The last thing Major League Baseball needed after a triple whammy of a dull winter, the new uniforms fiasco and a sudden gambling scandal was a boring start to the 2024 season.
"Not to worry," said Mookie Betts and Juan Soto.
For the 6-2 Los Angeles Dodgers, there's Betts with a 1.772 OPS and five home runs among a veritable smorgasbord of eye-popping numbers. Even for a guy with seven All-Star nods, an MVP and two World Series rings, this is a legendary run.
For the 5-1 New York Yankees, even pointing out that Soto—a three-time All-Star and World Series champion in his own right—has been on base 15 times is missing the forest for the trees.