"I think it's an opportunity to clean Fernando [Rodney] up and get some things straightened out from a mechanical standpoint," McClendon said. "We'll see how it goes."
The moment he stepped out of the bullpen and Guns N' Roses' "Welcome to the Jungle" started blaring, instead of Rodney's trademark techno dance music, Smith received a thundering standing ovation from the 31,106 in attendance.
"I definitely was a little bit surprised," Smith said of the ovation. "I didn't know what to expect. I know what usually happens in the ninth inning, but I had no idea what was going happen that time.