Andrew McCutchen mimed taking a handoff when he was tagged out on the basepaths
The NFL season begins this weekend, and
In an alternate reality, this may have been something Cutch did with regularity. He was a top football recruit in Florida coming out of high school, and in 2014 he said he could hang with the Steelers if he was given a few weeks to prepare. "I was a wide receiver, and running down a ball in the outfield gap is like running the post route in football," McCutchen said. "One crosses into the other."
Just check out Cutch's skills on this tough crossing route:
McCutchen isn't the only Yankees player that has gridiron dreams.
How far did that go?! Goodness, @Giancarlo818.#StantonSmash pic.twitter.com/KC4hfHBrcm
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