The WBC semifinals are set & include:
🇺🇸 Bobby Witt Jr.
🇩🇴 Carlos Estévez
🇻🇪 Salvador Perez
🇻🇪 Maikel Garcia
🇻🇪 Luinder Avila
🇮🇹 Vinnie Pasquantino
🇮🇹 Jac Caglianone
The Royals are guaranteed to have a @WBCBaseball champion.
JUST IN: Massive half-mile wide tornado reported in several counties in Nebraska, knocking over a semi-truck.
Western Omaha residents are being told to seek shelter now as the tornado is moving towards Elkhorn.
Multiple toronados have been reported in the Lincoln area with 60mph winds and "golf balls-sized hail." (Nebraska Public Media)
According to the Lincoln Journal, one of the tornadoes was "a half mile wide at one point."
Insane.
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-Dennis Gates won 25 games and a tournament game in year one
-Our football team is 5-0 and in the Top 25
-We have the number one basketball recruiting class in the entire country
-We have the number one football recruit committed in the entire country
Bobby Witt Jr. is one of five players in Major League history to record a combination of 30 homers and 49 steals in a season, joining Eric Davis (1987), Barry Bonds (1990), Mike Trout (2012), and Ronald Acuña Jr. (2023).
He's the seventh player to record a 30/30 season in his age-23 season or younger, following Bobby Bonds (1969), Jose Canseco (1988), Alex Rodriguez (1998), Mike Trout (2012), Ronald Acuña Jr. (2019), and Julio Rodríguez (2023).
He is the sixth 30/30 player to play at least 75% of his games at shortstop, following Barry Larkin (1996), Alex Rodriguez (1998), Jimmy Rollins (2007), Hanley Ramírez (2008), and Francisco Lindor (2023).
He is now the sixth American League player in the last 75 years with a 30-homer, 10-triple season, following Joe DiMaggio (1950), Mickey Mantle (1955), Jim Rice (1977 and 1978), Nomar Garciaparra (1997), and Curtis Granderson (2011).
Tipping our cap to you, Royals fans.
Thank you for all of your support and dedication, we can’t wait to be back with our people in our city again.
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