The John Smoltz Urban Legend That Was Too Good To Check
by David Roth from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#41DV8)
John Smoltz is, at this point in his second career as a color commentator, not really that good at the job. He understands the game well, but he's also drowsy and grouchy in all the ways that old ballplayers tend to be: checked out and skeptical and reflexively salty about today's players, grumpily grudgeful about"