• 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’s exclusive 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 enshrinee Todd Frazier will join Karl Ravech and Olympic Gold Medalist Jessica Mendoza on the lead broadcast team. The trio, along with reporters Julie 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 Monaco will also regularly call games in Williamsport with analysts Xavier Scruggs, National Baseball Hall of Fame writer Tim Kurkjian and reporter Sebastian Salazar. Sunday Night Baseball analyst Eduardo Pérez will also serve as game analyst during the Little League Baseball World Series.

2024 MLB Little League Classic Presented by New York Life on Sunday Night Baseball
The seventh annual MLB Little League Classic on Sunday 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.

The Sunday Night Baseball team of Karl Ravech, analyst Eduardo Pérez, fellow analyst and five-time World Series Champion David Cone and reporter Buster Olney will provide commentary for the MLB Little League Classic, Presented by New York Life on ESPN. Ravech, Perez and Cone will also call a Little League Baseball World Series Game on ESPN at 9 a.m., prior to the MLB Little League Classic. They’ll be joined by reporter Julie Foudy.

KidsCast
ESPN’s KidsCast, an alternate presentation featuring commentary from an all-youth broadcast team, will air on ESPN2 alongside the traditional MLB Little League Classic broadcast on ESPN. The team will include youth commentator Owen Heffron for his second year and Thomas Gamba from the Bruce Beck Sports Broadcasting Camp. In addition, Pepper Persley will return for her third year as the KidsCast broadcast reporter.

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

The MLB Little League Classic, Presented By New York Life, on Sunday Night Baseball is also available on ESPN Radio with Mike Couzens and analyst Doug Glanville describing the action. Additionally, the event is available in Spanish on ESPN Deportes with the team of Ernesto Jerez, Luis Alfredo Alvarez and Guillermo Celis providing commentary.

Baseball Tonight will precede the MLB Little League Classic, Presented By New York Life, at 6 p.m. on ESPN with host Kevin Connors and reporter Jeff Passan and analyst Tim Kurkjian previewing 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 the T-Mobile Little League Home Run Derby Championship, which airs live on ESPN, 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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