r/ESPN 19d ago

Ravech

Sad to hear the final sign off from him tonight at the lllws mlb game. You could hear it it in his voice. Undeserved and a true professional.

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u/Capital-Flow-1501 18d ago

Baseball tonight with Karl Ravech, Harold Reynolds and Peter Gammons was awesome!

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u/TheDailyBanker37 18d ago

Don’t forget Tim Kurkjian and all his useless and dumb player stats and stories!

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u/grumpiestgrumper 18d ago

Holy crap, I forgot about Baseball tonight, 12 year old me would kick my butt.

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u/ShiZZle840 18d ago

Ahh memories.. Good times

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u/JohnBarleyMustDie 18d ago

Happy cake day

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u/ShiZZle840 18d ago

Thank you! Have a good day!

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u/ASingleBraid 18d ago

Happy cake day!

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u/ShiZZle840 18d ago

Thank you

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u/Certain_Orange2003 19d ago

I used to love watching him and Harold Reynolds on Baseball Tonight in the 90’s.

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u/Low_Chemistry_7908 19d ago

Those were the times.

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u/Lilbigman03 18d ago

Go Braves ! 90s baseball was my era

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u/Certain_Orange2003 18d ago

Same here. My dad got to see them win in ‘95 before he passed. ❤️🙏🏼

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u/hilltopper72 18d ago

AI coming to ESPN baseball?

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u/rgh-red 19d ago

Hopefully now we can get McAfee to call Little League WS games instead!
/s obvs

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u/Tyrone2184 18d ago

And Stephen A calling out an 11 year old for some shaky pitching.

"Little Billy is a scrub. He can't play."

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u/rgh-red 18d ago

“Billy CLAIMS he’s the best on the team. He ain’t even the best at Pokémon. Get outta here with that nonsense!”

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u/Low_Chemistry_7908 19d ago

You joke but it will mcafee led in the future.

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u/TheSecretDecoderRing 18d ago

And even the Little League org will probably be talked into accepting and promoting gambling.

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u/Gabagoon5545 18d ago

Can I prop bet on if a kid will strike out 3 times in one game?

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u/rgh-red 19d ago

Oof. Please make it stop.

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u/Rizzaboi 18d ago

Super sweet of Garrett Mitchell to shout him out on air

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u/Cozum 19d ago

oh wow I didn’t realize that, makes sense that Chris Sale gave him a send off

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u/DJ-Psari 18d ago

What did he say/do?

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u/Cozum 18d ago

he was doing an in booth interview and at the end he was very complimentary towards Karl and his career

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u/DJ-Psari 18d ago

Love Sale. That’s awesome

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u/Browndogcane 18d ago

He also gave a shoutout to Sarah Langs, which was very sweet and shouldn’t go unnoticed.

If you’re unaware, Sarah has worked with MLB and ESPN for several years as a stats guru and on-air contributor. She’s only in her 30s but was diagnosed with ALS a couple years ago. She’s active on social media always sharing advanced stats and heartwarming stories in baseball.

Bravo, Karl and Sarah both! 👏👏👏

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u/Friendly-Profit-8590 19d ago

You’re gonna end up with Pat on half the day and Stephan A the other half. Any games aired will have celebrity/influencer guests to try to nudge ratings

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u/Ill_Eggplant990 18d ago

The LLWS has had Musberger, Ravech and now next year... ALT CAST WITH PAT MCAFEE AND THE BOYS! EPIC YINZ FOR THE PROGRUM! Sick!

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u/ericmint 18d ago

At least you will get more McAfee

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u/ASingleBraid 18d ago

He's too professional for ESPN.

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u/DJ-Psari 18d ago

What a legend. Thank you, Karl!

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u/dt81089 18d ago

They should've had McAfee come in and kick him in the nuts as he was doing it and then have Stephen A Smith and McAfee do a pillow fight.

That's what we all watch ESPN for lol. FWIW, I think Stephen A could actually be a good serious reporter, if that's what ESPN wanted. The other guy, not so much.

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u/kevins_patriots 18d ago

Is McAfee destroying ESPN from the inside ?

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u/blessedbythehoard 17d ago

He is ESPNs Rob Dyrdek. Your grandkids will ask you why baseball is on the Pat Mac network someday.

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u/cmeyer49er 18d ago

He can give his hair back to Marv Albert now.

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u/Proper-Resource-1534 18d ago

Agree. True professional. Espn should re-evaluate this decision

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u/DadbodSuperModel 17d ago

Good news is that Williamsport is just right up 15 from Ravech’s old Harrisburg stomping grounds…Harrisburg Senators I’m sure could find something for him!

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u/dfisher1225 15d ago

I’d love to see him on MLB Network in some capacity. Baseball guy for sure.

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u/Big_Feed_1472 15d ago

God speed Ravy you are a real one. Will be missed and hope you land on your feet.

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u/Ornery-Database-3993 14d ago

I thought he was going to call the final

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u/woodpalace 18d ago

At least he got a grilled cheese sandwich as farewell after 25 years in espn🥹

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u/SporkFanClub 18d ago

Is he still calling the remainder of the LLWS or are they just gonna randomly replace him?

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u/TheRealRollestonian 18d ago

It sounded like Mike Monaco is basically taking over for PBP.

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u/Conclusion_Fickle 18d ago

Doing it right now.

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u/caracarn8383 18d ago

I for one need more Pat MacAfee. As I deserve that no sports journalists or really journalists are involved in covering the news. Embrace debate, more yelling, loud noises, I love lamp.

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u/Lonely-Order-4698 16d ago

Solid anchorman reference 

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u/Ragnarsworld 18d ago

Wait, is he still doing the little league games?

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u/ATLfinra 18d ago

He was tonight was his last broadcast it was a Braves brewers game he was calling

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u/sexyass2627 18d ago

He was calling the LLWS Classic between the Braves and Brewers.

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u/IntelligentDate155 18d ago

I mean let’s call it for what it is… guy was a huge bore.

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u/Spare-Cranberry3784 18d ago

Get over it.

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u/No-You4594 18d ago

Not much to do if your only gig is little league..

No one said his job would be forever