Smoltz introduced as a Boston Red Sox

Smoltz is one of my favorite pitchers in MLB. I’m looking forward to seeing him on the mound in a Sox jersey.

He’s wearing 29! Shit, fuck, goddamn! How am I supposed to know it’s his jersey and not Keith Foulke’s or Arquimedez Pozo’s?

I wonder if he’s going to buddy up and take any of his new teammates to the golf course so him and his buddy Tiger can school them on the greens.

I am about 99% sure I am buying that jersey as well. LOL. Smoltzie a Red Sox, I still cannot believe it. Now if we can just get Pedro to show up and make a cameo this season, I would be in heaven.

I’d get so many dirty looks down here. Working for Yankee fans is one things, but I also work alongside unhappy Braves fans.

Saw this discussion on ESPN basically praising the raw stuff on display in Smoltz’s throwing session, but suggesting that the strength of Smoltz’s stuff is not indicative of his health, comfort or the structural soundness of his shoulder. In other words, Smoltz’s injuries are not reflected in episodes like Curt Schilling’s post-Oakland near-no-no crapfest where his performance sucks, but theoretically by his arm detonating into a shower of sticky crimson streamers with two outs in the seventh. At which point, he says “ouch.”

For what its worth, I’ve gotta think that Boston has a legitimate reason to suspect that Smoltz can be effective throughout the half to two-thirds of the season he’s active. I also think that they’ll monitor him so his warrior propensities don’t damage his long-term availability (again, in the context of the season).

Whatever. Basically, I’m comparing him to Bartolo Colon from last year – and regardless of what eventually happens, I’m 5000% more psyched to see Smoltz out there. Plus, more Sox expenditures on player development and scouting now that we don’t need to spend $ 50K per game on the clubhouse spread.