John Smoltz May Run For Congress

With no team willing to sign him, John Smoltz may be moving on to the next phase of his life: public office.

Late this afternoon, a Washington source called with this surprise: One of the people likely to approached as a candidate for Linder’s seat by Republicans will be former Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz.

Smoltz has been paying down some dues in several Republican contests in Georgia over the last two years. He’s been part of a fund-raiser for U.S. Rep. Tom Price of Roswell, and if memory serves, he cut a robo-call for U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss in ‘08.

Let’s hope he can do a better job for the United States than he did for the Red Sox.

UPDATE: The AJC posted an update showing their first story was false, Smoltz is not running for Congress:

Smoltz: I do not know what you are talking about I am not in any way involved in anything regarding politics sorry.