Dave Smith RIP

[919191]

Former Astro, Padre, and surfer

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_yl...v=ap&type=lgns

[cumberlandreds]

I'm sorry to hear about this. He was a good reliever during much of the 80's and seems to have been a very good person.

[Chip R]

Sad to hear about this. I thought he was way overrated as a closer but you hate hearing about someone dying so young.

[princeton]

I thought he was way overrated as a closer.

I have a theory that the tradition of burials developed because so many people like to get in a little dig once a person dies.

[marcshoe]

Also a former Charleston Charlies starter. I remember seeing him pitch a gem a Watt Powell back in the day.

[Unassisted]

Sad to hear about this. I thought he was way overrated as a closer but you hate hearing about someone dying so young.

I seem to remember him being lights-out against some very lackluster Reds teams.

He must have been doing something right, as he was the Astros career leader in relief appearances.

[Rojo]

“He’s gone. My tears are the rain,” (Tim) Flannery, the San Francisco Giants third base coach, told The Associated Press.

I think they mixed up a quote from Yoko Ono.

[BoydsOfSummer]

I have a theory that the tradition of burials developed because so many people like to get in a little dig once a person dies.

I have a theory that burials are based in superstition.

So long Dave.