It was announced today that former Astros and Cubs pitchers and Padres pitching coach Dave Smith has passed away. He died of a heart attack at age 53. He was named to the Astros all star Astrodome team and recorded double digit saves every year from 1985-1991, once reaching as high as 33. This is something of a shock as he is only two years older than I am.
Birds and Such
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*It's another group break round-up. *
It's been pointed out a number of times that I seem to collect a lot of
bird teams. Both pro bird teams were heavi...
A little Bush and some Big Hurt
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Happy for Reggie Bush getting his Heisman back. Got a small PC going for
him because he’s a "local kid" for me; went to a rival high school in my
distric...
the almost daily dodger - eric karros
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here we have a 1997 pinnacle totally certified card of eric karros
you can see that this is a "platinum red" card, which leads me to my
disdain for this set...
Shunning my card duties
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Well ... not exactly. Cards are always on my mind, even if I'm not
physically present with them or writing about them.
I traded cardboard success for fa...
BBA: 5 Best Pack Pulled Hits
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I'm always down for a Blog Bat-Around. The topic currently trending around
the blogosphere is posting your five best pack pulled hits. It was
inspired by...
97 - PETE HARNISCH, ASTROS, P
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*The basics:* This is Pete Harnisch's lone card in the 1993 Upper Deck set.
He had a slight down year in 1992 after his All-Star season of 1991 but was ...
A *rare, and I missed it
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Super quick post tonight...If you caught one of my recent posts, you might
remember that there was a decent table with most cards priced at 50 cents
or low...
#85 New Edition (+ New Order bonus)
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New Edition here at #85 is a rare case of an inactive act getting a
MusiCard in 1991. Besides the gold Legends subset with the likes of Bob
Marley and Le...
I am a Navy brat who went to 10 schools in 12 years in 4 different states. I have lived in 7 different states. I read two or 3 books a week. I manage a used bookstore for the county library system.
1 comment:
That's sad. I remember Smith well from the Astros' heyday in the late '80s. It really wasn't that long ago.
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