There is such a thing.

I really believe this is laying it on too thick,

no matter how great a sports thing can be,

whether that's a team, a coach,

or even the most beloved of all, the athletes.

But, but I'm sorry. I'm going to do that in 2025 for the truly great Andrew McCutcheon.

Good morning to you. Good Thursday morning. I'm Dan Kovachievich of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports.

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Pirates 5, Marlins 2. That's 2 out of three in that series. And that's five out of six

overall going back to the unlikely, but it did happen, sweep of the Phillies over the weekend.

Bailey Falter pitched well again, five and a third innings, one run, five hits, got some good relief after

Braxton Ashcraft had his first struggles. Dennis Santana, Caleb Ferguson, and David Bednar all

putting up zeros. Brian Hayes with a couple of hits, a couple of steals, but catch, catch man,

three-run Homer, and infinitely more noteworthy.

His 241st in a Pittsburgh uniform, he's got 325 overall.

But this one, within the Pirates context, passed Roberto Clemente for third on the franchise list.

And here's what you're going to get from Cutch after something like that.

Listen to him carefully.

This is the beginning of his little press gathering yesterday at PNC Park.

I'm more excited about the win than that.

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