Smithy was a fireball pitcher.
After ten seasons without a World Series ring, the eleventh was the same futility.
He demanded a trade to another team hot in the race for one.
Come November, he flashed that ring around his new city like there’s no tomorrow.
So much so, he blew out his elbow.
When it was time for the Hall of Fame, he wanted his plaque to show the new team’s logo.
He only wore it for three months.
The old team convinced him otherwise, with videotape of him and some of his young fans in the locker room.