It is made worse by the fact that in the later innings, they stopped play by play almost altogether. And that is usually the innings that the players and prospects I want to see are put into the game. Like Craig, I think that a hitter getting hit in the head by a pitch is more important to inform us about than the question of who gets to be on Rizzo's boat. And like Dave, I didn't know Strumpf was in the game until he was done batting.
ESPN was just as bad last year, and when Sciambi was given the Cubs job, I was concerned that he would bring a lot of that crap with him. He didn't, at least in the first game.