Sep 8, 2026 · 47 min · 18 segments
Our 2024 episode "Mookie's Best" about Mookie Betts' improbable late-career transition from right field to shortstop... still relevant as ever, as we head down the stretch and look toward October…
Okay.
At this stage of your career, what motivates you? What fuels you?
Just a drive within myself just to be great.
I want to be a legend in the game.
Rewind.
High fly ball.
Deep left center field.
It is gone.
Mookie Betts.
Every game is going to be the other team's World Series.
I mean, it is what it is.
Mookie Betts, the Dodgers' dapper and diminutive leadoff man, is a two-time World Series champion.
He's won six Silver Slugger Awards, six Gold Gloves, and the coveted Most Valuable Player Award.
And his 12-year, $365 million contract is one of the most lucrative deals in baseball history.
By his count, he's bowled at least 30 perfect games.
Bro, Mookie is good at everything.
This guy wins MVP and then goals and bowls like a perfect score.
Ping
Okay.
At this stage of your career, what motivates you? What fuels you?
Just a drive within myself just to be great.
I want to be a legend in the game.
Rewind.
High fly ball.
Deep left center field.
It is gone.
Mookie Betts.
Every game is going to be the other team's World Series.
I mean, it is what it is.
Mookie Betts, the Dodgers' dapper and diminutive leadoff man, is a two-time World Series champion.
He's won six Silver Slugger Awards, six Gold Gloves, and the coveted Most Valuable Player Award.
And his 12-year, $365 million contract is one of the most lucrative deals in baseball history.
By his count, he's bowled at least 30 perfect games.
Bro, Mookie is good at everything.
This guy wins MVP and then goals and bowls like a perfect score.
Ping
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