Dodgers catcher Will Smith is overshadowed, perhaps perpetually so. He's buried beneath much bigger names like Shohei Ohtani , Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts on the Dodgers. As a great hitting catcher, he's stuck behind Cal Raleigh . He's not even the most famous Will Smith in California.

Smith was overshadowed again in Game 2 of the World Series. Smith was integral to the Dodgers' 5-1 victory , which pulled them even, 1-1, in the best-of-seven Fall Classic. His battery-mate, pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto , just happened to be even more integral.

Yamamoto deserves all the praise he's going to get. He's now gone back-to-back complete games in the playoffs, a feat unheard of for decades (it hadn't happened since 2001). He was masterful.

We can't ignore Smith, though.

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