Commentary: The Dodger hosting a comedy show? Stoic Will Smith. No joke

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Who is the funniest player on the Dodgers?The clubhouse consensus: Kiké Hernández.Also getting votes: Miguel Rojas.“You know what the funny thing is?” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.Funny, ha.

Go on.“Dalton [Rushing] is one of the funnier guys,” Roberts said, “but not trying to be funny.” Dodgers Chicago Cubs players aren’t surprised the Dodgers got Kyle Tucker, but they were stunned by the short-term, high annual-average value deal he signed.Youthful exuberance on a veteran team is not such a bad thing.Keeps everyone loose.That leads to a related question: If you had to pick one player to host a comedy show, who would it be?“Kiké would be the one I would choose,” Freddie Freeman said.

“Will Smith is the complete opposite of who I would think, but it kind of fits perfectly.”On May 7, Smith hosts his third annual Dodgers Comedy Night, part of the Netflix is a Joke comedy festival.It’s a fundraiser for the Catching Hope foundation, launched by Smith and his wife to equip at-risk youth with skills in leadership and self-sufficiency.It’s also a night that forces Smith, the Dodgers’ stoic All-Star catcher, to take the stage, thank everyone for coming, and smile and laugh before the professional comedians take the stage.“I was definitely a little anxious because you have to get up there and give a little speech, which I enjoy now,” he said.

“It kind of took me back to my high school days, where you have to give a speech in front of the whole school.“It was a little worrisome, but it was fine.It was fun once I got up there.”Said Rojas: “The first time, it was just a welcome.

Last year, he told a couple jokes.”Smith insists he writes his own jokes.“I’m not saying too many jokes,” he said.“Maybe one.”The Smith we all see is the one Buster Posey — the soon-to-be Hall of Famer and now the San Francisco Giants’ president of ba...