LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The starting pitchers born two decades apart stood in contrast. On the mound first at Champion Stadium Monday was Atlanta Braves veteran right-hander Bartolo Colon, the beloved 44-year-old baseball cult hero whose measurements run 5 feet 11 and 285 pounds. His counterpart was the Pirates’ Tyler Glasnow, a rookie, who is 6-8, 220 pounds and 23.
Two very different men achieved a very similar result. They allowed five earned runs apiece, and neither pitched past the third inning. They hit the showers with the score tied, 5-5. In the clubhouse, Glasnow stewed, struggling to shake the bad start; Colon simply shrugged.