Bill Lee had some interesting stuff about the Smith/Yaz relationship in his book The Wrong Stuff. Lee said Smith idolized Yaz and played his career in Yaz’s shadow. I get the feeling Lee wasn’t a huge Reggie fan.
Anyway Smith was a fine and definitely under appreciated player. His early cards are nice too. Supposedly one time during a rain delay Smith and Yaz had a throwing contest. From the edge of the dugout Smith threw the ball over the green monster as well as the screen above it. Supposedly an insane throw. But then Smith hurt his arm because of it and missed time after that. Then again I might have the second part of that story wrong in which case someone correct me.
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