  Mehno: Pirates' Walker surging at right time  September 29,
2013 The Altoona Mirror  PITTSBURGH - Some Pirates-related
thoughts as Pittsburgh gets ready for its postseason baseball
game in 7,660 days:  * Neil Walker has seven home runs this
month, a power surge that's better late than never.  Walker has
had a disappointing offensive season, but he can salvage it if
he takes this hot month into the postseason. It's remarkable the
team has posted 93 wins (entering today's finale) considering
how many soft touches the batting order has had.  * The
postseason isn't always for the best hitters. Sometimes it's for
whoever happens to be hot at the right time. People like to
think that the best players consciously raise their performance
level, but it doesn't always work that way. Ted Williams hit
.200 in his only World Series. Willie Mays had a .239 average
and no home runs in four World Series.  On the other hand,
journeyman Gene Tenace batted .348 with four home runs in the
1972 World Series after he'd gone 1-fo