Ozzie Smith turns 70 today.
The backflippin’, gold glove winnin’, Hall of Fame shortstop from Mobile is 7-0.
In a sport where the most athletically skilled defensive players are often shortstops (apologies to catchers), the Wizard of Oz won 13 consecutive National League gold gloves at the position. During the 1980s, Mel Allen’s “This Week in Baseball” should’ve changed the name of its weekly fielding highlights segment to “What Ozzie Smith Did This Week.”…