Inside The Mind Of Mookie Betts (Rebroadcast)
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2020
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Mookie Betts is known to be one of the most competitive people in sports, and that drive helped him lead the Dodgers to their first World Series title since 1988. So, how did the star outfielder end up that way? And what makes him tick? The Athletic's Pedro Moura takes us inside the mind of Mookie Betts, and explains his unusual approach to baseball and his obsession with bowling. This episode first aired on July 27, 2020.
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| 0:21.0 | Hey, everyone. Today we're replaying an episode that first aired on the show back in July, shortly after Mookie Bet's signed with the Dodgers. |
| 0:35.0 | The Athletics Pedro Morra takes us inside the mind of the superstar outfielder and helps us understand how he became so competitive and not just at baseball. |
| 0:45.0 | From Wondery on the Athletic, I'm Kavitha Davidson. |
| 0:48.0 | And I'm Anders Kulto. It's Wednesday, November 4th, and this is The Lead. |
| 0:54.0 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 0:58.0 | There was just something about the emotion and the love of the people. |
| 1:03.0 | The values of the past don't matter because we've got this now. |
| 1:09.0 | This isn't a story where you interview the athlete in the home. |
| 1:13.0 | It stays with you. |
| 1:19.0 | So Pedro, for anyone who hasn't watched Mookie Bet's a lot, can you just give us a quick snapshot of what he does so well on the baseball field? |
| 1:28.0 | The genius of Mookie Bet's is that he is a very small man, especially for a baseball player, 5'9", 175. |
| 1:34.0 | And yet he plays as if he is an athletic dynamo, capable of essentially everything. |
| 1:42.0 | But I did to right feel that goes Bet's at the wall. |
| 1:46.0 | He leaves to get it in and unbelievable. |
| 1:50.0 | Can't drive Mookie Bet. |
| 1:51.0 | Bricks it back in, rocks Davis and amps the game all in one. |
| 1:57.0 | He has a great arm, he has great closing ability in the field. |
| 2:09.0 | What a throw. |
| 2:12.0 | He has very good power. |
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