The Best of the Day: March 6th, 2021

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New Dodgers SP Trevor Bauer pitched the entire first three innings of his team’s Spring Training game against the Padres on Saturday. During those three inning, he struck out three players and allowed two hits. His most memorable moment came when he ended one inning by striking out a better with his eye closed. Also, the NBA is more global than ever before, with the most international superstars participating in the event in the league’s history, and LeBron James continues to make history in year 18.

Here is the best of the day from March 6, 2021:

Story of the Day

Trevor Bauer’s striking out batters with one eye closed

Trevor Bauer looked good in his second start with the Los Angeles Dodgers in Spring Training. However, what made it even more impressive was what he did in the first inning against the division rival San Diego Padres. Bauer finished off the inning by striking out a batter with one eye closed.

Bauer wound up pitching three scoreless innings with three strikeouts, and one walk along with allowing two hits in the Dodgers’ 2-1 Spring Training win over their division-rival that looks poised to be the most exciting rivalry in baseball this year.

Trevor Bauer striking out people with one eye closed. 😳 pic.twitter.com/heHkxVPdL7
— MLB (@MLB) March 6, 2021

The most electric pitcher on the planet, @BauerOutage has some of the most exciting highlights a pitcher can have (this video is for subscribers only so please subscribe) https://t.co/ltdiVvKUCn
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) March 4, 2021

Trevor Bauer struck out a batter with 1 eye closed yesterday. Here are the most interesting facts to know about the MLB's most electric pitcher @BauerOutage https://t.co/VQ6pePKCjC
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) March 8, 2021

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Highlight of the Day

Bauer’s acting like a Pirate on the Dodgers

Trevor Bauer striking out people with one eye closed. 😳 pic.twitter.com/heHkxVPdL7
— MLB (@MLB) March 6, 2021

Related: MLB Highlights

Fact of the Day

International superstars are taking over the NBA

An NBA-record 9 International All-Stars are playing in the 2021 All-Star Game
An NBA-record 6 European players were named All-Stars this season
An NBA-record 5 International All-Stats were voted starters

Related: Facts of the Day

PSO Post of the Day

Even in Year 18, LeBron James is as impressive as ever.

LeBron James has the most consecutive seasons (17) of 25+ PPG in NBA history. The next closest are Michael Jordan and Karl Malone (11) pic.twitter.com/AbW1zwSSaw
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) March 7, 2021