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...
arm fallen thinking
I've woken up thinking my arm has fallen off because I can't feel it,
bruise lasts seen
I've never seen a bruise that lasts all year.
busting game playoff
I've been busting it. This is as much as I've battled for a long time. It was a playoff game for me.
against dealing four ironic last people picking understand written year
People don't understand every year for the last four years we've been dealing with being written off. It's kind of ironic people are picking us now because they don't want to pick against us.
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.
guys might percent
Sometimes 90 percent of the guys you might get away with it once in a while. You're not getting away with it with him. He's dominant, he really is.
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,
enforce explain guys lets manager rest rules veterans
There's not a better manager they could play for. He's patient. He's been through it all. He can explain things to them. He lets the veterans guys enforce the rules in the clubhouse, and the rest is history.
count mainly talking
That's what everyone here was talking about -- mainly because of the role, ... It's a big part of your team's mentality, when you know you have someone to count on.
easy protect
That's the way I am. The easy thing to do is protect yourself and not go out there, but that's never been me.
felt few heads innings mess next room trying
I was trying to mess with their heads a little bit. I felt like if I could get through the first inning doing that, that the next few innings could give me some room for fastballs -- even right down the middle.
changes good half hoped learn liked played second
We hoped we would win. We had played good in the second half of '90, and I liked some of the changes we made. We were working to learn as much as we could.