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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And I threw 81 innings or whatever it was my first time as a closer.
I was gassed as a closer.
All the warm-ups, all the times getting ready, all the times you didn't get in, and just that continual three in a row, five out of six, six out of eight, those dynamics have changed dramatically.
Guys don't pitch three games in a row anymore.
Guys are max effort trying to strike out three in an inning.
I'd say mostly they're trying to strike out four in an inning if they get a pass ball.
And I think it's the difference is what they're being rewarded for.
But man, oh man, was it difficult for me to make that transition because of the structure and discipline for a pitching, starting pitcher is the greatest life and there is.
It is.
It's the greatest life, greatest job.
And most people are envious of it when you do it well because it is the greatest job.
But then when you go to the bullpen, you're like,
Forget that.
You've got to be ready every day, your workout, your eating habits, everything changes.
I learned on the hard way.
I learned on the job because there wasn't time for me to gain experience.
The one thing I did have an advantage of is my 14 previous years of starting pitching gave me the leverage that when I came into the game, guys didn't want to get to two strikes.
So I got a lot of quick outs.
I got a lot of, you know, outs without throwing a ton of pitches and they didn't want to get to two strikes.
So I knew how to put guys away and then it became a leverage for me when I got to the closing rope.
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