Received: 7/26/10
Time: 13 Days
Address: Home
Item Sent: 1984 Topps, 1990 Donruss NL's Best, 1992 Score 1991 World Series
Item Received: 1984 Topps, 1990 Donruss NL's Best, 1992 Score 1991 World Series. All signed in blue Sharpie.
Notes:
Lonnie Smith was one of the most fascinating and underrated players of the '80s. He won three World Series with three different teams from 1980-1985 ('80 Phillies, '82 Cardinals, '85 Royals). He almost lost his career to drug abuse. He contemplated murdering Royals GM John Schuerholz, who he thought was blackballing him from the league. He resurrected his career with the Atlanta Braves, where he played in two more World Series (losing in 1991 and 1992) -- ironically under Schuerholz, then the GM in Atlanta. He was both a hero and goat for the Braves in the '91 World Series, homering in three straight games, but also committing a costly baserunning gaffe, which may have cost the Braves the title. (They, of course, lost to my Twins in the greatest World Series ever played.) All the while, he's been a huge friend to the hobby, having cultivated a reputation as one of the most generous and reliable TTM signers in all of baseball. Thanks, Mr. Smith!
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