John Smoltz

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546 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 1 Jul

John Smoltz’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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So there's so many dynamic arms, and there's so many guys that you just – you go, wow, my –

It was the hardest thing I've ever done.

And I know people are going to be like, what?

He's still throwing a baseball.

But the structure, the personality, everything you just mentioned –

First of all, when I started, it was longevity.

My reward system was different.

You know, we were taught to train for eight, nine innings.

I never max effort a pitch.

I could throw 94 to 97, but I varied my speeds.

I varied my angles.

All the things we were trying to do, guys had a two-strike approach.

All of the things that hitters had were totally different than they are today.

There was no badge of honor that you struck out three times but hit a homer you were like looked at with a funny face.

But when I went in the closers role for an inning, I could actually let the ball eat, as you would say, 98, 99.

But I still wasn't max efforting.

I wasn't grunting.

It was just the ability to do that, sustain it and have 81 appearances or 78 appearances that I did my first time.

I was exhausted.

I've thrown 256 innings in a regular season.

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