On the other hand, as someone who makes a living, in part, with a camera, I’m appalled at the video interviews.

And as Hendry says, Castro will tell us when he is ready, (unless circumstances dictate otherwise), they want to see how he does in AAA, not need it for development—-see how he reacts to advanced minor league play and see how he reacts to cold weather baseball.

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What’s with the “Blair Witch” style video on ESPN?

I know you can’t have the super cameras everywhere… but couldn’t they at least get somebody who can hold their iPhone steady for these interviews?

the reporter has to shoot their own video. Therefore, it’s possible the reporter set up the camera — too close — turned it on, then, went to where Lou was instructed to stand to conduct the interview.

Photojournalists are being cut in downsizing times and reporters, who may have had little to no training in video are being forced to record their own interviews. (“Here’s the ON button.”)

Who needs quality? As some people claim, downsizing forces companies to do more with less. That’s physically impossible — let alone, a contrdiction. You do less with less.

And, usually — the tasks are not done as well as they were prior to the downsizing