# The incredibly annoying ESPN Sunday night baseball broadcasts.

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 14, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibly-annoying-espn-sunday-night-baseball-broadcasts/814106 "2018-05-14T01:22:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibly-annoying-espn-sunday-night-baseball-broadcasts/814106/1 "2018-05-14T01:22:52Z")

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I have the feeling this must have been discussed before. Has there ever been a worse broadcast team? The endless nattering about nothing in particular, the interviews while the game is in progress… not to mention the ridiculous on-screen superimposed strike zone… arghhh, wish I could get the game on the radio…

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibly-annoying-espn-sunday-night-baseball-broadcasts/814106/2 "2018-05-14T02:34:46Z")

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If you’re that annoyed at ESPN, I guess you haven’t seen Fox Sports baseball coverage, then.

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**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibly-annoying-espn-sunday-night-baseball-broadcasts/814106/3 "2018-05-14T03:15:22Z")

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> [@jaycat](#):
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> I have the feeling this must have been discussed before. Has there ever been a worse broadcast team? The endless nattering about nothing in particular, the interviews while the game is in progress… not to mention the ridiculous on-screen superimposed strike zone… arghhh, wish I could get the game on the radio…

It probably wasn’t any better on ESPN Radio. Well, maybe it is these days, but [Fire Joe Morgan](http://www.firejoemorgan.com/) was an actual website. But Joe Morgan and Jon Miller was a terrible pairing.

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**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibly-annoying-espn-sunday-night-baseball-broadcasts/814106/4 "2018-05-14T03:18:56Z")

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> [@kunilou](#):
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> If you’re that annoyed at ESPN, I guess you haven’t seen Fox Sports baseball coverage, then.

“Hi, I’m Joe Buck. I’m not a fraction of the broadcaster my father was, but I’ve got something on the head of Fox Sports to force them to stick me on coverage of every sport Fox carries.”

I mean, the OP is right that baseball is better on the radio. But I think even the radio calls have gone downhill.

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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibly-annoying-espn-sunday-night-baseball-broadcasts/814106/5 "2018-05-14T09:05:35Z")

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It’s actually gotten better by a tiny fraction: Brett Favre won’t be coming out of retirement and thus the broadcasting team won’t spend the entire game talking about Favre.