TORONTO -- The Los Angeles Dodgers' players flew here late Wednesday night, hours earlier than their coaches, and arrived at Rogers Centre for Thursday's late-afternoon workout on their own. But Mookie Betts wasted no time. Before most of his teammates could change out of their street clothes, he had summoned Alex Call to feed baseballs onto a tee so he could repeatedly hit them into the netting of a batting cage.
For Betts, when slumps emerge, his only solution is to attempt to swing his way out of them. The work gives him comfort, but only success can provide peace.