Watching the FRS and the Yankees play in a window in the corner of the screen. Baseball coverage used to consist of two or maybe three guys in a both calling the action and filling the lulls between action with esoteric stats like, a player’s batting average with runners on 1st and 3rd with 2 outs or less in a two run game against a left handed pitcher. Then we graduated to adding a sideline reporter, usually an ex-player, that they can cut away to for updates or human interest stuff. Now a days, especially for TV, the ex-jock has been replaced by a pretty female face. I’m not saying these women aren’t qualified or are unknowledgable, but being attractive is definitely high on the hiring requirement checklist. The last step will be to let these women have traditionally female names. The lovely talking head for FOX is named Sam Something or other and for ESPN (tonight’s TV outlet) we have Erin Andrews.
Hey, wait a minute I recognize that name. I actually blogged about her back a couple of years ago when she was a back in the studio score reader for TBS. I guess sideline reporting for ESPN is a step up…
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