‘A gut punch’: Pedro Gomez’s impact on baseball, journalism far-reaching

Super Bowl Sunday was in full swing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers routing the Kansas City Chiefs when the gut-punch landed. It wasn’t another Tom Brady scoring pass that floored many sports followers, especially baseball lovers. It was the stunning news that ESPN reporter Pedro Gomez, 58, had died unexpectedly at his Valley home. “He’s gone and I was shocked to be completely honest,” Diamondbacks Spanish-language broadcaster Oscar Soria said through an interpreter, “I had to check my…