PITTSBURGH — Stacy Wolinski sat in the right field bleachers with her back turned to the Allegheny River.

Wolinski, though, refuses to turn her back on the Pittsburgh Pirates.

She was in the distinct minority at PNC Park Thursday afternoon, less than 24 hours after the club traded one of its most popular players, All-Star center fielder Nate McLouth.

"It kind of stinks," said Wolinski, a lifetime Pittsburgher who was wearing a Jack Wilson jersey. "But I'm sure they know what they are doing. We got three players for him. Maybe one of them will be good."

The Pirates shipped McLouth to the outfielder-starved Atlanta Braves for minor league pitchers Jeff Locke and Charlie Morton, and minor league outfielder Gorkys Hernandez, who was one of the top prospects in the Braves organization.

McLouth was batting .256 with nine home runs and 34 RBI in 45 games for the Bucs. He is a lifetime .261 hitter and won a Gold Glove award last season for his stellar defensive play.

Pirates general manager Neal Huntington called it "the toughest decision we have made in my time with the organization."

It was a move that didn't go over well with most of the fan base.

The mood at PNC Park was like that of a wake.

A group of fans walked slowly through the main concourse with a sign that read, "Trade Huntington." Some observers clapped in support as they walked by.

No No. 13 Nate McLouth jerseys could be spotted among the 20,000 fans in the stands.

In the souvenir shops along the main concourse, McLouth jerseys were selling for half price.

No one was buying.

The closest thing to a black and gold No. 13 jersey that could be found on a fittingly cloudy and bleak late spring afternoon at PNC Park was the Bill Guerin shirt on the back of Jeremy Woodside.

There were nearly as many Pittsburgh Penguins jerseys and shirts at the park as Pirates threads.

"I have no comment about the Pirates. I don't care much for the Pirates," said Woodside, a Greensburg native. "I could take them or leave them."

Woodside brought his son, Matthew, to his first major league game. Cramming stadium fries into his mouth, Matthew paused between bites long enough to offer his analysis.

"They should have kept him," he said.

While it was as hard to find a McLouth jersey, spectators wore plenty of shirts and jerseys of former Bucs: Jason Bay, Xavier Nady, Brian Giles, Sean Casey and even Jason Kendall.

Wolinski wondered how long it would be before her Jack Wilson jersey would make that list.

"I think it's just a matter of time," she said.

Andrew McCutchen, McLouth's replacement in center, received a lukewarm welcome when he led off the bottom of the first inning for the Bucs.

He singled up the middle in his first major league at-bat and later scored as part of the Bucs' four-run first inning.

"He's batting a thousand!" screamed a fan below the press box.

McCutchen went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and three runs scored in his debut.