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Smoltz pays visit to future Cooperstown home
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John Smoltz stands next to a jersey worn by former teammate Terry Pendleton that is currently on display at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., Tuesday. - photo by Associated Press
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — When John Smoltz plopped down in a director's chair inside the Baseball Hall of Fame and stared at all the bronze plaques on the walls, the moment was both magical and a bit overwhelming. "This is a pretty incredible place. Some elite people," the 47-year-old Smoltz, a first-ballot Hall of Famer, said Tuesday after his pre-induction tour.