Pirates Ace Skenes Champions America Military

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• Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes will represent Team USA in the World Baseball Classic.
• Skenes attended Air Force Academy two years and donates $100 per strikeout to Gary Sinise Foundation aiding military veterans first responders.
• Last season Skenes struck out 216 batters won National League Cy Young Award.

Pittsburgh Pirates star Paul Skenes emerges as top MLB supporter of U.S. military personnel. Representing Team USA in World Baseball Classic carries profound personal meaning.

First and foremost, I care because I’m from America. I love America.

I’ve seen the WBCs in the past and There’s no bigger stage or no greater honor than wearing USA across your chest, he stated on MLB Network.

I went to the Air Force Academy for two years. Wanted to serve.

I was intending on serving and ended up transferring out to LSU. Won a national championship there.

But there was a big part of me that was fully intent on serving in the military as a career after college. So, this is, it’s not serving but it’s a pretty close second.

Skenes partners with Gary Sinise Foundation through strikeout campaign benefiting military veteran first responder communities.

He affirms pitching in WBC honors armed forces members safeguarding freedoms.

That’s what we do it for. This is the greatest country in the world.

That’s what I believe. That’s why I wanted to serve, why I went to the Air Force Academy.

And those folks don’t get the recognition they deserve. We’re doing it to represent the men and women that are fighting for us.

Stand with patriots like Skenes who honor military service and American exceptionalism.

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