Remembering ESPN SportsCenter reporter Pedro Gomez

Pedro Gomez during the 2010 State Farm HR Derby at Angel Stadium of Anaheim (Scott Clarke/ESPN Images)
Dodger Stadium: Pedro Gomez during the 2009 World Baseball Classic (Scott Clarke/ESPN Images)
Havana, 2016: Estadio Latinoamericano: Pedro Gomez and MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred (Scott Clarke/ESPN Images)
Pedro Gomez during the 2015 Gillette Home Run Derby in Cincinnati (Allen Kee / ESPN Images)
Pedro Gomez interviews Jose Reyes of the Dominican Republic during the 2013 WBC in San Francisco (Scott Clarke/ESPN Images)
Studio F: (L-R) John Kruk, Karl Ravech, Buster Olney and Pedro Gomez on SportsCenter in 2013 (Joe Faraoni/ESPN Images)
Gomez during a Monday Night Baseball game at Yankee Stadium in 2012. (Allen Kee/ESPN Images)
In 2009 in Chicago, Gomez interviews Carlos Bocanegra during USMNT vs. Honduras (ESPN Images)

Longtime ESPN SportsCenter reporter Pedro Gomez passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, Feb. 7. Gomez, who began with ESPN in 2003, was 58 years old.

“Pedro was far more than a media personality. He was a Dad, loving husband, loyal friend, coach and mentor,” the Gomez family said in a statement. “He was our everything and his kids’ biggest believer. He died unexpectedly at home this afternoon.”

“We are shocked and saddened to learn that our friend and colleague Pedro Gomez has passed away,” said Chairman, ESPN and Sports Content James Pitaro. “Pedro was an elite journalist at the highest level and his professional accomplishments are universally recognized. More importantly, Pedro was a kind, dear friend to us all. Our hearts are with Pedro’s family and all who love him at this extraordinarily difficult time.”

Pedro came to ESPN from the Arizona Republic where he had served as a sports columnist and national baseball writer since 1997.

He was deeply connected throughout Major League baseball having served as the Oakland Athletics beat writer for the Sacramento Bee from 1995-97 and at the San Jose Mercury News from 1990-1994. In between covering the A’s, Gomez served as a national baseball writer for the Miami Herald from 1994-95. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Diego Union, and the Miami News from 1988-90 and 1985-88, respectively.

Gomez once said his favorite event he covered for ESPN was Game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship Series.

Gomez remembered: “After Steve Bartman’s attempt to catch the foul ball over Cubs left fielder Moises Alou, producer Jim Witalka and I were whisked from behind the Cubs dugout, where we were getting ready to do on-field interviews with the NL Champs for the first time since 1908, to the virtually the same spot behind the Marlins dugout, where we saw Josh Beckett racing back and forth from the clubhouse to the dugout while chugging beers and saying, ‘Rally Beers, Pedro.’ It was a memorable night at Chicago’s venerable Wrigley Field.”

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