Media Power Rankings for October

1. Fox Sports right-field pole camera: After Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez bonked a drive to right field off a Fox camera overhanging the fence at Citizens Bank Park in Game 3 of the World Series, the camera became a leading player in the drama. Major League Baseball officials said the camera should have never been hanging over the fence and ordered it beyond the fence.

"Get it back and keep it back," Jimmie Lee Solomon, baseball's executive vice president for operations, told Fox after the incident.

Before Game 4, Fox said it moved the camera back so that the edge of the lens was completely in line with the top of the wall, prompting Yahoo! Sports' cheeky Big League Stew baseball blog to offer this headline: SHAMED TV CAMERA SLINKS IT WAY BACK BEHIND RIGHT FIELD FENCE. SI.com tried to confirm whether Fox's camera was invited to the Yankees's championship parade but was unable to do so at press time.

2. Chelsi Moy, feature writer, The Missoulian (Montana): Late last month, Montana coach BobbyHauck finally put an end to his misguided, month-long boycott of the university's student newspaper, The Kaiman. Hauck's actions were in response to a story about an assault allegedly involving two Montana football players. The content of the story has not been questioned.

When student journalists face situations of intimidation or unprofessional behavior from adult educators, it's up to professional journalists to bring their plight to a larger forum. So kudos to ESPN's Pat Forde and SI.com's Jeff Pearlman -- along with a number of student newspapers across the country -- for publicizing this nonsense. This column also made mention of it last month.

But the reporter who deserves the most credit for shining a light on the situation is Moy, a feature writer for The Missoulian. Moi's even-handed and thoughtful coverage, including here, here and here, by intention or not, made it difficult for Hauck to continue with such nonsensical tactics. Bravo to her.

3. Jesse Liebe, Favre Cam operator: Follow Brett Favre everywhere he goes. That was the assignment Fox Sports gave Liebe the last week of October in preparation for Favre's return to Lambeau Field for a Nov. 1 game against the Packers. A 33-year-old freelance cameraman based in Milwaukee, Liebe operated the network's Favre Cam, which meant tracking the quarterback's every move from the time he came on the field at 2:28 p.m. until he exited shortly before 8 p.m. His work provided viewers an additional element of the game within the game.

"Every once in awhile you'll isolate a player for a series of plays, but to do it for the whole game was something I've never done before," said Liebe, who often shoots the Bucks and college basketball for Fox Sports Midwest.

Liebe attended nearby Pilgrim Lutheran School in Green Bay as an elementary school student, and classified himself as a Packers fan.

"When we had recess and played in the parking, you could actually see Lambeau," Liebe said. "It was just four blocks away. Growing up there, I was pretty honored to have the assignment. It was a pretty good day for me."

4. Jimmy (The Greek) Snyder, former CBS Sports employee: Twenty-one years after he was fired for racially insensitive comments, The Greek makes a triumphant return as the subject of the dark and interesting The Legend of Jimmy Greek, another entry in ESPN's 30 for 30 documentary series (it airs on Tuesday night). Director Fritz Mitchell worked as a researcher on The NFL Today from 1984 to 1986 and clearly has an affinity for his subject. The documentary offers archival footage as well as candid interviews with former NFL Today co-hosts Brent Musburger and Phyllis George