Cutch

Andrew is the most talented and exciting ballplayer to come through Pittsburgh in a long long time. Worth the price of admission just to watch him play. I hope he enjoys playing at PNC Park for a long time.

We used to go watch his HS games when our children were much younger. (17,19 now) I know that the Harpers, Trouts, and Hamiltons etc, put on some serious shows for their high schools, but I didn't see them. I was personally at a game at Auburndale, along with a pile of scouts, when he put a show on I will never forget. He just looked different than everyone else out there, in the way he approached the game. He put one out that went over the lights and into the ag field a long ways off. He was on the cover of SI not that long ago and they mentioned that hit. It made me feel good to know I actually saw it, and that the scouts were impressed as well. My husband was more impressed when he caught a fly ball with a man on third fairly deep and threw out the runner on third going home. Our little area is proud of him, and absolutely NO ONE was surprised with his success.
He was athletically gifted, but he worked his tail off.

Thanks for sharing those memories...