GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Sometime around mid-August last year, Mookie Betts convened with the Los Angeles Dodgers' coaches. He had taken stock of what transpired while he rehabbed a broken wrist ...

“It's practice. Who cares?” Mookie Betts said, via Bill Plunkett. “If he shoved, it'd be a story. If he didn't shove, it'd be a story. No matter what. We'll see when we start in Tokyo.

He's on Bluesky at @ericstephen.bsky.social. Last year, Mookie Betts was pressed into duty at shortstop a mere 12 days before the regular season opener, and his time at the position was very much ...