This sensationally see-saw summer for the 130th edition of the Pittsburgh Baseball Club hit the All-Star break Sunday with so, so very much to appreciate, didn't it?
It's got a prodigious lineup. Maybe the best in these parts since Willie Stargell's Fam-a-lee, and yes, I'm bypassing the 1990s. Top to bottom, I'll take this everyday eight.
As Starling Marte told me while packing his bag for San Diego following the Pirates' 6-5 loss to the Cubs, "We can hit. We feel good about that. We can hit with anybody."
They sure can. And that's partially because they've got the best bench in Major League Baseball in Matt Joyce, David Freese and now possibly John Jaso.
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