Why Karl Ravech called an MLB game despite ESPN layoff

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Karl Ravech is an ESPN legend with decades at the Worldwide Leader while doing SportsCenter, Baseball Tonight and play-by-play on the air for baseball. But earlier this month, he was among those laid off by the company.

Yet there he was on Thursday night, calling a game on the network between the Washington Nationals and Atlanta Braves. What's up with that? USA TODAY Sports has an answer.

"Despite Ravech being part of the latest round of layoffs at ESPN, a person with knowledge of his status with the network told USA TODAY Sports Thursday evening that Ravech was given the option to call a few select MLB games this summer," wrote John Leuzzi and Kristie Ackert.

There's your answer. And you'll see Ravech more throughout the summer with him calling the 2026 Little League World Series.

Fans were perplexed about Karl Ravech being on the air at ESPN after the layoffs​

did Karl Ravech just pull a Constanza and just showed up to work? https://t.co/l6xXzn6mmA

— David Santana (@dsantana310) July 31, 2026

I have no idea what’s going on, but Karl Ravech was supposedly part of ESPN’s layoffs last week after 33 years with the network.

Tonight, he’s calling the Nationals-Braves game on ESPN. pic.twitter.com/0I4ls4uIkn

— Jimmy Traina (@JimmyTraina) July 30, 2026

That man Karl Ravech said https://t.co/wSfcaeOQU1pic.twitter.com/8Eb37yn90N

— T. Lou (@travTHEengineer) July 31, 2026

Hopefully the confusion has been cleared up here.

This article originally appeared on For The Win: Why Karl Ravech called an MLB game despite ESPN layoff

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