Lorenzo McCutchen, the outfielder’s father, hoped to become a college football star one day.
Andrew McCutchen, the newest Giant, can tell you why he didn’t.
“He had a newborn,” Andrew said, smiling widely, “and that newborn was me.”
Lorenzo abandoned his college football career in 1989 and returned home to help raise his 2-year-old boy. Andrew McCutchen remains forever grateful, and he plays that way.
As the former MVP gears up for his first season in San Francisco, he wants his new fans to know why he’s still a little kid inside. He wants people to understand that he takes the field with a joy his father made possible.