Last Sunday, I really wanted the Pirates to finish off a three-game sweep of the Cardinals in St. Louis because I thought it would be a great statement to make to the rest of the National League.
Unfortunately, the Pirates couldn't finish off the three game sweep as they fell, 5-4. All-in-all, not bad to go into St. Louis and take two of three from a perennial contender, but, man, that sweep sure would have been nice.
However, I think the Pirates did make a statement this week when they swept a four-game series from the lowly Houston Astros at PNC Park. You might be thinking, "How is that a statement? The Astros are pathetic."
Yes, they are, but the message that the Pirates sent with the sweep is that this team is head and shoulders above the Cubs and Astros of the world.
Last season, during the Pirates epic collapse in early August, they were swept out of PNC Park by the bottom-dwelling Cubs and Padres in a seven-game home-stand. And not only did the Buccos lose every game, they looked pretty out-classed the entire week.
It was a clear indicator that the young team wasn't quite there just yet.
I don't know when or if the 2012 version of the Pittsburgh Pirates will come back down to reality, but if they do, I don't think they'll land on the same turf as the likes of the Cubs and Astros.
These Pirates are better than that.
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