Outside The Confines: Super duper bowl

Well, the Super Bowl is over, the Kansas City Chiefs have won for the second time in three years, and I bet the Royals are hoping some of that lucky magic will drift across the parking lot in their general direction for this coming season.

While this is obviously a baseball site, here’s some of the fun stuff that isn’t football-related that you might have missed if you didn’t watch the big game.

• The Athletic offered up a best and worst breakdown of the commercials. Story by Jake Ciely.
• And the 13-minute halftime show by Rihanna sparked a lot of conversation online as she used the big moment to announce she’s expecting a second child. (the embed won’t play here but you can watch the video on YouTube).

Now on to the rest of today’s links!

• Kyle Kishimoto sings the praises of the “role” players out there like Austin Slater.
• Ken Rosenthal takes a gander at the high-tech hitting facility where players are learning to hone their craft. (The Athletic subscription required.)
• Matt Monagan looks at the stacked roster of the Dominican’s WBC team.
• The SI staff look at the most impactful signings of the offseason.
• Tired of being a team owner, Derek Jeter turns an eye towards the broadcast booth for this year. Story by Bryan Horowitz.

• Nick Selbe has more information about the Jeter news.
• Matt Martell brings us all the necessary details about the WBC rosters.
• Anthony Castrovince looks at 10 teams who definitely won the offseason.
• Manny Randhawa tries to determine who the best player at each position in the WBC is.
• Sarah Vasile gives us the story of Moses Fleetwood Walker, who broke baseball’s color barrier before Jackie Robinson.
• Yu Darvish and Bo Bichette aren’t the only players netting extensions, as the Astros sign Cristian Javier to an extension.
• Jason Adam won his arbitration case against the Rays. (AP)
• Jesse Pantuosco has, quite possibly, the funniest headline of the week, as it turns out that Joe West is now banned from editing his own Wikipedia page.
• Talk about an all-star turnout.

And tomorrow will be a better day than today, Buster. Make it so.