{"id":38191,"date":"2025-04-03T07:36:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T07:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=38191"},"modified":"2025-04-03T07:36:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T07:36:54","slug":"watch-mookie-betts-produces-the-worst-throw-of-season-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=38191","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Mookie Betts produces the worst throw of season so far"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mookie Betts had gotten more experienced at shortstop over the last few seasons, but it is definitely still not his natural position.<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Dodgers star had one of the lowlights of the MLB season thus far on Tuesday night against the Atlanta Braves. Playing at short, Betts was attempting to turn a double play on a groundball by Atlanta\u2019s Bryan De La Cruz in the second inning when things took a turn for the worse.<\/p>\n

After receiving the underhand toss from second baseman Tommy Edman and stepping on the bag for one out, Betts could not get the baseball out of his glove cleanly and ended up firing an extremely hideous throw to first base. The throw was so badly off the mark that it ended up on the right field grass and trickled all the way to the wall down the third-base line.<\/p>\n

As a result, the Braves, who had a runner on second base at the time, were able to score the game\u2019s opening run and take a 1-0 lead. Here is the video.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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