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Real or not? Even the Dodgers' rookies are out of this world

Let's admit it: When your name is Will Smith and you're playing for the Dodgers in the shadow of the "Hollywood" sign that sits up in the Santa Monica Mountains, it's going to be difficult to divert any attention away from that other guy named Will Smith who also works in Los Angeles.

Well, this is a good way to do it. Smith pinch-hit with two outs and two on in the bottom of the ninth of a tie game with the Rockies on Sunday and delivered a three-run walk-off home run to send Dodger Stadium into a fever of joy:

Smith, a rookie catcher drafted 32nd overall in 2016 out of Louisville, had played in six games with the Dodgers earlier this season -- and hit a walk-off home run for his first major league homer to beat the Phillies on June 1 -- and had just been recalled before the game to replace the injured David Freese.