There aren’t a lot of players in baseball who are more fun than Dodgers superstar Mookie Betts.
He continued what has already been an incredible 2023 season with a new honor: Some Dodgers fans giving their newborn daughter the middle name “Mookie.”
Betts recounted the events that led to the namesake Tuesday on Twitter. It all started while he stood in the on-deck circle against the Athletics in early August.
“Something pretty neat happened, and I wanted to share this story,” Betts began. “Back a couple weeks ago I was on deck and this guy started talking to me. He said ‘Mookie if you hit a home run, I’ll name my daughter, her middle name Mookie.'”
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Betts laughed it off, but he said the fan was persistent. “And so I turned around I said ‘nah don’t do that bro,'” Betts continued. “Don’t do that. And he said ‘nah I’m gonna tell her.'” Betts added he thought the fan might be on the phone with his wife.
Betts went on to say he hit “the furthest home run I’ve hit in my career.”
Hit ’em with that Mookie Magic. pic.twitter.com/rLo7y1FQAd
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 2, 2023
The missile out to left field went a cool 436 feet and was, in fact, Betts’ furthest-hit ball this season, according…
