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While trade still stings for Red Sox fans, Mookie Betts is living his best life
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Mookie Betts' rise to baseball star
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Mookie Betts Signing Back With the Red Sox in 2021 Isn't as Absurd as Some Think - CLNS Media
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How Mookie Betts became a Los Angeles Dodgers infielder - ESPN
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Mookie Betts says if Boston Red Sox offered him the deal Dodgers gave him, he would have accepted it (report)
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Now is not the time for Red Sox to trade Mookie Betts - The Boston Globe
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Mookie Betts disputes 'narrative' that he wanted to leave Red Sox
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Mookie Betts Reacts to Never Getting Contract Offer From Boston: That's Why I Am Where I Am
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Dodgers Dugout: What do Kiké Hernández, Mookie Betts and Justin Turner have in common? - Los Angeles Times
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Mookie Betts is already building his Red Sox legacy
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Mookie Betts is a little Willie Mays says former Boston Red Sox great Dwight Evans