Through five games of the World Series, the Dodgers’ lineup has sputtered out, hitting just .201/.296/.354, and there’s blame to be assigned up and down the order – even to Shohei Ohtani, who, when not reaching base nine times in Game 3,

It was a sight that’s been all too rare this season, coming precisely when the Dodgers needed it most. Mookie Betts, bat in hand, game on the line. A swing as smooth as it was strong, his two-handed finish sending the ball out of sight. For so much of ...

In hindsight, Mookie Betts made the mystery of his worst career season sound rather simple. Looking back on it now, the reasons were right there all along. There was a newfound process of having to flush such frustrations, forcing the 12-year veteran to ...

LOS ANGELES — Mookie Betts did not have time to think. It wouldn’t matter. That was the point of all the work he’d done to remake himself into a major-league shortstop. It was the sixth inning of a one-run game, with the bases loaded and just one out ...