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Four years ago, Mookie Betts said he would never kneel during the national anthem because of his father, Willie, an Air Force veteran who served in Vietnam. The 27-year-old’s stance has changed. Right before his first official game with the Los Angeles Dodgers Thursday night, Betts took a knee during the anthem. Nearly every player …
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For a while, it appeared Mookie Betts might never play with the Dodgers. Now, it looks like he will spend the rest of his career in blue. Betts and the Dodgers were closing in on a mega-deal that is expected to be for at least 10 years. A person with insight into the negotiations described …
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There’s one way Alex Verdugo could be considered a steal by the Red Sox, regardless of how he performs: if Mookie Betts never plays a game for the Dodgers. The blockbuster trade went down in February, with Betts, in his final year before free agency, and David Price expected to help chase a 2020 World …
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Jacob deGrom would have thrown one of the first pitches of the 2020 season, shortly after 1 p.m. Thursday. Perhaps 20 minutes later and 205 miles to the south of Citi Field, Gerrit Cole would have unleashed the first pitch of the rest of his life. So much is being lost to the coronavirus pandemic. …
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Mookie Betts might end up never playing a game for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The deal between Major League Baseball and its players association, broken down here by The Post’s Joel Sherman, includes a provision that players will receive a full year of service time even if the entire 2020 season is canceled due to …
Four years ago, Mookie Betts said he would never kneel during the national anthem because of his father, Willie, an Air Force veteran who served in Vietnam. The 27-year-old’s stance has changed. Right before his first official game with the Los Angeles Dodgers Thursday night, Betts took a knee during the anthem. Nearly every player …
