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Why the Dodgers could do what the Red Sox wouldn't with Mookie Betts - The Boston Globe
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Mookie Betts Has Been Asking Dodgers for '3 to 4 Years' To Move to
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Mookie Betts traded to Dodgers: Winners and losers of blockbuster
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Mookie Betts on top of the world once again, helping Dodgers win
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Red Sox fill-in closer's first thought? Mookie Betts 'hit it
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A content Mookie Betts has closed the book on his time in Boston
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Not so bad: Betts trade hasn't been disaster fans first thought
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Deal for Red Sox to trade Mookie Betts seems imminent, but team is
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The Mookie Betts decision could haunt the Red Sox for a long time
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Mookie Betts 'no question enjoyed his time' with Boston Red Sox
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2018 Red Sox: Mookie Betts - Over the Monster
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Same and different, Mookie Betts returns to Fenway for the first time