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- Updated: August 5, 2016
PITTSBURGH — Andrew McCutchen’s brief benching ended Friday. The Pirates’ struggling star was back in the lineup, batting third and playing center field.
Looking for a way to jolt McCutchen out of his season-long slump, manager Clint Hurdle opted to give McCutchen a physical and mental break. So McCutchen watched from the dugout as the Pirates lost two of three to the Braves at Turner Field earlier this week.
“He can’t work any more, any harder than he has. Let’s just back away,” Hurdle said. “People talk about fighting through it. There’s also times you need to put the gloves down, open up your hands and see what you can see, see what you can receive, see what you can feel. Now go out, be athletic and play. Basically, that’s the message.”
McCutchen accepted the assignment, uncomfortable as it may have been.
“I’m not a person that sits the bench. I’m an everyday player. It’s not something I wanted to do,” McCutchen said. “Definitely not bred for that type of thing. I really feel like hopefully that’s the last time something like that …
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