Excuse me --- but there's a game in front of you

ESPN did a simply horrible job in covering the aftermath of the near-perfect game in Detroit Wednesday night.
An umpire's missed call at first base cost a Detroit pitcher a perfect game.
Instead of paying attention to the game that was unfolding, they took great pains to yelp and scream and bellow about the injustice of a bad call (and it was not very good – the umpire admitted it afterward) for the last six innings of the game – without adding anything new to the discussion.
I don't buy into the idea that there are people tuning in and out and didn't see it or hear about it. ESPN runs a crawling ticker across the bottom of the screen. You didn't see it? Read it -- many times in the span of an hour.
Their "guests" (two of the network's paid analysts) said the same thing – it was a bad call. Everyone agrees. Find something new to talk about or drop the subject.
When the between inning highlight piece of plastic hair wearing the nice suit said, "He was out by a mile," I wanted to make sure I was watching the right highlight. The distance was closer to a half a step.
When Dave O'Brien, who normally does a good job, started in his wrap-up by saying, "On a night when Major League Baseball may start talking about changing its replay system," I wanted to upchuck.
One of the major complaints about ESPN and all of its forums is the tendency to turn all of the announcers and analysts into stars. Give it to 'em. It's one less place I will have to find them.