Mac funny

Mac made a funny that Pete Wickham reports today:

The last time these two teams met, the Pirates swept three from the Cardinals at PNC Park as part of a season-high 10-game winning streak. Did McClendon think that was a good building block for his young team?

"I think it was a pretty good building block for the Cardinals," he said. "Hell, they haven't looked back since. I think we [ticked] them off pretty good. Nobody can beat them anymore."

Good answer, Mac.

As for that series, we were there. The Cards were resting Edmonds and La Russa was managing like his boys could beat our boys with one hand tied behind his back. La Russa also made some childish and bitter taunting-like comments when the Cardinals left town that gave the Bucs no credit whatsoever.

We may be starting to see some heat in this rivalry. Should be fun for everyone involved.