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ESPN.com's Darren Rovell stepped into a batting cage against New York Yankees legend Mariano Rivera. You can pretty much guess how that went.

The best hitters in baseball had a tough time hitting against the retired closer for 19 years. That means Rovell had very little chance of having success.

New England Sports Network's Jenny Dell may be dating Boston Red Sox third baseman Will Middlebrooks, but she has no problem rewarding a kid for a strong effort.

Updates from Saturday, May 17

ESPN's Jerry Crasnick has an update on Votto's status:

The Cookie Monster knows how to hold an audience's attention.

While doing an interview at the Atlanta Braves-San Francisco Giants game on Monday, the Cookie Monster talked about the baseball talent on Sesame Street. Watch the video to see what big change the Cookie Monster would make to a baseball tradition:

For his entertaining interview, the Cookie Monster was rewarded with—you guessed it—a cookie.

Losers of three straight and six of their last 10, the New York Yankees received some more bad news on Tuesday afternoon.     

Carlos Beltran, who left Monday's game after hyper-extending his right elbow in the batting cage between at-bats, has been diagnosed with a bone spur and will need a cortisone shot. 

Monday evening, the New York Yankees' Alfonso Soriano became the seventh player in major league history to reach 1,000 hits in both the American and National Leagues, per MLB.com's Bryan Hoch.

Los Angeles Dodgers star Yasiel Puig likes to have some fun while he plays baseball. As it turns out, he gets hyped even when he plays MLB The Show.

While playing the video game, the outfielder came to the plate in a clutch situation. Spoiler alert: Puig hit a walk-off grand slam to beat the Colorado Rockies.

With Sunday's two-run single in the third inning of a 5-2 loss to the Houston Astros, Adam Jones of the Baltimore Orioles recorded his 500th and 501st career RBI, according to Roch Kubatko of MASN Sports. Jones needed 981 regular-season games and 3,680 at-bats to reach the 500-RBI milestone. 

Updates from Tuesday, May 13

Jon Heyman of CBS Sports provides an update on Jose Fernandez's injury and recovery:

Parents get pretty good at multitasking as they raise their children, and that might have ended up helping this guy.

During a game at Comerica Park between the Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers on Saturday, a dad caught a foul ball one-handed while holding his daughter, drawing cheers from the home crowd. You can see a video of the impressive catch below.