Tom Glavine is considering retirement if his injured shoulder does not get better soon.

While evaluating Tom Glavine's left shoulder on Tuesday, Dr. James Andrews found an inflamed rotator cuff. ...

"For me now, the glass is probably half-empty simply because I'm frustrated and tired with this whole rehab thing," Glavine said. "But at the same time, being as close as I was, I'm not willing to just say, 'OK, that's it.' I'm willing to put in a little more time. But I'm not willing to put in another six weeks to eight weeks, because by then I'm going to have to start all over again, and I'm not interested in doing that."

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"This [shoulder] has logged a lot of innings," Glavine said. "Sooner or later, it's going to tell me I can't do this anymore. I hope this is not what it's trying to tell me. But I'm prepared if it is."

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"In Spring Training it would go away and I'd have no side effects whatsoever the next day," Glavine said. "This time, when I woke up on Monday morning, it hurt just as much."

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Glavine won't be reevaluated until he undergoes further treatment while resting his arm for the next two weeks. At that time, he believes that he'll have a pretty good idea about whether or not it's time to end his career, which has included 305 wins and two career Cy Young Awards.

"It works better for me to have a timetable to say, 'OK, let's give it this amount of time,' and if we see some progress, then good we know we're going in the right direction," Glavine said. "If we don't, then I think at that point in time we need to sit down and honestly think about how much more I want to go through this and whether or not anything is going to change."

While I was looking forward to see Tom Glavine match up with Jamie Moyer to go for the record of lowest fastball average in a major league game and I definitely hope that Glavine's shoulder will be pain free and healthy, it would also be neat to have him and Greg Maddux enter Cooperstown together.

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