Dodgers: Mookie Betts’ mom was first coach, purposefully gave ‘MLB’ initials

Mookie Betts, Los Angeles Dodgers (Photo by Michael Ivins/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)

On Mother’s Day, a warm story about Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts learning to play the game from his mother.

Mookie Betts is one of the best players in all of baseball. The Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder–doesn’t that still sound good–is a four-time All Star and Gold Glove Award Winner, batting title champion, and 2018 American League MVP.

But before all of the shiny trophies and accolades, he was a kid learning to play the game in Nashville, Tennessee, his first organized baseball team coached by his mother.

Diana Benedict was a three-sport athlete, herself, who sharpened her baseball skills on…