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Dodgers: Mookie Betts Get Special Recognition from Mike Trout

Angels outfielder Mike Trout recognizes greatness in all facets of the game
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Dodgers: Mookie Betts Get Special Recognition from Mike Trout
Dodgers: Mookie Betts Get Special Recognition from Mike Trout

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When an all-time talent like Angels outfielder Mike Trout speaks, you listen. Trout undoubtedly will end up in the Hall of Fame one day despite team struggles and only appearing in three postseason games ever. 

The respect given to Trout is echoed throughout the entire league and sometimes makes people wonder who he considers the elite of the league. Luckily for fans, Jomboy's Talkin' Baseball (via @seehendo) offered us an inside look at who he feels belongs on today's Mt. Rushmore of current MLB outfielders with Dodgers fans recognizing one name all too well. 

"I'm gonna go with my guys that are in the league now. I gotta be on there for sure. I gotta go Judge. I'm gonna go Mookie and I'm gonna go Harp."

That's right, Mookie Betts joins the list of the most elite outfielders in the game today along with Yankees' Aaron Judge and Phillies' Bryce Harper. Rightfully so, they all deserve to be on the list but it makes it a bit cooler to know a guy like Trout has your back.

Mookie seems to be doing it all this season, setting a career high in home runs, unbelievable plays in the outfield and making time for fans whenever possible. It's hard to root against a guy like Mookie even when he is playing on the opposite team. 

With Trout locked in to play the rest of his career with the Angels, unless a miraculous happens that sends Trout to a contender, Mookie will never get the chance to play with Trout in the MLB. Fortunately, with Team USA slated to play in the World Baseball Classic, fans will have a chance to see these two along with Harper play together. 

With Team USA playing for the pride of their country, these three will have a chance to prove to the world why they are among the greatest outfielders in the game today. 

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RYAN MENZIE

Ryan Menzie | Lead Contributor Ryan is an LA Native who has grown up praising the greatest athletes LA has had to offer. A love for sports ranging between basketball, football, volleyball and golf, a future Sports Management Masters graduate, and being engulfed into organized sports since seven years old, the passion and love for sports never ends for Ryan. If the words he writes don't paint the full picture of his true fandom, he will find more ways than one to tell the story and be more than willing to open up a nice LA sports debate with you. Favorite Player: Mookie Betts Favorite Moment: 2020 World Series. The Lakers won the NBA title and the Dodgers secured the World Series only a couple of months later. During such a rough time with COVID-19 and such a bleak look at how sports has tried to overcome the circumstances, it was a relief to see the night sky lit up for many nights and a makeshift parade in LA when it seemed like we needed it the most.

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