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John Smoltz.

metirish
Apr 22 2008 07:58 PM

Tonight in the third inning he struck out Felipe Lopez for 3,000 career strikeouts , Smoltz becomes the 16th pitcher to reach 3,000.

I have always enjoyed watching Smoltz pitch , so crafty yet can still dial it up to high heat.


Anyway congrats on 3,000.

Willets Point
Apr 22 2008 08:14 PM

Ditto. He's a Brave I can like and respect.

Nymr83
Apr 22 2008 08:19 PM

congrats on striking out 10 tonight, getting to 3,000, giving up only 1 run, and still taking the loss. thats a braves milestone i can get behind.

Rockin' Doc
Apr 22 2008 09:26 PM

I'm not quite sure the reason, but despite his being a lifelong Brave, I have always liked Smoltz. He seems to be the type of player I would want on my team if I was a manager.

Congratulations to Smoltz for reaching a milestone in his long and illustrious career.

Fman99
Apr 23 2008 04:36 AM

No gushing from me. He's a stupid Brave. Fuck him and his bearded ass.

Centerfield
Apr 23 2008 07:47 AM

Actually out of the three, the only one I couldn't stand was Maddux. I thought both Smoltz and Glavine were upstanding guys and would have welcomed either on the Mets.

Now I know Glavine to be a worthless fucksmith. Who knows. Maybe I'd hate Smoltz if he pitched here too.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 23 2008 07:52 AM

Yeah. Glavine's greatest sin was daring to put on a Mets uniform.

Willets Point
Apr 23 2008 08:25 AM

Benjamin Grimm wrote:
Yeah. Glavine's greatest sin was daring to put on a Mets uniform.


...and sucking in the Mets uniform.
...and frequently running up the pitch count and leaving the game after 5 innings.
...and losing to the Braves pretty much every time out.
...and selfishly putting pursuit of individual milestones ahead of the team.
...giving up nine runs in 4.1 innings and having the nerve to slam his teammates in the postgame interview.
...and being a clubhouse cancer.
...and completely blowing the last chance the Mets had to get into the playoffs in 2007.

Other than that he was a peach.

seawolf17
Apr 23 2008 09:12 AM

What Willets said.

Never liked Smoltz, but that said, it's a nice accomplishment for a guy who's going to make a really interesting HoF discussion.

seawolf17
Apr 23 2008 09:15 AM

Fman99 wrote:
Fuck him and his bearded ass.

Wait, how do you know that he has hair... actually, I'd rather not know.

metirish
Apr 23 2008 10:37 AM

With these numbers he's a HOF player IMO.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smoltjo01.shtml

MFS62
Apr 23 2008 10:41 AM

Willets Point wrote:
Ditto. He's a Brave I can like and respect.

I can respect him (more precisely his accomplishment).
But I don't like him. He's a Brave.
Later

OlerudOwned
Apr 23 2008 10:42 AM

Like Glavine, I come from a long line of fucksmiths, but we're far from worthless.

Frayed Knot
Apr 23 2008 11:17 AM

A K-3K Kwiz:

Two other 3,000 K guys - Smoltz is the 3rd - have ALL their strike-outs for one team?

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 23 2008 11:20 AM

Hmmm.

Jim Palmer?

Bob Gibson.

AG/DC
Apr 23 2008 11:22 AM

Could this include guys who did it and then moved on subsequent to number 3000?

Forget it, the answers are the Big Train and Rapid Robert.

Frayed Knot
Apr 23 2008 11:28 AM

You each got one right; it's Gibson & Johnson

Feller never got to 3K (lost 3 years to WWII) and Palmer surprisingly never came close (2,212)