This article was originally published on www.si.com as Paul Skenes Is Having a Start to His Career That Baseball Has Literally Never Seen. Paul Skenes is dominant. That's nothing new, but after his latest gem of a start, he reached numbers that haven't been seen since the dead-ball era.

MLB World Reacts to Paul Skenes News on Saturday originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Pittsburgh Pirates suffered a sluggish 10–1 defeat to the Chicago White Sox on Friday night in their first game back from the All-Star break.

Paul Skenes Shuts Down Tigers, Earns 1st Win Since May 28th

The Pirates pitcher stopped on the MLB All-Star Game red carpet to help his girlfriend, social media influencer and former LSU gymnast, Olivia “Livvy” Dunne, re-lace her heel after it apparently came undone. The right-handed flamethrower dropped to one knee as cameras caught him assisting Dunne with her heel before the two continued on.

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