If there's one guy from the Los Angeles Dodgers who really deserves to celebrate their MLB World Series triumph, it's Mookie Betts.
The star right fielder, who's only in his first year with the Dodgers, was the hero of the title-clinching Game 6 on Tuesday night as he scored the final two winning runs.
With the game deadlocked at 1-1 in the sixth inning, Betts bravely slid to home plate to give them the lead. Then in the eighth inning, he blasted a 434-feet home run that practically sapped the life out of the hard-fighting Rays.
Aside from winning his second championship, the 28-year-old Betts also set several milestones in Game 6. According to ESPN Statistics and Information, he is the first player in MLB history to win an MVP plum and a World Series title with two different teams before turning 30 years old. Betts was named American League MVP in 2018 and won a ring with the Boston Red Sox that same year.
Mookie Betts is the first player ever to win MVP and a World Series title with 2 different franchises before turning 30 years old.
h/t @EliasSports pic.twitter.com/I4kUpdYgIs
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 28, 2020
The Dodgers star also became the ninth player to score a home run in multiple World Series clinchers and only the second to do so with multiple squads after the legendary Reggie Jackson. Mookie Betts scored a home run in Game 5 of the 2018 World Series.
Mookie Betts also homered in the 2018 World Series clincher for the Red Sox.
He would is the 9th player to homer in multiple World Series clinchers and the 2nd to do so with multiple teams, joining Reggie Jackson. pic.twitter.com/aL8tkENuF7
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 28, 2020
Mookie Betts, a three-time winner of the Silver Slugger Award, joined even more elite company with his memorable Game 6 performance. He became only the third player in MLB history with four stolen bases and multiple home runs in a World Series after Lou Brock in 1968 and Lenny Dykstra in 1993.
Mookie Betts joins Lenny Dykstra (1993) and Lou Brock (1968) as the only players with 4 SB and multiple HR in a World Series. pic.twitter.com/yxNbh221B3
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 28, 2020
Betts' surprising trade from the Red Sox to the Dodgers last February was much-publicized. LA then signed Betts to a 12-year deal worth a staggering $365 million, the richest contract in team history and the third-largest in the history of North American sports. But it seems everything has been worth it.
To use a lame pun, you can definitely bet on Mookie to show up in the World Series.