{"id":1193,"date":"2008-06-04T17:55:41","date_gmt":"2008-06-04T22:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/06\/04\/bummer-of-bummers-smoltz-down-and-out\/"},"modified":"2008-06-04T17:55:41","modified_gmt":"2008-06-04T22:55:41","slug":"bummer-of-bummers-smoltz-down-and-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/06\/04\/bummer-of-bummers-smoltz-down-and-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Bummer of bummers.  Smoltz down and out."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What a said day to hear that <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/mlb\/news\/story?id=3425461\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/mlb\/news\/story?id=3425461', 'Smoltz is having season ending surgery');\" target=\"new\">Smoltz is having season ending surgery<\/a>.  The reality is that this could finally close the books on a wonderful career.<\/p>\n<p>As an Atlanta Braves fan I am somewhat biased, but Smoltz is one of the best pitchers of my generation.<\/p>\n<p>Sad to see that his body is giving up long before his competitiveness wanes.<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to Doyle Alexander and the Detroit Tigers for making all of this possible.<\/p>\n<p>Best wishes to Smoltz for a speedy recovery!<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a said day to hear that Smoltz is having season ending surgery. The reality is that this could finally close the books on a wonderful career. As an Atlanta Braves fan I am somewhat biased, but Smoltz is one of the best pitchers of my generation. Sad to see that his body is giving &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/06\/04\/bummer-of-bummers-smoltz-down-and-out\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bummer of bummers.  Smoltz down and out.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}