Baseball Tonight is debuting a new 5,000-square-foot studio during this evening’s 10 p.m. broadcast. The state-of-the-art studio is the largest sport-specific studio at ESPN and includes an expansive demonstration area, allowing plenty of room for John Kruk to demonstrate how to go from first to third on routine singles.

The new studio houses 19 40-inch LCD monitors and seven 70-inch LCD, all of which can feed separate video streams. The anchor desk contains three seamless monitors which can include graphics, headshots and logos. There are two LED displays (8 feet, 6 inches by 12 feet, 6 inches), which can showcase standings, results and editorially-driven graphics.

“The new set is cutting edge, functional and a unique blend of contemporary and traditional design, much like the game,” Jed Drake, ESPN senior vice President and executive producer. “We’re excited by the opportunities it offers to enhance the viewer experience.”

Not sure why they released the Front Row video above, because all it shows is Kruk, Bobby Valentine and others traipsing through an unfinished work site.

Hollywood star Jim Carrey writes today on The Huffington Post about the vaccination/autism connection, a topic he and longtime girlfriend Jenny McCarthy (whose son suffered from autism) frequently speak out about.

The framing of Carrey’s post is a commentary by CNN’s Campbell Brown (currently out on maternity leave), who said in February: “As a mother, with a second child on the way, I believe this is vital to the safety of our children and must be said. The verdict is in. There is no connection between vaccines and autism. And it is time that all of us get our children vaccinated.”

Carrey writes that Brown’s commentary was “a huge leap of logic,” and puts forth a lengthy argument against the current vaccination schedule. Carrey has mentioned Brown’s comments before — during an April 2 appearance on the program following Brown’s, Larry King Live. “We want to get really clear right now,” said Carrey. “There’s a lot of misdirection going on. We hear the Campbell Browns and people like this that are saying, you know, you can’t not vaccinate. No one has ever suggested not vaccinating.”

Click continued to see Brown’s February commentary…

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