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...
ask cheap doubt gives home park pitch runs sure tremendous whenever
I doubt that will matter. That park gives them a tremendous home-field advantage. It is what it is. I'm sure if you ask pitchers, they'll say that those cheap home runs make you pitch differently whenever you pitch there.
close kept knew needed pitching win
I feel I am pitching really good. Sometimes you give up runs. We needed a win and I knew if I kept it close we would have a chance. If not we can not come back from those deficits.
fun games mixed quick
I mixed it up enough. Those are fun games to play when you can do them quick and win.
talking tired
I'm tired of talking about it. But that's just the way it is.
approach extra game smart
I'll be smart and say I can use that extra day of rest. I'm not going to approach one game as being more important than another.
games gear messing stay track
I like the way it's situated right now, ... That's why I don't like messing with it. I'd like to gear myself to stay on track because of how important these games are.
certainly feels good pitches rough sure tonight
I'm certainly proud. For tonight it sure feels good. I had some rough pitches but some good pitches.
catch feeling feels playing
I just feel good. I want to keep feeling like I'm playing catch because that's how it feels right now.
balance effort guy
I'm an effort guy, a max-out guy. But I'm not a guy to go out there grunting, ... There's just no balance to closing.
I don't think, ... that it's anything more than a mindset.
I don't know if I'd go that far.
best faced guy hung
I didn't do what I wanted to do. When you have never faced a guy before you try to make what you think is your best pitch. I just hung it a little.
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.
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.