As a gymnast at Louisiana State College, Livvy Dunne carried out cardio and athletic feats few may ever dream of pulling off.
This weekend, Dunne lived the nightmare of batters throughout Main League Baseball.
Dunne stepped into the batter’s field towards her boyfriend, Pirates right-hander and reigning Nationwide League Cy Younger Award winner Paul Skenes.
To Dunne’s credit score, she held her floor towards Skenes’ fastball — which he might or might not have dialed down a bit. However the Sports activities Illustrated swimsuit version cowl mannequin’s visceral response was the identical as Skenes’ often-overmatched opponents.
“Pure fright,” Dunne wrote on her Instagram story.
Calling the matchup “the final word check of belief,” Dunne appeared to return away bodily unscathed in her first unofficial at-bat towards arguably the sport’s most fearsome pitcher. Mentally? Nicely, that is one other story.
Thankfully for Dunne, she by no means has to face Skenes’ lethal arsenal once more. The batters within the NL Central and all through baseball aren’t fairly as fortunate.
