In many ways, Alex Rodriguez and ESPN are the perfect match. In their industries, they rose to prominence, becoming the biggest, baddest and richest by using a multi-pronged, hard-working approach to fuel them.
ESPN outmuscled its competitors with the dual television revenue streams of advertising and unmatched cable fees, and A-Rod had other-worldly baseball talent and cheated with performance-enhancing drugs.
Though it should be noted ESPN’s rise to the top was totally above board, its perch resulted in the same as A-Rod’s.
They are almost always a spectacle. It’s about them.
So here comes A-Rod and the ESPN’s top baseball crew for “Sunday Night Baseball,” sitting in the Judge’s Chambers to call the Aaron Judge-less Yankees vs.