When the Dodgers signed Mookie Betts to a 121-year extension, they knew they were signing him for so much more than his on-field talent. Betts continues to lead in every facet of the word, both in the dugout and in the public eye.
Betts was one of the main reasons that the Dodgers chose to sit out a game against the Giants in August. That game was in protest of the shooting of a man in Kenosha by police officers, all while the debate of police brutality and systemic racism rages on in the country.
This week, two LA County Deputies were ambushed int heir vehicles by an unknown gunman.