Were we wrong about Garrett Jones?

As Pirate fans, we are legitimately power-starved. Since the start of this losing streak in 1992, the Pirates have had Brian Giles and Jason Bay with a sprinkling of Craig Wilson, Nate McLouth, and Reggie Sanders. Because of the dearth of true power hitters, we've spent time talking ourselves into guys like Kevin Young and Daryle Ward and Adam LaRoche, just hoping that someone will eventually show up in Pittsburgh and start hitting the ball over the fence. Enter Garrett Jones. I barely talked about Jones before his call-up in July because I didn't find a guy in his fifth go-round in Triple-A all that interesting, especially because it took him three tries to do anything even remotely worth talking about. And yet, Jones has 19 homers since July 1st, which is a 45+ homer pace for a full season. He's hitting .303/.367/.598 in that span. Is this it? Did the Pirates finally stumble on to a pot of gold? Let's compare two blind stat lines. Player A: .265/.340/.469, 1 HR/27 ...