The Wolfpacker: An Independent Magazine Covering NC State Sports
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80 ■ THE WOLFPACKER ■ PACK PAST member was in 1954, when they won 110 games and played the Giants in the Series. I cried when they lost in four games. Getting drafted by Cleveland was huge for me." When he walked into the Indians' club- house for the first time, Smith saw that his locker was between legendary coaches Rocky Colavito and Warren Spahn. Smith was in heaven. He played four seasons with his favorite team and was then taken in a dispersal draft by the expansion Seattle Mariners for the 1977 season. He played the inaugural year in Seattle, then retired from baseball after 121 career games as a an outfielder, in which he hit five homers, drove in 21 runs and stole nine bases. He never pitched in the major leagues. After baseball, he became a salesman for several electrical supply companies and Redi-Mix Concrete. Though he semi- retired in 2015, he still works two days a week for his old company and spends two nights a week at Raleigh's Diamond Stars Baseball, which he started 33 years ago, giving private hitting instructions. At the reunion for the 1968 team, Smith threw out the first pitch from the mound of Doak Field at Dail Park — only because he couldn't swing at it instead. ■ Tim Peeler is a regular contributor to The Wolfpacker. You may contact him at tmpeeler@ncsu.edu. Bookkeeping Payroll Accounts Payable Audits Financial Forecasts & Projections Reviews & Compilations Tax Return Preparation Tax Planning IRS Mediation Estate Planning Pension/Profit Sharing Administration Investment Services Financial Planning Medicare/Medicaid Cost Reporting www.wwcecpa.com Williams, Evans & Company, LLP 102 West Spring Street | PO Box 1366 Oxford, North Carolina 27565 (919) 693-5196 | (919) 693-7614 fax Accountants James P. Winston II, CPA Gary L. Williams, CPA Leonard R. Creech Jr., CPA Carleen P. Evans, CPA Jennifer Reese, CPA Winston, Williams, Creech, Evans & Company, LLP Certified Public Accountants James P. Winston II, CPA Gary L. Williams, CPA Leonard R. Creech Jr., CPA Carleen P. Evans, CPA Jennifer Reese, CPA 102 West Spring Street | PO Box 1366 Oxford, North Carolina 27565 (919) 693-5196 | (919) 693-7614 fax www.wwcecpa.com Braswell Foods is a fourth generation family owned, vertically integrated company producing and marketing quality, value added feed and egg products for American families and businesses for over 45 years. Braswell Foods, one of the largest organic feed and egg producers in the United States, is very proud to be American Humane Certified by the American Humane Association, (the nation's original monitoring and labeling program) which ensures the humane care of farm animals; as well as, receiving the ISO 14001 Certification for its industry leadership as an environmental steward. Located in Nashville, North Carolina, Braswell Foods is the second largest EGG•LAND'S BEST franchisee in the United States, a licensee for Horizon Organic Eggs and a leading producer of value-added private label egg products for leading Retail Grocery companies. Our Family of Companies Include: Carolina Egg Companies, Inc * Glenwood Foods, LLC * Braswell Milling Co * Braswell Egg Company For more information please contact: Braswell Foods * 105 Cross Street * Nashville, NC 27856 * 252-459-2143 * www.braswellfoods.com The Cleveland Indians selected Smith in the fifth round of the 1970 Major League Draft, and he played in the big leagues for five sea- sons before retiring. PHOTO COURTESY NC STATE MEDIA RELATIONS