Overview
- Joe Buck, who will call Wednesday’s Dodgers–Mets broadcast for Jackie Robinson Day, said he declined an ESPN offer to work an MLB postseason game last year.
- He explained that a Monday Night Football assignment would have forced an overnight flight to a Tuesday playoff game, a grind he no longer wants to repeat.
- ESPN’s reworked MLB deal no longer includes Wild Card games or Sunday Night Baseball, which moved to NBC, while ESPN now emphasizes 30 exclusive weeknight telecasts and MLB.tv inside its app.
- For the April 15 game, ESPN paired Buck with team voices Orel Hershiser and Ron Darling, with Doug Glanville contributing a Jackie Robinson essay and studio coverage.
- Buck, who has called 24 World Series and 22 All-Star Games, says postseason baseball is a chapter he does not need to revisit as he focuses on his Monday Night Football role at ESPN.