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Phenomenal Smith
This is the first post in a series I'll be doing this year, highlighting the fantastic Ars Longa cards I've started collecting. They're original art cards, hand-distressed for the aesthetic style of vintage tobacco cards. The sets feature long gone players who are often impossible to collect these days.
Jun 17, 1885 - Brooklyn (AA) P "Phenomenal" Smith loses his debut to St. Louis by a score of 18-5. All 18 runs against the brash lefthander are unearned‚ due to 14 Brooklyn "errors‚" 7 by SS Germany Smith. When he first joined the team‚ Smith‚ who gave himself his nickname‚ said he was so good that he didn't need his teammates to win. The intentional misplays of his teammates cause club president Lynch to fine the guilty players $500 each‚ but he reluctantly agrees to release Smith to ensure team harmony. [1]