by it. But, you know, again, you hope that people judge you by your total body of work.”

After spending five years with the Mets, Glavine left as a free agent and returned to the Atlanta Braves, the team he spent his first 15 big league seasons with. He returned to Shea Stadium on the disabled list because of a hamstring injury but is slated to start Tuesday at Washington.

Glavine had never been on the DL.

Liriano sent down

Struggling left-hander Francisco Liriano was sent back to the minors by the Minnesota Twins after posting an 11.32 ERA and losing all three starts since returning to the rotation.

Liriano was sent to Triple-A Rochester before Friday night’s game at Texas, and it was not a surprise. He gave up six runs and got only two outs on Thursday against Oakland, his latest failure to find the strike zone in a return from reconstructive elbow surgery. Right-hander Bobby Korecky was recalled from Rochester to take Liriano’s roster spot.

Clearing the bases

New York Yankees reliever Brian Bruney has been advised to have season-ending surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right foot, an injury he sustained earlier this week while covering first base. … The Kansas City Royals requested release waivers on right-hander Hideo Nomo, who was designated for assignment on Sunday. … Mets catcher Brian Schneider remained hospitalized with an infected left thumb and is likely to miss the weekend series against the Braves.