Tom Glavine predicts what MLB lockout will do to the game: 'Fans are being impacted'

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Baseball Hall of Famer Tom Glavine talked about what the lockout will do to the game in the grand scheme, and to the former Atlanta Braves and New York Mets pitcher, it’s not good.

Glavine told The Athletic on Wednesday it’s going to be difficult to get people interested in baseball again, especially coming out of the coronavirus-impacted 2020 season, when fans were barred from stadiums.

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Pitcher Tom Glavine of the Atlanta Braves looks at the batter before pitching against the Pittsburgh Pirates during a Major League Baseball game at Three Rivers Stadium in 1994 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  (George Gojkovich/Getty Images)

"This is going to do damage to the game, there’s no question about that. How much? I guess we’ll see. I still talk to people who swore off the game after the strike, and they haven’t gone back," Glavine said.

"You’re going to get folks who are going to be mad, and they’ll get over it, and you’ll have some who don’t care, and they’ll come back whenever baseball comes back. But on the heels of COVID and people having their lives being altered and not being able to go to baseball games for a year, there’s going to be some hurt feelings. 

"Fans are being impacted, and both sides are always mindful of that. Whenever there’s an agreement, they’re going to have to work hard to get those people back. But there’s no question in my mind the game is going to suffer."

Glavine was on the Braves when the season shut down due to the strike in 1994.

Former Atlanta Braves pitcher Tom Glavine is honored along with the 1991 NLCS Champions before the game against the Philadelphia Phillies at