But as it turns out, Mendonza’s absence wasn’t due to any sort of pre-planned lineup decision. Jessica Mendoza, age 21, was a passenger in the Volkswagen Passat and was rushed to the hospital in extremely critical condition. Mendoza, who is also a … According to … Jessica Mendoza was not in the booth for the "Sunday Night Baseball" broadcast this weekend because she was recovering at home from a car accident… She died several hours after the accident.

ESPN analyst Jessica Mendoza was in a car accident Friday and could not make the network's Sunday Night Baseball broadcast.
Police believe that impairment was a factor in the crash.


ESPN analyst Jessica Mendoza was curiously absent from the broadcast. Since "Sunday Night Baseball" only broadcasts a handful of its games from the West Coast, Jessica Mendoza -- one of the telecast's color commentators and native Californian -- … Several other individuals were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Originally scheduled to be called by the trio of Matt Vasgersian, Alex Rodriguez and Jessica Mendoza, the latter was deemed unavailable due to a …

jessica mendoza Jessica Mendoza missed ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball” broadcast from San Francisco because the analyst was in a car accident Friday.