David_j_roth: A tradition unlike any other. defector.com/andrew-mccut...

A tradition unlike any other. defector.com/andrew-mccut...

Baseball's most sacred tradition continues, even in this misbegotten year. cc @davidjroth.bsky.social

Andrew McCutchen: "Furries" | Defectordefector.com It is a tribute to what a great career Andrew McCutchen has had, and how widely beloved he has been throughout it, that he has had the opportunity to tweet the single word “Furries” three distinct tim...

“If these two communities—people who walk around in the heat of summer wearing overstated and uncomfortable-looking costumes as an expression of their personal identity and shared community, and also furries—“ ashamed to admit that that slow curve buckled my knees

Great article dude. If you haven’t already heard me mention it on the pod, when I visited Carnegie Mellon before college it was accidentally during Anthrocon and I had to explain it to my parents.

I had not heard this story and I sincerely hate that this happened to you. I'm kind of impressed that your parents were like "the boy seems to know what he's talking about, we might learn something here."

Iirc at first they thought a mascot convention but then it becomes like “why are they eating in the suits? is this a luchador’s honor situation”

My boss likes to say that the relatively cordial relationship between the Furries and the city of Pittsburgh represents everything that is good about America, and I think he’s right

He was with the Giants for like a mere 130 games and remains one of my favorites of all time. Put him on the wall of fame. Give him a food stand. Let him go on unhinged rants on X, the everything app.

I'm glad that you didn't just focus on the title subject, but really went into the lore

Now I'm thinking about Andrew McCutcheon tweeting "FURRIES" live on CBS from the Butler Cabin at Augusta National. After he sends it, he's presented with a furry green jacket. Jim Nantz waits a beat, then leans in and says, "What a moment. We're witnesses to history here in Augusta."

My 13yo son informs me that he does this because he hit a home run during the furry convention in 2014 and continues to try it as a talisman.

Pittsburgh in early July is a magical time in Pittsburgh.

Great piece, man.

Hey thanks

Those Bob Uecker quotes are solid gold.

This may be the best ongoing bit on the Internet.

Has anyone reached out to Uncle Larry for a comment?

If I weren't on vacation I'd be getting after it for a sequel post right now.

Have you read this? It's basically guy remembering as a book that's a biography of a pack of dudes from the Topps 86 series

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