[TELEVISION WATCH] Because many of the games will begin in the morning — or very early morning here in California — the first job of ESPN’s World Cupannouncers, as a practical matter, will be to keep us awake. But in Martin Tyler‘s debut as ESPN’s World Cup lead broadcaster, he failed miserably. Hisunenthusiastic tone during Saturday’s USA-Australia broadcast was shocking, given the up-beat nature of ESPN’s massive buildup and the stock it has placed in its Brit voices.

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