Back to the New York Mets Newsfeed

ESPN pulls out all the stops for MLB’s Little League Classic

Modal Trigger

Teams line up before the start of the 2017 Little League Classic.

Moving ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball” into a minor league ballpark comes with its production challenges, but it’s a small price to pay for the unique content that flows with it.

From the moment the Mets and Phillies arrive in Williamsport, Pa., on Sunday for the Little League Classic that night, ESPN will have cameras on them as they board buses and head to the Little League complex. Some players will be mic’d up as they go watch games in the Little League World Series and interact with kids, hours before they actually play in their own game at 7 p.