It was announced today that John Smoltz will have season ending surgery on his shoulder on Tuesday. The only question left is whether he will be able to come back in pitch in 2009. If he is unable to then John it has been one hell of a career. If he is able to come back then the Braves will have one of the most valuable players in baseball on the roster.

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What a sad day for Braves fans. First we get the news that Smoltz is having season (career?) ending surgery. Smoltz has been the heart and soul of this team for so long, I’m not sure what the team will look like without his day to day presence. If that wasn’t enough bad news, our “temporary” closer, who has been fantastic, couldn’t hold a 2 run lead in the ninth. Hopefully, we will bounce back tomorrow and make it three of four from the fish.

ESPN - Marlins vs. Braves - Box Score - June 04, 2008

Smoltz will undergo season-ending surgery on his right shoulder. A press conference was held at 11:30 am today and he has said that while he hopes this isn’t the end of his career, he’s not really sure what will happen in the future. This is the last year on his contract and after this season he will be a free agent. I’m sure the Braves will renew his contract for another year if he thinks he is able to pitch again, but who really knows at this point? Smoltz says that he would love to be able to come back and pitch again, but he realizes this could be it. Let’s all hope the best for Smoltzie and hope that the surgery goes well with a successful recovery.

The Official Site of The Atlanta Braves: News: Smoltz may be facing shoulder surgery

I’ve already mentioned the All-Star game one time, but Mac really deserves to go this year with the way his first half is going. I know that Chicago fans are voting like mad for their catcher Soto, who is also having a great year as well, but Mac has been to the past two All-Star games as a reserve and he deserves to be rewarded per se for his major improvement from last year, which was plagued by injuries but he won’t use those injuries as an excuse because he’s good like that. Mac is only down by 202,717, which isn’t not a low margin, but not unreachable either. With his All-Star thing, you can vote 25 times with one e-mail and then when that runs out, use another e-mail or make a free one solely for this. Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, wherever, just vote for Mac; he deserves it and fans shouldbust their butts to get him there. This fansite has the right idea: McCann YOU Dig It? I plan on making a bigger All-Star banner for this, so expect to see that soon and vote for Mac however many times you can.