Party Like It's 1968

<p>We kick off Season 7 (!) with a World Baseball Classic wrap-up, an Opening Day kick off, and an intro to our flocks of pitchers. The WBC left many happy results in its wake. Team Australia’s Mitch Neunborn was signed by the Phils, Nicaraguan closer <a href="https://ftw.usatoday.com/2023/03/nicaragua-pitcher-duque-hebbert-signed-tigers-strikeout-mlb-stars">Duque Hebbert</a> signed on site by the Tigers, and Team Israel built new ballfields. There were so many <a href="https://www.outkick.com/tonights-usa-japan-matchup-could-be-most-watched-baseball-game-of-all-time/">more eyeballs</a> on the games, <a href="https://theathletic.com/4338148/2023/03/23/world-baseball-classic-next-steps/">fans in the seats</a>, and merch in the shopping carts than ever before. Closing out our Fantasy Boyfriend Baseball League recruitment, Pottymouth claims the Blue Jays as her pitching flock, with a focus on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH7cgyzh9pk">Alek Manoah</a>. Patti takes the <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/berniepleskoff/2023/01/06/adding-manager-bruce-bochy-and-three-new-starting-pitchers-greatly-improves-the-texas-rangers/?sh=2702df1a6155">newly shiny Rangers</a>, which allows her to reference rodeos *twice.* And we had to make our tough calls to narrow down this year’s boyfriend group to fantasy team rosters. NCiB hero <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/kim-ng-named-to-president-s-council-on-sports-fitness-and-nutrition">Kim Ng</a> is appointed to the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CqHBRlkPkrr/">13 women</a> will take the field as uniformed coaches this season. MLB gets a sense of humor and uses noted rule-follower Tim Anderson and others to <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2023/03/23/watch-mlbs-commercials-new-rules-feature-all-stars-celebrities/11529288002/">explain the rule changes</a> for this season.</p><p>We say “I throw a nice party and I gotta big screen,” “bouncing Czechs,” and “Alek Manoah may have gone sh