I was born January 23, 1970, Holyoke, MA and was sected by Atlanta in the 8th round of the 1988 free-agent draft. I graduated from Holyoke High School in 1988, where he was All-Western Conference in baseball in '87 and '88. I was one of the Braves best relif pictures during his tenue at Atlanta. Starting in 1998, went on the DL with a strained left oblique muscle on 5/3 and finished the season on the DL. Spent most of the 1999 season on the disabled list, first with an anxiety disorder and then with a torn ligament in my right elbow that he was traded to the Reds on 4/16 in exchange for RHP John Hudek. The Wohlers' fastball is the only one in the game that consistently flirts with triple-digits, and observers have long wondered what I could do with it if I could ever fully harness it. The Wohlers' fastball is such a weapon that I didn't have to hold runners on--so I didnt.
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