ESPN Barred from All Star Baseball Game

By Jon Lafayette

Major League Baseball has taken away ESPN’s anchor desk at the All-Star Game.

The slap follows ESPN’s decision to broadcast the top National League vote getters and the complete All-Star rosters on Sunday, when TBS was running its All-Star selection show.

An ESPN spokeswoman said that the network will still have its full compliment of baseball personalities at the All-Star Game, broadcast by Fox, and will also televise events such as the Home Run Derby.

“The bottom line is fans are gong to receive the kind of coverage they expect to receive when they tune in to ESPN,” the spokeswoman said.

(Editor: Romanelli)