The Dodgers' Will Smith is paying the price for 2022 Oscars slap

[Sewa]

Will Smith’s afternoon at the ballpark included a downpour of boos — and a slap hit to the outfield.

The Dodgers catcher, who happens to share a name with a certain Academy Award winner now at the center of a 2022 Oscars scandal, was greeted Thursday with jeers from the crowd during LA’s spring training game against the Texas Rangers in Arizona.

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[SergeStorms]

1. Good thing his name isn't.....

Charlie Manson or Donald Trump!

Poor bastard. Born with a common name like William Smith and he's going to catch hell for it wherever he goes.

[BigmanPigman]

2. On a Seinfeld episode Elaine dates a guy

with the same name as a murderer and the same thing happened. He ended up changing his name.

[SergeStorms]

3. I remember that episode. Joel Rifkin.

He was a serial killer in the NYC area back in the late 80s and early 90s.

Larry David always came up with something to keep that show edgy.

[BigmanPigman]

4. That's it...Joel Rifkin.

You have a good memory.

[SergeStorms]

5. I had to go through....

my mental rolladex of serial killers, then try to match it to Elaine's huge dating inventory. I remember something about them being at a New York Yankees game and them announcing his name over the P.A. for some reason, and that's when it came to me.

I'm a Yankees fan from birth. ⚾️

[BigmanPigman]

6. I like how you make "connections" to remember things.

I had to train my 1st grade students to do that, not easy when you don't have many memories to begin with.

I usually have visual connections.

[Brother Buzz]

7. I imagine Atlanta Braves pitcher Will Smith has the same problems

A couple of years ago, I watched Will Smith strike out rookie Will Smith.

I remember Will Smith, the pitcher, when he pitched for the SF Giants, but I hadn't quite learned who Will Smith, the catcher was back then. I've since become a fan of Will Smith, the catcher.