Wednesday, January 21, 2009

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.

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