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John Blundell MLB Wife Ivon Gaete Is A Reporter

By Silu Maharjan / 27 April 2023 08:10 AM

John Blundell wife and family are based in the East Coast.
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John Blundell is the MLB vice president of Communications married to Ivon Gaete. Ivon is a Venezuelan reporter and MLB sportscaster.

Blundell has been with the MLB franchise since the 1990s, whereas Gaete started working as a sports journalist in the early 2000s. Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, she now lives in New York with her partner and children.

Ivon has covered several national and international sports events, including TBS Japan, Meridiano TV, and ESPN. She also conducts live events for sports, corporate, and charitable occasions in Mexico and Venezuela.

Working as a TV host, she has gained quite a lot of experience, such as being a bilingual reporter for ESPN-ABC during the Little League World Series in 2006 and a special reporter at LVBP from 2007 to 2008.

Ivon Gaete Reporter

Ivon is a sports reporter, broadcaster, and broadcast journalist. She started her career in international radio and television in 2002.

The former ambassador of Special Olympics Venezuela now works as a freelance sportscaster for MLB and TBS Japan. Gaete has worked for ESPN HD as well as LasMayores.com, according to her LinkedIn profile.

Ivon was born on March 28, 1997, and she is currently 46 years old. She was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and later moved to the US.

Ivon volunteering for the TCS New York City Marathon at Javits Center.
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John Blundell MLB Wife Has A Career In Voice Acting

Ivon has also worked as a voice actor and voiceover talent since 2004. Her voiceover experience includes commercials, television, radio, dubbing, and documentaries. Some of her work includes brands such as Movistar, Ponds, Google Adwords, Carefree, Nestea, and Sharpie.

Ivon went to the University of Zulia (LUZ) and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism and a minor in advertising. She went to Brasshouse Language Institute in Birmingham, England, for Intensive Summer from August to December 1999. She completed both the Intermediate and advanced level.

Gaete is quite active on social media and has 116.8k followers on Twitter and 18.3k followers on Instagram.

Gaete at loanDepot Park during World Baseball Classic 2023.
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Marly Rivera ESPN fired because she uttered obscenity to Ivon after a disagreement. She was no longer listed among the ESPN commentators and employees.

Gaete and Marly were both trying to interview Aaron Judge at Yankee Stadium ahead of the game on April 18. Marly informed Gaete that she had already scheduled the time to interview the athlete, to which Gaete ignored her.

Marly Rivera Ivon Gaete video started going viral on Reddit, Twitter, and YouTube. Rivera has since issued a statement fully accepting her responsibility, as per USA Today.

John Blundell Has Been VP for 27 Years

John began working as the Vice President Communications of MLB in June 1995 under commissioner Bud Selig. He works in the corporate headquarters in New York, New York, USA.

John and Ivon in their home in November 2021.
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Ivon Gaete husband is a huge baseball fan. His Twitter bio even says, play it all day long until your mom calls you in for dinner. Although not very active on social media, John has over 1.5k followers. He mostly retweets about the game.

John's latest post on Twitter was in September 2021, when he remembered his friend Anthony Causi, the beloved sports photographer, on his 50th birthday. 

John Blundell Family Life

Blundell and Gaete live with their children in New York, USA. The couple are blessed with a son and a daughter.

Their daughter Ivanna Jo started preschool in September 2022. Their son Martin Tin is also a huge baseball fan. John and Ivon also have an adorable dog named Mambo.

Ivon Gaete Blundell with her fam during New Years 2023.
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John Blundell wife Ivon celebrated her 46th birthday with her husband and kids. She posted on Instagram that she feels grateful and appreciates every birthday that she gets to celebrate. Gaete thanked her well-wishers for taking the time and sending her the most beautiful wishes.

She began the day with some workout, lovely flowers, Hibachi dinner with her fam, and the cutest 'Happy Birthday Mommy!' cake.

On their anniversary in February, Ivon uploaded a photo with John with a caption thanking his infallible ways and celebrating their Spanglish, craziness, and fun through thick and thin.

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