BTW Power Rankings - Week 20

Since the week 17 rankings, the Pirates(133)  have scored the second most runs to the Yankees(139).  Where was this offense the rest of the season?  If something resembling this offense showed up when the pitching was holding its own, the Pirates could have been talking about playoffs.  I know this offensive surge is not sustainable, but the contrast between August and the first 4 months of the season is night and day.  I am writing it off as nothing but the annual late season spurt to tease the Pirates fans into believing the team is better than it's record, after all they have gone 10-9 in the stretch.

 

29-11 to .500

 

Rank	LW	Team	W	L
1	1	Boston	74	50
2	2	LA Angels	72	51
3	4	NY Mets	70	53
4	3	NY Yankees	70	54
5	7	Cleveland	68	55
6	6	Seattle	69	52
7	5	Detroit	67	57
8	8	San Diego	66	57
9	9	Philadelphia	65	58
10	13	Chicago Cubs	63	59
11	10	Atlanta	65	59
12	11	Arizona	71	54
13	14	Toronto	63	60
14	12	Colorado	63	60
15	16	LA Dodgers	64	60
16	17	Minnesota	62	61
17	18	Oakland	61	64
18	15	Milwaukee	63	61
19	19	Baltimore	57	65
20	20	Florida	56	68
21	22	Kansas City	55	68
22	21	St. Louis	58	62
23	24	Houston	56	68
24	26	San Francisco	54	70
25	23	Texas	54	69
26	28	Cincinnati	54	69
27	25	Washington	55	69
28	29	Pittsburgh	52	70
29	27	Chicago Sox	54	69
30	30	Tampa Bay	47	76