Paul Skenes says Pirates' dugout traffic cone was swiped in Cincinnati

During an appearance on " Pat McAfee Show ," 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. The Pirates lost the series opener to the Reds, but won the next two games at GABP - including Skenes' start - to take the three-game series. "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 … 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. " The cone was acquired, Skenes said, based on a Pirates-themed T-shirt from Fanatics that oddly read, "hoist the cone.

" McAfee asked Skenes how long he expects the cone celebration to last. "I really hope so," Skenes said. "The dugout stuff, in my experience, happens organically.