Andrew McCutchen Homers Three Times for Pirates
by Charlie Wilmoth on Aug 1, 2009 9:01 PM EDT
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PrintWow. Pirates leading 11-4. McCutchen is 4-for-4 with six RBIs, and it's only the sixth inning. He crushed the last one to left and admired it a bit, for which you can hardly blame him. Wow.
Great day all around for the Pirates--new acquisitions Brett Lorin, Jose Ascanio and Tim Alderson are all having good debuts so far, too. And Pedro Alvarez is 1-for-1 with a jack and two walks, and Jose Tabata is 2-for-2 with two walks in his Indianapolis debut. On a day like this you can begin to imagine how the Pirates' rebuilding plan might actually work. I'm not saying it will, of course, just that if you want to be an optimist, here's the day for you.
Consider this the overflow thread.
UPDATE: McCutchen grounded into a double play in the bottom of the eighth, so he's probably out of chances to hit four. Still, wow. He should finish the evening 4-for-5 with three homers, all to left, and a bunt single. There were some amazing moments when he came out for a curtain call after the third homer, and when he came out to bat in the eighth. I can't remember the last time something this cool happened to a player I like as much as I like Cutch.
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In for the night
Broken leg, all my friends at the bar, me staying in watching the pirates… and McClutch almost makin it worth it…
Yikes
Broken leg = not fun.
I wish I could finish the game… we have to head out soon though. :(
’Cutch! kinda make me regret it.
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RIP Nick Adenhart. 4/9/09
Cutch has been unreal
Obviously. Can you imagine how different this game could be if Vazquez didn’t make that catch?
The glare of the spotlight is harsh, and the pressure that success breeds immense. We revere our heroes, but expect much. And criticism can come as easily as praise.
Yeah
that would’ve been bad.
The defensive sub actually worked out.
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Oh god
please tell me someone else just thought yinzer with a capital y when they saw those signs
The glare of the spotlight is harsh, and the pressure that success breeds immense. We revere our heroes, but expect much. And criticism can come as easily as praise.
Ascanio went out for the 7th
and gave up a leadoff hr.
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The legendary Ron Villone
Our opening day starter in 2002 i believe? gosh we’ve had some awful teams in the last 17.
Not to be a Negative Nancy, but
…this series will have to end and we’ll have to face a pitching staff that isn’t the laughing stock of baseball.
Pedro has hit a bomb for Altoona, Cutch has hit 3 bombs and Tabata is tearing it up in the minors. People can laugh all they want and say what they want. The future of this team is very, very promising. I can’t wait for 2011.
Okay.....
I officially say if Lincoln breaks out, this team could be competitive next year. Maholm, Morton, Duke, Ohlendorf, Lincoln (with Dumatrait, Hart, Ascanio competing for a job).
im stationed in maryland and theyre not even airing the nats game. The only time I want to watch them they dont have them on.
Oh well, tommorows game is airining
Well, maybe...
…since Cutch has a 3-HR game, some of our hi-lights will rate coverage on the four letter network.
11-4
It’s a laugher…..maybe that’s what Hip Hop meant. He was saying we were going to blow a lot of people out in “laughers.” That’s why he called us the laughing stock of baseball. Ya think? lol
God not Donny Veal! Let Karstens pick up the save
The glare of the spotlight is harsh, and the pressure that success breeds immense. We revere our heroes, but expect much. And criticism can come as easily as praise.
Haha
no kidding. In all seriousness, I would much rather see Veal than someone else because its like a free inning from the pen
The glare of the spotlight is harsh, and the pressure that success breeds immense. We revere our heroes, but expect much. And criticism can come as easily as praise.
Kerrigan came out
and chewed him out w/2nd and 3rd, 0 out. He got out of it. Gotta’ love whatever Kerrigan told him.
Andrew McCutchen is a god
Not the God, but a god.
DL and Ed Creech apparently did something right.
How are we getting Minor League updates?
People watching the games, following it on MiLB gameday, or what?
I find that....
…having the MLB channel or SNY or YES network, then 4 games on the MLB.com split screen pretty much keeps my mind occupied. Not sure I could follow one more.
Alderson's day over
5.2 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K — In line for the win.
Ascanio done too
6.2 IP, 6 hits, 2 ER, 1 HR, 1 BB, 9 K
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Perhaps
a few more hits than I would care of, but solid start none the less, especially for someone still getting acclimated to a new atmosphere
The glare of the spotlight is harsh, and the pressure that success breeds immense. We revere our heroes, but expect much. And criticism can come as easily as praise.
Steve Blass talks in circles about
a lot of things. God love ‘im, but he’s sort of like the doty old uncle at Thanksgiving
The funny thing about Cutch's home runs...
…is that they are overshadowing some other good news. Milledge is hitting well. L’il Luigi had a triple and a single. Young is hitting. Good defense up the middle. VV, while not pitching flawlessly, getting out of some jams.
Good to know the nuns havent shunned us.
For traded LaRoche, seeing as they are sponsoring tshirt night thursday. Overall, things have gone very well, and its always great to do it in front of a huge crowd
The glare of the spotlight is harsh, and the pressure that success breeds immense. We revere our heroes, but expect much. And criticism can come as easily as praise.
Hold your breath
The glare of the spotlight is harsh, and the pressure that success breeds immense. We revere our heroes, but expect much. And criticism can come as easily as praise.
He should wear 39
and paint nudes in his spare time.
"Never mistake motion for action." - Ernest Hemingway
Counter the critics
like the guy on Mad Dog Radio (might have been Gresh) who claims the Bucs are such a disgrace that they are a “banned” topic — perhaps worthy of contraction. I can’t remember any of the players NH has traded providing this level of excitement.
