But can you give me your earliest memories or impressions of a young John Smoltz and what exactly it was the Braves had on their hands by the time he got to the big leagues?

Well, first of all, Grant, that trade versus the rest of them benefited the Braves.

This one benefited the Braves and the Tigers.

I don't know what Alexander's record was in Detroit.

But, see, this is the one where in baseball terms you say, boy, that was a win-win for both trades.

Even the Tigers, although no one would know this is a future Hall of Famer you're trading away, would look at that as a win-win situation, and we just got unlucky.

We sent a guy

That's how fast the success seemed to swing back in the corner of John Smoltz, who worked very hard on the field and off to get himself back on track that year.

Uh, what can you tell us, Lemmer? What are you feeling right now?

A very tough couple of days.

You know, it's, it's, it's so difficult.

It's, it's a moment you never really expected.

You know, I was driving up to North Carolina when I got the news, and I had to tell my friends, you know, I, I just, uh, I'm gonna have to turn around.

So I drove up to North Carolina, turned around, headed back to Atlanta.

I don't know what was going through my head, although I got a lot of support from teammates and friends and fans.

Was there a time during the celebration you just looked and saw Bobby and, and thought, "Thank goodness, uh, you know, he really deserves this"?

Uh, what can you tell us, Lemmer? What are you feeling right now?

A very tough couple of days.

You know, it's, it's, it's so difficult.

It, it's, it's a moment you never really expected.

You know, I was driving up to North Carolina when I got the news, and I had to tell my friends, you know, I, I just, uh, I'm gonna have to turn around.

So I drove up to North Carolina, turned around, headed back to Atlanta.

I don't know what was going through my head, although I got a lot of support from teammates, and friends, and fans.

I mean, where, was there a time during the celebration you just looked and saw Bobby and, and thought, "Thank goodness, uh, you know, he really deserves this"?

Uh, what can you tell us, Lemmer? What are you feeling right now?

A very tough couple of days.

You know, it's, it's, it's so difficult.

It's, it's a moment you never really expected.

You know, I was driving up to North Carolina when I got the news, and I had to tell my friends, you know, I, I just, uh, I'm gonna have to turn around.

So I drove up to North Carolina, turned around, headed back to Atlanta.

I don't know what was going through my head, although I got a lot of support from teammates and friends and fans.

I mean, where, was there a time during the celebration you just looked and saw Bobby and, and thought, "Thank goodness, uh, you know, he really deserves this"?