Interesting article on Erin Andrews

One would have to know whether that was a paid commercial Andrews did before coming to any conclusion.

Maybe Erin is just trying to get into the heart of Dickie V - the most famous Rays fan extant.

 

Haven't there been TV personalities who sang "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" at Wrigley?

I kinda see it along those lines. Probably more appropriate for a local media celeb.

Did she step out of bounds? Replays are inconclusive.

 

No, she crossed the line -- paid or free.
Would be like Dickie V doing a promo for Duke basketball (I know, he does with every broadcast).
He covers Duke games and for an opponent to see a rooting interest on the scoreboard before a game goes against the grain. She covers Rays games, and for an opponent to see a rooting interest goes against the grain.
But she'll get off scot-free because A) she's a celebrity now and B) to ESPN, she's bulletproof.

 

End well, this will not.

 

Just another example of the erosion of journalistic standards. I know Andrews isn't supposed to be Woodward or Bernstein, but is it too much to at least expect her to be objective about the games she covers? She ought to know better than this.

 

Hey, I'm all about some good EA bashing. But she also does provide fodder with things like this, the Cubs clubhouse... Not giving it where there isn't a specific incident attached.

 

Wilbon sang at Wrigley a few months back. A little different, but a comparison nonetheless.

 

TV types have long been thought of as Cele's. In print, columnists are considered Cele's. When it gets to that point, they have crossed the journalism river of unbiased reporting and entered into the land of entertainment.

 

That is way, way over the line. Just like her doing the "Gator Chomp" with Tim Tebow during ESPN's Titletown-related visit to Gainesville this summer.
Do she and ESPN not even care about the concept of objectivity?
What a joke.
Most of us sports journos have rooting interests - it's natural, we're fans. But we keep them locked up to pursue on our free time and not let them cross into our jobs.
As for Wilbon, he did sing Take Me Out to the Ballgame at Wrigley, but he doesn't cover Cubs games regularly, as far as I can tell, and he isn't employed by ESPN as a journalist (and yes, I know EA stretches those definitions, but that's what she technically is).
At least show a little restraint. Terrible.

 

What the hell is a Cele's?