This week he is in South Williamsport, Penn., for the Little League World Series. McCoy has produced MLB, college basketball, college football, college softball, college lacrosse and a number of other sports during his ESPN career. He said producing the “KayRod Cast” has been “the most unique, most challenging and most rewarding show” he’s been a part of in his 22 years at ESPN. McCoy said he was thrilled with the segment.
Alex was genuinely excited that Derek was there, and it showed.” I knew there were some questions and topics that Alex wanted to address, and I think he did a good job of hitting those points while also responding to Michael’s questions, contributing to the conversation, and sharing some great stories. He is the show host but he was also, in a way, the subject of that segment. I think Alex did a great job in an unusual situation.
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That perspective, plus Michael’s skills as a talk show host, gave me the confidence that Michael would be more than up to the task. “He saw Derek’s entire career unfold first-hand, from his call-up, through the championships, the Derek-Alex relationship, all the way to Derek’s last game. “With that said, I don’t think there are many people more qualified than Michael to interview Derek,” McCoy said. He said it was important that Kay watch the Jeter documentary, especially the final episode. McCoy said he went through the topics he wanted Kay and Rodriguez to hit on with Jeter prior to the telecast. The crew talks about the infamous "Shirtless Shortstop" pictures 👀 wasn't having it 😅 #KayRodCast /RfPogMw7PD Yes, it helped that the actual game itself was the always highly-rated Yankees-Red Sox. The main broadcast on ESPN drew 1.83 million viewers. It resulted in the best audience numbers of the season for “KayRod” telecast - drawing a season-high 336,000 viewers on ESPN2. The result was a memorable alternate broadcast on Sunday and video between Jeter and Rodriguez that sailed across social media and the web. “Unbeknownst to us, Chantre always had confidence that Derek would appear. “Phil tapped me on the shoulder and said, ‘He’s in! Jeter wants to do the show and he’s flying up to New York to be there in person,'” McCoy said. Then came two Sundays ago, with McCoy producing the Padres-Dodgers “Sunday Night Baseball” game. Then the group aimed to land Jeter for a Yankees-Red Sox broadcast on July 10, which seemed like ideal timing given “The Captain,” the multi-part documentary on Jeter airing on ESPN and ESPN+, was debuting on July 18.īut the ESPN group did not give up on getting Jeter. The hope was to book Jeter for the first broadcast in April. McCoy says ESPN senior vice president of production Mark Gross, vice president of production Phil Orlins and talent producer Chantre Camack explored as many angles as possible to make the Jeter appearance happen. Butch and Sundance were no more after that. Jeter and Rodriguez were once as thick as Butch and Sundance before a now-infamous 2001 interview Rodriguez gave to Esquire, where Rodriguez proclaimed that Jeter “never had to lead” and that teams did not come to New York looking to stop Jeter. This is understandable as Rodriguez’s relationship with Jeter, especially in New York, had been chronicled with the same intensity as Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez. When longtime ESPN producer Joe McCoy learned last January that he would helm ESPN’s “KayRod Cast” - the alternate presentation for select “Sunday Night Baseball” games on ESPN2 featuring Michael Kay, the longtime voice of the Yankees, pairing with Alex Rodriguez, McCoy knew there was one guest he wanted above the rest.
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