Boston Red Sox veteran John Smoltz, still recovering from June shoulder surgery, will avoid batting practice (again) this Thursday. In fact, he'll likely sit out of all baseball-related activities for the next week or so, according to manager Terry Francona.The 41-year-old righty, who signed with the 14-7 Sox in January after 20 seasons with the Atlanta Braves -- we still don't get that -- is scheduled to rejoin the team on May 6th when they return home from a nine-game road trip. Maybe he'll even pitch for them someday.
Speaking of Boston, here's an awesome post from 27 Pitches on the douchery of Bill Simmons. Who doesn't love Mad Libs?
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5 comments:
I don't get why he signed with Boston either. He should have had some respect for his life-long fans and retired as a Brave. It's not like he's going to see much time in the Sox rotation anyway with that wrinkly, old, beat up arm of his.
Bassmaster, I lost all 15+ years worth of respect I had for Smoltz when he decided to sign with Boston. What a classless thing to do. That would be like Chipper signing with the Yankees for no good reason. A real slap in the face to life-long fans, as you said.
I still don't understand why he didn't stay with the Braves, or retire. As far as I'm concerned, the only thing he a managed to do is tarnish his name. If I were a Braves fan i would still be mad about this.
As much as I love and respect Smoltzie, do you get the feeling the Braves were trying to tell him something? Mad Dog, though no longer a Brave, picked up on the vibe and did the right thing. Glavine should be thinking about it, too. Smoltzie was a great starter, and then a great closer. But I think it's better to leave on your own terms and wonder what if, than hang around too long and find out. Disappointing, but I wish him nothing but the best.
I could discuss this for hours. Smoltzie is my favorite pitcher, and is a class act. However, he did run off at his mouth a little bit, but no damage was done.
Dude's ego came into play, in my opinion, and he did not appreciate that the Braves were putting some pretty ridiculous incentives in his contract offer. The Braves, on the other hand, were making a business decision and as much as it pains me it was the right one.
No time to delve too deeply right now, but I'm sure that if Smoltzie pitches in Bean Town this season that we will all get to revisit it.
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