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Paul Skenes has embarrassing fail at Pat McAfee’s ‘Big Night AHT’ in Pittsburgh

The Pirates ace’s bad week continued in front of over 12,000 fans packed in the Penguins arena for the show.
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Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes (30) looks on before the game against the New York Yankees at PNC Park.
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes (30) looks on before the game against the New York Yankees at PNC Park. | Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images

It was an amazing night at Pat McAfee’s “Big Night AHT” in front of over 12,000 screaming fans at the Pittsburgh Penguins arena. It wasn’t so much for Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes who had a couple of embarrassing moments as one of the big guests for the show.

The star of “The Pat McAfee Show” and polarizing ESPN personality McAfee brought out some Pittsburgh legends for the show.

A lucky fan — who unfortunately turned out to be a Philadelphia Eagles fan to the crowd’s ire — even won $2 million in an unreal moment.

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Stars like Penguins’ Sidney Crosby and former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger helped make the giveaway prize bigger by throwing a football through a giant ring. Unfortunately, the Pirates fireball throwing ace Skenes missed for $1 million.

And then a second time for $500K.

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Well, if it was a baseball no doubt he’d have thrown it through.

It hasn’t been a great week for the 22-year-old Skenes as he got shelled for five runs in his first loss of the season to the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday.

Hey, as McAfee said, Pittsburgh fans still love him even if he failed to throw a football throw a ring. He’s also dating LSU gymnast Livvy Dunne, so Skenes will be just fine and is clearly winning at life.

Llivvy Dunne and Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes
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MATT RYAN

Matt Ryan is a dedicated sports journalist with over 20 years of experience in digital and linear media. After receiving a Masters in Journalism from USC, he’s worked for Fox Sports, NBC Sports, Yahoo Sports, USA Today Sports Media Group, and Bally Sports, while holding various leadership roles along the way.

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