betts learned that giuseppe made good on that bet, posting a birth certificate on line for francesca mookie mancuso. here she is. tagged betts and the dodgers in the post writing, a bet is a bet. i can t wait to meet francesca and that s going to be my girl can. that s going to be my girl. i thought that was pretty neat. pretty neat indeed. first of all, i love the name mookie. who doesn t want to call a cute baby mookie. would you have been super psyched if your husband was like i lost a bet to a major league baseball player my name is poppy, i grew up with a weird name in the 1980s and it s worked out okay. thank you u. thank you for being with us, have a great day. cnn news central is next. (camera shutters) ( )
in his first ten seasons in the major leagues mookie betts has hit 244 home runs but is calling one home run one of the coolest moments of his career. betts was in the on deck circle in a game against the oakland a s when giuseppe bet the dodgers slugger if he hit a home run he was going to give his soon to be born daughter the middle name of mookie. and i heard this and i laughed, and he said he was serious. so i turned around told him, no, don t do that, bro. he said, no, i m going to do it. i said your wife wouldn t like that, bro, don t do that. he said, no, i m going to tell her. i mean, he warned him. of course. betts delivered hitting a 436-bomb to left field, his longest home run with the team. fast forward to yesterday, well,