Cardinals vs Pirates - 7/16

As of 7/16/2011


STL 50-44 0.532 ---
PIT  48-44 0.522 1.0

The Bucs were actually teid for first place after Friday night.  When was the last time they were in first after the All-Star break??

Just clarify, the Pirates are having their best season in 20 years.  How good is it?  Well, courtesy of mlb.com, here's the Pirates' record on 7/17 over the last 20 years, ranked by winning percentage:

PIT-2011 48-44  0.522   --- 
PIT-1999 45-45  0.500     2
PIT-1997 47-47  0.500     2
PIT-1994 43-47  0.478     4
PIT-1993 43-48  0.473     4.5
PIT-2005 41-47  0.466     5
PIT-2004 41-47  0.466     5
PIT-2002 44-50  0.468     5
PIT-1995 32-38  0.457     5
PIT-2008 44-51  0.463     5.5
PIT-2003 41-51  0.446     7
PIT-1998 43-53  0.448     7
PIT-2005 40-51  0.440     7.5
PIT-2009 39-50  0.438     7.5
PIT-1996 41-52  0.441     7.5
PIT-2007 40-53  0.430     8.5
PIT-2000 38-53  0.418     9.5
PIT-2001 35-57  0.380   13
PIT-2006 33-61  0.351   16
PIT-2010 31-59  0.344   16