The next breakout sport, plus Skubal's return to Detroit

The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox.Good morning! Break your day into five sets today, and try to win three. Inside: 🏐 Volleyball’s vast potential 🥹 Skubal’s teary homecoming 🤯 Crazy comebacks are back Now Serving: Why we think volleyball is about to explodeIf any sport looks primed for a breakout right now, I think it’s women’s volleyball.More high school girls now play it than any sport except track. ESPN boasts of huge annual ratings jumps for college matches. Two pro leagues have emerged in the past few years; Major League Volleyball and LOVB Pro have an uneasy coexistence, but are both betting on growth.I didn’t just start thinking about this over the past few days. This week, I was part