Mike Nadel of the Peoria Journal-Star made so many waves with his piece on the distracting Erin Andres that ESPN found it necessary to release a brief statement. Well it's not really a statement at all, but more of a justification passage. From Norby Williamson via Deadspin....
"Erin is a tremendous reporter. She's a prepared and a hard-working journalist, who is well respected and asks excellent questions. We're proud to have her as an important part of our coverage team. Beyond that, we feel it's unnecessary to even respond to any of the specifics outlined."Of course they wouldn't say anything different than that, but hopefully they got the message. I know not everyone is going to agree on this issue but her dresses reek of, "Hey you! Look at me!!!" It's not necessary and it distracts people from Andrews' good work that Norby mentioned above.
Nadel himself had this to say on the topic, and comes across like a geuinely good reporter that just got caught up in the moment....
I was expecting to write a baseball column Wednesday. But as the scenario unfolded in the clubhouse, I began to notice - it would have been impossible for me not to have. And when Cubs manager Lou Piniella saw Andrews and bellowed: "Hey, hey, hey! Look at this! Are you doing a baseball game today or a modeling assignment?" I realized that pretty much everybody was thinking exactly what I was thinking. In my mind, that made it a viable angle. (I also bounced the idea off my editor to make sure it worked.) As I've learned, A LOT OF PEOPLE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT ERIN ANDREWS. Many, a tad too deeply.It'll be interesting to see what ESPN's approach to this will be considering their "any press is good press" approach, but I think we've learned one good thing from this whole thing. Enough Erin Andrews. It's time for everyone to take a break from her (including myself) and focus on something else for awhile.
Mike Nadel Got Your E-mail And Is Actually Quite A Reasonable Fellow (Deadspin)
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