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• Paul Skenes’ Girlfriend Olivia Dunne Steals the Spotlight in Glamorous Floral Outfit for 151st Kentucky Oaks
Livvy Dunne, Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes’ girlfriend attends her first derby while sporting an all-pink Kentucky Oaks outfit....2025
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• More Heritage, more observations

As expected, I received some more 2025 Heritage in the mail at the end of last week. First, Rod of Padrographs sent me a bunch of his extras and then later the same day, the Fanatics "megabox" that I ordered back in March finally showed up. After going through all of that, I am just short of halfway through on the set at 45 percent. As always with Heritage, this is deceptive since...2025
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• MLB Week 5 Hot or Not: Bobby Witt Jr. flirts with a franchise record, Rays and Nats losses add up

Bobby Witt Jr. approaches the visiting dugout at Steinbrenner Field before the Royals versus Tampa Bay Rays game on May 1. | Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Teams are starting to distance themselves at the top and bottom of their divisions a full month in It’s Sunday, so you know what that means. This week’s Hot or Not recap covers the fifth full week of the season, from April 27 to May 3. AL...2025
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 6

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Brewers fall behind Reds in our edition of the power rankings as true competition in NL Central becomes clearer Welcome to the sixth week of our NL Central Power Rankings! We’ll release these rankings each week to grade all five teams and place them one through five. As everyone knows with power rankings, these should be taken as gospel and they’re obviously 100% ac...2025
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• Roki Sasaki Hit With Brutal Verdict by MLB Exec Amid Failed Paul Skenes Comparisons
An MLB executive made a stunning assessment about Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Roki Sasaki. What was said about the young starter?...2025
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• Dodgers @ Braves May 2, 2025: NL Pitcher of the Month Yoshinobu Yamamoto starts the opener in Atlanta
The Dodgers took care of business at home, winning five of six and getting their offense back on track. It started ominously with a 3-0 loss at the hands of Paul Skenes and some Pirate relievers, but the Dodgers put up 51 runs in the last five games. That outburst pushed the Dodgers up to …...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Grade the Cubs first month

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks you to grade the first month-plus of the season. It’s Wednesday evening here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Thanks for stopping by. We’re always glad to see you. Let us know if you need anything. There are still a few tables available. Bri...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 30

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images The Cubs offense revives in a 9-0 trouncing of the Pirates. After Phillies pitching stifled the Cubs offense for the most part over the weekend, it was a refreshing sight to see the Cubs offense come out in force Tuesday night. It was what you hoped would happen and happen it did. After being mowed down the first time through the order, the Cubs offens...2025
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• Paul Skenes Sets Out To Prove 100MPH+ Pitches Can Be Done Without Tommy John Surgery
Paul Skenes aims to sustain 100-mph pitches without injury, using precise biomechanics and training to defy the Tommy John epidemic...2025
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• Pirates ace Paul Skenes explains why he's not concerned about potential injuries

Skenes has a wicked fastball, but should he take it down a notch?...2025
• Outside The Confines: One month down

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images A look at the successes and failures over the first month of the season. The Pirates are an utter failure starting at the top. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. Alex Kirschner writes about the toxic rot from the ownership of the Pittsburgh Pirates and how it has poisoned the relationship between the fans and the team. Also, the team is wasting a gener...2025
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• Dodgers 9, Pirates 2: A 14-hit attack led by 4 from Andy Pages wins the series, but Tyler Glasnow exits with injury
The Dodgers really could’ve used a solid start to the homestand, and they got a tough start against Paul Skenes, but after that they’ve continued to hit to take the next two games. This one was a 9-2 victory over the Pirates behind a season-high 12 hits, four of which came from the red-hot Andy …...2025
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 5

Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images Cubs have another hot week, the rest of the division ... not so much Welcome to the fifth week of our NL Central Power Rankings! We’ll release these rankings each week to grade all five teams and place them one through five. As everyone knows with power rankings, these should be taken as gospel and they’re obviously 100% accurate. Without further ado, let’s rank s...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 23, 2025

