If players in any sport gets to dictate who covers the team, then it isn’t the “FREE PRESS” it is public relations.
So, no matter what Justin Verlander says he is wrong for this.
A Detroit Free Press reporter was barred from the Houston Astros’ postgame press conference last night because Justin Verlander said he would refuse to speak with media if the reporter was present.
Anthony Fenech, who has covered the Detroit Tigers for the Free Press for four years, was blocked from entering the press conference, which is a violation of the Baseball Writers Association of America regulations, at Verlander’s insistence. Gene Dias, the Astros’ vice president of communications, said that Fenech was prevented from doing his job at Verlander’s “request,” according to the Free Press.
As reported by the Free Press, Dias said, “Verlander was ‘adamant’ that he would not speak to any credentialed media while Fenech was present.” (The day before, Verlander had refused to speak to media while Fenech was there.).
Verlander went on social media to try to explain but made himself look worse.
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