After an encouraging update from wife Brianna Betts, Mookie was back for the Dodgers and went 1-3 with a run and a walk to help the team start 3-0 with a 5-4 win over the Detroit Tigers. In the stands were his wife and two kids, Kynlee, 6, and Kaj, 1, and they were all dressed up to root for dad and the Dodgers fits.

The Los Angeles Dodgers received their glittering World Series rings in a pregame ceremony. Shohei Ohtani, Clayton Kershaw and manager Dave Roberts received some of the loudest cheers as they walked a blue carpet to a stage set up between home plate and the mound.

Rapper Ice Cube rolled up to their dugout in a vintage blue convertible with the Commissioner’s Trophy in the front passenger seat. Magic Johnson carried the prize to home plate as the announced crowd of 53,595 roared Thursday before the Dodgers’ home opener against the Detroit Tigers.

What we know: Mookie Betts is sick, unable to keep solid food down and has lost about 25 pounds in a couple of weeks. He weighed 150 at last report, down from 175. People close to the situation have told The Times’ Jack Harris that Betts had the norovirus.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says Mookie Betts is feeling better and expresses hope the shortstop will be healthy enough to play Thursday against Detroit.

Mookie Betts of the Los Angeles Dodgers remains undecided about attending the White House visit to celebrate the team's 2024 World Series win.

Shortstop Mookie Betts will not play in the two-game series ... 75 RBI in 116 games last season in leading the Dodgers to a World Series title.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out 10, and Freddie Freeman homered off former teammate Jack Flaherty. But Friday night at Dodger Stadium wasn’t decided until Mookie Betts homered not once, but twice, including the walk-off shot in the 10th inning.

A die hard Dodger fan for life, Cube was among the A-listers on hand for the first game of the year by the defending World Series champs, and he made his mark on the day by presenting the Commissioner’s trophy in classic fashion. After driving onto the field, Cube was handed the trophy, which he then hoisted over his head as the crowd went wild.