The Los Angeles Dodgers are the Champions of Baseball.
“This is what we said we were going to do and we did it,” Betts said postgame.
“Earlier in the day I said if it gets squirrely let me know and I’ll head down there (to the bullpen),” the 30-year-old Lexington, KY native and Dodgers first-round draft pick in 2015 out of Vanderbilt told reporters after the second save of his seven-year MLB career.
It didn’t get “squirrely,” but striking out his former teammate was a fitting ending to the 2024 World Series.
The bad news it that Opening Day 2025 is 138 days away.
Play Ball!
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