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Dodgers News: Mookie Betts Almost Gave Up on Baseball Before His Career Even Began - Inside the Dodgers
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Mookie Betts' rise to baseball star
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Dodgers Mookie Betts to compete in 2023 Home Run Derby - AS USA
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Who can Dodgers count on offensively after Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman?
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Who can Dodgers count on offensively after Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman?
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Dodgers' Mookie Betts is back in MVP form - Sports Illustrated
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Mookie Betts embraced his power profile, and he's playing his best baseball for the Dodgers - The Athletic
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Dodgers recover, beat Giants 9-6 on Betts' 3-run HR in 8th –
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MLB Home Run Derby: Why Mookie Betts thinks he can't win - ESPN
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Mookie Betts trade retrospective: Four things to know as Dodgers outfielder returns to Boston to face Red Sox
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Baseball's rule changes are a blueprint for success - Vox
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Former Tiger hits 2 home runs as NL West champion Dodgers roll past Detroit, 8-3 – The Oakland Press