Awful Announcing
Conversations with mic'd up players while they're on the field have added to MLB broadcasts, but there are important considerations around timing and potential distractions. ESPN's Karl Ravech and Phil Orlins, as well as Alex Verdugo of the Red Sox, spoke to SI's Emma Baccellieri on that.
"I don’t know if we’re comfortable with it or not, but you can hear the PitchCom through your microphone."
“Come on Passan, how didn’t you have that?”
Instead of a mild cough or a polite “ahem,” Sunday night’s loogie hock was one of the grossest things I’ve ever heard.
The Rodriguez-Kay alternate feed will only be for eight of ESPN's 25 Sunday Night Baseball games this season.
David Cone, Eduardo Pérez, and Karl Ravech will make up the regular ESPN Sunday Night broadcast, while Kay and A-Rod will do an alternate format.
Sciambi has been paired with Eduardo Perez and Kyle Peterson for early-morning telecasts.
Clark's flaming of Machado was the hottest take for Feb. 22-28.
The younger Ravech has previously called AA games for the Richmond Flying Squirrels, and he called a college basketball game for ESPN3 last year.
ESPN has several qualified candidates to replace Dan Shulman.
Ravech has been with ESPN since 1993
