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Mookie Betts treated relationship with Boston Red Sox as a business, so by the end the team had no choice but to do the same
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Mookie Betts wanted to stay with Red Sox: 'I know people don't believe me'
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Mookie Betts Deal Offers Painful Reminders of Boston's Past - The New York Times
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Mookie Betts says Boston Red Sox tenure was best time of his life: 'I don't want it to be like I didn't want to be there' (report)
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Mookie Betts's first taste of a major league clubhouse made him grateful for a demotion - The Boston Globe
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Aaron Judge - News - IMDb
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Mike Trout's baseball genius has a gaping void: October. He knows. 'You know what, it's time' - The Athletic
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Red Sox's Mookie Betts promised a fan he would homer for him. He hit three
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The Mookie Betts Trade Is a Disgrace for the Red Sox (Interesting Ringer article) : r/redsox
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Oral history of Team USA in the 2023 World Baseball Classic
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Giants turn to the future — but the messier their season ends, the less clear that future becomes - The Athletic
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john henry – Blogging the Red Sox