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Derek Jeter, David Ortiz, Alex Rodriguez Take Big Swing at World Series for Fox


Derek Jeter, David Ortiz and Alex Rodriguez aim to boost Fox's World Series broadcast -- and, perhaps, their standing among TV's sports studio shows

They just threw me at the desk,” Jeter says while holding forth with his colleagues Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz and Kevin Burkhardt, in a makeshift lounge set up for them among the executive offices at New York’s Citi Field. Fox, CBS, NBC and ESPN are among the big networks that have spent a lot of time overhauling, refining and recalibrating the studio teams that get fans worked up and excited for the game to follow, then come back to offer a few pearls of wisdom after the final score. NBC has added Maria Taylor, Matthew Berry and Steve Kornacki to “Football Night in America, ” while CBS Sports recently overhauled its Sunday studio program by bringing Matt Ryan on board full time, parting ways with Boomer Esiason and Phil Simms.

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