Overview
- Ravech completed his final ESPN assignment on Sunday, Aug. 30, calling the Little League World Series championship between Nevada and Curaçao and receiving an on-air tribute.
- Broadcast partner Eduardo Pérez surprised Ravech in the booth with a framed illustration and the network brought him onto the field where he received a standing ovation and fought back tears.
- Ravech had been included in a companywide round of Walt Disney/ESPN layoffs in July and some reports say he first learned of the cut from a reporter rather than from the network.
- Despite the layoff, Ravech finished his contracted summer schedule, including his final MLB telecast the prior week, and he has said he has "literally no ill will" toward ESPN.
- Ravech’s exit ends roughly 33 years at ESPN and leaves question about how Little League and baseball broadcasts will sound next season while scrutiny of the network’s layoff practices continues.