Jazz Chisholm Jr. woke up Friday, decided he needed to dye his hair purple to honor Kobe Bryant and then he went toe to toe against Ronald Acuna Jr. to lift the Miami Marlins to one of their best wins of the first half of the 2021 MLB season.
It was just another day for one of the brightest young stars in baseball.
He led off for the Marlins and Acuna led off for the Atlanta Braves, and, for nine innings, they traded blows in an early-season meeting between playoff hopefuls. It was as close as the sport can get to 1-on-1, isolation basketball.