BOSTON -- Mookie Betts will have to wait until Thursday to find out if he will be crowned Most Valuable Player in the American

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BOSTON -- Mookie Betts will have to wait until Thursday to find out if he will be crowned Most Valuable Player in the American League. But the Boston Red Sox right fielder couldnt put off knee surgery any longer.Betts hoped his balky right knee would heal with rest. When his symptoms persisted, he elected arthroscopic surgery, Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski told ESPN on Friday.The procedure, which involves the removal of a loose body from Betts knee, was performed Thursday at Massachusetts General Hospital by team orthopedist Dr. Peter Asnis. Betts is expected to be ready for spring training and possibly even the World Baseball Classic if he chooses to participate, the team said.Red Sox manager John Farrell said Betts dropped by Fenway Park on Friday and was moving around well. Farrell labeled the surgery very minor.Betts had played through soreness in his knee since July. The injury did not force the 24-year-old to miss much time, and it did not impact his performance. He batted .318 with 31 home runs, 113 RBIs and 26 stolen bases in 158 games.Dombrowski said Betts didnt experience new or changing symptoms, just a continuance of what he dealt with after the All-Star break. Asked why Betts didnt act as proactively as second baseman Dustin Pedroia, who had knee surgery within a few days of the Red Sox getting swept out of the Division Series by the Cleveland Indians, Dombrowski said Betts and the team thought the injury might respond to rest.Wanted to see how he felt, Dombrowski. It continued to bother him a little, so, he decided to have it.Betts is among the most dynamic players in the league. 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DEL MAR, Calif. -- Trainer Bob Baffert ended a memorable day Sunday with a powerhouse victory by Lord Nelson at Del Mar in the Grade 1, $301,035 Bing Crosby Stakes, which earned Lord Nelson an automatic berth into the Breeders Cup Sprint on Nov. 5 at Santa Anita through the Win and Youre In program.The race was never in doubt. Lord Nelson ($4), the favorite, sat third while just behind and outside two dueling leaders, effortlessly moved to them on the turn, then drew away through the lane for a four-length victory.What is in doubt is whether he ran the fastest six furlongs in track history. He just might have, but theres no way of knowing for certain.Lord Nelson was timed in a blistering 1:07.65 for six furlongs. The track record is listed in the program as 1:07.60, set by King of Cricket in 1973. However, King of Cricket actually ran six furlongs in 1:07 3/5, and that is expressed in the program as 1:07.60. But in his era, races were timed in fifths of a second, instead of the more-precise hundredths of today. So, King of Cricket could have run six furlongs anywhere from 1:07.60 to 1:07.79.Lord Nelson will head into the fall as perhaps the horse to beat in the Breeders Cup Sprint. Since returning from a five-month layoff, he has won all three of his starts, his prior two at Santa Anita, including the Grade 1 Triple Bend going seven furlongs. On Sunday, he ran the fastest race of his life on raw time, and likely a career-best Beyer Speed Figure, eclipsing the 100 he earned in his first two starts this year.Hes improving. Hes become a really serious sprinter, Baffert said. I was worried about the cutback, but hes doing so well. Hes improving. He was cloose to those splits and he kicked.ddddddddddddSubtle Indian and Justin Squared dueled through blazing fractions of 21.16 seconds for the opening quarter and 43.73 seconds for a half-mile. Lord Nelson, under Flavien Prat, was up by two at mid-stretch after the two leaders chucked it, and he doubled his lead at the wire.Indexical, a 42-1 shot, finished second, 3-1/4 lengths in front of third-place Alsvid. Kaabraaj was fourth and was followed, in order, by Home Run Kitten, Justin Squared, Dream Saturday, and Subtle Indian. Bluegrass Bronco was scratched Sunday morning.Lord Nelson was the third winner on the card for Baffert, who also won with American Pharoahs full sister, the 2-year-old filly American Cleopatra, in her debut, as well as an allowance race with Jazzy Times.Lord Nelson, 4, is a son of Pulpit, whom B. Wayne Hughes of Spendthrift Farm acquired late last year as a stallion prospect. Baffert said he told Hughes that Lord Nelson could continue to race at age 4 if he was freshened, hence the lengthy vacation until his 2016 debut on June 3.Now, with three wins in three starts, Baffert said he just wants Lord Nelson to hold that form until the Breeders Cup.Lord Nelson has now won six times in 12 starts. He ended the weekend on an upbeat note for Hughes, whose mare Beholder was narrowly beaten on Saturday in the Grade 1 Clement Hirsch here.Thats the ups and downs of the game, Baffert said.On Sunday, with three wins here and a second with American Freedom in the Haskell at Monmouth, the needle was pointing up for Baffert. ' ' '