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The Manningcast broadcasts of Monday Night Football have been a hit for the network this season, and it may attempt to do the same thing when the baseball season begins.
According to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post, Alex Rodriguez is being considered for a Manningcast-type broadcast as part of the Sunday Night Baseball approach to the 2022 campaign.
The former New York Yankees star has worked in the booth in the past.
Matt Vasgersian, who has been the play-by-play man for Sunday Night Baseball for four years, said in October that he would no longer be doing the job.
Marchand reported a booth with Karl Ravech as the lead play-by-play commentator and David Cone and Eduardo Perez as analysts.
Rodriguez has thrived in studio shows with Fox and some executives at ESPN think something similar to the Manningcast may work for him.
The Manningcasts pairs brothers with each other virtually as they watch the Monday night game and offer their opinions, analysis and humor. Their broadcast airs on the opposite side of the game and usually includes interviews with three or four guests.
In the second half of the game between the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers, there were interviews with the two quarterbacks.
The combination of the interview subjects, more casual approach to the broadcast and the Manning brothers' humor has led to a number of amusing moments that have spread on social media.
The specifics of the broadcast featuring Rodriguez have not yet been worked out and could feature some differences between the presentation of the football games.
