Post Gazette · Mar 30, 2017
Inside Andrew McCutchen’s winter of discontent
Andrew McCutchen battled trade rumors all winter but eventually returned to the Pirates.Four months ago, Michael McKenry nearly flattened Andrew McCutchen in an Orlando hotel. It was around midday just after a conference for Christian athletes wrapped up when McKenry, the former Pirates catcher, and his wife, Jaclyn, turned a corner and hit the brakes to avoid crashing into two of their closest friends, McCutchen and his wife, Maria.
McKenry says he sensed something was the matter.
“I think I just got traded to the Nationals,” McCutchen said.
McKenry blinked and sputtered back, “Well, holy schnikes.”