ESPN's Darren Rovell (right) and future Hall of Famer Jeff Bagwell pose at Rovell's bar mitzvah in 1991. (Fred Marcus Studios) Darren Rovell, a sports business reporter at ESPN, remembers a lot of ...

Jeff Bagwell with Darren Rovell at Rovell's bar mitzvah in 1991. Fred Marcus Studios. My dad, whose career in the medical device business was all about researching, wasn't daunted by the task ahead.

Jeff Bagwell once made an appearance at ESPN reporter Darren Rovell’s bar mitzvah. To honor such a notable and newsworthy happening, here are some of our own random encounters with celebrities.

ESPN's Darren Rovell had a Hall of Famer at his bar mitzvah, though he didn't know it at the time. Jeff Bagwell was a guest at Rovell's celebration in 1991.

Also this week on Only A Game: 25 years ago, a then-little-known baseball player named Jeff Bagwell got $500 to show up at future ESPN reporter Darren Rovell's bar mitzvah. Rovell recounts his ...

bagwell_rovell. By Ian Casselberry on 01/19/2017 01/19/2017. About Ian Casselberry. Ian is a writer, editor, and podcaster. You can find his work at Awful Announcing and The Comeback.

Little did Darren Rovell know that the guest of honor at his coming-of-age celebration 26 years ago -- an Astros rookie named Jeff Bagwell -- would one day be headed to Cooperstown.

Little did Darren Rovell know that the guest of honor at his coming-of-age celebration 26 years ago -- an Astros rookie named Jeff Bagwell -- would one day be headed to Cooperstown.

Little did Darren Rovell know that the guest of honor at his coming-of-age celebration 26 years ago -- an Astros rookie named Jeff Bagwell -- would one day be headed to Cooperstown.