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Mike Smith is one of three major league pitchers born Michael Anthony Smith to have played in the major leagues since the mid-1980s. He and Mike Smith were teammates in the Cincinnati Reds organization in the 1980s, and both went to spring training with the Baltimore Orioles in 1989. To distinguish between the two, he was dubbed "Mike Smith from Texas", while his teammate was "Mike Smith from Mississippi". - bRef Bullpen wiki

Columnist Tom Boswell was not enthused by the prospect of the O's having Mike Smith. Either one. The Mike Smith facegen below is the Texas one. He made it into 13 games in 1989 and put up a 7.65 ERA...

HOW DO YOU ENJOY A BAD BASEBALL TEAM? No, that isn't quite it. Let's try again. How do you enjoy a very bad baseball team? Okay, okay, so that's not exactly the problem either. Let's give it one more go. How do you enjoy one of the worst baseball teams in history? There, that's more like it. Once more, it's time to say, "Goooood moooourning, Baltimore Orioles." Say, can we keep that rotation of Jay Tibbs (4-15), Mark Thurmond (1-8) and Jose Bautista (6-15) intact? Yes, THEY'RE BACK. The team for whom every day is Friday the 13th. The team that makes you wonder, "If Joe Orsulak is the answer, what could the question possibly be?" (Unfortunately, the question is, "Who had the Orioles' highest average last year?") The team that began last season with 21 consecutive losses -- a new record for this solar system. The team that responded to the ignominy of its 107-loss year by trading a Hall of Famer -- Eddie Murray -- for nothing. Okay, for George Bell's minor-league brother, Juan, plus spare change. The team that, with enough ill luck, could break every major league record for futility this season... [Come to the park!] ... Find out if fireballing Pete Harnisch can overcome his goofy little windup and his stubby legs. Maybe, by September, you'll even get to see the American League debut of the one and only Texas Mike Smith. Or is that the one and only Mississippi Mike Smith? If all teams were competent, baseball would be poorer by half. Or, at least for the Orioles' sake, let's tell ourselves it's so. - Washington Post, March 1989

Redid the facgen.