More people than ever tuned into this year’s World Baseball Classic championship game. Tuesday’s final between Team USA and Venezuela drew 10,784,000 viewers across Fox and Fox Deportes, making it the most-watched game in the tournament’s history, Fox Sports PR posted said on Thursday. This is up a whopping 128 percent jump from 2023’s championship … Read more
Olivia “Livvy” Dunne wasn’t finished poking fun at the bromance between her boyfriend, Pirates superstar Paul Skenes, and his Team USA teammate Bobby Witt Jr. The 23-year-old Skenes posted a selfie on Instagram with some of his Team USA teammates on the bus to loanDepot park for Tuesday’s World Baseball Classic final, with Witt seated … Read more
Don’t blame Mark DeRosa. Blame his coworker. MLB Network analyst Matt Vasgersian took the blame after his colleague turned Team USA skipper landed in hot water last week for saying on “Hot Stove” that the U.S. had already “punched their ticket” to the WBC quarterfinal ahead of their game with Italy — which was certainly … Read more
Paul Skenes’ biggest fan was conspicuously quiet during his four-inning appearance for the United States during Monday’s World Baseball Classic showdown with Mexico, and now we know why. Olivia “Livvy” Dunne, the former LSU gymnastics star and Skenes’ girlfriend, posted to her social media that she had to miss the Cy Young winner’s start because … Read more
Bad Bunny offered to pay Carlos Correa’s insurance for the World Baseball Classic. Major League Baseball, the Astros and his agent, Scott Boras, told the Astros infielder to think again. “They all told me it was a bad idea,” Correa told The Athletic. “They all told me the insurance company that was proposed to me … Read more
Mookie Betts has pulled out of the World Baseball Classic, revealing this week his pregnant wife “said she’d divorce me” if he opted to play in the 2026 tournament instead of being by her side. Betts, 33, told Adin Ross on the internet star’s livestream Wednesday that he intended to suit up for the U.S. … Read more
The viewership numbers for the World Baseball Classic championship game reflected the magnitude of its storylines. Team Japan’s 3-2 victory over the United States averaged 4.48 million viewers on the Fox Sports 1 broadcast, combining with Fox Deportes and streaming services for 5.2 million viewers, the outlet announced Wednesday Per Sports Business Journal, the 4.48 … Read more
Keith Olbermann just had to go there with the grandmothers. Olbermann, a self-proclaimed Mets fan, was distraught over the excruciating knee injury suffered by Edwin Diaz during the World Baseball Classic on Wednesday night, which will likely cost the star closer his season. The former ESPN and MSNBC broadcaster lashed out at the “meaningless” global … Read more