I just spent most of an Astros season with her filling in here and there. When it comes to the Astros sideline work, she was never going to be up to Julia levels of greatness. However, I legitimately liked her postgame shows with Mike Stanton more than any other combination they put out there. She didn't know the game inside and out, but she asked good prompting questions to Mike, who does, and I thought it led to some of the best analyses after games. Props to her for that; I wasn't expecting it. And she was nice to look at and a good dresser, too. Good luck, Michelle, wherever you go.
Random industry side note, but as someone that enjoys both teams and has done both, I disagree. Not everyone appreciates just what a grind baseball coverage is. For a standard 7 p.m. game, you realistically have to be there at 3 p.m., since clubhouses open at 3:30 and that's typically your best chance to talk individually to players or coaches. Then you have the game that lasts until at least 10, often longer than that, and by the time you talk to players and do interviews... it's usually 11 p.m. before you can even think about leaving (and that's for a TV job where you don't have to write a postgame story... obviously it's even longer if you're a writer). And then you're typically back to do it all again the very next day, since most homestands involve at least 3 consecutive games and often somewhere between 6 and 10 (maybe with an off day if you're lucky). For a typical 7 p.m. NBA start, nothing happens until the coach's pregame media session at 5:15, and then the locker rooms open up about 5:45. The games are usually done by 9:20 ish, and postgame interviews done by 10:00. And typically you only have 3 or 4 games in a week, tops. I love baseball and the Astros, and think the world of the reporters who cover it on a daily basis... but it is an absolute grind. Give me the NBA as a media member. (Football is my least favorite — there are so few games that everything is oversaturated. Plus, based on that demand, the NFL has way more restrictive rules on media access. Oh, and there's also the Texans factor.)
Meh …. I don't care if she's gone .... didn't think she was all that hot or that her interviews were all that great either , just the obvious softball questions. Sayonara.
