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Wish they would quit these silly dugout interviews.
Posted on 6/13/26 at 8:02 pm
Posted on 6/13/26 at 8:02 pm
Trying to watch Georgia-Texas and getting aggravated. Everything is such an overproduction now.
Thinking back, it seems ESPN started doing the dugout interviews about 7-8 years ago. Yet most of their questions are usually nonsensical fluff that add zero value to the game. Just f-ing play baseball!!
Thinking back, it seems ESPN started doing the dugout interviews about 7-8 years ago. Yet most of their questions are usually nonsensical fluff that add zero value to the game. Just f-ing play baseball!!
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Posted on 6/13/26 at 11:27 pm to Maroonster
The coaches don't want to be bothered by these stupid arse reporters. It's so stupid.
Posted on 6/13/26 at 11:32 pm to Maroonster
It makes me so mad watching it. I can’t imagine how it must aggravate the coaches and players
Posted on 6/13/26 at 11:52 pm to Maroonster
Agree, but at least they have halfway improved things this year. When I saw Taylor McGregor I thought they had finally wised up and realized dugout/sideline reporters should be attractive, unlike Dani Wexler in years past. Then I saw game two and they still had Kris Budden... ugh
Posted on 6/14/26 at 6:33 am to Hewonbyalot
Is "buddenface" a term?
Posted on 6/14/26 at 6:58 am to Hewonbyalot
I've been wondering what happened to Michella Chester. She always had good pre-game and post-game interviews with the players. She also had a great smile and real joy in the fundamentals of the game. She was absent from last year's CWS and from this year's. Did she get married, have children or move on to something else?
Posted on 6/14/26 at 7:02 am to GreatPumpkin
It's an unnecessary distraction when the coaches need to have their eyes on the field and their heads in the game. And you can tell by their mannerisms, they're grudgingly putting up with it.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 10:32 am to Maroonster
The only reason the coaches play along is because they send a cute lady to do the interview. If a man was asking the question, you'd get a lot of short, curt responses.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 10:33 am to Maroonster
They are more American than ball players giving interviews mid game literally right from their position on the field.
This post was edited on 6/14/26 at 10:34 am
Posted on 6/14/26 at 10:35 am to Maroonster
While the dugout interviews are bad, when they interviewed the guy in the crowd from the 1955 Wake Forest CWS team they hit an all time low. I'm not sure that guy knew what planet he was on and that lady just kept going.
This post was edited on 6/14/26 at 10:37 am
Posted on 6/14/26 at 10:37 am to Cimarron
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The only reason the coaches play along is because they send a cute lady to do the interview.
Skip just stood there when the interview was over yesterday. She must have smelled good
This post was edited on 6/14/26 at 10:43 am
Posted on 6/14/26 at 11:01 am to Maroonster
They’re trying to make baseball more entertaining. I wouldn’t tune in without the silly interviews!
Posted on 6/14/26 at 11:06 am to Maroonster
Michella Chester is currently a freelance sports reporter, host and digital reporter. She is the NCAA Digital host/reporter for College Volleyball, Softball and Baseball. She is the Big Ten Network college Baseball and Softball digital host. And, she does sideline coverage for Big Ten Network as well As ESPN Volleyball. She recently sideline reported for the inaugural season of League One pro Volleyball that aired on ESPN, and sideline reported for the 2024 NCAA Volleyball Regionals on ESPN.
Michella graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in Journalism, a minor in Sport Management and a Sports Media Certificate. GO DAWGS!
At UGA, she worked as a video production assistant at IMG Media where she shot, edited and created digital content for all Georgia Athletics. She was the captain on the Women’s Lacrosse team, where her team traveled across the country to compete in tournaments. Michella was also a reporter for Grady Newsource and Grady Sportsource and a member of the Honors College.
Michella graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in Journalism, a minor in Sport Management and a Sports Media Certificate. GO DAWGS!
At UGA, she worked as a video production assistant at IMG Media where she shot, edited and created digital content for all Georgia Athletics. She was the captain on the Women’s Lacrosse team, where her team traveled across the country to compete in tournaments. Michella was also a reporter for Grady Newsource and Grady Sportsource and a member of the Honors College.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 11:17 am to Maroonster
I do enjoy them though during the season when they are done over headphones. They are more relaxed, last longer and usually cover some interesting things. The coaches don't seem to mind at all.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 12:40 pm to Maroonster
Could you imagine being sent to do a dugout interview with Lou Pinella?
Posted on 6/14/26 at 1:07 pm to Professor Dawghair
I don't like the dugout interviews at all, whether done on headphones or in person. They are distracting and add nothing to the game.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 1:10 pm to DingLeeBerry
Same with the halftime interviews. No coach wants to talk to the dumb arse reporter. They want to get to the locker room and yell at their team.
We need more Bear Bryants.
We need more Bear Bryants. 
Posted on 6/14/26 at 1:12 pm to timdonaghyswhistle
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guy in the crowd from the 1955 Wake Forest CWS team
absolute trainwreck. the guy kept listing his old buddies and talking about how they're all dead. felt like listening to a dude in hospice about to go.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 1:16 pm to Hewonbyalot
quote:I turn on CWS coverage and there is Budden and Alyssa Lang. NOPE
Then I saw game two and they still had Kris Budden
Posted on 6/14/26 at 1:19 pm to bigDgator
I remember that Bryant interview. That was brutal.
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