Tag: Andrew McCutchen

Andrew McCutchen had the best reaction to Aroldis Chapman angrily spiking his glove on an eventual fly out

Chapman thought that was GONE.

Pirates reliever Aroldis Chapman has spent 15 years in the big leagues. He’s pitched in some of the biggest games, and he’s also given up some massive home runs. He usually knows when he has allowed a game to get away from him.

Luckily for him, Tuesday was not one of those nights.

Chapman came in to pitch the eighth inning against the Dodgers with the Pirates up a run. He gave up a hit to Shohei Ohtani and walked Will Smith. So, with one out in the inning, he was convinced that he gave up a go-ahead home run to Teoscar HernĂĄndez. And he let everyone know just how certain he was.

Chapman spiked his glove in disgust only for Jack Suwinski to make the catch at the start of the warning track. Chapman was fired up to be wrong about that one, and he got out of the inning without allowing a run. When he returned to the dugout, Andrew McCutchen had to playfully mock that glove spike.

Well played. Chapman had to expect that one.

The Pirates held on to win, 1-0.

Andrew McCutchen’s peeved reaction to the wrong music being played for his at-bat became an instant meme

A perfect reaction GIF from Cutch.

PNC Park organist and maybe the game director from the booth: You may be hearing from Andrew McCutchen at some point.

Because, as cameras caught on Wednesday, the legendary Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder was getting set to come to the plate when he heard organ music instead of his walk-up song (per MLB.com: It’s Broke Boys by Drake and 21 Savage).

The reaction? He looked … a little peeved and mystified. I get it! Walk-up music is very important! It pumps you up for your at-bat!

Of course, that look on his face became an instant meme. Check out the riffs on it from Twitter:

Andrew McCutchen’s awful baserunning blunder led to a double play

Oops.

I’d say Andrew McCutchen should know better, but he’s had a heck of a career and will give him a pass.

That said, this baserunning error was really, really bad.

Bryan Reynolds was on third and McCutchen was on second. A Carlos Santana grounder led to Reynolds being caught in a rundown, but McCutchen was at third.

Now: The correct move is for McCutchen to stay put at third. But when Reynolds was heading his way — and was tagged out — McCutchen started running back to second.

He was tagged out too. Oof. Not the best of moments here, and quite the TOOTBLAN:

Not good.

‘It’s honestly really hard to afford’: Phillies’ McCutchen explains MLB’s diversity issue

Sports Seriously: Mackenzie Salmon connected with Phillies’ outfielder Andrew McCutchen to get his perspective on why MLB is struggling to garner more Black players and how the expenses of youth travel baseball has become a massive barrier of entry.

Sports Seriously: Mackenzie Salmon connected with Phillies’ outfielder Andrew McCutchen to get his perspective on why MLB is struggling to garner more Black players and how the expenses of youth travel baseball has become a massive barrier of entry.

Phillies’ McCutchen explains why there’s so many no-hitters this season

Sports Seriously: Phillies outfielder Andrew McCutchen joined Sports Seriously and explained why he thinks there’s so many no-hitters this season and why we will keep seeing more of them.

Sports Seriously: Phillies outfielder Andrew McCutchen joined Sports Seriously and explained why he thinks there’s so many no-hitters this season and why we will keep seeing more of them.

Phillies fans were absolutely furious after umpires botch base path call on Andrew McCutchen

What a brutal, unreviewable call.

There have been some terrible calls (and I mean terrible) in the MLB just one month into the 2021 season, but this one against Andrew McCutchen might take the cake. During the Philadelphia Phillies Saturday night matchup against the New York Mets, the umpires made a disastrous, unreviewable call on McCutchen in the bottom of the seventh.

With one out and McCutchen on base, Matt Joyce put a ball in play in the infield for Francisco Lindor. Lindor thought about tagging McCutchen on his way to second, but instead went to first to get Joyce, who was called safe on the play.

The umpires then called McCutchen out at second base for deviating from the base path, an incredulous call as it seemed the base runner did nothing wrong on the play.

Taking a closer look at the play, McCutchen barely moved at all off the base path, basically moving in a straight line towards second base and not nearly running afoul of the MLB’s rule wherein a runner will be automatically out if moving more than three feet away from the base path to avoid a tag.

And yet, the call was made on the field stood as it was an unreviewable play. The officials on the field took a look at Joyce being called safe at first and reversed that call, meaning the inning came to a close for the Phillies on a double play.

Of course, baseball fans were not happy with the call and took to social media to express their displeasure.

The Phillies official Twitter account had something to say about the matter as well.

Even Bryce Harper, who was not playing in Saturday’s game, was ejected for being irate with the umpires.

After the game, Phillies manager Joe Girardi called the missed call “terrible” and expressed disappointment that it wasn’t reviewable.

The universe is probably calling back its due on the Phillies after a controversial call went the team’s way back in mid-April. But still, not a good look here for the MLB officiating crew.

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McCutchen, Kerr, Popovich, other pro athletes jointly write op-ed: ‘We need to transform American policing now’

Andrew McCutchen, Steve Kerr, Gregg Popovich, Demario Davis and Anquan Boldin pen op-ed calling for systemic changes to American policing.

Andrew McCutchen, Anquan Boldin, Demario Davis, Steve Kerr and Gregg Popovich co-wrote an editorial that appears on USATODAY.com today arguing that the recent deaths of black Americans at the hands of white Americans, including police officers, shows that we need an overhaul of our national policing system.

McCutchen plays baseball for the Phillies. Boldin was an NFL wide receiver for 14 seasons. Davis plays linebackger for the Saints. Kerr and Popovich are the coaches of the NBA’s Warriors and Spurs, respectively.

In the editorial, the five write about the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, who were all killed in the last few months at the hands of white Americans and the police.

They write:

When these killings occur, we tweet, we write letters, we make videos demanding accountability. We protest and we vow to change hearts and minds so that our young men can run through the streets without fear.

And soon after, we see another officer kill a black person, usually a man, and usually without consequence. Where, we wonder, is the “accountability” allegedly so important when it comes to arresting, prosecuting and incarcerating young people of color?

They go on to offer concrete solutions to the problem, including breaking down the power of police unions to protect bad actors, and calling on Congress to end “qualified immunity,” which protects police officers from legal liability.

The entire op-ed is worth a read over at USA TODAY.

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