Smoltz sets NL saves record...

gyb13 · 09-27-2002, 10:46 PM

Do you care?

Skip · 09-27-2002, 11:03 PM

I once met a pitcher named Smoltz
When he started games he was a horse
Then his body let down
And closing was his crown
But it's still freaking saves and why should anyone care because it is so bogus and meaningless and ...

moose · 09-27-2002, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Skip
I once met a pitcher named Smoltz
When he started games he was a horse
Then his body let down
And closing was his crown
But it's still freaking saves and why should anyone care because it is so bogus and meaningless and ...

whoa whoa whoa dude. someone send him to the tent for some b12 and orange slices.

i agree, though.

SmedIndy · 09-27-2002, 11:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Skip
I once met a pitcher named Smoltz
When he started games he was a horse
Then his body let down
And closing was his crown
But it's still freaking saves and why should anyone care because it is so bogus and meaningless and ...

Craig S. · 09-28-2002, 12:11 AM

The record seems meaningless to me. So much of it has to do with the situation your team creates. As proof, I offer the fact that the record is held by that all-time great, Bobby Thigpen.

pwdennis · 09-28-2002, 02:00 AM

I certainly would not argue that Smoltz has not been of great value to the Braves this year. In fact he's had a fine career prior to becoming a reliever

Max Power · 09-28-2002, 09:01 AM

Let's see the impact on John next season and the one after that.

Very few have survived the 50 save season.

RichG · 09-28-2002, 11:52 AM

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Originally posted by Max Power
Let's see the impact on John next season and the one after that.

Very few have survived the 50 save season.

I'd love to see Smoltz go back into the rotation. They might need someone to replace Glavine and/or Maddux and this season might have been a 'breather' as he comes back from his 2000 surgery.

If Cox is hung up on the closer role maybe Spooneybarger will do as a replacement, he's pitched really well at every level.

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pwdennis NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Winter Springs, FL Posts: 2,503	I certainly would not argue that Smoltz has not been of great value to the Braves this year. In fact he's had a fine career prior to becoming a reliever __________________ "I would submit that if the world survives for a million years, perhaps its finest hour may be that in the last half of the 20th century, when the power to blow up the world rested in the hands of a few men in two very unsophisticated and suspicious countries, we didn't do it, and one American, Richard Nixon, moved the cold war away from permanent confrontation toward victory. How could any wrong that he did compare with that?" - John Sears

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Max Power NetShrine Creator & Curator Join Date: May 2002 Location: NetShrine WHQ Posts: 5,548	Let's see the impact on John next season and the one after that. Very few have survived the 50 save season. __________________ Steve, Forum Administrator "They come and they go, Hobbs. They come and they go." That's why there's NetShrine.com

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09-27-2002, 11:03 PM	#2
Skip NetShrine Vagabond Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 7,866	I once met a pitcher named Smoltz When he started games he was a horse Then his body let down And closing was his crown But it's still freaking saves and why should anyone care because it is so bogus and meaningless and ...

09-28-2002, 12:11 AM	#5
Craig S. Guest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,330	The record seems meaningless to me. So much of it has to do with the situation your team creates. As proof, I offer the fact that the record is held by that all-time great, Bobby Thigpen.

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