Even Mookie Betts himself can be left awestruck by his incredible skills
By all accounts, it's been a frustrating season for the Red Sox. A host of injuries, bad luck and general things-not-going-the-way-they-intended left the reigning World Series champions out of the postseason picture in 2019, hopes of a repeat dashed.
They haven't had a great time out there on the field, for sure, but watching Mookie Betts on Monday night, you wouldn't know it. In Boston's game against the Rays, Betts, a decorated All-Star, reigning AL MVP and all-around highlight reel, was out there in right field playing as if this game was do-or-die for the Sox.
So when Avisa¨ªl Garc¨ªa thought about heading to third for a triple on a hit down the right-field line, Betts sprang into action and made one of the most unbelievable throws anyone's made all season:
That's a 305-foot heave from the deepest reaches of the right-field corner straight to third baseman Rafael Devers. Garc¨ªa never had a chance.
Betts threw a baseball the length of a football field with the ease of a player with a skill level that leaves others in awe. And, most amusingly, he even impressed himself with this one.
¡°Yeah, I didn¡¯t know I could do that. It¡¯s fun to kind of do stuff that you didn¡¯t know you could do," he told the media after the game.
Want proof that he amazed himself? Watch it again, noticing his reaction ... a smile and a shrug, as if to say "Yeah, I dunno either, man."
Mookie Betts is one of the game's best, a generational talent with a bright future ahead of him. He has a World Series ring, an unmistakable style and a presence that exudes "Yeah, I got this," wherever he goes.
And yet ... he's still capable of doing things that leave him shocked at his own skills.
That's the mark of a superstar.
