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Mookie Betts Has an M.V.P. Award Within His Grasp. No One Can Interfere. - The New York Times
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Mookie Betts won MVP after a career season. Past Red Sox greats haven't always been so lucky.
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Mookie Betts has inched way ahead of Ronald Acuña in NL MVP race
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Dodgers star Mookie Betts, locked in during MLB lockout, bowls a perfect game
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Plaschke: The Dodgers' Mookie Betts should be National League MVP - Los Angeles Times
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Dodgers' Betts: Winning 'MVP is cool, but it's kind of irrelevant
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Mookie Betts wins American League MVP Award
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Clayton Kershaw: “Big teams are not trying to win” : r/baseball
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Dodgers OF Mookie Betts wins National League player of the week - True Blue LA