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Nightengale's Notebook: Quietly one of MLB's best, Mookie Betts says he's 'just an average guy'

PHOENIX — He’s the greatest show on Earth, but we stopped paying attention.

He may be the finest all-around player in the game, but we rarely talk about him.

No one in baseball is having a more spectacular May, but we don’t seem to care.

We’re talking about Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts.

“I think Mookie impacts the game more than any player in baseball,’’ Dodgers teammate David Price says. “He can do everything. If you were going to create a baseball player, you’re going to create Mookie Betts.

“The only knock on him is that he’s not 6-foot-3, 6-foot-4, 6-foot-5.