ESPN Layed-Off Baseball Voice Karl Ravech...Or Did They?

Karl Ravech was laid off by ESPN last week after 33 years and is already back on the air.

However, the longtime play-by-play announcer called Thursday night’s Atlanta Braves-Washington Nationals game and will handle additional summer assignments, including the Aug. 12 New York Yankees-Seattle Mariners contest and some Little League World Series coverage, where he has served as the lead voice, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter who was granted anonymity due to the sensitivity of the situation.

Ravech learned of his dismissal when a reporter contacted him Tuesday morning; an ESPN executive shortly afterward confirmed he had been let go.

Ravech, 61, had been earning well into seven figures annually as the lead play-by-play voice on “Sunday Night Baseball” and a college basketball announcer. ESPN lost “Sunday Night Baseball” rights to NBC this season but retains roughly 30 regular-season games, some of which Ravech will still call.

Network expectations are that once Ravech finishes these remaining baseball assignments, he will no longer appear on ESPN.