In a private tour of his new Los Angeles mansion, the Dodgers’ All-Star shortstop goes deep on his big-league business ambitions beyond baseball—and why he wants to be a bowling kingpin. ON a hot summer afternoon at his new $15 million contemporary mansion in a posh suburb of Los Angeles, Mookie Betts is not sitting by his large infinity pool taking in the postcard-worthy view. Rather, the 31-year-old Dodgers All-Star shortstop is hidden away in a sleek white structure across the lawn that houses his modern man cave.
Inside, Betts sits by the slick black-and-gray bowling lanes he commissioned when he bought the home earlier this year. On one side of the building, a basketball court can be converted into a pickleball court. There’s also a workout area with a treadmill, weights and a large flat-screen TV.
These are the kinds of luxuries you can afford when you’re a few years into a 12-year, $365 million contract to play baseball. Ethan Pines for Forbes “Sometimes,” Betts says of his sanctuary, “you just want to hang out, put some music on and bowl a couple of games.” But Betts, who has competed in the World Series of Bowling and has rolled several perfect games, isn’t working on his hook in here or practicing how to pick up a difficult split.
He’s looking over the financial terms of his latest investment in GrowthLoop, a New York City–based software company with nearly $20 million in revenue last year that uses generative AI to aid marketers. “I’m tryi.