{"id":660058,"date":"2026-04-03T02:51:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T02:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/660058\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T02:51:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T02:51:33","slug":"paul-skenes-says-pirates-dugout-traffic-cone-was-swiped-in-cincinnati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/660058\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Skenes says Pirates’ dugout traffic cone was swiped in Cincinnati"},"content":{"rendered":"

During an appearance on “Pat McAfee Show<\/a>,” Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Paul Skenes acknowledged that the traffic cone being used in the team’s dugout celebrations likely was stolen from a parking lot during a recent series against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park.<\/p>\n

The Pirates lost the series opener to the Reds, but won the next two games at GABP – including Skenes’ start<\/a> – to take the three-game series.<\/p>\n

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“We got a traffic cone before I think the Tuesday game in Cincinnati,” Skenes told McAfee. “Yeah, what the heck does ‘hoist the cone’ mean? There’s probably a player’s parking spot in Cincinnati that it was \u2026 after (Jake) Mangum brought it in. He probably just stole it from a parking lot somewhere. But we got it. And it’s made its way back to Pittsburgh.”<\/p>\n

The cone was acquired, Skenes said, based on a Pirates-themed T-shirt from Fanatics that oddly read, “hoist the cone.”<\/p>\n

McAfee asked Skenes how long he expects the cone celebration to last.<\/p>\n

“I really hope so,” Skenes said. “The dugout stuff, in my experience, happens organically. It’s not something you force. So, the cone’s here. I think it’s here to stay. We’ll see. You know, hopefully it lasts all the way into October, deep into the season.”<\/p>\n

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MLB.com’s Jason Mackey reported<\/a> that Mangum had assistance from a GABP attendant.<\/p>\n

“Once [Pirates assistant clubhouse manager] Nik Cook slapped a Pirates sticker on that thing, it was over,” Mangum said. per Mackey. “You have to direct some traffic home sometimes, man.”<\/p>\n

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Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes against the Cincinnati Reds<\/p>\n

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