He is a young player with unwavering confidence who has long felt it was his destiny to not only become a major league player, but a star. "I was probably 5 years old when I first started playing T-ball and I knew then that playing in the big leagues is what I wanted to do ... We'd watch the Atlanta Braves play on TV all the time back when a lot of their games were on TBS. I'd watch those games when I was a little kid and I'd be fascinated. I always felt this is where I was going to be and I've always prided myself on being the best I could possibly be. I have high standards for myself, and I expect to reach them." Foundation For A Fast Start That McCutchen began the season back in Triple-A was the source of some consternation among Pirates fans, especially after he had spent all of 2008 there and hit .283/.372/.398 with nine homers and 34 steals. Full Article at Baseball America