Peter Gammons Peter Gammons, a highly respected Major League Baseball journalist, serves as a studio analyst on ESPN's Sports Emmy Award-winning Baseball Tonight. In 2006, he added reporting duties during ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball telecasts from the ballpark, generally from field level. Entering his 20th season with ESPN, Gammons also provides "Diamond Notes" and other reports for SportsCenter.
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Erin AndrewsErin Andrews joined ESPN in May 2004 as a reporter for the network’s national hockey league coverage. In 2005, she added Major League Baseball sideline reporting to her responsibilities and currently is assigned to the season-long Monday Night Baseball telecast. |
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Dave Campbell Dave Campbell serves as a commentator for ESPN's coverage of Major League Baseball. He serves as lead analyst for Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio and he also provides reports for SportsCenter during the playoffs, World Series and spring training. Campbell works MLB playoff games for ESPN Radio and the Triple A World Series for ESPN2. |
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Rece DavisRece Davis joined ESPN in March 1995 as an ESPN2 SportSmash anchor, providing five-minute news and score reports throughout the network’s nightly programming. He has served as host of ESPN and ESPN2’s College Gameday Final since August 1999 and College Gamenight – ESPN’s daily college basketball news and highlights program – Baseball Tonight and anchors ESPN’s SportsCenter. |
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Orestes DestradeOrestes Destrade joined ESPN in August 2005 and currently serves as a season-long contributor to Baseball Tonight. Destrade, born in Santiago, Cuba, and fluent in three languages (English, Spanish and Japanese), will also serve as an analyst during ESPN’s coverage of the Little League World Series and MLB broadcasts on ESPN Radio. |
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Jed DrakeJed Drake, who joined ESPN in its first year of operation, was named senior vice president and executive producer for ESPN in April 2000. In 2005, he added responsibility for sports programming on ABC. He oversees all of ABC, ESPN and ESPN2’s remote production efforts, more than 6,000 hours per year, including Monday Night Football,, NBA, Major League Baseball, X Games, Winter X Games, college basketball and football, World Cup Soccer,MLS, golf, tennis and other properties. |
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Orel HershiserOrel Hershiser, a former Major League Baseball pitcher and Cy Young winner, returned to ESPN as a game and studio analyst prior to the 2006 season and currently contributes to the network’s Wednesday Night Baseball telecasts and Sports Emmy Award-winning Baseball Tonight show. In 2006, he also contributed to ESPN’s coverage of the Little League World Series and the inaugural World Baseball Classic. |
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Brian KennyBrian Kenny was named anchor of the 6 p.m. ET edition of SportsCenter, ESPN's flagship sports news and information program in August 2006. Kenny has served as an ESPN anchor for Baseball Tonight – receiving a Sports Emmy Award in 2003, and has hosted many shows on the ESPN family of networks. |
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John KrukJohn Kruk, a three-time All-Star outfielder/first baseman, serves as an analyst on ESPN’s Emmy Award-winning Baseball Tonight, as well as working select game telecasts. He joined ESPN for the 2004 season, making his debut during a Spring Training telecast between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies from Tampa, Fla. In March 2006, Kruk also provided game analysis for several World Baseball Classic and Spring Training telecasts on ESPN. |
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Tim KurkjianTim Kurkjian joined ESPN in March 1998 as both a reporter for Baseball Tonight and a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine. Kurkjian has an extensive background in covering baseball. |
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Jay LevyJay Levy is the senior coordinating producer for Baseball Tonight, responsible for the day-to-day production of the nightly highlight, news and information program. Previously, Levy served as the senior coordinating producer of SportsCenter, overseeing the news gathering and editorial and creative direction for the program. Previously, he was coordinating producer for Sunday NFL Countdown (1999-2000). |
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Buck MartinezBuck Martinez re-joined ESPN in 2002, following a one-year stint as manager of the Toronto Blue Jays, and currently serves as analyst on select ESPN Major League Baseball telecasts. He previously worked for ESPN from 1992-2000. Martinez, a 17-year Major League catcher, also calls 60 games a season as analyst for the Baltimore Orioles on Comcast SportsNet. |
