Dodgers Betts in HR Derby
Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts will compete in the Home Run Derby on next week in Seattle.
By Earl Heath | Contributing Sports Writer
Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts will compete in the Home Run Derby on next week in Seattle.
Betts, 30, leads the Dodgers with 20 homers and will be making his first appearance in the derby after his wife suggested he take on the challenge.
“You know, the wife. She said, ‘You got to do it,’” Betts told reporters with a laugh. “The last thing I haven’t done, so I’m going to do it. Have fun with it, and we’ll see what happens.”
Betts was named the starting right fielder for the National League All-Star team Thursday, his seventh selection and said recently that he would participate in the Home Run Derby if he was named to the NL squad.
