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Bucs land rare national TV game.

Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

| July 19, 2011 | Copyright 2009 Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Rob Biertempfel

July 19--Baseball fans across the country will get a chance next week to witness the Pirates' dramatic turnaround. ESPN will broadcast the Pirates' game Monday night against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field. The game will be blacked out on ESPN locally, but fans in the Pittsburgh region still can watch it on Root Sports. Also, the Pirates are under consideration to appear later this season on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball and the Fox Sports Saturday Game of the Week.

"I'd love to see that happen," Pirates president Frank Coonelly said. "We've been waiting for it for a long time." The Pirates have not been on ESPN's Sunday night …

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