Thursday, June 25, 2009

It's Smoltz' Turn

Finally, a year in the making, John Smoltz gets a chance to pitch in the Major Leagues again. This time it's for the Boston Red Sox.

The Sox beat the Nationals again last night with long balls from Big Papi & Jason Varitek. Having won the 3-game series already, Smoltz comes into a very relaxed situation against the Nationals tonight.

Smoltz himself has tampered down expectations about his first start. He just wants to compete once again & improve with each start so that he can win critical games for the Sox in September & October. Sounds good to me.

It was a great move by the Sox to take a chance on Smoltz. We'll see if it pays off now.

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