{"id":656703,"date":"2026-04-01T13:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/656703\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:59:13","slug":"pirates-newcomer-reveals-funny-origin-story-of-new-home-run-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/656703\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates Newcomer Reveals Funny Origin Story Of New Home Run Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnetpittsburgh.com\/pittsburgh-pirates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> already had a <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnetpittsburgh.com\/pittsburgh-pirates\/news\/watch-pirates-brandon-lowe-home-run-welding-helmet\/a5adecca5019429120b27f5b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">unique home run celebration<\/a> this year, donning a\u00a0steel mill worker&#8217;s welding helmet when they get back to the dugout that makes them look like Iron Man.<\/p>\n<p>During Tuesday&#8217;s 8-3 rout of the Cincinnati Reds, however, they added a new twist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When Ryan O&#8217;Hearn <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TalkinBaseball_\/status\/2039118709751525516\" rel=\"nofollow\">launched a three-run homer<\/a> in the top of the second, he was greeted by the welding helmet along with a new celebratory orange traffic cone when he returned to the dugout. After putting on the helmet, O&#8217;Hearn hoisted the cone over his head as he walked through the dugout.<\/p>\n<p>That was the first of four Pirates homers on Tuesday, so the cone already seems to be good luck.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;You have to direct some traffic home sometimes, man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Jake Mangum on the origin of the traffic cone: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XvK7F5vh12\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/XvK7F5vh12<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Mackey (@JMackey_PGH) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JMackey_PGH\/status\/2039174269234504037?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After the game, Pittsburgh outfielder Jake Mangum <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JMackey_PGH\/status\/2039174269234504037\" rel=\"nofollow\">explained the origin of the traffic cone<\/a> to MLB.com&#8217;s Jason Mackey.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve had a lot of traffic on the bases recently. We just haven&#8217;t directed &#8217;em home. We needed a traffic cone to make sure they got home,&#8221; Mangum explained. &#8220;You have to direct some traffic home sometimes, man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mangum explained that he just asked one of the visiting clubhouse attendants in Cincinnati for a traffic cone, which he immediately received. Pirates assistant clubhouse manager Nik Cook added a Pirates sticker to it, and that was that.<\/p>\n<p>After getting plenty of action on Tuesday, look for the cone to be a staple in Pittsburgh&#8217;s dugout this year, especially if their new and improved lineup keeps mashing.<\/p>\n<p>More MLB:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnetpittsburgh.com\/pittsburgh-pirates\/news\/pirates-rookie-bubba-chandler-dominates-reds-electrifying-season-debut\/44711cb8d9e2aad3697902ac\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pirates Rookie Bubba Chandler Dominates Reds In Electrifying Season Debut<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Pirates already had a unique home run celebration this year, donning a\u00a0steel mill worker&#8217;s welding helmet&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2402],"tags":[5,4,10,776,64,4297],"class_list":{"0":"post-656703","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-pirates","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-pirates","11":"tag-pittsburgh","12":"tag-pittsburgh-pirates","13":"tag-pittsburghpirates"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}