Appreciation for MLB Superstar Mookie Betts

I have been playing MLB The Show on and off for a month now. The game is fun. I like to make the difficulty as low as it can go and see how many homers I can pitch. I also like seeing if I can throw a no hitter, or even better, a perfect game. I've only done the perfect game twice. But I have smacked a ton of homers, especially when I am one of the old time teams with stars that I watched play as a kid.

When I do play as modern teams I am either the Cardinals or the Blue Jays. I live in Saint Louis and Vlad Guerrero Jr is the son of one of my all time favorite players. I have also been the NL All Stars and I have found that I really like Mookie Betts. I do not know much about him, but the way he plays the game intrigues me. He also wears cool stuff. His cleats are rad. I read that he wears different chains at games because he once was gifted a chain by a fan and that started a thing for him. He also has a very fluid swing in the game, which I am sure is modeled after his real swing, and I like that. He can smack liners in one bat and then turn on one and hit it 400 plus feet with relative ease. He has a rocket for an arm. He is fast and can track down almost any fly ball.

Playing this game has turned me into a Mookie Betts fan. It is wild. My son got home from football practice the other night and he turned on MLB Network. I usually pay no attention when he watches, especially since the Cardinals are very bad this season. But the Dodgers were playing the other night and Mookie Betts happened to be having a very good game. So I sat and watched him play. My fandom grew even more while watching. He plays the game with glee. I like that. He understands that he is a pro and he is making big bucks playing, but he looks like he is having the time of his life on the field. He plays with a joy not many other players do right now. He makes this boring game fun, and fun to watch for a "fan" like me. All of these current players who try to play by the "unwritten rules" or the old rules, they are boring and lame. Betts plays the game fun. He is incredibly good at this game, and rewarded as such, but he is never taking it overly serious. He doesn't lose his mind if he gets hit by a pitch. Sure, he will flip his bat during a big homerun, but it is never an attempt to show up the pitcher or opponent. When he makes a good play in the outfield he smiles and acts like he was supposed to do it. I adore that in a modern baseball player.

We need more baseball players like Mookie Betts. If we had more players like him maybe the MLB would get more viewers. I like watching players like Betts, Elly De LaCruz, Vlad Guerrero. They make baseball fun again. They seem to realize they are getting paid to play a game. I want more of these players and less players like Justin Turner. He takes this way too seriously. I would much rather watch Mookie Betts anytime.

Mr Betts, you have gained a new lifelong fan. Keep doing your thing and I wish you nothing but the best. 

Ty

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