Error! Error! ESPN’s PR department spoils awards show

An announcement from the sports network listed the finalists for baseball’s Gold Glove awards—and the winners’ names appeared in a different font.

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You have the blog Deadspin doing everything in its power to defame your on-air personalities and your executives, while sportswriters across the country are questioning your organization’s journalistic integrity.

Now, the PR department is being blamed for spilling the beans on Major League Baseball’s Gold Glove winners, an honor given to baseball’s best defensive players.

Here’s what happened.

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