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We had heard that Lonnie Smith, the former Cardinals and Braves outfielder whose frenetic baserunning was almost as breathtaking as watching him try to play defense (Bill James once pointed out that Smith "really does fall down almost every game), had battled some drug problems back in the late '80s, but we had no idea it ever got this bad. Smith apparently planned on murdering current Braves general manager John Schuerholz because he thought he had sabotaged his career. More »
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