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The Pomp And Joe Show

Does Andrew McCutchen deserve a statue at PNC Park?

05 Mar 2026

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Chapter 1: What recent trades are happening in the NFL?

0.031 - 21.752 Bob

So we were in the middle of discussing Limits and I's field trip last night over to Robert Morris for the tournament game, which was a lot of fun. We enjoyed it. I asked my first question at a Pittsburgh sporting event. I don't know, maybe since before COVID. I can't remember. It was incredible, Bob. But in the middle of that, Andrew Filippone in for a nice visit.

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21.972 - 27.198 Bob

Limit says, uh-oh, look at this. I thought it was a hockey trade.

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27.218 - 29.94 Limits

So did I, because that's the time of the year where we have to deal with trades.

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29.96 - 40.632 Bob

Yeah, tomorrow's the deadline. He tells me the Buffalo Bills have acquired somebody. I kept it a surprise. Please tell me it's not Jordan Addison.

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40.692 - 43.315 Joe

Deontay Johnson is coming to Buffalo. You're going to love him.

43.375 - 44.998 Bob

He's flying backwards on the plane.

45.058 - 65.745 Joe

Who do you got? What's happening? The Buffalo Bills are acquiring Antonio Brown from free agency. All right, here's the deal. Rapaport and all the insiders have it out there. The Buffalo Bills are acquiring wide receiver DJ Moore from the Chicago Bears for mid-round compensation. I was hoping he would end up here. I thought that would be a stealer target.

66.586 - 77.3 Joe

We're just a mid-round pick, according to Rappaport. Joe is not thrilled. You're not excited. That's all right. That's a pretty good move, Joe, if it's like a fourth-round pick for DJ Moore.

77.64 - 83.048 Bob

I mean, he caught 50 balls last year. I can get Keon Coleman to do that, for God's sake.

Chapter 2: What is Andrew McCutchen's current situation with the Texas Rangers?

377.06 - 377.321 Limits

I don't know.

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377.341 - 390.235 Bob

I think raising his hands, that home run, I think, against the Cardinals, that walk-off was a great moment. Maybe that. I don't know. Does he deserve a statue? That's a great question.

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390.215 - 397.626 Limits

I just think he represented so much in a two-decade stretch where he was the reason. He was the centerpiece of that.

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398.547 - 401.531 Limits

And given how they were doing business, that was going to be hard for them to do.

401.792 - 404.416 Bob

Can we change your mind on that, Limits, or are you steadfast?

404.936 - 406.919 Joe

No, you can change my mind on it. Have we?

Chapter 3: Why is Andrew McCutchen's departure from the Pirates considered sad?

407.16 - 411.826 Joe

No, I think that if Dave Parker doesn't have a statue, that Andrew McCutcheon probably shouldn't.

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411.846 - 426.007 Limits

I would agree with that, too. I mean, you can get carried away with the statues. I understand that point completely. I always thought Dave Parker should have been in the Hall of Fame a long time. The way it happened with him was just not right.

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426.608 - 435.662 Bob

I mean, wow, this is a tough one. Parker was an all-time favorite of mine, but if you're going to pick a statue, it's got to be Pops from that era, right?

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436.486 - 437.928 Limits

Yeah, but he was a big part of it.

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438.889 - 447.481 Bob

Well, was Steve Blass a big part of the 71 team? I'd say so. Steve Blass was a great player and a great ambassador for the Pirates. What about a statue for him?

447.762 - 450.565 Limits

Well, I didn't want to go down this path about all these multiple statues.

450.585 - 457.735 Bob

Well, once you start bringing McCutcheon into the statue conversation, Bob, you're the one who opened the path. I understand that. And now we're all treading down it.

457.855 - 477.782 Limits

But again, it comes from where they were, where they got to, and how he had such a central role in what they did. That may not be good enough to get a statue. I don't know. Whatever the case, he will be remembered. They'll have an Andrew McCutcheon night where either they retire his jersey or something will happen. He'll be in their Hall of Fame.

477.942 - 501.643 Bob

No doubt. And I hold no blame for anybody here at this moment. I think the Pirates, at least from what we think we know, From the offseason, probably could have approached McCutcheon earlier and said, you know, this is probably not going to happen. And maybe should have invited him to Pirate Fest. I don't know. Would he have gone if he knew he wasn't going to be on the team? I don't know.

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