Headed to Williamsport: ESPN Platforms Begin Exclusive Coverage of 2024 Little League Baseball World Series, Presented by T-Mobile (2024)

• Karl Ravech, Jessica Mendoza and Little League Hall of Excellence enshrinee Todd Frazier to Call Little League Baseball World Series Championship Game, Presented by T-Mobile, with Julie Foudy Reporting
• KidsCast Returns as Alternate Presentation of MLB Little League Classic, Presented By New York Life – New York Yankees vs. Detroit Tigers – on August 18 Edition of Sunday Night Baseball

ESPN’sexclusive coverage of the 2024 Little League Baseball World Series, Presented by T-Mobile begins, Wednesday, Aug. 14, with eight hours of action starting at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN. ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC will combine to broadcast all 38 games from historic Williamsport, Pa. from August 14-25, culminating with the Little League Baseball World Series Championship Game on Sunday, Aug. 25, at 3 p.m. on ABC.

The Little League Baseball World Series has been broadcasted on ABC since 1963, making it the network’s longest-running consecutive league partnership. The full schedule is in the grid below.

Little League Baseball World Series Championship Game Commentators
Little League Hall of Excellence enshrineeTodd Frazierwill joinKarl Ravechand Olympic Gold MedalistJessica Mendozaon the lead broadcast team. The trio, along with reportersJulie Foudy and Sebastian Salazar, will call the Little League Baseball World Series Championship Game and United States Championship Game on ABC, along with other marquee games throughout the tournament.

Mike Monacowill also regularly call games in Williamsport with analystsXavier Scruggs, National Baseball Hall of Fame writerTim Kurkjianand reporterSebastian Salazar.Sunday Night BaseballanalystEduardo Pérezwill also serve as game analyst during the Little League Baseball World Series.

2024MLB Little League Classic Presented by New York LifeonSunday Night Baseball
The seventh annualMLB Little League ClassiconSunday Night Baseball will take place at Historic Bowman Field in Williamsport on Sunday, Aug. 18, as the New York Yankees and Aaron Judge take on the Detroit Tigers and Colt Keith. It marks the Yankees first appearance in the MLB Little League Classic.

TheSunday Night Baseballteam ofKarl Ravech, analystEduardo Pérez,fellow analyst and five-time World Series ChampionDavid Coneand reporterBuster Olneywill provide commentary for theMLB Little League Classic, Presented by New York Life onESPN.Ravech,PerezandConewill also call a Little League Baseball World Series Game onESPNat 9 a.m., prior to theMLB Little League Classic. They’ll be joined by reporterJulie Foudy.

KidsCast
ESPN’sKidsCast,an alternate presentation featuring commentary from an all-youth broadcast team,will air onESPN2alongside the traditionalMLB Little League Classicbroadcast onESPN. The team will include youth commentatorOwen Heffronfor his second year andThomas Gambafrom the Bruce Beck Sports Broadcasting Camp. In addition,Pepper Persleywill return for her third year as theKidsCastbroadcast reporter.

The team will cover the New York Yankees vs. Detroit Tigers game from a youth perspective while spotlighting the full Williamsport, Pa. experience. KidsCastis in its fifth year as the alternate presentation for theMLB Little League Classicand made its debut in 2019.

TheMLB Little League Classic,Presented By New York Life, onSunday Night Baseballis also available onESPN RadiowithMike Couzensand analystDoug Glanvilledescribing the action. Additionally, the event is available in Spanish onESPN Deporteswith the team ofErnesto Jerez,Luis Alfredo AlvarezandGuillermo Celisproviding commentary.

Baseball Tonightwill precede theMLB Little League Classic,Presented By New York Life, at 6 p.m. onESPNwith hostKevin Connorsand reporterJeff Passan and analystTim Kurkjianpreviewing the action.

Tigers Part of New ESPN E60 Debuting August 18
Baseball fans still discuss and debate the incredible story of Armando Galarraga’s near-perfect game while pitching for the Detroit Tigers on June 2, 2010. A new edition of ESPN E60 recounts the game and its controversial ending, including new interviews with key participants in the story, and examines whether baseball should officially recognize Galarraga’s bid for perfection. 28 Outs: An Imperfect Story debuts on Sunday, August 18, at 4 p.m. ET on ESPN, streaming afterward on ESPN+.

T-Mobile Home Run Derby Championship
The top baseball and softball sluggers from around the country will swing for the fences in theT-Mobile Little League Home Run Derby Championship,which airs live onESPN, Thursday, Aug. 22, at 5 p.m. The finalists competed in local and regional competitions across the nation to earn a place in the T-Mobile Little League Home Run Derby Championship.

2024 Little League Baseball World Series Broadcast Schedule:

All games are also available on the ESPN App.

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