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Dodgers takeaways: Mookie Betts shares secret to his surge - Los Angeles Times
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Mookie Betts has been on an MVP-caliber tear for Dodgers - Los Angeles Times
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Plaschke: The Dodgers' Mookie Betts should be National League MVP - Los Angeles Times
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Dodgers' Mookie Betts is his harshest critic. It's what fuels him to be great - Los Angeles Times
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Mookie Betts is earning every penny he's paid by the Dodgers - Los Angeles Times
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Plaschke: The Dodgers will win the 2023 World Series title - Los Angeles Times
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Country kid Mookie Betts relishes chance to win title in L.A. - Los Angeles Times
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Spend Guggenheim's money: If the Dodgers are going over the CBT this summer, how will they get there? - The Athletic
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Alex Verdugo out to prove Mookie Betts deal wasn't all bad - Los Angeles Times
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Plaschke: The Dodgers' Mookie Betts should be National League MVP - Los Angeles Times
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Why Mookie Betts holds the edge over Freddie Freeman for NL MVP - Los Angeles Times
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With Mookie Betts, Dodgers won't be World Series underdogs - Los Angeles Times
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Plaschke: Dodgers fans, welcome to the Mookie Betts era - Los Angeles Times