John Smoltz
John Smoltz
John Andrew Smoltz, nicknamed "Smoltzie" and "Marmaduke," is an American former baseball pitcher who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1988 to 2009, all but the last year with the Atlanta Braves. An eight-time All-Star, Smoltz was one of a celebrated trio of starting pitchers, along with Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine, who propelled Atlanta to perennial pennant contention in the 1990s, highlighted by a championship in the 1995 World Series. He won the National LeagueCy Young Award...
anyone game history start
I don't know anyone in the history of the game who went through more to start out.
ball count hit terrible tip
I don't count the first one, because I just made a terrible pitch. After that, tip your hat, because that was a ball and he hit it out of the park.
allowed huge
He's been a big part of this resurgence that's allowed us to win. He's getting on base. He's getting huge hits. He's been the key.
catch good playing throwing
I feel so good right now it's like I am playing catch and throwing to a glove.
fought great sudden warming
I fought it most of the night. I thought I pitched great warming up, then all of a sudden it wasn't normal.
great
Great transition. He doesn't try to do too much. He comes in and evaluates, communicates ... he has a lot to offer.
difference guys hit hitting home people pitchers using
You are still going to have guys who hit 50 home runs. The difference is that guy who was hitting 25 is hitting 10 again. I know people say just as many pitchers were using steroids, but I can't see how they benefited from them as much as hitters.
attitude consistent stayed
Everything that I wanted to accomplish, everything I set out to do from an attitude mindset-wise, stayed consistent throughout.
awesome bobby drive runner score
Bobby told me to drive the runner in. It was awesome McCann was able to score on that.
implement means rut thinking ways
Every day, I'm thinking of ways to implement this system. That means I can't get in the rut of doing everything fast.
guarantee hear issue shoulder word
At this point, it's the playoffs, and I guarantee you won't hear one word about my shoulder being an issue one way or the other,
week
This whole week is important, not just necessarily tomorrow.
coming dealing dream great hard imagine left possible realize reason rookies seeing spring time training truly
The reason why we're seeing such a great celebration is we realize how hard we've worked, ... This truly is a dream season. I didn't think it was possible in May. I didn't think it was possible from the time we left spring training with all the things we were dealing with. I mean, who could imagine 12 rookies coming up here at different times?
adrenaline boost boy brian changed home run threw
When Brian threw that home run, boy it changed the whole game. That home run was pretty much the adrenaline boost I need to get through the game.