Who's Havin' Glavine?

Agent Gregg Clifton says Tom Glavine is likely going to decline his 2008 option with the New York Mets and explore his options. If I'm the New York Mets, I'm pretty excited I won't have to pay him between $9 and $13 million dollars next year, especially given his one-out, 7-run performance the final game of the season against the Florida Marlins; an exclamation point at the end of a down season that included his 300th win, and little else.

The Mets should have Pedro, John Maine, Oliver Perez, and Mike Pelfrey among others in their rotation next year, so they'll be fine.

The question is, will Glavine retire knowing his last career start helped seal the worst regular-season collapse in baseball history, or will he try to catch on with another team? And if so, who's going to want a 41-year-old lefty coming off one of the worst seasons of his career?

Excuse me, Mr. Angelos, there's a Mr. Clifton on line one.