Overtime: I told you so, I told you so! Paul Skenes is the real deal

PIRATES ROOKIE PITCHER PAUL SKENES (PHOTOS BY BRIAN COOK SR.) :10—The first seven batters up, the first seven batters out on strikes. Six innings, zero hits, one walk, 11 strikeouts, the first Pirate pitcher to ever strike out 11 Cubs in Wrigley Field. Paul Skenes, all of 21 years of age, is off the charts. He pitched remarkably on the road in Chicago on May 17 just his second-ever start in the Big Leagues. The movement at the tail end of his fastball is laughably outrageous. Wow! Just Wow! :09—Remember when that reporter asked him about the adjustments the Cubs hitters would make seeing him a second time in such a short time frame and he said, “Good luck.” I’m still laughing. I doubt the Cubs hitters are though. They looked so overmatched you’d of thought Skenes was pitching against a high school team wearing Cubs uniforms. :08—It seemed like Paul Skenes hit 100 mph-plus on at least half of his 100 pitches but I’m told it was more like a dozen although he had 22 swing-and-misses also due to his ultra-nasty bevy of pitches. Could we be talking Cy Young Award at the end of this season? Is that...