Host Jessica Kleinschmidt interviews ESPN baseball reporter Tim Kurkjian. Jessica and Tim discuss a wide range of topics including the 2024 London Series, the concept of storytelling in baseball, winning the 2022 BBWAA Career Excellence Award, and more.
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-2:06: Welcome Tim to Short and to the Point
-2:17: Baseball coverage changing over the years
-4:00: Being a beat reporter
-5:53: London Series
-8:18: MLB globalization
-9:50: Storytelling in baseball
-11:55: Balancing new aspects to tradition in MLB
-13:49: Being inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame with the 2022 BBWAA Career Excellence Award
-15:48: HOF weekend
-17:34: Writing a story compared to writing HOF speech
-18:41: Being a terrible writer in high school
-20:08: Art of sportswriting
-21:46: Has the approach to journalism changed?
-23:37: Trying to stay humble
-25:03: Dealing with failures and setbacks
-28:46: Art of broadcasting and Vin Scully
-31:28: Tim’s “Is This A Great Game, Or What?” podcast with son, Jeff
-34:42: Being old school and going viral
-37:08: Relationship with baseball since Tim started
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