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Wondering when the Pittsburgh Pirates might decide it’s time to give Alex Presley a call. The Ole Miss product is hitting .349 with four homers and 17 RBIs in 39 games at Triple-A Indianapolis. He’s slugging .507, has scored 26 runs and swiped 11 bases. You might say he’s hot. And worthy of a call-up to Pittsburgh, which has lost six in a row and fallen to 18-23, already well off the pace in the National League Central. Presley, a left-handed hitting outfielder, got a cup of coffee at the end of 2010. The Pirates really ought to give him another, longer look.