
Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes isn’t known for his prodigious power — up until Thursday night, he had hit just 32 home runs in 528 games in his career. He had exactly zero in 2023.
But somehow, former MLB shortstop Nomar Garciaparra — Nomardamus? — decided to predict that Barnes would hit his first home run of the season on Thursday against the Milwaukee Brewers. No way that was happening, right?