And here I thought that Bad Bunny was Bill Belichick’s pet name for his, er, girlfriend.

It figures that the best things presented by ESPN/ABC are a matter of accident.

Thus it stands to reason that its best MLB postseason telecasts have been the Tigers-Guardians games anchored by Sean McDonough, whose calm, knowledgeable and hype-free presence is antithetical to what ESPN is now designed to be.

No wonder he was assigned to the anticipated smallest-audience series — weekday afternoons. To think that McDonough was tacitly blamed for the “Monday Night Football” fiascos when Jon Gruden showed up unprepared or unwilling to say anything worth hearing, a case of leave-the-car-running unindicted theft.

No wonder ESPN’s best baseball announcer, Sean McDonough, was assigned to the anticipated smallest-audience series — weekday afternoons.{ai:summary}<p>ESPN/ABC's MLB postseason has improved mostly by accident; Sean McDonough's calm, hype-free style clashes with the network's current vibe.</p><p>He's in the small weekday series, and the piece blames MNF woes on Gruden's unpreparedness—a "leave-the-car-running" unindicted theft #sports</p>

Here’s how ESPN rewards its rare dalliance with honest analysis

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