Re: the Jim Gray controversy

[Kevin Vahey <kvahey@megsinet.net>]

It is my understanding after talking to an old friend at NBC that Costas put
his foot down, demanding Gray either apologize or be removed from the
series. Given the ice cold nature of the exchanges between the two, I tend
to believe my source.

I have yet to talk to one person who thought Gray was justified in the way
the interview was handled, and personally I think it was the worst I have
seen since Dan Rather attacked George Bush on the CBS News in early 1988.

There was a time and place to ask Rose those questions. Sunday night wasn t
the time.

> As you may have read in yesterday's newspapers, NBC
> has taken a lot of heat from angry viewers as a result
> of reporter Jim Gray's interview of baseball's Pete
> Rose, following the ceremony in which Rose was
> included as part of the "All Century Team".
>
> Gray did apologize on Tuesday night. After the game,
> Gray tried to interview Yankee Chad Curtis, who had
> hit the winning home run. Curtis would not allow Gray
> to interview him, as there is apparently a player
> boycott of Gray...
>