Brewers’ reliever Will Smith interviews unsuspecting fans (Video)
Being a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball is a tough job with an even tougher reality. Sooner or later, every fan will be able to place your face to your name, and more times than not it will be something negative that creates that connection.
Despite sharing a name with one of the world’s most popular actors and appearing in 78 games during the 2014 seasons, that hasn’t happened yet to Milwaukee Brewers reliever Will Smith. He still manages to fly mostly under the radar in his home city, and he recently used that temporary lack of recognition to his advantage to provide some comic relief.
At the Brewers On Deck event over the weekend, Smith traded in his uniform and went undercover as newscaster Bill Schmidt to interview fans about, you guessed it, Will Smith.
The results were predictably entertaining. Here’s a look.
Not surprisingly, Ryan Braun, Carlos Gomez and Hank the Dog were among the most popular Brewers, but it seemed like most recognized Smith’s contributions, despite not having a clue they were actually talking to him. We’ll consider that a plus under the circumstances.
He also did well on the hotness scale, which is interesting considering the fans were trying to picture what Smith looked like in their minds while he held a microphone to their face.
The biggest takeaway though is that Smith appears to have a good sense of humor. That’s a good thing, because Brewers fans will definitely know who he is now. Also, with Zach Duke jumping to the Chicago White Sox in free agency, he now becomes manager Ron Roenicke’s primary left-handed reliever. That means bigger spots, tougher matchups and more opportunities to be the goat. It’s a challenge he’ll obviously relish, or else he wouldn’t be in the big leagues, but here’s hoping he has the thick skin to match his humor.
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