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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