SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.–Andrew McCutchen said Madison Bumgarner never threw him an inside pitch.
On Tuesday, McCutchen reminded Bumgarner why.
During the first live batting practice of the spring, the Giants’ new outfielder turned around an inside offering from Bumgarner and launched it onto the lawn behind the left field wall at Scottsdale Stadium.
For McCutchen’s own safety, catcher Buster Posey jumped up and ushered McCutchen out of the batter’s box, so he wouldn’t have to deal with an angry Bumgarner. Posey explained later that he was only half-joking when he did it.
“I thought he (Posey) was telling me to get out because I could get a better swing than that, but he pushed me on out of there, I guess he was looking out for me,” McCutchen said.