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...
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It's just ingrained into a player now. It's more famous here than anyplace else in the world, ... The only thing about it here is it's followed by, 'Let's score some runs!'
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Joey Devine has such an incredible upside. I don't know any player in the history of the game that has gone through what he did. His personality will deal with it.
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Certainly we can't rely on past formulas. Basically we depended on superstars to do the bulk of the work, but now that work has to be done by many players or we're not going to be able to compete at the level we're used to. In the past the talent of a few great players overcame our inefficiencies, but those mistakes were our undoing in the postseason.
basically bulk certainly compete depended few great level mistakes overcame past players rely superstars talent undoing work
Certainly we can't rely on past formulas, ... Basically we depended on superstars to do the bulk of the work, but now that work has to be done by many players or we're not going to be able to compete at the level we're used to. In the past the talent of a few great players overcame our inefficiencies, but those mistakes were our undoing in the postseason.
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The doubts are going to be there, ... But I think I have a lot of pitching left in me.
faced fifth five great last time
It's the fifth time we've faced each other over the last two years. He's up 3-2, but it's been five great games.
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Just like everybody else, he's going to have to go through it. You've got to figure it out yourself. It's what everybody has had to do.
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You will not hear me say once after Game 1 that had any bearing whatsoever.
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It's the closest thing you can get to a playoff game.
talking tired
I'm tired of talking about it. But that's just the way it is.
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You can't go through what I've gone through, ... and not be mentally tough.
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It's really been amazing, ... That's the only way to describe it. There's no other word to describe what we're doing. They prepare each kid that's come up here in a way that not a lot has to be taught.
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I've been busting it. This is as much as I've battled for a long time. It was a playoff game for me.
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I've woken up thinking my arm has fallen off because I can't feel it,