- Joined
- May 8, 2002
- Posts
- 1,272,583
- Reaction score
- 59
You must be registered for see images attach
Credit: ESPN
Many viewers who tuned in for Thursday night’s Major League Baseball game between the Washington Nationals and Atlanta Braves were surprised to see who was in the ESPN broadcast booth.
Karl Ravech had the play-by-play duties alongside color commentator Eduardo Pérez.
This comes just over a week after Ravech was reportedly part ofthe layoffs at ESPN. Ravech has been an ESPN anchor, play-by-play announcer, and a huge part of the Worldwide Leader’s baseball coverage for 33 years. He learned he was being laid off by a reporter, a tactic that former SportsCenter anchor Dan Patrick called out.
Sports Illustrated’s Jimmy Traina was told on Thursday night that “Ravech is slated to call some games for ESPN in upcoming weeks.”
And Andrew Marchand of The Athletic followed that report with more specific details:
“Karl Ravech is calling the Braves-Nationals for ESPN tonight. He has still been laid off,” Marchand explained. “Since it is in-season, Ravech was given the option to work some more summer dates and has chosen to do that, according to a source. He is expected to work the Little League World Series, as well as a Yankee game in August.”
The Little League World Series will be televised on ESPN networks, beginning on Aug. 11 and continuing through Aug. 30 (the championship game will be at 3 p.m. on ABC).
Ravech has called the Little League World Series for 20 years. And he’s long been an MLB play-by-play announcer for ESPN, which included being the voice of Sunday Night Baseball (which NBC now has the rights to) from 2022 to 2025.
The post Karl Ravech calls Nats-Braves, more upcoming ESPN games after reported layoff appeared first on Awful Announcing.
Continue reading...
