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Mookie Betts disputes 'narrative' that he wanted to leave Red Sox
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Mookie Betts caps Boston return with another homer as Dodgers beat
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Betts gets ovation, scores twice against former team, Freeman has
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MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM on X: Hall of Famer Jim Rice spoke
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Mookie Betts: 'I wanted to stay in Boston my whole career' – NBC
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Mookie Betts: 'I wanted to stay in Boston my whole career' – NBC
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Dodgers' Mookie Betts: I Wanted to Stay With Red Sox 'My Whole
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Beantown Rundown: Mookie Betts' Boston return a reminder of Red
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Mookie Betts Wants You to Know That Baseball Players Can Be
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Manning: Mookie Betts return a reflection of Dodgers and Red Sox
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Mookie Betts talks Boston return, life since the Red Sox and more
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Dodgers' Betts says time has helped him find closure about how his