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Smoltz adjusting to new surroundings

By Peter Gammons

Sunday, February 15, 2009

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The last time John Smoltz wasn't in spring training with the Braves was 1987. So as he fiddled through the names and faces of his new teammates with the Boston Red Sox and adjusted to a day when he was told he was not permitted to throw a bullpen session because he was still recovering from shoulder surgery, he reflected on his biggest wont down here. "My one regret," said Smoltz, "is that I don't have my golf partner. He's back in Orlando." John Smoltz is a lock for the ...

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