If your name is Will Smith – there must be thousands given the frequency of first and last names – you’ve probably heard it all. People told you so”Get Jiggy with this“they asked you if your parents understand and they probably had long conversations about “Coupling“with you. (What? It’s just me?)
Of course, the most enduring is probably one of Will Smith’s oldest and most iconic roles: “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”
Called Monday after Austin Barnes went on the ILthe Dodgers’ Smith received the classic anthem for his first at-bat.
With a name like Will Smith…what else could your walk-on song be? pic.twitter.com/iyMJjXIiy8
– MLB (@MLB) May 29, 2019
It seemed to work. Smith went 2-for-4 in his big league debut. But because Smith was more concerned with, you know, the stress of achieving all his dreams, he never even requested the song. The DJ didn’t wait in line either. You can instead thank recognized jazz fan and fellow Dodgers catcher Russell Martin for the song choice.
“I asked him if he chose his walk-up song. He said no,” Martin told the JP Hoornstra of OC Register. “I threw him out there. He said, ‘Yeah, that’s what I thought.’ I passed this message on to someone who could play it and he chose it for himself.
“It loosened things up a little. It’s appropriate. If I was Will Smith, I’d do it. It’s a good play.”
Of course, since the song did job, the young rookie could be stuck there for the rest of his life. There are worse things, I suppose.
