PITTSBURGH -- Two National League powerhouse teams meet this week for the first time since last year's NL wild-card game, and though the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals have a long history to their rivalry, the Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates have some budding nastiness to theirs.
It was October when the teams met in the most intense game of the year, with the Cubs coming out on top 4-0 behind Jake Arrieta's complete game -- but not before tempers flared when Pirates pitcher Tony Watson plunked Arrieta in the seventh inning, not long after the Cubs star got out of the biggest jam of the night with an inning-ending double play.