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...
anyone game history start
I don't know anyone in the history of the game who went through more to start out.
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My control shouldn't be an issue. I've been down this road so many times before. Adrenaline is going to be incredible at this time. ... The issue's going to be will I be able to come out from the start and contain that adrenaline?
adrenaline contain control incredible road start
My control shouldn't be an issue, ... I've been down this road so many times before. Adrenaline is going to be incredible at this time. ... The issue's going to be will I be able to come out from the start and contain that adrenaline?
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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.
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Hudson is the Opening Day starter of the future, and as long as he's here, he's going to continue being the Opening Day starter.
future opening starter
Huddy is Opening Day starter for the future here.
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Anybody can be a starting pitcher. Not everybody can be a great starting pitcher, but anyone can start. Anyone can't close. It's a completely different animal. It's a completely different mind-set. Some guys can do it for a while, then burn out. Some guys can't do it at all. I think it's the most challenging thing in the game.
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I knew the first inning was going to be my biggest inning, ... I waited a long time to start a game of this magnitude. When I got through the first inning, that was the biggest test.
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It's just a case of giving me a couple extra days off. We're fresh enough in the starting rotation.
week
This whole week is important, not just necessarily tomorrow.
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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?
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When Brian threw that home run, boy it changed the whole game. That home run was pretty much the adrenaline boost I need to get through the game.
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To be one out away, one pitch away, from winning and then have to play another nine innings -- it's a tough way to lose. When you're put in this position, you're going to have one of two feelings in the end: gut-wrenching or ecstasy. There's only one way you can feel. We got the gut-wrenching. And it doesn't feel real good.
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We just have to remember that this thing isn't over until that magic number is at zero. We have to keep our focus.