>>John Smoltz is a Republican, or at least associated with Republicans.
That would be my expectation as well.
I know he was part of a group that started up a private Christian school in a north Atlanta ‘burb. That’s not something one of today’s Democrats would typically do.
An article about that:
Fulton County approves school backed by Foxworthy, Smoltz
http://onlineathens.com/stories/110300/new_1103000047.shtml
When I was 13 my 8th grade science teacher invited me to go with his church group to Palm Beach Expos stadium where the Braves were having spring training.
The event he brought me to, was a morning breakfast with Sid Bream and John Smoltz. They discussed their lives as Christians and led a prayer for breakfast. They had all the donuts a kid could eat. At the end of course they signed anything a kid could carry. I had a Topps John Smoltz rookie card. I still have that card.
This meeting with John Smoltz and Sid Bream was one of the best childhood memories. I would easily rate it over when I went to a Dan Marino signing the previous year, because that event was not very personal.