John Smoltz

by Steve Jeltz on Oct 3, 2008 1:49 AM EDT

Given the awesome developments over the past two days, and the unfamiliar position I find myself in as a lifelong Phillies fan, it's weird to devote a post to John Smoltz at this point. I have always been a Smoltz fan, as hard as that may be to admit as a Phillies fan; he's always been all class in my book. Anyway, has anyone else who's watched the coverage on TBS been very impressed with Smoltz's performance as a color guy? Is this his first crack at this, or have I missed this in the past? I think he has a definite future in the booth should he choose to explore it.

Sincerely,

Steve Jeltz

.210/.308/.268

Tweet Comment 7 comments | 0 recs |

Do you like this story?

Comments

John Smoltz as a player – great
John Smoltz as a color guy – surprisingly awesome
John Smoltz as a human being – fail

by foos05 on Oct 3, 2008 7:32 AM EDT reply actions

what he said

Smoltz was particularly good in Game One, though toward the end of the broadcast he started kvetching about CBP, as he tends to do.

Overall I’ve been pretty impressed with TBS’s coverage—a big step forward from last year. Though I can’t say with total certainty that the results thus far on the field aren’t coloring my perception of this.

by dajafi on Oct 3, 2008 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions

Speaking of John Smoltz's kvetching

I just posted this story about it.

by David S. Cohen on Oct 3, 2008 10:33 AM EDT reply actions

The only thing I liked about Smoltz was that he routinely gave Bonds the finger in the dugout. No balls, no brass ring

by Wet Luzinski on Oct 5, 2008 6:14 PM EDT reply actions

This is his first crack at it...

… he did color on a Braves game after Skip Caray died and was an analyst on the Braves pre-game show a few times during the season, so he’s very new to broadcasting. He’s said it isn’t something he wants to do on a full-time basis once he retires because he doesn’t want to start something that detracts away from his time with his children once he retires.

- Oh, Bobby. -

by sdp on Oct 6, 2008 9:14 AM EDT reply actions

children

Yeah, gotta make sure those kids have a strong male influence around at all times, or else one of ‘em is liable to wind up wanting get gay married or something, Smoltzy’s worst nightmare.

by WholeCamels on Oct 6, 2008 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions