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...
basically catch hit home lose mind reason run
If we had to lose and if one person basically was the reason -- you never want to lose -- but you didn't mind it being Kirby Puckett. When he made the catch and when he hit the home run you could tell the whole thing had turned.
catch good playing throwing
I feel so good right now it's like I am playing catch and throwing to a glove.
catch hit home run
When he made the catch and when he hit the home run you could tell the whole thing had turned.
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.
accomplish catch pitch team trying win year
I'm going to go into the year not trying to accomplish anything. I'm not trying to win all my games. I'm not trying to do anything other than go out there and play catch and pitch and keep the team in it as long as possible.
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,