These Pirates are flawed on pretty much every front, once you start picking them apart. They've got the everyday first baseman who proves every day he can't play first base. They've got the donut bullpen, exquisite at the ends but missing the middle. They've got a starting rotation that's currently spelling A.J. backward and with really bad results. They've got the fundamentals of ... of ... well, of a catcher running the bases so foolishly he'd risk making the first out of an inning at third base because ... because ...
Ah, you know what?
He was safe.
Francisco Cervelli somehow wound up safe in the eighth inning Wednesday night despite chugging around second after the Cubs' outfield had already begun the relay from right-center because, as it turned out, the throw would be well off-line.
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