"Never mistake motion for action." - Ernest Hemingway
I for one
am not going to let anything that happens with veal bring me down tonight
for those with masn feed
dibble is really really making me mad, saying we traded burnett and morgan to avoid arbitration
i don't have it in hd
on cox i nVA it is on channel 4
by richmondpirate on Aug 1, 2009 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
and doesn’t Milledge have even more service time than Nyjer? or at least about the same. just a moron
by richmondpirate on Aug 1, 2009 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
As I said before
Don’t let him get to you, he’s just an annoying homer who is one of the top 3 worst announcers in all of the MLB.
very psyched
Curve comes to Portland this week; I’m hoping to catch at least 2 games. Optimism is a great thing. Just wish it would have been a week earlier so I could have seen Tabata. Again. Go Moskos.
Hey
Maybe he is hurt. Put him on the DL, then another rehab assignment. That would just about cover the rest of the season. lol
That time...
carries over to next year. Might as well grin and bear it until roster expansion Sept. 1.
The dippin dots!
The glare of the spotlight is harsh, and the pressure that success breeds immense. We revere our heroes, but expect much. And criticism can come as easily as praise.
Well...
That one made me nervous…
The glare of the spotlight is harsh, and the pressure that success breeds immense. We revere our heroes, but expect much. And criticism can come as easily as praise.
Cutch
Doing his Kelly Leak impersonation tonight. HR in every at bat. Catching everything hit to the OF. lol
If he catches 10 balls tonight
He’s BOUND to get on ESPN. Remember when Elsburry got ten put outs, and had a ten minute segment about it?
Another fantastic AB for Adam Dunn. They shouldve gotten him instead of Edge
The glare of the spotlight is harsh, and the pressure that success breeds immense. We revere our heroes, but expect much. And criticism can come as easily as praise.
Adam Dunn just toys with you
Then hits a 450 foot HR.
How pissed is he
that he didn’t go to UT and become another mediocre Big 12 QB?
"Never mistake motion for action." - Ernest Hemingway
Since anything this cool happened to a player I like as much as I like McCutchen? Oh yeah it’s been a long time!
by Charlie Wilmoth on Aug 1, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Stargell’s last game….I’ll never forget it. I was just a kid, but he was then…and still is…my favorite Pirate.
Wilver was more special than I think we have still yet to realize
"Never mistake motion for action." - Ernest Hemingway
me too
but not like the chills I got as I saw number 3 fly out and then the curtain call. That was a great moment
by richmondpirate on Aug 1, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually, Cutch's most impressive play
was scoring from first on a double. He was flying the whole way, and while the run didn’t matter in this game, there may be a game where it does.
Tabata...
first game in AAA…reaches base 5 straight times…2 walks and 3 singles.
it's a good day to be a pirate fan
not that you’d know it from the MSM
by richmondpirate on Aug 1, 2009 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions
LOLOLOL.....
Did you see the Parrot on the boat in the river? With a bunch of girls, lifts his Pirates jersey like he is flashing. Comedy.
i was thinking more
tropical birds gone wild. give it a south american feel
Jeebus
Guys can’t throw strikesa with a six-run lead should be shipped to Altoona tomorrow.
is it just me
or is it painful to watch that guy in the front row drop cutch’s second homer
Man, is it just me
or is Doumit that bad behind the plate? Last night he had what I would consider a PB and not a WP, and that wasn’t pretty either. yes a terrible pitch, but I thought he couldve gotten a body behind it
The glare of the spotlight is harsh, and the pressure that success breeds immense. We revere our heroes, but expect much. And criticism can come as easily as praise.
So does Cutch get to raise it himself?
The glare of the spotlight is harsh, and the pressure that success breeds immense. We revere our heroes, but expect much. And criticism can come as easily as praise.
I love the body bump. Love it.
Call me corny, but I really believe stuff like that helps build team chemistry
The glare of the spotlight is harsh, and the pressure that success breeds immense. We revere our heroes, but expect much. And criticism can come as easily as praise.
Haha
Im lovin Cutch’s interview. The bath was sweet, but definitely a good sense of humor with a little moxie
The glare of the spotlight is harsh, and the pressure that success breeds immense. We revere our heroes, but expect much. And criticism can come as easily as praise.
schedule
Do you think we could get Selig to schedule us the Nats for 82 games next year? Noones wants to see this thing go 18
I'm definitely going to be following the Pirates closely.
Milledge is my favorite player, and McCutchen is making his way up the list. I also love what Hunington’s done for this team.
King of the bling come to lay down the evidence//Not George Bush, L-Millz be da president
If the Reds think they are contenders (as indicated by being buyers at the deadline), then why can’t we be as well?
;)
by Gorkys n' Beans on Aug 1, 2009 11:35 PM EDT reply actions
Great game
I was lucky enough to be sitting right behind the home dugout tonight and I must say it was the best time I’ve had at PNC ever. Terrific game. The only negative is that the fans booed management/ownership when they came onto the field after the game for the concert (which also could have been a negative but I gladly left before the music started)
Show me a guy whos afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time. -Lou Brock
What a game...
Andrew McCutchen is the only reason I need to keep watching the Pirates. What a player.
2009 pirates
i am officially done with the 2009 bucs, bring on the 20091/2 bucs. i feel hope once again. we are headed in the right direction. NH has brass balls. i know its the nats,but, were they not just talking trash. how does it feel to get swept by the laughingstock of the majors. lets go bucs.
Gotta give Cutch credit
for a great game last night and a tremendous start to his Bucco career.
I never thought he would be such an impact player so soon in all facets of the game.
If we can find a couple other standout OFs from the group of Tabata, Hernandez, and a few others a little further down on the farm in the next year or two, we’ll really be getting somewhere.
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