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John Smoltz
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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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It's really been amazing, ... That's the only way to describe it. There's no other word to describe what we're doing. They prepare each kid that's come up here in a way that not a lot has to be taught.

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I've got to be careful I don't hurt him. That's why it's got to be something slow like a knuckleball.


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The ball was flying today. Certainly, for us in the ninth, thankfully, it flew with Chipper's bat and Andruw's. That, hopefully, will erase what was an ugly eighth inning.

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It's been amazing. I don't know how to describe it, other than to give all the credit to Bobby Cox and a few of the veteran players. These kids are so bona fide. They're like sponges. They want to learn. I'm having a blast.

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It's been a grind. I feel like I'm pitching really good and sometimes you give up runs, where you go, 'How in the world did I give up runs?' Then there are games where you think you should give up six (runs) and you don't.
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