Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Miguel Rojas hit the biggest home run of his life on Saturday night in Game 7 of the World Series. His solo home run in the top of the ninth inning helped save the Dodgers’ season, sending the game to extra innings where they would defeat the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-4, in 11 innings to win their second consecutive World Series championship. That home run, and the way the game played out, could make Rojas this generation’s Hal Smith — an unsung hero who hit one of the biggest home runs in World Series history, only to have it be overshadowed by a more noteworthy home run later in the game. In Smith’s case, it was Bill Mazeroski. In Rojas’ case, it is going to be Will Smith for his 11th-inning home run. Even if you are a longtime baseball fan, you probably do not know the name Hal Smith. And that’s ok because he mostly became a footnote in baseball history. He spent 10 mostly unspectacular years in the major leagues between 1955 and 1964, bouncing around the league as a backup catc
