Caitlin Clark loves a little step out to explore sports outside basketball. Baseball, for instance, is something she seems to enjoy dabbling in off late. Just last month, she was in attendance for the New York Yankees game against the Texas Rangers. Even threw out a ceremonial first pitch for the Iowa Cubs a couple of years ago. Now she is back in her baseball attire, Indiana this time, and consequently had her boyfriend, Connor McCaffery, let a little secret slip.

Just ahead of the Indy Indians 3rd straight game against the Rochester Wings, Indiana Fever posted a video on X that saw the W rookie attempting shots in the batting cage. “Dinger!” Caitlin Clark shows off her skills in the batting cage at the @indyindians game,” the post read. It was then reposted by someone who seemed to be a friend of Clark’s boyfriend and teammate at Iowa Athletics, Izaya Fullard. He teased, “Swing better than @connor_m30 no [cap]”.

As soon as it caught McCaffery’s attention, he couldn’t resist chiming in. “Woahhhhh don’t make me pull up receipts,” McCaffery wrote. Given that he was a baseball player for a little while during his college days at Iowa, it’s no surprise he was ready to defend his skills.

But he is with the Indiana Pacers staff right now after playing for the Iowa Hawkeyes for six years. His base there (Indiana) since last year, Clark revealed, even made it easier for the rookie to transition into her new home playing for the WNBA.

They have been dating for well over a year now as per their social media updates. And while cheerful notes and instance of reliability have been their thing, playful banter is what, you find to be the most common practice among the two.

Caitlin Clark and Connor McCaffery’s fun-filled relationship

The latest round of ‘taking light-hearted jabs at each other,’ between Caitlin Clark and McCaffery kicked off after an post from the Indiana Fever showcased Kelsey Mitchell nailing a half-court shot contest. Even though Caitlin wasn’t in the video, McCaffery couldn’t resist teasing her with a joke, dragging her into the spotlight for a bit of fun. Connor McCaffery dropped a comment under Fever’s Instagram post and wrote, “Yo have u ever won this @caitlinclark22”.

Clearly annoyed by his playful doubt, the Fever rookie shot back with a simple but pointed, “shut up.” But it’s worth noting that Caitlin has her own history of teasing. In July, the 22-year-old WNBA rookie shared a sweet birthday message for her boyfriend, but with a playful twist.

“Celebrating you is easy 🙂 thankful to have someone as selfless and as loving as you in my life. May this be the year you finally find a way to outshoot me ;)” the rookie captioned her post.  Always up for a bit of playful banter, McCaffery jumped into the comments with his own response. “Thanks, babe 🥹 Love you forever 🤞🏼❤️,” he wrote, then added with a cheeky wink, “And I’ll keep letting you win those shooting contests!!!!!”

Now that Caitlin Clark has dabbled in baseball, it looks like her boyfriend is more than happy to spill the beans on her baseball skills.