After a down 2016 season, Andrew McCutchen – one of baseballs finer gentleman – made the transition to right field in favor of the younger, defensively more capable Starling Marte, with pure grace and class:
Andrew McCutchen Responds to His Right Field Assignment with Pure Class:https://t.co/PmjsmNqcsB pic.twitter.com/hIka6QiikF
— Baseball is Fun (@flippingbats) February 6, 2017
And in just his second game, he’s showing that the move has already paid off.
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With two outs in the bottom of the third inning and Sandy Leon on second base – or, what he thought was scoring position – Dustin Pedroia hit a sharp ground ball out to right field.
Enter, McCutchen:
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Exit, Leon.
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You know when announcers say, “Woah … he was out by a mile!!!”?
They were talking about this play:
And as a fan of baseball, awesome plays at the plate, and Andrew Wutherford McCutchen (that’s probably not his middle name), I think this play is awesome.
https://twitter.com/Pirates/status/849774058447286273
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