Photo by Tanner Gatlin/MLB Photos via Getty Images The stoppable force meets the movable object in Kauffman Stadium. David Lesky takes a long look at Kansas City Royals trade candidates (as buyers) at Inside the Crown. [$] Last year, two of the 12 teams in the postseason were under .500 after 23 games. The bar simply isn’t as high to get in, which means more times are in it a lot longer. B...2025
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 4

Jovanny Hernandez / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Cubs continue to set the bar for the rest of the division, but the gap is closing Welcome to the fourth week of our NL Central Power Rankings! We’ll release these rankings each week to grade all five teams and place them one through five. As everyone knows with power rankings, these should be taken as gospel and they’re obviously 1...2025
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• Outside The Confines: When you don’t wish upon a star

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images Paul Skenes is a superstar and are the Pirates are wasting him? Players off to a hot start. Are hitters catching up to pitching? And other news from around MLB. Good morning. It’s 1:20 on Friday somewhere. Jeff Passan has the story of Pirates ace Paul Skenes’ road to becoming a superstar. R.J. Anderson believes that the Pirates are wasting Skenes’ t...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 30
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"Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes' 2024 Topps Chrome Update MLB debut patch autograph card sold for a stunning $1."

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"Paul Skenes' rise has been stunning but those who watched him play at Air Force witnessed him pull off an impressive two-way feat that earned him the nickname Shohei Paultani."

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"Paul Skenes, Dylan Crews both promoted to Double-A less than two months after 2023 MLB Draft"

• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 32

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images The Cubs bounce back with an impressive 8-3 win and take the series. Checks notes. Yep. The Cubs are better when Kyle Tucker hits. And hey, any time he and his teammates want to get to four homers, I’m here for it. I’ve talked about it in the past, and in fact just yesterday, four runs is a sweet spot. Teams with four runs win a solid majority of the ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Here comes the Judge

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Aaron Judge is doing things no one has seen before. So are the Rockies, only that’s bad stuff. Trends over the first month and other news from around MLB. Good morning. Mike Axisa argues that over the last calendar year, no one has ever been as good at the plate as Aaron Judge and that includes Barry Bonds. Bryan Hoch notes that Judge ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 31

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Cubs come up short in Pittsburgh and lose 4-3. Some of my longtime readers may wonder if I had a life transformation or if someone else is writing this for me this year. No questions about glasses half full or empty. No extended metaphors or analogies. Not particularly even any off topic discussions that don’t talk about the game i...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 30
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• Outside The Confines: One month down
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 23, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April, 21, 2025

Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images The Royals return home looking to hit. The Royals had a “big time win” Sunday, but it was still a rough road trip. “Look, we know we’re going to go through some tough stretches,” manager Matt Quatraro said. “This was a tough road trip against good teams. We’re going to play better than we’ve played this week, that’s for sure. You just don’t know when it...2025
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• Outside The Confines: When you don’t wish upon a star
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• From Air Force Cadet to MLB Ace, How Paul Skenes’ Tearful Detour Changed His Life
Raised on faith and focus, Paul Skenes trained at the Air Force Academy before unleashing his 100 mph fastball as MLB’s top draft pick in 2023....2025
• Not Crews-ing Yet - April 14th, 2025
Dylan Crews (OF - WAS) - Crews is 5-47 with 5 singles and a 2:18 BB:K ratio after another 0-4 on Monday against former college teammate Paul Skenes, so I went in to check his Statcast data and plate discipline/contact numbers, and the results are.....not awful? Above average exit velo, only two fewer barrels than he has hits, an average chase rate and slightly below average contact. He hasn't been...2025
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• MLB Week 5 Hot or Not: Bobby Witt Jr. flirts with a franchise record, Rays and Nats losses add up
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 32
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• Outside The Confines: Here comes the Judge
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 31
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• Pirates 4, Cubs 3: A night when the result on the field was secondary

