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...
coming dealing dream great hard imagine left possible realize reason rookies seeing spring time training truly
The reason why we're seeing such a great celebration is we realize how hard we've worked, ... This truly is a dream season. I didn't think it was possible in May. I didn't think it was possible from the time we left spring training with all the things we were dealing with. I mean, who could imagine 12 rookies coming up here at different times?
criticism critics-and-criticism deal given harder
It's one thing to deal with criticism when you haven't done your job. That's part of the game. But it's harder to deal with it before you've even been given a chance.
hard pitch playoff tried
I tried a little too hard early. I tried to pitch like it was a playoff game.
came guys hard knew needed playoff tried
I tried a little too hard early. I pitched like it was a playoff game. We needed to win. The guys came through. I knew if I could keep it close, we would have a chance.
certain changing everybody game harder people
When you're used to doing something a certain way, I think changing is a lot harder than people think. Everybody is going to have their opinions, but he's just going to have to go through it. Really, it comes down to him making certain changes. This game is a game of adjustments.
atlanta goes hard perception problem soon
There's a perception problem in Atlanta with the bullpen. It's hard to let go of the past. As soon as something goes wrong, everyone says, 'Here we go again.
age both factor hardware hearts pitch prove
Age is not a factor right now, ... I think we both pitch with our hearts and guts, and go after guys. Obviously, he's got some hardware to prove it.
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.