Before the White Sox play in a cornfield on Fox, they’ll play at Wrigley Field on ABC.
For the first time in the 32-year history of ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball,” the broadcast will air exclusively on ABC when the Sox visit the Cubs this weekend. The “SNB” crew of play-by-play voice Matt Vasgersian, analyst Alex Rodriguez and reporter Buster Olney will call the game from the ballpark donning classic ABC Sports patches. (Sadly, no yellow jackets.)
ESPN had been looking to put “SNB” on broadcast TV for a while, but ABC had been locked into programming on Sunday nights.