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images A fan fell out of the stands at PNC Park during the game. The Cubs lost to the Pirates 4-3 Wednesday evening in Pittsburgh. I’ll get to the details of the game in a bit. Unfortunately, the lead story from Wednesday evening at PNC Park was the fall of a fan from the stands onto the warning track during the seventh inning. Here’s what happened (Bluesky link): ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 30
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Pirates series preview

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images It’s the first 2025 series for the Cubs against a team from the NL Central. The Cubs have played 29 games, 18 percent of the 2025 season, without facing a team from its own division, the NL Central. They’ll begin that round through the division by facing the Pirates, who they beat seven of 13 times last year. For more on the Pirates, here’s Austin Bechtol...2025
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• Should I go for three?

So I grabbed a blaster of 2025 Heritage when I was at Dave and Adam's last week. I know they're not called "blasters" anymore but it's still the word I use when I want people to know what I am talking about. Buying Heritage is instinct at this point. We're at the designs during my first years of collecting. While I could pick-and-choose whether I was going to collect Heritage 10-15 year...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 23, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April, 21, 2025
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• Paul Skenes’ Girlfriend Olivia Dunne Steals the Spotlight in Glamorous Floral Outfit for 151st Kentucky Oaks
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• More Heritage, more observations
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• Paul Skenes’ Girlfriend Livvy Dunne Channels Team Spirit With 1-Word Message on Pirates’ Game Day
Before the Pirates ace takes on the Cubs, Olivia Dunne, Paul Skenes' girlfriend, flaunts her game-day attire and cheerfulness....2025
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• Outside The Confines: Here comes the Judge
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• BCB After Dark: Grade the Cubs first month
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• Paul Skenes’ Girlfriend Livvy Dunne Shuts Down Hater With 4-Word Message
Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes’ girlfriend and gymnast Olivia Dunne doesn’t let haters on social media tear her down and here’s proof....2025
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• Paul Skenes’ Girlfriend Olivia Dunne Slays All-Black Look While Cheering on Pirates Ace at Dodger Stadium
Olivia Dunne made the trip to Los Angeles to see her boyfriend, Paul Skenes, absolutely dominate the reigning World Series Champions...2025
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• Paul Skenes’ Girlfriend Livvy Dunne Delivers Succinct 2-Word Reaction As Pirates Star Stuns Shohei Ohtani’s Dodgers
Paul Skenes’ girlfriend Olivia ‘Livvy’ Dunne shows her support for her longtime boyfriend on social media after his phenomenal performance....2025
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• Livvy Dunne Hilariously Trolls Paul Skenes’ After In-Game Fall

The righty's girlfriend, LSU gymnast Livvy Dunne, trolled Skenes after he fell trying to make a play in a Pittsburgh Pirates game last week....2025
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• Paul Skenes, Dylan Crews both promoted to Double-A less than two months after 2023 MLB Draft

The former LSU teammates are moving on up with the Pirates and Nationals, respectively...2023
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• Skenes' 1-of-1 rookie card fetches record $1.11M
Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes' 2024 Topps Chrome Update MLB debut patch autograph card sold for a stunning $1.11 million, including buyer's premium, on Thursday....2025
• Omaha dreams of moments like this, where Rhett Lowder and Paul Skenes could go head-to-head in MCWS
NCAA.com's Mike Lopresti previews the final game of the Wake Forest vs. LSU series with a spot in the 2023 Men's College World Series championship series on the line....2023
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• Get to know Pirates' No. 1 pick Paul Skenes
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• 11-year-old rejects big haul for rare Skenes card
Topps says the 11-year-old from the Los Angeles area who scored a one-of-a-kind baseball card featuring Paul Skenes had declined a deal that included 30 years' worth of season tickets behind home plate at PNC Park....2025
• No. 1 MLB Draft pick Paul Skenes signs with Pirates for record bonus, per report

The former LSU star is getting a $9.2M signing bonus, the biggest in MLB history...2023
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• Pirates ink top pick Skenes to record $9.2M deal

The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed right-handed pitcher Paul Skenes, the No. 1 pick in the 2023 draft, to a record $9.2 million deal....2023
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• BTB Friday Open Thread: Do all sports going on right now help with football not being here?

