Marshfield native Scott Gustafson swaps seats at Fenway Park for view as leader of ESPN's baseball coverage

"As coordinating producer of all levels of ESPN's baseball coverage, it makes sense that Scott Gustafson would know his way around Fenway Park, especially since he grew up in Marshfield. But while talking with him about this weekend's Red Sox-Yankees series, which culminates with the rivals' 75th matchup on "Sunday Night Baseball," I did not expect Gustafson to reveal a favorite couple of seats at the storied ballpark."

""Section 12, row double P, seats 1 and 2," he said. "Oh, I remember them very well." Turns out that Gustafson is a lifelong Red Sox fan whose family shared season tickets with a couple of other families in the South Shore town. "I remember those seat numbers like we were there yesterday," he said, citing Jim Rice and Wade Boggs as a couple of his favorite players and vividly recalling Carl Yastrzemski's final game in 1983."

"Gustafson is a few months from his 25th anniversary at ESPN and has been part of its baseball coverage for the last 15 years. This is his first year leading the network's MLB production. "It was about three weeks prior to spring training this year that I was asked if I'd like to take over all of baseball at ESPN," he said. "Being something that's a lifelong passion, it was a no-brainer.""

Scott Gustafson grew up in Marshfield and remembers exact seats at Fenway Park from family-shared season tickets. He cites Jim Rice, Wade Boggs and Carl Yastrzemski among his favorite players and recalls Yastrzemski's final game in 1983. Gustafson is nearing his 25th anniversary at ESPN and has been involved with the network's baseball coverage for 15 years. This season marks his first year leading ESPN's MLB production after being asked about three weeks before spring training. Gustafson previously helped lead Little League and college baseball broadcasts, which have seen notable audience and product growth.

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