Livvy Dunne became the star of Target Field’s “celebrity look-alike” segment during Friday’s Pirates-Twins game-when the jumbotron displayed her own image as her doppelgänger. The social media icon initially covered her mouth in shock, then laughed at the ballpark’s playful trolling, later sharing the moment with her 13M+ followers.
Despite Paul Skenes holding the Twins to 2 earned runs over 5 innings (6 strikeouts), Pittsburgh fell 2-1-his 8th loss of 2025. The Pirates have now scored 2 runs in 6 of his 20 starts, wasting his MLB-leading 1.78 ERA. Skenes’ historic pitching stats clash cruelly with his 4-8 record: he’s the first MLB starter ever with a sub-1.80 ERA and fewer than 5 wins across a 15-game stretch.
The pitcher’s frustration with Pittsburgh’s dysfunction is boiling over. After a recent loss where he threw 8 scoreless innings only to lose 1-0, he admitted controlling his performance amid team failure has been “difficult”. With Pittsburgh in last place and showing no urgency to improve, fans and analysts demand a trade to rescue his career.
The jumbotron gag came days after Dunne’s $1.59M all-cash bid for Babe Ruth’s former NYC apartment was rejected by a co-op board. A building resident revealed the board deemed her “too online” after she posted about the deal on Instagram. Dunne had already hired an interior designer, lamenting in a TikTok video: “Don’t try to live in a co-op-you might get denied and lose Babe Ruth’s apartment”.
As Dunne navigates viral fame and real-estate woes, Skenes faces a career-defining dilemma: remain loyal to a failing franchise or seek a team matching his elite potential. Their parallel struggles-hers played for laughs on jumbotrons, his etched in statistical tragedy-highlight a stark truth: no amount of individual brilliance (or social media clout) can compensate for systemic failure. With the trade deadline looming, Pittsburgh’s indifference may force baseball’s brightest young ace into exile.
Livvy Dunne is positioning herself as the long-term partner to Paul Skenes – a projected top-3 MLB pitcher for the next decade. After revolutionizing NCAA NIL economics at LSU (her $3.9M valuation set collegiate records), Dunne now balances her sports media empire with supporting Skenes’ ascendance. Though neither has publicly confirmed marriage plans, their shared investments – including a $1.6M Pennsylvania estate.
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