Yet again, the Pirates act as spoilers in the Cardinals' pursuit of the N.L. Wild Card slot, and I (along with the rest of the baseball world) am a little shocked. Again, however, I am absolutely not complaining, because this is the kind of stuff I've been hoping to see from this team all summer. Not to mention, they kept Albert Pujols under control, and "Prince Albert" wasn't able to get a hit. A little sad, because again, I like the guy. But it's also nice to know that the Bucs are capable of putting a guy like Pujols on ice, even if it's just for one game. What else do I have to say?
I don't even know what else to say other than tonight's game clearly belonged to Daniel McCutchen. Great to see Neil Walker smash that three-run triple - which I was so hoping was going to end up being a grand slam - but all in all, the win truly does get chalked up to an incredible performance by McCutchen. For a guy who hasn't had the best luck during his previous opportunities to have a night like tonight was terrific to see, and hopefully indicative of what he can do.
Maybe we'll even see him in the starting rotation come spring
At any rate, tonight definitely gave me a reason to smile, and I can only imagine it has the rest of the Pirates' faithful smiling, too. Garrett Jones snapping out of his funk with that laser beam of a home run was nice to see, and with Walker's triple and D. McCutchen's sparkling show, well, it's just nice to know that the Bucs can legitimately play against a team like the Cardinals. There's no salvaging this season, but if they can have a good September, who knows what they can do if they take that feeling into winter and Spring Training '11? This is, after all, a team that seems to have a chance if they stick together. That is, if management lets them stick together.
But I'll choose not to think about that for now, because there's still a month left. Maybe they'll hit 60 wins.
Oh, and JR sort of argued. It was a good night.
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