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The Winter Meetings have been a little light on splashy moves thus far but there was a big one on Tuesday. And, no, we're not talking about Curtis Granderson heading to the Bronx. Peter Gammons announced that he will leave ESPN at the end of the Winter Meetings to pursue other endeavors. "My decision to leave ESPN and move on at this point in my life has been conflicted," Gammons said in a statement. "I owe a great deal of my professional life to ESPN, having spent more than half of my 40 years in journalism working for the network, and the choice to move on was made with nothing but the strongest feelings for the people with whom I worked. ESPN gave me a great deal more than I gave it, and will always be a huge part of who I am."
No Gammons on ESPN will be a pretty significant change to the way we consume baseball in the future. He's been a fixture on the Worldwide Leader for the last 20 years and became one of the first newspaper men to fully embrace the now ubiquitious role of sports insider on television and the Web. Norby Williamson, ESPN's executive vice president of production, reflected on the role he played for the company.
"As a print journalist moving to television, Peter was a pioneer who became a Hall of Famer. His contributions to ESPN will never be forgotten. We're sad to see Peter go, but understand his desire for new challenges and a less demanding schedule."
Williamson isn't just saying that -- Gammons is permanently recognized in the Hall of Fame after receiving the J. G. Taylor Spink Award in 2005. He suffered a brain aneurysm in 2006 that left him on the sidelines for a while and that could be part of the reason he's looking to cut back on his schedule. Gammons hasn't offered any insight about where he'll be plying his more limited schedule, but the MLB Network would make sense.
And, in fact that's where he's going according to a report in the Associated Press. The report states that neither Gammons nor the network is allowed to discuss the move but that it may be announced on Wednesday. It's a natural fit for the network, although it's not clear exactly what role Gammons would play for them.
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