Mookie Betts had been asking for years, but his bosses said no so many times that he stopped expecting a yes.
So when Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told him this spring that nine years into a reluctant career as an outfielder, Betts could become an infielder again, he was briefly unsure how to feel. He quickly settled on elation.
He is happier this season than he has been in years, he says. “Not on purpose!” he adds. “It just kind of happened.”
