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...
couple extra
Anything you give a couple of extra days, it's just going to make it that much better,
doubted everybody people proved rookies transition
This is for everyone who doubted us. People said I couldn't make the transition back to starting. People said we had too many rookies again. But we proved everybody wrong. This is really something to celebrate.
continue next waiting
This is for all the nay-sayers. This is for all the ones that said there's no way this can continue ... to the ones that are waiting for the next debacle.
happen stuff
Stuff like that just doesn't happen in other cities.
Actually, ... I think I know the reason, but I don't need to say it.
again excited fault figured five last learn mine routine
A fault of mine is to get too excited about the first game. I kind of figured it out, then had a different routine for five years and had to learn it all over again last year.
last matter philosophy pitch
After last season, I had to make some changes. I couldn't keep going with the philosophy that I had to pitch no matter what.
draw happy momentum playing road start teams three
I said at the start of this road trip, if we can take two out of three and kill the momentum of the teams we're playing with, that's going to help. Certainly, we didn't want to draw it up this way, but it had a happy ending.
against game head hear high likes played player plays regard respect talk uniform wear
I respect him as a player that I've played against about as much as anybody. That's a high regard when you talk about the likes of who I've played against. He plays the game right, plays with his head and you never hear anything about him bad. I think he's going to wear our uniform about as well as most have.
looking tested
I was looking forward. It was brutal. I was tested to the max.
everybody figure
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.
deal game gone history incredible joey player
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.
cannot feeling focus mound
I take the mound with the focus that is we cannot lose. I've had that feeling for a long time. That's the feeling you want to have as a pitcher. Find a way, any way, battle.
allow less stress throw
I think it's going to be even better, because mechanically it should allow me to throw with a lot less stress and a lot more accuracy.