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SI.com - MLB - MLB Poll: Who is the smartest person in baseball? - Wednesday September 19, 2007 9:30AM

BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog found this 9/19/2007 on sportsillustrated.cnn.com

FAST FACTS: Only two other players cracked the top 10: Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter (seventh, 3.1%) and Mets pitcher Tom Glavine (10th, 1.8%).... Maddux's nickname is the Professor; Orioles pitching coach Leo Mazzone, who was with Maddux in Atlanta, called him, "the smartest pitcher I have ever seen." ... Ausmus has a degree in government from Dartmouth, La Russa a law degree from Florida ...