In 2018, Mookie Betts became the first player in baseball history to win Most Valuable Player, a Gold Glove, a Silver Slugger, the batting title and a World Series in the same year. Now, the Dodgers’ All-Star shortstop goes deep on his big-league business ambitions—and why he wants to be a bowling kingpin.
A natural competitor, Betts developed a love for the three Bs—baseball, basketball and, yes, bowling. In 2010, he was named the state’s boys’ bowler of the year, but as a star second baseman, shortstop and outfielder for John Overton High School, he was scouted by Major League teams. In 2011, the Boston Red Sox drafted him as an amateur, and he stormed through their Minor League system and, three years later, made his way to the Majors as the Red Sox’ starting right fielder.
Eleven years into his Cooperstown-worthy career, Betts now has two World Series rings (with the Red Sox and the Dodgers), and with Los Angeles making two record-breaking deals in December—signing 30-year-old Japanese phenom Shohei Ohtani to a 10-year contract and inking a 12-year deal with 25-year-old pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto—Betts could soon add a third.
Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/WuyHWXEJRIw
