MLB says Livvy Dunne has entered ‘WAG period’ after Paul Skenes’ debut for Pirates

A brand new period entered Pittsburgh on Saturday, and it wasn’t simply Paul Skenes making a effective debut for the Pirates. 

His girlfriend, social media sensation and LSU gymnast Olivia “Livvy” Dunne, additionally entered her “WAG period,” which stands for “wives and girlfriends.” 

MLB overvalued Dunne’s arrival to PNC Park on Saturday simply as a lot as Skenes with a publish on the league’s TikTok web page, exhibiting Dunne’s pleasure for her boyfriend’s debut in an interview with SportsNet Pittsburgh. 

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MLB captioned the publish, “Livvy Dunne getting into her MLB WAG period.”

“I at all times say, it’s means more durable to be the individual within the stands watching as a result of I’m not in management,” Dunne mentioned within the publish. “I can’t management — I don’t know easy methods to throw a 100 mile (per hour) fastball, however it’s laborious to don’t have any management. Particularly with gymnastics whenever you’re simply watching. However I do know he’s bought this and I simply have loads of confidence in him.”

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The sports activities world noticed what the NFL did with pop star Taylor Swift when her relationship with Kansas Metropolis Chiefs celebrity tight finish Travis Kelce went public. And whereas Dunne’s recognition isn’t even near Swift’s, MLB may very well be taking a web page out of the NFL’s guide and lean into interesting to a brand new demographic.

Dunne, who’s coming off an NCAA nationwide championship with LSU’s gymnastics crew, is without doubt one of the nation’s highest-paid NIL athletes in faculty sports activities. She has greater than 13.3 million followers between TikTok, Instagram and Twitter, they usually’ve all been watching her pages intently to see if there have been any hints to Skenes getting referred to as up.

Skenes, the No. 1 general choose in final yr’s MLB Draft out of LSU, was dominating Triple-A Indianapolis over his first seven begins this season. Due to that, Pirates followers had been clamoring for the entrance workplace to make the decision to carry him to the bigs. 

The decision was lastly made this previous week, with Dunne revealing that they’d simply wakened from a nap to missed calls from the Pirates saying he wanted to pack his stuff and head to Pittsburgh. 

Skenes’ long-awaited debut actually had greater than Dunne nervous as Pirates followers packed PNC Park to observe him face the Chicago Cubs. He didn’t disappoint, hanging out his first two batters with a fastball that topped out at 102 mph on the day. Skenes would hit 100 mph along with his heater 17 occasions whole all through the 4 innings he pitched. 

“I’ve so many wonderful reminiscences with him, however I understand how laborious he has labored for this second,” Dunne mentioned within the interview. “Critically, there’s nothing that may prime this. I’m simply so proud.”

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So long as Skenes stays in MLB, Dunne can be proper there supporting him. So, don’t be shocked to see extra Dunne content material from the league’s socials coming our means.

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