I'm mentioned a bunch of times this month that if the Pirates continue to play well, the national media coverage is going to grow exponentially. And they can't write everystory about Andrew McCutchen. Today the Bucs are getting headline billing on ESPN.com's MLB page.

There is this story by Jerry Crasnick on the hometown boy Neil Walker living his dream and this one about the team's reported pursuit of Justin Upton and what a panel of their writers would do if they were in Neal Huntington's shoes.