After multiple weeks of hinting at the National League coaching staff having a special inclusion for the 2021 MLB All-Star Game, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts eventually revealed that to be Reggie Smith. The two have been friends for more than 15 years, and Smith of course played for the Dodgers.
“I’ve known him for many years and what he did in the game of baseball, what he did off the field, what he has continued to do off the field for the urban youth, shouldn’t go unnoticed,” Roberts said at the time of naming Smith to his All-Star Game staff.