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ESPN Adding MLB Net's "Intentional Talk" To Afternoon Lineup Beginning Monday

ESPN this morning announced MLB Network studio show "Intentional Talk" will air on ESPN2 daily beginning on Monday. The hour-long show hosted by Chris Rose and Kevin Millar will air at 4:00pm ET on ESPN2 during the season, then will be cut to a half-hour version during the offseason. "IT" will continue to air at 5:00pm on MLB Network. ESPN MLB analysts will make appearances on the show. Meanwhile, ESPN also is scaling back "Baseball Tonight" solely to the Sunday show leading into that night's primetime game. The net will integrate MLB studio coverage into its multiple weekly game broadcasts (ESPN). SI.com's Richard Deitsch noted ESPN "owns a 33% stake" in BAMTech, the technology company "spun off" from MLBAM (SI.com, 4/26).

SAYING GOODBYE TO COLLEAGUES
: ESPN's layoffs were addressed at the conclusion of last night's "Baseball Tonight," with host Karl Ravech noting analysts Dallas Braden, Doug Glanville and Raul Ibanez were let go. They join fellow "Baseball Tonight" analysts Jayson Stark and Jim Bowden, who announced the news themselves on Twitter yesterday, as casualties of the layoffs. Ravech said, "Today at ESPN was a very difficult day, as the family got broken up. ... We love them, thanks for their contributions. We know they’ll be successful in their next steps.” ESPN's Adnan Virk said, "We feel like we’re saying goodbye to members of our family today, and this is awfully difficult to do. But we want to pay tribute to them and just honestly appreciate their contributions.” ESPN’s Aaron Boone: “One thing we take comfort in all five guys we highlighted tonight is we know how successful they’re going to be in whatever’s next for them” (“Baseball Tonight,” ESPN, 4/26).

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