Lonnie Smith's plot to kill John Schuerholz

I was at Wrigley Field one day in the summer of 1985 when Lonnie tagged a Cub pitch and sent it to the wall to bring runs home.
He and the Cards won something like 2-1 or some low score that day.
I never knew this sort of info about Smith. That's some damn fine reporting. A good, interesting enterprise piece.

 

Schuerholz didn't comment because, like many other Braves supporters, he concocted his own plot to kill Lonnie Smith after that horrible display of baserunning.

 

The bullet never would have made it to Schuerholz. It would have been short, taken a couple bounces and stopped a few inches short of John's feet.

 

Who in baseball had a fatter ass in relation to the rest of his body than Lonnie Smith?

 

Ever seen pics of Hank Aaron in the latter stages of his career?

 

The wife got the gun in the divorce. Bitch took everything!

 

See, now I thought cocaine caused weight loss.

 

So, was he the J.R. Reid of the majors?

 

Wellll ... I think I'll still listen when they say they had a gun and were looking for their former GM.

 

that's an interesting story. to me it's not just 'former druggie makes good' because it contains the GM-murdering angle.

 

Look! I've improved as a person! I didn't kill John Schuerholz!

 

The Schuerholz stuff was interesting, but that story sure got boring in a hurry.