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Joe Kelly calls Mookie Betts’ speech ‘cringey’ at times

If you’re a Dodgers fan, you have probably heard the story about Mookie Betts giving an inspirational speech to his teammates to begin Spring Training and set the tone for the upcoming season. Relief pitcher, and teammate from Boston, Joe Kelly, wasn’t as impressed as everyone else.

“For Mookie it was a big thing,” Kelly said on a Boston radio station podcast, “Me and DP (David Price) were looking at each other like — it was good. It was meant to go the right way, honestly. He’s not very — I don’t know how to put it.