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images This is our open thread for Friday discussion. Welcome to our Friday open thread! Over the last few weeks we have been launching daily discussion prompts here on the blog and the purposes is obviously for the greatest community of Dallas Cowboys fans that there is to talk about matters relevant to the team. For the most part our prompts are related to the c...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Is Mookie Betts trading strike-outs for strikes?

Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images (It’s a very clever joke because he bought a bowling league franchise.) It’s not mystery that baseball players, being athletes, are often fond of more than one sport. Plenty of baseball players were on multiple teams in high school and college, lots of guys play golf (some, like Justin Verlander were actually semi-pro, at least according to his old T...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 18, 2025
Julio Rodriguez Julio had a down year in 2024, as he slashed only .273/.325/.409 compared to his line of .275/.333/.485 in 2023. He homered 32 times in 2023 and only 20 times in 2024, which is why the slugging percentage was cut by nearly 80 points. Luckily, there are plenty of reasons ot be optimistic about Julio in 2025, and the basis for that is that his underlying markers were barely changed b...2025
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• Rosters In Flux- Preseason Draft Prep March 2, 2025
As Spring Training rolls on, every day seems to bring up stories of injuries and prospects causing teams to examine who they are going to be putting on their rosters and in their starting lineups in a few weeks when the games start to count. Giancarlo Stanton- DH- NYY- The injury news about Stanton continues to be negative. He will definitely start the 2025 season on the IL. He has received PRP i...2025
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-March 1, 2025
Around the League Sean Murphy-Braves-C Sean Murphy is coming off arguably his worst season in the majors. He played in only 72 games due to injury and when he was on the field it was a struggle. Murphy hit .193 with 10 HR, 19 R, 25 RBI, and 0 SB. This was coming off the best season of his career in 2023 (.251 AVG, 21 HR, 65 R, 68 RBI, and 0 SB in 108 GP). He played the first game of the season...2025
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-February 22, 2025
Around the League Mets Starting Rotation Tylor Megill is reportedly ahead of other Mets pitchers. He is scheduled for three innings of live batting practice. The Mets are going with a six-man rotation to start the year. They have competition in camp for the rotation even with recently signed Frankie Montas on the shelf for 6-8 weeks. The final spot will come down to Griffin Canning, Paul Black...2025
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• MLB Week 5 Hot or Not: Bobby Witt Jr. flirts with a franchise record, Rays and Nats losses add up
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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 6
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• Roki Sasaki Hit With Brutal Verdict by MLB Exec Amid Failed Paul Skenes Comparisons
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• Braves look to ride strong home form to victory over Dodgers

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Atlanta’s not going to be favored in this one but they’ve played well at home and the Dodgers have struggled a bit on the road. Could they start this series with a win? The Atlanta Braves are returning home after a successful trip out West to face off with the top dog out west: The Los Angeles Dodgers. After the Dodgers swept the Braves out of LA and dump...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 32
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 2, 2025

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Who’s hotter than the Royals? No one! Anne Rogers writes that Bobby Witt Jr. has played his 500th game with the Royals. In the grand scheme of things, maybe 500 doesn’t seem like a huge number. After all, Witt didn’t even know about the milestone on Tuesday until Royals PR director Nick Kappel gave him a heads up that some reporters wanted to ask him ab...2025
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• Cubs 8, Pirates 3: Seiya Suzuki leads a home-run barrage off Paul Skenes

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images The Cubs did something off Skenes that had never before been done by any team. After the Cubs lost Wednesday evening, with Paul Skenes looming on the horizon, a series loss might have been possible. “Not for this Cubs team,” said Cubs hitters. They smashed four home runs, three of them off Skenes — in one inning, the fifth. Dansby Swanson, Kyle Tucker ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 31
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates preview, Thursday 5/1, 11:35 a.m. CT

