
"I'm not a power pitcher, so I knew the layoff wouldn't bother my velocity," Smith told The Allentown Morning Call. "I got a little tired toward the end, but other than that I was hitting my spots."
Smith was in his first season of independent ball, going on to pitch in a total of 12 professional seasons. Smith, though, never made the majors, getting as high as AA, but no higher.
Smith's 1992 Classic Four Sport card was included in my Target Extreme Value repack, the one where I got that crazy unopened 2007 Topps Update pack.
Smith's Classic Four Sport card marks him being drafted by Baltimore 100th overall in 1992. Also included in the pack was another Four Sport card, that of Steve Montgomery.

There were also several CMC set members in the repack, including Jeff Bittiger, Juan Bell, Scott Livingstone and Gary Varsho.

He got into 33 major league games, 25 of those came in 1988 with the White Sox.
The back of his Topps card includes his complete minor league history, dating back to 1980 at Little Falls. It also notes he was co-MVP at AA Jackson in 1982. The other MVP that year was Darryl Strawberry, Topps notes. Bittiger was featured here in May 2011.

Bell's 1992 Score card back gets into his family relation quickly. Juan, it reads, "is no match for his big brother, George of the Cubs, with a bat but he more than holds his own with his glove." A shortstop by trade, Bell filled in in 1992 for an injured Billy Ripken at second. Score also notes that Bell hit well in one 11-game stretch, hitting .382. Bell has yet to be featured here.

His Ultra card back includes two pictures, a portrait and one of him leaving the batters box, running to first. As it is with Ultra, there is no text, only pedigree information and one year of stats. Livingstone has yet to be featured here.

Varsho ended up getting into eight major league seasons. His Topps card highlights his AA work in 1985 and 1986. Varsho lead the Eastern League in stolen bases in 1986, and got five hits in one game against Glens Falls. Varsho was featured here in March 2011.

- Allentown Morning Call, July 19, 1999: 'Hut' Smith's Debut A Winner For Ambassadors
22 - Steve Carter, Felt Good, 8/13/10
96 - Gary Varsho, Playing Home, 3/6/11
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