Paul Skenes plays catch with little leaguers before facing Dodgers

Paul Skenes, the Pirates ace, recently found himself at a Little League practice in Pittsburgh. He described his stop to hang out with the Little Leaguers as an important reminder of why he started playing baseball in the first place.

Paul Skenes was bored and driving through the northern Pittsburgh suburbs on Monday — a rare in-season off day — when the Pirates ace caught the familiar lights of a baseball field out of the corner of his eye. Not long after, one of the brightest stars in the game was watching various Ingomar Little League teams practice. The impromptu practice went viral, as things tend to do when Skenes is involved.

Paul Skenes spent some time with Little Leaguers on Monday.

Skenes pulled over and went on to play catch, giving advice and signing “anything” the kids put in front of him, Kevin Wozniak, a dad who was at the practice, told Channel 11. Skenes was on the phone with his girlfriend, Olivia Dunne, when he walked over to the field.