Short and to the Point: Tim Kurkjian on London Series, storytelling in MLB, HOF induction, and more

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.

Here’s the full breakdown.

• 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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