A Pittsburgh Pirates fan favorite showed up for Friday’s game wearing a signed jersey from one of baseball’s true legends.
at PNC Park, players showed up hours early to get prepared for the game. With the celebration of Negro League baseball, and of Mays thanks to Thursday’s Rickwood Field game in Birmingham, Ala., Pirates legend Andrew McCutchen showed his respect for Mays as he walked into the ballpark.The 37-year-old wore a Giants jersey. But not just any Giants jersey. It was a Mays jersey, with No. 24 on the back — and Mays’ autograph on the front.
“Any chance I got , I was just in there, man,” said McCutchen in an interview on Tuesday night with. “I was just trying to any words of wisdom, any ball talk. Whatever would get to me. I just tried to be around him as much as I could.” McCutchen is back in Pittsburgh for the second straight season and was batting .241/.338/.401 with 10 home runs and 22 RBI going into the Rays series. In a five-year period he was one of the best players in baseball, as he had five All-Star Game appearances, four Silver Sluggers awards, a Gold Glove and the 2013 National League MVP award.
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