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Bullpen is 'next best thing' for Smoltz

By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com

Sunday, June 1, 2008

The home-team bullpen at Turner Field sits 400 feet from home plate, just beyond the right-center-field power alley. But for the newest occupant of that bullpen, a fellow named John Smoltz, it's a far longer journey than that. It's a journey not just of the feet, but of the mind. It's been 44 months since Smoltz last hung out in that bullpen. Which means it's also been 44 months since he forced his way out of that 'pen, after four consecutive frustrating Octobers spent sitting arou ...

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