Found January 12, 2012 on Big League Stew:
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It's good to be John Smoltz — though perhaps maybe not as much as it used to be. The former Atlanta Braves pitcher has posted his Milton, Georgia mansion on the market for $7.2 million and it's the type of place you'd have to drag me kicking and screaming from. Honestly, I post a lot of these real estate-type items and it's easy to get jaded. But I'm also pretty sure that we've never written about an 18,000 square-foot house located on a property that likely features better sporting facilities — a golf course! a football field! — than your local municipality. Where do I sign up for a tour? From Realtor.com: The Smoltz estate is, at the very least, a sportsman's dream. Set on nearly 20-acres of land, the property comes complete with separate tennis and basketball courts, separate baseball and football fields, a stocked fishing pond with an oxygenation system, jogging trail and an 18-hole golf course. The 18,265-square-foot mansion includes a total of 10 be...
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