Sunday Nights Just Got More Annoying

ESPN's Sunday night baseball crew of Jon Miller and Joe Morgan can almost be as annoying as going to the dentist (I have a lot of experience with both). I used to like Miller, a great game caller and impersonator (Vin Scully, Phil Rizzuto), who always brought a lot of life to a broadcast. But a few years ago Miller started talking and never stopped. It's gotten to the point where there doesn't seem to be any silence between pitches.

Morgan, on the other hand, is a drip. A boring straight man, who has to compare teams to his Big Red Machine. The only thing we like about Morgan the announcer is when he says, "Bernie Wheel-yums", and we don't get to hear that any more.

But now things have gotten worse. ESPN has announced that Steve Phillips, the know-it- all of know nothing, is joining the booth. There's a reason this guy hasn't gotten a GM job since the Mets canned his ass in '03. Then again, maybe this move was just to keep John Kruk from killing him.