ESPN announced that Alex Rodriguez will not get the call for the New York Mets‘ lone “Sunday Night Baseball” game in 2020. The worldwide leader in sports put out a statement saying the decision was made due to A-Rod’s pursuit to purchase the Mets and the conflict of interest that would arise.
On an ESPN conference call, senior VP Mark Gross says the network has talked about not having Alex Rodriguez call any Mets games. Rodriguez will not call the Mets-Braves Sunday Night game on July 26. "We don't want to put the team, Alex or Matt in a difficult position.