John Smoltz
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546 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 1 Jul
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He had such credibility in our locker room for what he had done in the past, but his ability to lead men, and I'd run through a wall for him.
Like I say this all the time, he traded for me as the GM, and then he was my manager for 20 years.
And he was the biggest reason, the single most reason why my career identified with what it did.
I could have taken so many different turns for the worst under different leadership.
In 1991, I'm 2-11th.
I mean, there's no precedent for a two and 11 first half guy to stick around in the rotation.
In my day, you were going back to the bullpen or back to the minors.
And he stuck with me.
I went 12 and two, the rest is history.
So he just had this ability to treat men like men.
And then if you weren't a man, teach you how to be a man.
And at the same time, give you confidence when you didn't have it.
That's a lost art in a game that's identified by failure.
And I can even imagine today if he was managing and guys were hitting 220, which they do, and the league average is the worst it's always been, he would find a way to make that 220 guy feel like he was hitting 320.
And that's a special talent because you can see your average every time you go to the plate.
And you can see what you're not doing, and it would be much easier to get that guy out of the lineup than to sustain him or give him confidence.
And he had a gift with that.
Oh, good question.
Oh, yeah.
That's a great question.
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