Early CFP picks, plus an MLB celebration you have to see

The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! Hop to it today. Coming up:  👀 CFB dark horses 🐏 Donald back? ⏫ A hoppy MLB debut Another harbinger of a college football season coming anew: We’re digging through the crates to find the hidden gems that could contend for a title — or at least make the Playoff — this season. Dark horses, sleepers, sneaky contenders. Things of that nature.  And,…