then after the game Bonds came onto the Braves bus saying "where's Smoltz?" he talked a little more, then finished off by saying "alright, now go win the ring.."John Smoltz just dropped a couple great stories about Bonds on Lebatard's radio show.
He talked about how at an all-star break he and Greg Maddox were talking and Bonds mis -heard them and thought they were rooting for Mark Macgwire over him, so Bonds said next time I face you I'm hitting a home run off of you and do a dance after. Smoltz replied well maybe I'll strike you out and just sit down on the mound, to which Bonds replied..you know what? I'm gonna hit 2 home runs off of you. and the next time they faced off Bonds hit 2 home runs
the other story was when Smoltz was closing and the Braves had a 4 run lead, and he told Maddox he was gonna send Bonds a message, setting him up for the next game. So he throws a pitch tight and inside, and Bonds just looks at him, then he throws another one inside for a strike, finally he throws one up and Bonds pulls it for a 400 ft homerun, to which Maddox asked him " so how'd that turn out for you?"
he also remembered Bonds had hit exactly 8 homeruns off of both him and Maddox because, once Bonds got to 8 against him Maddox said that's the last one because I'm walking him from now on
John Smoltz just dropped a couple great stories about Bonds on Lebatard's radio show.
He talked about how at an all-star break he and Greg Maddox were talking and Bonds mis -heard them and thought they were rooting for Mark Macgwire over him, so Bonds said next time I face you I'm hitting a home run off of you and do a dance after. Smoltz replied well maybe I'll strike you out and just sit down on the mound, to which Bonds replied..you know what? I'm gonna hit 2 home runs off of you. and the next time they faced off Bonds hit 2 home runs
the other story was when Smoltz was closing and the Braves had a 4 run lead, and he told Maddox he was gonna send Bonds a message, setting him up for the next game. So he throws a pitch tight and inside, and Bonds just looks at him, then he throws another one inside for a strike, finally he throws one up and Bonds pulls it for a 400 ft homerun, to which Maddox asked him " so how'd that turn out for you?"
he also remembered Bonds had hit exactly 8 homeruns off of both him and Maddox because, once Bonds got to 8 against him Maddox said that's the last one because I'm walking him from now on
I still remember that one at bat vs Gagne. Gagne threw a 99 mph fastball and Bonds pulls it to the cove! Next pitch, 100 mph, Bonds hits a HR!
