"We try our best to respect the game and showcase and display it in a fashion that might be a little bit more appetizing for a different group of people that are watching alongside the best play commentators on Earth."
Throughout the day, sports media personalities and baseball fans have taken to social media to share their support for the initiative, and teams and broadcasts around the league will honor Langs.
"We're not even at ESPN. But we're gonna be there, and if Shannon Sharpe is to be there and you start talking about what a day could look like, that's f--king awesome."
“I’ve never said that before, but I just feel like I’m 53, basically 54, [and] I think it’s too early to say nevers at this point in my life. I think at some point, I’ll get the itch again.”
"I was a first-ballot hall of famer. I was probably that five or six years before I got in trouble. And to think I remember I would send emails and people wouldn't write back to me. It was terrible!"
"We look forward to honoring the content that moved audiences in 2026 and continuing the Gracies’ long-standing investment in the people who will shape what comes next.”