Andrew McCutchen has brought All-Star and MVP talent to the Pirates, but he has done so much more. His exploits on the field have led Pittsburgh to three consecutive playoff appearances, a first for the franchise since 1990-1992, but his impact doesnt stop there.For the first time in decades, the Allen Iverson Jersey Pirates have a face of the franchise. While McCutchen is rarely mentioned in the same breath as Bryce Harper or Mike Trout (although an argument could be made that he should be, Detroit Pistons Jersey ) he doesnt need to ascend to that level of greatne s to have an impact in Pittsburgh and beyond.MORE: | When Barry Bonds and Andy Van Slyke departed from the organization in the early 90s, the Pirates lost their soul and their identity. What followed was nearly 20 years of obscurity. Ask casual baseball fans, even those in Pittsburgh, to name a Pirates star before McCutchen entered the scene in 2009, and it might have sounded something like this:Hows Jason Bay doing these days?Man, that Jason Kendall guy sure can swing the Henry Ellenson Jersey bat. Too bad he cant do the whole catcher thing too well.Hey Zach Duke is gonna be good one of these days, right?Then McCutchen came into the picture, and he brought with him all the things that the Pirates had been mi sing for so long: Personality. Marketability. A little bit Ben Wallace Jersey of swag. And a whole lot of talent.His five All-Star appearances and MVP title have put the Pirates on the map again, and he has a surrounding cast of characters that has quietly become one of the best and most consistent in the game.Pittsburgh will never get the attention it likely deserves life is tough when you are in the best division in baseball and winning 98 regular season games gets you a ticket to the Wild Card game and an immediate dismi Stanley Johnson Jersey sal from the playoffs but thanks to McCutchen, the Bucs are relevant again. And they should be good for a long, long time.