Cubs finally appearing on ESPN’s ‘Sunday Night Baseball,’ to Karl Ravech’s delight

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Eduardo Perez (from left), David Cone and Karl Ravech will call the Cubs-Diamondbacks game Sunday night on ESPN.

The Cubs will make their first appearance on ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball” this weekend when they conclude a key series against the Diamondbacks. Usually by now, “SNB” has aired at least one Cubs game, but the team didn’t warrant it for most of the season.

ESPN, which did carry a Cubs-Cardinals game from London on a Sunday morning in June, added Cubs-Diamondbacks just two weeks ago. Karl Ravech is glad it did.

“Nobody is happier having Chicago involved in a pennant race or wild-card race than I am given they’re going to be on Sunday night,” said Ravech, who’s in his 30^th year at ESPN and second season as the play-by-play voice for “Sunday Night Baseball.