Pedro Gomez

Pedro Gomez (August 20, 1962 – February 7, 2021) was an American sports journalist. He worked as a reporter for ESPN from 2003 to 2021, contributing to the network's SportsCenter show. He was primarily a baseball reporter and was also a member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America who cast election votes for the Baseball Hall of Fame. He covered 25 World Series and 22 Major League Baseball All-Star Games. Gomez then went to Miami-Dade Community College (south campus) and the University of Miami.

Career Gomez wrote for The Miami News from 1985 to 1988 and then The San Diego Union from 1988 to 1990. After years of covering high schools and general assignment sports in Miami, San Diego, and the San Francisco Bay Area, Those Oakland squads featured stars including Rickey Henderson and "Bash Brothers" Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire. Gomez said that covering those A's was like "we were traveling with Stones." and followed Barry Bonds for the better part of three seasons as Bonds pursued Hank Aaron for the all-time MLB home run record. He also appeared on Baseball Tonight and other studio shows. He covered a U.S. men's national soccer team in Havana in 2008. he resided in Phoenix, Arizona. before starting a professional baseball career within the Boston Red Sox organization. Rio represented Colombia, Sandi's home country, in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, pitching innings of scoreless relief against Canada.

Gomez died from a heart attack at his home in Phoenix on February 7, 2021, at the age of 58.