John Smoltz’s First Start
June 2009
John Smoltz has made his first start of the season since being brought back into the MLB world. The start gave us some sense of where he is in his recouperation. He has some promising parts. His fastball seems there. His split finger got better throughout the game. He had quite a bit of trouble, however, that made the team lose badly last night, 9-3. He gave up quite a few runs in a rather limited start. Again he is going to be pushing himself. He says he feels better and it felt like the old days. He looks forward to playing the best players in the coming weeks and months. We certainly hope that Smoltz will be continuing to feel better and hopefully he can start getting more stops this year!
