r/Dodgers • u/donald-duck23 Mookie Betts • 4h ago

Six years ago today.

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u/bobsmith696969 4h ago

I miss mookie in the outfield

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u/donald-duck23 Mookie Betts 4h ago edited 4h ago

I’ve loved watching Mookie evolve and change his game as necessary, and he’s definitely better off at SS at this stage, but it’s hard not to miss the younger, faster, more athletic Mookie.

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u/brok3nstatues Alex Vesia 3h ago

I still think its crazy how he was able to move to SS years into his career and be good at it. Mookie is an insane athlete

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u/donald-duck23 Mookie Betts 3h ago

It’s one of the most impressive feats I’ve ever seen in professional sports. Career outfielder moves to shortstop in his 30s and does it at a Gold Glove level. Insane

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u/beardko Player To Be Named Later 3h ago

Oh man, I miss faster Mookie for sure. Amazing how fast his speed declined due to injury. He used to be a threat to steal.

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u/NoiselessSilence Kiké Hernández 4h ago

Mookie changed the Dodgers. I’ll always love Mookie.

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u/YakClear601 Kiké Hernández 4h ago

In the dark year of COVID, these games were such a treat!

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u/Luchador-Malrico Justin Turner 2h ago

It’s such a shame there was no crowd, because even though our back to back championships were great, 2020 remains my all-time favorite Dodgers postseason. Just a magical run from start to finish. My favorite Joe Davis call of all time: “CODY BELLINGER HAS DONE IT!”

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u/bingesquinger Joc Pederson 3h ago

One of the many moments that season where I thought, “holy shit, Mookie Betts is a Dodger”.

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u/beardko Player To Be Named Later 3h ago

I remember Twitter going wild from his defensive gems and Boston getting roasted for the trade.

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u/Competitive_Swing_59 Mookie Betts 4h ago

Still remember the night the Dodgers won in 2020. Fireworks going off in the neighborhood. If you remember fireworks were everywhere during that whole summer of covid.

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u/Frequent_Translator3 Mookie Betts 4h ago

ain't no fire like Mookie fire 🔥

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u/Executive-111 Mookie Betts 4h ago

Mookie in RF> Mookie at SS

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u/donald-duck23 Mookie Betts 4h ago

Well, he’s much better off at SS at the current stage of his career. But there’s nothing like prime Mookie in RF

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u/beardko Player To Be Named Later 3h ago

Yeah, but Mookie in RF was prime Mookie.

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u/Drwolf72 Los Angeles Dodgers 3h ago

It was things like these we needed this NLCS, these kinds of catches, hits, etc..

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u/donald-duck23 Mookie Betts 4h ago

Between his elite defense, baserunning, power and clutch hitting, I’m not sure I’ve ever watched a better all around player in Dodger blue than Mookie in 2020.

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u/Designer_Hotel468 Decoy 3h ago

This. And dominating at 5”8

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u/dirtbiker888 4h ago

Wtf. Time flies.

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u/ProcessTruster Shohei Ohtani 4h ago

Some bonus John Smoltz for those who missed hearing his commentary /s

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u/beardko Player To Be Named Later 3h ago

I'm convinced that there were some leftover juiced balls from the 2019 season that made its way to the 2020 season. There's no way that Ozuna's ball should have carried that far - OPPO too!

That was such a great defensive outfield. Mookie, Bellinger, and AJ "Not Teo" Pollock

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u/jmatu003 Mookie Betts 1h ago

I really hope Mookie gets a statue. Generational player.