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For the first time since the beginning of the 2025 MLB season, the Los Angeles Dodgers are no longer in the NL West.
That place belongs to the growing parents of San Diego, who took that place with a 11-1 leading victory over the San Francisco giants, while the Dodgers once again fell to Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night, 6-5.
The Dodgers are still in a solid playoff position, it has the best wildcard with a 68-53 record, while parents have 69-52. But the eight times All-Star Mookie Betts says that his team, which has lost six of 10, must show some urgency.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers Campocorto, Mookie Betts, directs the bases after hitting a home run at the fifth entrance against the Toronto Blue Jays in the Dodger Stadium. (Kirby Lee/Imagn images)
“You definitely start feeling it more after the break, especially when you see so many exchanges and so many teams that are adding, especially the teams you will have to play,” Betts told Pak Gazette Digital while talking about his association with Corona and his new soundtrack of “Playa Sounds.”
“Obviously, you want to play all year with a small sense of urgency. It is difficult to do so, but now that sense of urgency increases, especially now that we are tied. [The Padres are] Very good and playing very good ball. “
Parents acquire there
The parents have started the victories into eight of 10 games on the way to getting ahead of the NL West. And, as Betts mentioned, they were one of the teams that did it in the MLB trade deadline. The general manager AJ Preller added players such as Closer Mason Miller, Ramón Laureano and Ryan O’Hearn. He also underpin the capture position, bringing Freddy Fermín from the Kansas City Royals.
Since the star game recess, parents are 17-8 and Dodgers have 10-13.
The Dodgers receive the Fatherws in a series of three games from Friday night at the Dodger Stadium.
The Los Angeles Dodgers Mookie Betts Campocorto against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Chase Field on May 9, 2025. (Mark J. Rebila/images imagn)
Betts understands the great opportunity for his team, but that sense of urgency comes with some caution on his part.
“That feeling of urgency is huge, but you don’t want to do too much,” he explained. “You don’t want to have that feeling of urgency to become pressure and intense. You still want to play and enjoy. It’s difficult, that’s balance.
“But I think the boys who play with that feeling of urgency with joy are those who come to the occasion.”
Betts, which has been heating recently during a tumultuous 2025 campaign, knows what is needed to not only reach the postseason, but to the occasion to win a world series. It has three rings to show.
Entering a flow with a crown
As Betts advances forward, having a quiet but intense mentality is key, especially when the postseason arrives.
The Los Angeles Dodgers Mookie Betts Campocorto during the sixth entry in the Dodger Stadium on May 17, 2025. (Jonathan Hui/Imagn images)
Betts helped Corona, the official “beer” of MLB, to create “Playa Sounds”, selecting specific moments of the postseason to pair with soothing beach sounds that help him enter that “flow state”.
“I was able to choose some moments of great swings, great successes, great captures in the postseason, and then combine them with the sounds of the beach. Those waves crash, just put you right in the middle where you are ready for anything intense, but you are also relaxed to be able to do anything,” Betts explained.
“Because you don’t want to be too intense when you get in these intense moments. You don’t want to fight fire with fire. So, I really feel that those sounds put you in the middle.
“It has really helped me and puts me in a good mentality.”
