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Every sport has an insider.

Pickleball is waiting for theirs. 🏓

Building The Dink Guy into the home for MLP news, trades, and rumors.

The Woj era of pickleball media starts here. 🚨

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@JGelvar @QueenPickle13 Haha right! I like the energy and emotion 👏

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Is the new rivalry going to be Anna Leigh Water and Hayden Patriquin?!

Sign me up.

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@QueenPickle13 I know but I feel like it was amplified even more

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@jordiebarstool @jayevans813 I will never understand how people don’t like pickleball

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@obsessedwithpb_ I agree 100%

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@alexeweaver So beautiful

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The most insane singles point in pickleball history.

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It’s either the 5s or the Shock that will win the MLP Championship.

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@franklyunaware And also a bright future!

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@ACBabyBabyy It makes the emotions a lot more intense

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@franklyunaware Anything for the W

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🚨 THE REGULAR SEASON IS OVER 🚨

The 2026 MLP Playoff picture is officially SET. 👀

🏆 New Jersey 5s — 118 pts
🥈 St. Louis Shock — 111 pts
🥉 LA Mad Drops — 86 pts

12 teams are headed to the playoffs.

Now… it’s win or go home. 🔥

#MLP2026

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I would love to have some mic’d up games in MLP.

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@Markdolven appreciate the follow!

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MLP Orlando at ESPN Wide World of Sports is another reminder that pickleball is becoming so much bigger than just a recreational sport.

The crowds. The atmosphere. The production.

Pickleball is growing FAST.

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The 2026 MLP playoff field is SET.

NJ 5s — 118
St. Louis Shock — 111
LA Mad Drops — 86
Columbus Sliders — 83
Brooklyn — 78
Dallas — 72
Palm Beach — 54
Atlanta — 48
DC — 36
Las Vegas — 34
Chicago — 34
Chicago Slice — 33

Let the playoffs begin. 👀

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Just 6 points separate No. 5 through No. 7:

Brooklyn — 78
Dallas — 72
Palm Beach — 54

Actually… never mind. 😂

Dallas to Palm Beach is a 18-point gap.

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The New Jersey 5s finished 1st in Orlando with 25 points.

That gave them the final push to finish the regular season at 118 total standings points.

No. 1 seed secured. 🏆

#MLP2026

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🚨 ANNA LEIGH WATERS IS YOUR 2026 MLP MVP 🏆

A 60-4 regular season record.
The No. 1 seed.
And now the MVP award.

ALW is simply on another level. 🔥