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Old 01-18-2012, 05:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe_G. View Post
FYI, the Smith card you link to on eBay is mis-labeled. That is actually a card of "Pop" (Charles Marvin) Smith. Phenomenal Smith cards are not that tough outside of his Script card portrait. He has a total of 6 different poses in the Old Judge set.

In your research, you've probably discovered that he was a bit a troublemaker. He was a member of four different clubs over a time span of five weeks in late 1886. He does have an interesting history however.

Yes Smith's personality is what makes him such an interesting part of baseball history.
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