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Livvy Dunne Invites Lucky Winner Of Skenes Rookie Card Sweepstakes To Sit With Her In Pirates Suite

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Livvy Dunne Invites Lucky Winner Of Skenes Rookie Card Sweepstakes To Sit With Her In Pirates Suite

Livvy Dunne

Sales of baseball cards may skyrocket to record levels after this. Some visionary marketer at Topps, along with at least one sensible soul in the Pittsburgh Pirates' organization, came up with a scheme to add much-need publicity to Major League Baseball, centered around one of its young superstars and his mega-famous girlfriend. Paul Skenes established himself as an elite starting pitcher in his first season, even taking the mound first for the National League All-Star team. It just so happens he's dating fellow LSU athlete Livvy Dunne, a groundbreaking NIL multimillionaire gymnast. There's a one-of-one Skenes rookie card somewhere out there that gives all kinds of perks to whomever finds it. Like it's actually absurd what the rewards are. https://twitter.com/Topps/status/1855657396414107908 https://twitter.com/Pirates/status/1857460548515893253 Thirty years of season tickets. THIRTY. Right behind home plate at PNC Park. Plus, you get to meet Skenes himself, get two autographed jerseys, and more. By "more" I mean you also get to meet Livvy Dunne. She's thrown her hat into the ring to sweeten the deal, offering the lucky rookie card purchaser a spot in her suite. https://twitter.com/livvydunne/status/1857481146637963688 I mean it ain't like anyone's got a shot with Livvy Dunne, but maybe she has friends in her suite who are single? The more I think about it, highly doubtful. The point of winning this beyond once-in-a-lifetime opportunity isn't a moonshot romance. In the midst of this Skenes sweepstakes, it'd be cool enough that you'd get to hang with Livvy Dunne, Paul Skenes, and who knows what other celebrities for a time. But more than that, I can't think of a superior baseball-related return on investment. Purchasing the winning card pack with Skenes' card in it; three decades worth of MLB season tickets behind home plate. Tracking down specific Pirates ticket prices has proven elusive, but on the higher end, home plate seats are estimated to cost about $800. Multiply that by 81 home games per season, then by 30 years, and you're talking over $1.9 million in value if my math is right — and that's without accounting for how prices will inevitably inflate in the coming decades. Dunne has been such a massive, adoring fan of her beau as they've risen to be the college-age version of the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce power couple. https://www.instagram.com/p/DAg5cEgvKuR/?igsh=eHBrNzB2eTlvaW5l Jumping in on Skenes' rookie card lottery is merely the latest example of Livvy's staunch support. What a win this is all around for the Pirates, Skenes, Dunne, baseball cards, and MLB itself. As a childhood collector of such cards, I'm getting all nostalgic over here. Wasn't sure if physical cards were still a thing that people owned or cared about. Having the real, physical copy of a rare card nowadays would feel like holding an ancient artifact, which only adds to the unfathomable joyful feeling one Topps card pack buyer will eventually experience. Seriously, has MLB or Topps ever had a marketing vehicle like this? It's guaranteed to be a slam dunk in my opinion. Where were these types of innovative promos when Mike Trout was starting to pop off? I feel like most Americans wouldn't know who he is due to the Angels' lack of success and some recent injuries. I wonder if most casual sports fans even know who Shohei Ohtani is, and he's the modern 2.0 version of Babe Ruth. Ohtani could stand to be promoted better by the World Series champion Dodgers, MLB, or anyone with the sense to, like in the case of Skenes, maximize exposure for a generational talent.

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