Photo by Rayni Shiring/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Cubs again go for the series win. But it will not be easy. Thursday notes... IT’S A NEW MONTH TODAY: The Cubs completed their challenging March-April schedule with a record of 18-13, for a winning percentage of .581. The seven teams they played — the Athletics, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Padres, Phillies, Padres and Rangers — are a combi...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ the meatloaf is likely to have a side of pierogi

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs dropped a crucial game and may have to forfend the meatloaf. Paul Skenes will decide. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheat...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Jackie Robinson Day moments

Photo by Aaron Gash/MLB Photos via Getty Images Yesterday was one of baseball’s most meaningful days. Jackie Robinson Day is a big event in baseball. All 30 clubs play, and all players wear the number 42—retired throughout MLB—to honor the late, great Jackie Robinson. While the event itself is typically a joyful one, recalling the barriers broken by Robinson that paved the way for so many ...2025
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• Opposition Research: Paul Skenes is a special talent

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images The Washington Nationals are facing one of the brightest stars in baseball today Paul Skenes was so close to being a Washington Nationals. We were just one pick away from getting the 22 year old mega star. Despite being in the league for just a year, Paul Skenes is one of the faces of the sport already. Armed with an 100 MPH fastball and a famous girlfriend, S...2025
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• Livvy Dunne reveals the reason why she almost didn’t date Paul Skenes

The Olivia Dunne-Paul Skenes buzzing romance may have nearly not happened due to a conflict of interest....2025
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• Paul Skenes knows he’s going to get roasted by Pirates teammates over Livvy Dunne photoshoot in GQ

Paul Skenes expects his Pirates teammates to have a field day over his buzzy GQ photoshoot with girlfriend Olivia "Livvy" Dunne....2025
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• Rays 2 Pirates 4: There is no shame in getting bested by Paul Skenes

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images It was the top of the first inning and something very strange was happening. A Rays pitcher — in this case Ryan Pepiot — threw four balls to a player, who then took first base. This, I’ve been told, is called a “walk,” and we hadn’t seen one from a Rays pitcher since Opening Day, when Pepiot and Pete Fairbanks had give up a total of three. It was one sign ...2025
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• MLB Power Rankings: Which teams can challenge the Dodgers?

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Dodgers look like the cream of the crop but there are several teams that could challenge for their crown. Every Major League Baseball team begins a brand new baseball season with hope. In the spring of 1993, as a fresh-faced 16-year-old Phillies fan living in suburban bliss, I had no right to believe that summer was going to be anythin...2025
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• Outside The Confines: The Guardians aren’t afraid to commit

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images They’ve locked down Tanner Bibee. Hello BCB friends, I’m pleased to report that this is the last Monday before we will have regular season baseball again! Over the weekend came some tragic news, as Yankees’ star Brett Gardner’s young son Miller passed away unexpectedly. In baseball itself, several players are starting the season on the IL, a few teams a...2025
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• How Dylan Crews can win Rookie of the Year

Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images A look at what is next in the development of Dylan Crews Dylan Crews enters 2025 as the Nationals starting right fielder, and a favorite to win NL Rookie of the Year. However, for a guy that is still the number one prospect in baseball according to MLB Pipeline, it has felt like there has not been a ton of buzz around him. That could due to the towering presen...2025
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• Cubs 9, Athletics 2: The bats come alive...

David Banks-Imagn Images ... and Shōta Imanaga strikes out a whole bunch of A’s. In the end, the final 13 games of the Cubs’ 2024 season might not mean much. Any postseason hopes hang by a very thin thread. Nevertheless, it’s always nice to see the Cubs smash baseballs all around and out of Wrigley Field, especially with recent batting struggles at home. Monday night, an 18-hit attack led ...2024
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