Every time there is a bobblehead raffle in Major League Baseball, you must arrive early to ensure yours. For Pittsburgh Pirates fans on Saturday, that Meeaans if you wanted to have a Bobblehead of Paul Skenes in your hands.
Fans began to align outside PNC Park more than five hours before Saturday’s game between Pittsburgh and Cleveland hoping a head with the current rookie of the year of the National League.
The doors did not open up to 90 minutes before the first launch, but that did not deter fans. The lines extended in all directions from the park early Saturday afternoon, including one that winds on the Roberto Clemente bridge behind the central garden, which joins the northern coast of Pittsburgh with the center of the city.
The demand became so great that the club, that has endured its share of public relations, is the opening week of the season so that all in the crowd of expected sales that they did not receive one will have a chance.
“Any fan who scanned in today’s game after the first 20,000 bobbleheads will be delivered will receive an electronic coupon,” the pirates announced. The president of the team, Travis Williams, described interest in the “unprecedented” bobblehead.
The promotion also aligned with the fourth start of the Skenes season. The superior selection in the 2023 Draft entered Saturday 2-1 with an effectiveness of 2.96, a better FIP of 1.39 MLB, 0.74 WHIP and 26 strikeouts in 24 1/3 tickets. However, the pirates have 8-13, the last one in the central of the National League.
Skenes, the national league launcher in the 2024 MLB stars game, recorded an effectiveness of 1.96, 0.95 Whip and 170 strikeouts in 23 openings last season.
This is not the first time that an article with skkenes has caught monumental attention. A single rookie card with Skenes was sold for more than $ 1 million in an auction last month after accumulating 64 offers, which makes it the highest rookie debut card of all time.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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