It seems a bit done by ESPN Cleveland did not go over well with the wife of one of its targets. An intern at the station was given a chance to win $100 if he could get Jim Thome to call in to The Really Big Show with Tony Rizzo and Aaron Goldhammer.
Based on posts sent out on X from Andrea Thome, Jim’s wife, it seems the station may have taken things a bit too far. One of the posts says, “I did not have grown men on @ESPNCleveland bullying me on International Women’s Day because I won’t interrupt my husband while he is working across the country to call in so your intern can win $100. How about I Venmo the kid and you guys back off?”
A second post reads, “Repeatedly calling my son’s high school, too; and even his baseball coach. Peppering my son with multiple DMs while he is IN SCHOOL. All for what? Attention? Mission accomplished. And then light me on fire on social media for not going along with a “fun little bit.” Shameful.”
Thome explained to her X followers she had recently called in to a station for the first time ever, but that doesn’t mean she is interested in playing producer. “I called in the other day for the first time ever to offer clues when Jim couldn’t because he was working one of his three jobs. Now, I’m bound to engage with every copycat that tries these stunts to get him on talk shows? Come on. I guess it’s a good day to thin the herd.”
