“What I like about my story over the years at ESPN from 1993 to the present is that it’s constantly changing and evolving.”
Thanks to Enrique Hernandez and Joey Votto, ESPN appeared to come up with something fresh and exciting by putting microphones on players in the field.
“You’re going to see us genuinely get excited about today’s game at a time when that’s really needed on a national broadcast.”
"In making the announcement of Ravech taking over, ESPN is saying that it trusts him to carry one of the network’s flagship broadcasts."
"Cone will team up with Karl Ravech, who becomes just the fourth-ever Sunday Night Baseball play-by-play voice, as well as Eduardo Perez, to form the new Sunday Night Baseball broadcast...
"One thing that is certain is that if ESPN goes forward is that Rodriguez would be out of the regular play-by-play booth."
"I think it might be trending towards Rodriguez not coming back."
The money comes at a time when we are helping more broadcasters and their families than ever before.
"Ravech is likely to receive other assignments over the life of the new contract. Sam did not want to speculate on what those assignments might be."
“There was definitely a mutual understanding that what we just did was rare and could likely only happen once, but hopefully many more times.”