Why Jon ‘Boog’ Sciambi should be ESPN’s lead MLB voice

ESPN should make a call to the bullpen for “Sunday Night Baseball” next season.

Jon “Boog” Sciambi, who is the play-by-play broadcaster for ESPN Radio’s coverage of the World Series, should also be the voice of ESPN’s core package of MLB games on Sunday nights.

It feels like a special experience when Sciambi calls a baseball game because of the combination of his voice, storytelling ability, cadence, rhythm and smooth conversational talent in collaborating with color commentators.

Jon ‘Boog’ Sciambi should be the voice of ESPN’s ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ package. Kelly Backus / ESPN Images

In the past week, multiple people who are either high-level professional announcers or work around the industry have reached out to The Post to remark that they’ve specifically sought out the radio broadcast to hear Sciambi calling the World Series.

His call of Freddie Freeman’s walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning of Game 1 was goosebump-inducing.

Sciambi is frankly a better play-by-play announcer than Karl Ravech, who has been the lead voice of “Sunday Night Baseball” for the last three seasons since Matt Vasgersian left the job.

Eduardo Perez and David Cone are Ravech’s partners in the booth.

Ravech is an ESPN legend who has been at the network for over 30 years, but he is a much more dynamic studio host than he is a play-by-play broadcaster.

Karl Ravech replaced Matt Vasgersian as the play-by-play voice of ESPN’ Sunday Night Baseball’ in 2022. Getty Images

There is a faction of die-hard baseball fans that wishes ESPN would air “Baseball Tonight” or a daytime MLB studio show every day like “NFL Live” and “NBA Today.”

Unfortunately, the network has evaluated that there isn’t a big enough market for that to exist.

Several sources told The Post that a big push from former high-ranking ESPN executive Norby Williamson helped Ravech get the “Sunday Night Baseball” job three years ago.

Williamson departed ESPN earlier this year after a tenure that spanned nearly 40 years.

Being a play-by-play broadcaster is a craft that gets mastered with thousands of reps, and Sciambi has accumulated those since 1997 through the day-in-day-out grind of calling Marlins, Braves and now Cubs games on local TV.

ESPN Radio’s World Series announce team features Jon ‘Boog’ Sciambi, Jessica Mendoza, Eduardo Perez and Buster Olney. Phil Ellsworth / ESPN Images

Beyond that, he has a baritone voice that is un-teachable — he sounds like he was put on this planet to announce baseball games.

The elephant in the room is that ESPN has an opt-out clause in its MLB rights deal after next season and it is unclear if the two sides will remain partners beyond that.

Nevertheless, “Sunday Night Baseball” is currently a crown jewel package at ESPN because it’s a window of exclusivity with no other games going on — especially in the summer when both the NFL and NBA are in hibernation.

The package would be improved with Sciambi as its lead announcer.

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