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Mookie Betts

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Full Name:

Markus Lynn "Mookie" Betts

Betts' parents chose his name in part to form the initials MLB.

Nicknames:

“Mookie”

His parents started calling him "Mookie" after NBA guard Mookie Blaylock (a basketball player).

Born:

October 7, 1992

Brentwood, Tennessee

Family:

Mother: Diana Benedict

Father: Willie

Spouse: Brianna Hammonds

Uncle: Terry Shumpert

Aunt: Cookie

His mother Diana was his first Little League coach. She also taught him to bowl at an early age.

Terry Shumpert played parts of 14 seasons with several MLB teams. In 2004 Shumpert spent his final season of professional baseball with the Triple A Nashville Sounds and worked extensively with Betts.

His family lived in Murfreesboro, Tennessee until he was 10 years old. At this time he moved to Brentwood, Tennesse.

Mookie’s friends used to call his dad, “Papa Willie”. His father was a CSX railroad mechanical superintendent and used to blow a toy train whistle after big plays during high school games (air force vet).

He met his wife in middle school.

Friends:

Mentor in his early days on Boston was Shane Victorino.

He met Andrew Montgomery, Cameron Lewis and Brandon McPhail when he was 11 and considers them his best friends

Quinn Anderson, his high school baseball teammate and longtime friend.

Tim Dulin helped him through the draft process (former MLB player).

School:

John Overton High School (Nashville, Tennessee)

Coach: Mike Morrison

Play at: William Tucker Jr. Field

Basketball coach: James McKee

Recruited by Vanderbilt and almost committed. Tennessee was his first choice but decided to sign with the Red Sox instead.