The illusion of Television

If you've ever seen CNBC for any length of time, chances are not many of the faces can be easily recollected at a moment's notice. Sure you may recall one or two if presented a picture, but chances are aside from Jim Cramer the most visible face on the network is probably Maria Bartiromo. Now most of the time you see her on TV from the waist up:

For someone on a cable business news channel you think: reasonably attractive, still quite young, nothing out of place. Then you notice she throws out the first pitch at a Yankees game and all hell breaks loose:

If you can look beyond the her obviously poor technique (even girls who throw like girls tell her she throws like a girl) who ever would have guest this otherwise normal looking host has a thing for Mom jeans! It's enough to get Jeff Karstens to wonder if he's really in New York. How is anyone expected to go out and pitch with any degree of concentration after witnessing such a spectacle? Never before has the gap between a television personality's on-camera wardrobe and offscreen attire been so drastic? Even the dudes in the right field bleachers wearing nothing but a beater are imploring her to dress up a bit.