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ESPN's win probability score bug is universally hated by fans during all MLB playoff broadcasts

During the MLB postseason, TV broadcasts switch from local coverage to national at ESPN and that comes with some unwelcome changes.

While that means fans do not get to hear the announcers that they have grown accustomed to during the 162-game regular season, there are some other very notable adjustments as well.

For example, ESPN's broadcasts include a "win probability" graphic on the score bug. It will occasionally even show that the team who is leading has a lower chance to win than the one trailing, which is frustrating.

This is something that the network has done all season but it is coming under fire with more eyes on it during the playoffs. ESPN tried something similar in 2017 but many were not pleased and it drove fans nuts.

Before the season began, ESPN's Phil Orlins correctly predicted that fans would not immediately love this new change (via ESPN Press Room):

"People who obviously have a wager on the game maybe have a little more thought about it as well. I just, after a lot of debate, think it’s — we want to embrace the differentiation there. I think it will — you know, it will cause some reaction. It will not probably at the outset be mostly positive reaction, but I think over time it will connect with the psyche and intentions of the viewers."

He added that he was "100 percent sure that backlash will diminish over time" once people got adjusted. But that time has certainly not come quite yet.

Meanwhile, however, some have worried that it gives fans "gambling brain" and others just find it an eyesore. Some feel the statistic itself is a fugazi and not particularly useful.

Regardless of the reason, many are critical of this addition. As a wise man named Han Solo once said: Never tell me the odds.

Fans do not like ESPN's win probability

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