Word To The Wise, Do Not Ask Paul Skenes About His Bobblehead Day After The Last Place Pirates Get Shutout Once Again

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Yesterday Pittsburgh Pirates fans from all over flooded the city along the Allegheny River to be part of the select few to get a Paul Skenes bobblehead. 

People go nuts for bobbleheads these days and I imagine the Skenes one will eventually fetch a pretty penny in the resale market. Not particularly my cup of tea, but I did wait in line for a few hours last year to secure the Costanza bobblehead. 

Good for everyone who got one, just don't ask Paul Skenes about the bobbleheads after his team loses and gets shutout for the fourth time already this season. One question sure, but multiple is insane. It was almost like the reporters lost a bet or something and they couldn't ask about anything else. You could see the steam coming out of his ears here. 

What you're witnessing above is a man in hell. The Pirates are quickly 8-14 and going nowhere fast. The team is 2-3 during his starts despite his 2.87 ERA. And sure, part of being the number one pick in the draft and coming up to the big leagues not too long after means your team is going to suck. But there's really no hope here in Pittsburgh, this is just how it goes. They've got loads of pitching talent, a good fanbase, and yet their owner Bob Nutting refuses to invest in any of kind of serious hitting talent. They're staring down the barrel of what is likely to be their sixth straight losing season. But hey he did get every fan in attendance yesterday a bobblehead, not just the first 20,000 that were initially promised! 

Nutting seems like an honest, good man, but that does not absolve him from being one of the cheapest owners in the sport. He believes the roster with the 26th highest payroll in the sport is good enough to compete. This is what Paul Skenes cares about, not a fucking bobblehead. 

What a disaster.