The Los Angeles Kings drafted him ahead of future Hall of Famers Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille, but Tom Glavine walked away from the ice for a pitcher’s mound. This episode traces how a high school hockey star from Massachusetts became a first-ballot baseball Hall of Famer through resilience, reinvention, and psychological warfare rather than raw velocity.

We follow his brutal 17-loss 1988 season, his 1991 Cy Young turnaround, and his place in an all-time rotation with Maddux and Smoltz. We cover his union role during the devastating 1994-95 strike, being booed by his own fans, his 1995 World Series MVP redemption, a taxicab accident, and his 300th win.

• How role clarity and the circle change-up made him elite
• Pitching from the rubber’s edge to create a deceptive angle
• Winning four Silver Sluggers as a cerebral hitter
• Reinventing his approach by pitching inside late in his career
• The worst start of his life on the final day of 2007