Following the Los Angeles Dodgers' 3-1 loss to the Reds on Saturday, the middle game of a surprising sweep suffered in Cincinnati, Mookie Betts chuckled at the notion that teams overloaded with star talent should be less vulnerable to an extended stretch of losing like the Dodgers are currently enduring.
“That’s what a sheet of paper says,” Betts said. “That’s not how the game goes. The game has to be played. You don’t know how guys are feeling or what’s going on with guys. The sheet of paper will say, yeah, we’re talented … But the game is gonna determine.