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The great Glove Man

By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com

Saturday, July 27, 2002

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Some men walk up to that podium in Cooperstown, N.Y., and you think of the home runs they sent soaring into the night. Some men walk up to that podium, and you think of exploding fastballs roaring out of their hands, trailing smoke and obliterating bats. But Sunday afternoon, in the enchanted village of Cooperstown, N.Y., we will watch the great Earl Osborne Smith walk to that podium to receive his Hall of Fame plaque. And we will think of the soft piece of leather he wo ...

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