Mookie Betts showed in Game 1 of the World Series why the Dodgers traded for him and subsequently locked him up with a long contract extension. His home run and the run he scored thanks to some heads-up baserunning had people buzzing about his star power—and with good reason. The guys on Fox’s second-screen “watch party” broadcast went overboard, though.
Betts had a thrilling bottom of the fifth inning. He worked a walk, stole second, stole third and then used his combination of speed and smarts to score on a grounder to first.
It was an amazing sequence and it had the watch party crew buzzing.