Mookie Betts

**Markus Lynn "Mookie" Betts** (i hānau ʻia ma ka lā 7 ʻOkakopa 1992) he pāʻani pōpō hulihuli ʻAmelika kaulana no ka Los Angeles Dodgers ma ka Major League Baseball (MLB). He kanaka pāʻani akamai ma ka outfield, shortstop, a me second base. He mea hoʻohālike maikaʻi ʻo ia no nā keiki e makemake ana e pāʻani pōpō hulihuli, no ka mea, ua hōʻike ʻo ia i ka waiwai o ka hoʻoikaika, ka hoʻomanawanui, a me ka mālama ʻana i ke kino.

## Ke ola mua
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Betts ma Nashville, Kenekī iā Diana Collins a me Willie Betts. Ua koho kona mau mākua i kona inoa e hana i ka pūʻulu inoa "MLB", e like me "Major League Baseball". Ua loaʻa iā ia kona inoa kapakapa "Mookie" mai kona mau mākua i ʻike ai iā Mookie Blaylock, he pāʻani pōpō pōpeku kaulana. 

I kona wā kamaliʻi, ua hōʻole nā kumu Little League Baseball iā ia no kona liʻiliʻi. ʻAʻole i hāʻawi hope kona makuahine - ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kona poʻe iho e pāʻani ai kāna keiki. He moʻolelo hoʻoikaika naʻau kēia e hōʻike ana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka manaʻoʻiʻo ʻana.

### Ke aʻo ʻana
Ma John Overton High School i Nashville, ua hōʻike ʻo Betts i kona mākaukau ma nā pāʻani like ʻole. Ma ka pōpō hulihuli, ua loaʻa iā ia ka batting average .548. Ma ka pōpō pōpeku, ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i MVP o ka District 12-AAA. Ua kaulana pū ʻo ia ma ke kinipōpō, a ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "Tennessee Boys Bowler of the Year" ma 2010.

## Ka ʻoihana pāʻani

### Nā makahiki mua me Boston (2014-2019)
Ua koho ʻia ʻo Betts e ka Boston Red Sox ma ka pāʻani draft MLB 2011. Ma mua o kona komo ʻana i ka MLB, ua aʻo ʻo ia ma nā hui liʻiliʻi o ka Red Sox organization, e like me:
* Gulf Coast League Red Sox
* Lowell Spinners
* Greenville Drive
* Salem Red Sox
* Portland Sea Dogs
* Pawtucket Red Sox

Ua hoʻomaka kona ʻoihana MLB ma ka lā 29 Iune 2014. I ka makahiki 2018, ua lilo ʻo ia i mea pāʻani kaulana loa o ka MLB:
* Ua lanakila i ka American League MVP award
* Ua loaʻa ka batting average kiʻekiʻe loa (.346)
* Ua komo i ka 30-30 club (32 home runs, 30 bases ʻaihue)
* Ua lanakila i ka World Series me Boston

### Los Angeles Dodgers (2020-present)
Ma Pepeluali 2020, ua kūʻai ʻia ʻo Betts i ka Los Angeles Dodgers. Ua kākau inoa ʻo ia i kekahi kuʻikahi nui loa - 12 makahiki no $365 miliona. He hōʻike kēia i kona waiwai i ka hui.

I Los Angeles, ua hoʻonui ʻo Betts i kona mākaukau ma ke pāʻani ʻana:
* Ua lanakila i ka World Series 2020 a me 2024
* Ua pāʻani ma nā kūlana like ʻole (outfield, second base, shortstop)
* Ua lilo i alakaʻi o ka hui
* Ua kōkua i ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana i nā pāʻani ʻōpio

### Ke ʻano pāʻani
He mea pāʻani kūikawā ʻo Betts ma ke kahua pōpō hulihuli. Ua kaulana ʻo ia no kona mākaukau ma nā kūlana like ʻole ma ke kahua. He ikaika ʻo ia ma ka pepehi pōpō a he wikiwiki ma ka holo bases. He akamai loa ʻo ia ma ka hopu pōpō, a he maka maikaʻi kona no ka ʻike ʻana i nā pōpō maikaʻi a maikaʻi ʻole.

## Nā makana a me nā hoʻohanohano
ʻO Betts kekahi o nā mea pāʻani i loaʻa nā makana he nui:
* ʻEkolu World Series Champion (2018, 2020, 2024)
* American League MVP (2018)
* ʻEwalu All-Star selections (2016–2019, 2021-2024)
* ʻEono Gold Glove Awards (2016–2020, 2022)
* ʻEhiku Silver Slugger Awards (2016, 2018–2020, 2022-2024)
* American League batting champion (2018)
* Runs scored leader (2018, 2019, 2022)

## Ke ola pilikino
He kanaka hoʻohanohano ʻohana ʻo Betts. Ua mare ʻo ia iā Brianna Hammonds, kāna ipo mai ka wā kula kiʻekiʻe, ma ka lā 1 Kekemapa 2021. He kaikamahine lāua i hānau ʻia i Nowemapa 2018. 

He hale ko lākou ma:
* Franklin, Kenekī - kokoke i kona wahi i hānau ʻia
* Encino, Kaleponi - no kona pāʻani ʻana me ka Dodgers

Ma waho o ka pōpō hulihuli, he mea bowling ʻo ia a ua loaʻa iā ia kekahi perfect game (300) ma ka World Series of Bowling.

### Nā pilina ʻohana kaulana
* Terry Shumpert - he mea pāʻani MLB kahiko, he hoahānau
* Meghan, Duchess of Sussex - he hoahānau mamao

## Nā haʻawina o kona moʻolelo
Hōʻike ka moʻolelo o Betts i kēia mau haʻawina koʻikoʻi:
* ʻAʻole e kū hope i mua o nā pilikia
* E hoʻoikaika mau i kēlā me kēia lā
* E mālama i ka ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha
* E aʻo mau a e hoʻomohala i nā mākaukau hou
* E hāʻawi hou aku i ke kaiāulu

## Nā Kūmole


## Nā Loulou I Waho
* Nā Statistics ma Baseball Reference

## E nānā pū
* Boston Red Sox
* Los Angeles Dodgers
* World Series
* Major League Baseball
* Baseball Hall of Fame

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