HALEY: Do you have a favorite ballpark other then PNC and
why? And is there a ballpark where you feel you always play
well in?
ANDREW: Coors Field in Colorado it’s a fun park and I seem to
always play well there.
HALEY: Growing up in Florida you could play baseball year
round, do you think it gave you an advantage as a young ball
player?
ANDREW: Yes the kids in the north don’t have the opportunity
to play baseball in the winter as I had the opportunity to play
all year. I could always go out and play and ot have to wait for
nicer weather.
HALEY: Have you ever played any other position?
ANDREW: I played shortstop and pitcher.
HALEY:Who is the biggest practical joker you have ever been
on a team with? Have you ever been the victim of one of his
practical jokes?
ANDREW: There are not many on the Pirates, but I would
have to say that AJ Burnet is the biggest practical joker on this
team. I have not been a victim as of yet, but in the minors I was.
Guys would put tape in between the spaces on the metal bench
andthen hold a lighter to the tape, which made the metal really
hot and it made your butt really hot when you sat on it!!
HALEY: Do you have any superstitions or rituals?
ANDREW: Not really. If I have a good game, I tend to eat
the same things, like if I ate a sub from Jimmy John’s then I
would eat the same sub the next day.
HALEY: How often do you change bats and what do you do
with the old ones?
ANDREW: They don’t last too long, usually about two weeks or
they break. The authenticators usually take the bats and that’s
the last I see of them.
HALEY: Do you have any pets, and what is your favorite animal?
ANDREW: No pets. I had a black lab named Buddy, but he was
too big for our family and we gave him to another family. My
favorite animal is a cheetah because they are fast.