I guess Dallas Braden has been on ESPN all year long but last night was really the first time I noticed him. How on God’s green earth does this guy get an on camera gig? He’s unspeakably ugly. Rocking this half-a-head ginger jheri curl looking like something straight out of Lord of The Rings. Out of all the zillions of ex-athletes who wanna be analysts this is the guy ESPN chooses to put on my TV? I’d rather have Pedro on the panel speaking jibberish and just breaking into Spanish whenever he feels like it. Like TBS has put together – without a shadow of a doubt – the worst collection of play by play guys and analysts for postseason baseball, and its still a better job than ESPN trotting Dallas Braden out there.

PS – Whats up with TBS? When they first got MLB post season rights it was understandable. They were new so their announces and shit were all terrible. But they’ve had it for like 5 years now, no? How are Ernie Johnson and Chip Caray still the worst play by play guys imaginable? Get some new guys or figure it out. EJ was so bad during that Royals/A’s game it actually made it less enjoyable to watch.