On the top shelf in right-hander Daniel Hudson’s locker sits Jobu, the voodoo doll worshiped by slugger’s Pedro Cerrano in the movie “Major League.” Hudson’s wife, Sara, sent the doll to PNC Park earlier this month. She hoped it would at least bring a smile to her husband’s face, and perhaps help him out of a funk on the pitcher’s mound in his first season in Pittsburgh.
Maybe Jobu had the magic touch.
After an April in which Hudson, the Pirates’ top external acquisition this winter, emerged with a 9.90 ERA, he dropped into lower-leverage situations this month, conceding his eighth-inning role at times for opportunities to pitch more often, and has posted a 1.