If it was a joke, then they should have said it was a joke. Instead, they have denied that anyone from ESPN encouraged Cub fans to boo Dusty, and have accused Cubs blogs and Deadspin of doctoring the original EMail. I believe that they were courting the controversy. They wanted Dusty because he might soon be fired, and they wanted fans to heckle Dusty because it would look good on TV. That show has terrible ratings, so it reaks of a ratings ploy to me. All I did was write one article on the subject. I expected the whole thing to go away. It didn't. Looks like you got an appearance on the show cancelled because you didn't know how to read into a clear off the cuff joke "You can boo Dusty if you want". If that's recruiting people to boo dusty, me and you have very different ideas of what "recruiting" is. Seems like you got involved in something you shouldn't have.