Paul Skenes Bobblehead Popularity Leads Pirates to Make Cool Announcement

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Saturday is Paul Skenes Bobblehead day at PNC Park and Pittsburgh Pirates fans weren't leaving anything to chance. In the Pirates' initial announcement of the promotion, the club stated that only the first 20,000 fans in attendance would receive the baseball card-style bobblehead.

So, fans came out in droves, creating a line of such immense size that it stretched across the Roberto Clemente Bridge and around the corner into downtown Pittsburgh, as captured in a video courtesy of Andrew Fillipponi on X.

Update: Line to enter PNC Park for Paul Skenes bobblehead now across the Clemente Bridge. Around the corner into Downtown Pittsburgh. All the way to Gateway Center. This is wild. pic.twitter.com/2Eho4K0Ikx

— Andrew Fillipponi (@ThePoniExpress) April 19, 2025

Here's another look at the sheer number of Pirates fans who showed up to the ballpark in the hopes of securing the bobblehead.

This line in Pittsburgh for Paul Skenes bobblehead day 🤯 pic.twitter.com/oZSMCvG08p

— MLB (@MLB) April 19, 2025

The Pirates, undoubtedly seeing just how popular the bobblehead was, in an admirable adjustment announced that any fan who scanned into Saturday's game after the first 20,000 bobbleheads were handed out would still receive one via an electronic voucher.

We know how unique today’s Paul Skenes Rookie of the Year bobblehead giveaway is and how popular it is for our fans. We don’t want any fan who attended today’s game to not receive one.  

Any fan who scanned into today’s game after the first 20,000 bobbleheads were given away… pic.twitter.com/e1lZNIEJBL

— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) April 19, 2025

Now that's how you make a fan base happy.

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