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Jon MillerJon Miller, an award-winning broadcast veteran of more than 20 years, is the play-by-play commentator for ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball telecasts, a position he has held since 1990 when the series began. He has also called Division Series playoff games for the network from 1996 to 2000 and from 2003 through 2006, as well as World Series games for ESPN Radio since 1998. |
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Joe MorganTwo-time Sports Emmy Award winner Joe Morgan, former Cincinnati Reds great and Hall of Fame second baseman, serves as the analyst for ESPN's season-long, exclusive Sunday Night Baseball telecasts. He also works several additional baseball telecasts for the network throughout the season, as well as the Home Run Derby. Morgan worked Division Series games for ESPN from 1996 to 2000 and from 2003 to 2006. Since 1998, he has provided analysis for ESPN Radio during its World Series broadcasts. |
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Dave O'Brien Dave O’Brien serves as a play-by-play commentator for ESPN, working Major League Baseball Monday telecasts. In 2006, O’Brien added soccer play-by-play responsibilities for ABC Sports and ESPN2 telecasts, including the FIFA World Cup. He joined the network in 2002, having previously served as the voice of the Florida Marlins since the team’s inaugural year in 1993 through 2001. |
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Buster OlneyBuster Olney is a senior writer at ESPN The Magazine. He began covering baseball in 1989, as the Nashville Banner's beat reporter assigned to the Triple-A Nashville Sounds. Later, he covered the San Diego Padres (1993-94), the Baltimore Orioles ('95-'96), the New York Mets ('97) and the Yankees ('98-2001). |
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Steve PhillipsSteve Phillips joined ESPN prior to the 2005 Major League Baseball season as a baseball analyst. He primarily serves as a game analyst during ESPN’s Wednesday Night Baseball telecasts and as a Baseball Tonight studio analyst. |
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Karl RavechKarl Ravech joined ESPN in May 1993 and serves as primary host of the Emmy Award-winning Baseball Tonight (since 1995) and as a SportsCenter anchor (since 1993). He has hosted ESPN's coverage of the Major League Baseball playoffs and World Series since 1995. |
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Tim Scanlan Tim Scanlan is a senior coordinating producer in ESPN’s remote production department, overseeing Major League Baseball, as well the College World Series and the Little League World Series. He is also responsible for soccer, including Major League Soccer, U.S. men’s and women’s team telecasts, and all FIFA events highlighted by the 2006 FIFA World Cup. |
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Dan ShulmanDan Shulman joined ESPN in 1995 as a play-by-play commentator for Major League Baseball and ESPN and ESPN2 college basketball telecasts. He currently calls Wednesday night MLB games, ESPN2’s Tuesday night NCAA men’s basketball games and select college basketball games from a variety of conferences for ESPN and ESPN2. Shulman also serves as lead play-by-play commentator for Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio, a role he assumed prior to the 2002 season. |
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Jayson StarkSteve Phillips joined ESPN prior to the 2005 Major League Baseball season as a baseball analyst. He primarily serves as a game analyst during ESPN’s Wednesday Night Baseball telecasts and as a Baseball Tonight studio analyst. Phillips also regularly appears on SportsCenter, Cold Pizza, Outside the Lines and ESPN Radio, in addition to frequent contributions to ESPN.com. |
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Rick SutcliffeRick Sutcliffe serves as an ESPN Major League Baseball analyst, appearing on Monday night telecasts (since 2002). He joined ESPN full-time in March 1999 after serving as a guest analyst for ESPN Radio’s coverage of the 1998 Major League Baseball playoffs. In 2002, he worked ESPN-produced Division Series telecasts on ABC Family. |
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Gary ThorneGary Thorne serves as a play-by-play commentator for college football on ESPN and ABC. He called play-by-play on ESPN's National Hockey League telecasts from 1992-2004. Thorne called Major League Baseball on ESPN from 1990 to 1993, from 1996 to 2000 and since 2003. |
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Fernando VinaFernando Viña, a former All-Star (1998) and two-time Gold Glove second baseman (2001 and 2002), joined ESPN as a Baseball Tonight analyst in 2007. He will also appear on SportsCenter, ESPNEWS and ESPN Radio. |
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Norby WilliamsonIn October 2005, Norby Williamson was promoted to the position of executive vice president, studio and remote production, overseeing all ESPN and ABC game, event and studio production work for domestic television and radio networks. With the addition of remote production, he oversees Monday Night Football, NBA, Major League Baseball, college basketball, including the Women’s NCAA Tournament, college football and the wide variety of events that the networks televise. |
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