John Smoltz is pretty good. He's been pretty good for a long time.
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He just treats people like people instead of treating them like players. If a guy has a bad day, he doesn't treat them any differently than if they had a great day, and that makes everybody feel comfortable. They can all go out and play, and not worry about their manager changing his disposition every day.
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That's the class of the league over there. It's been the class of the league or in the top class of the league the last 14 years. We've never even won a series at home against them, let alone a sweep.
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We're a player short for a day or two because of Branyan. We thought it was more important to have an extra player on the bench. It's only for, what, five games because we're off Monday. And if we run into pitching problems we can always turn right around and bring someone up.
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We've got a bunch of young kids that have a lot of heart. Anytime you're down four runs and get the winning run to the plate in the ninth you've done something.
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He grew up in this atmosphere. So the expectations others had for him have never bothered him because they can't match those that he's had for himself for a long time.
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