Stephen was hit by a Randy Johnson fastball for uttering:
 SF> I didn't see Brown all year, but I heard or saw every game the Braves
 SF> played. Maddox, as good as he is, tends to make ONE mistake per loss and
 SF> that is the mistake that kills him. Smoltz makes LOTS of mistakes, but
 SF> they are usually non lethal ones. As a result, Smoltz gets into more
 SF> trouble, but pitches through it better than Maddox, who gets into hardly
 SF> any trouble at all.
For a guy who says that he heard or saw every game, you certainly don't show 
it. ANY mistake the MaddUx made was lethal because he got damn little in run 
support. Smoltz could afford to make mistakes because he had a lot more to 
work with in terms of runs. His mistakes caught up with him more later in the 
season as he stopped getting 7+ runs per game. Give MaddUx that kind of 
support and he'd have had a year every bit as good as Smoltz.
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