Chapter 1: What are the challenges of losing in fantasy football?
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Chapter 2: How does Tim Kurkjian describe his passion for baseball?
Every team that made the playoffs in the American League this year, at one point, at least privately, I said they're not going to make the playoffs. And then six of them did. The lesson that we learned from 2025 is – just when you think you understand the game, you realize that you don't because a team, you look at them and say, this team stinks. And then they win eight games in a row.
And then you say, this team is really good. And then they lose seven games in a row. That's the unpredictable nature that I'm talking about is I've, I like to think I understand what I'm watching, but I've been wrong. We've all been wrong so many times this year. It has been ridiculous with the Mets, with the Yankees, with just about every team you look at and say, I missed on them.
That's why this has been such an interesting season.
Does Hunter Pence look like the pirate forced to walk the plank after a failed mutiny against his captain, Jeff Samarja? What is your favorite stat from the regular season? Do you have a favorite? I know you've got so many of them in the bank, it's hard to ask you for just one.
All right, so I'm going to give you two, okay? Shohei Ohtani is going to win the MVP again this year. He struck out 187 times, so he's going to have the second most strikeouts ever. in an MVP season with 187. And he is the record holder at 189. So the two greatest strikeout seasons during an MVP year are both held by Shohei Ohtani, who is the best player in the National League.
He's going to win the unanimous MVP again this year. He's the most remarkable player anyone has ever seen, and yet he strikes out all the time, proving again that the stuff that we see in the big leagues right now is unbelievably good. I mean, these guys have no shot against the pitching that we see today unless a guy misses location.
So that's one stat, and it's just showing you what the strikeout rate is like. The other thing is we hit home runs at an outrageous rate. We have 19 three-homer games, individual three-homer games this year, 19. And it's not even the record. The record is 21 three-homer seasons. Keep in mind that Hank Aaron had one three-homer season. Game, three-homer game. What?
One three-homer game in his career. Gary Sheffield, David Ortiz, Rafael Palmeiro had no individual three-homer games in their career. And 19 different guys had a three-homer game, and three of those had a four-homer game this year. The point is, this is what we played today. You hit the ball out of the ballpark. or you strike out and there's not much in between.
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Chapter 3: What hotel tips does Tim Kurkjian share from his travels?
Now we're getting a little closer to the game we used to play 40 years ago where the ball's in play more, guys are stealing bases, the Brewers and the Blue Jays run all over the place and make somebody stop them. That's a good sign. But we're still in an era where the strikeout rate is ridiculous. We will have more 100 strikeout guys this year than from 1900 to 1963 combined.
That's what we look at these days. And everyone seems to be okay with everybody striking out 100 times and everybody just trying to hit home runs. But I would like to see us go back to a different game, the game that we played 40 years ago.
Does Freddie Freeman look like the neighbor who always waves first and means it?
Listen, speaking of looks like, you got to look this up, Dan. Ernie Clement is an infielder for the Blue Jays and a really good one. He made the gold glove finalists as a third baseman and as a utility player. So there's a chance he could win the gold glove at third base and and win the Gold Glove as a utility player, which I find ridiculous.
But Ernie Clement looks exactly like Aaron Boone, a younger Aaron Boone, who is the manager of the Yankees. And we got a text the other day from Brett Boone, Aaron's brother, watching the game on TV while we're doing it on the radio. And he said, he looks exactly like my brother. So then we called up the picture of Ray Boone, who is of course, Aaron's grandfather who played in the major leagues.
He looks exactly like Aaron. Therefore he looks exactly like Ernie Clement. So they're the blue Jays, not the Yankees out of the playoffs and their second baseman slash third baseman looks exactly like the manager of the Yankees and get,
this get this i'm sorry to to belabor this but ernie ernie clement is wearing a baseball glove in the game that he bought on ebay several months ago he bought a glove on ebay and now it is his game glove in the major he had like 10 hits in the last series didn't he He had nine hits in the Yankee series. Nine. He had 12 hits now in the postseason.
He's a good Major League player, and he's a great defender at every position. And he bought a glove on eBay, and now he has to wear a batting glove underneath his glove, because as he explained to me, there's no padding in this glove because it's so old, but it fits him perfectly. He bought a glove on eBay, and now he uses it as a potential gold glove infielder.
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Chapter 4: What unique travel habits does Tim have as a baseball analyst?
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Chapter 5: How does Tim Kurkjian view the unpredictability of the baseball season?
He has to be watching right now. That's literally Bill Belichick calling Kirk Herbst. He probably has something to say. Yeah, he probably does. But, you know, every coach needs to have the opportunity to establish his culture and also to recruit his kind of player.
Oh, can we play the saving part again? Like, how does that go if he answers it? Like, puts him on speaker like, oh, Kirk Herbst. I mean, that's why he's calling, right? Belichick is calling to be put on the air in that spot, which is kind of abnormal. You can't call Herbie in that spot and then be like, what are you doing putting me on air? You're calling him while the show's going on.
Well, let me ask you guys this question because Diana Rossini went on Nick Wright's show yesterday and said of Belichick and UNC, quote, they tell me this is the happiest they've seen Bill in years. He feels like the students are actually buying into what he's doing.
I mean, I think he's probably the happiest he's been in years because he doesn't care.
I think he's the happiest he's ever been because he's dating a very young woman.
The report from Diana Rossini, quote, they tell me this is the happiest they've seen Bill in years. He feels like the students are actually buying into what he's doing.
Well, how did we go from and look, I mean, there are bad reports out there all the time. But how did we go from last week where he he's already looking for other jobs and they are and the school is actively trying to figure out how to get rid of him with a small buyout to now? He's so happy and the kids are buying in. I mean, it could be spin, but I do think he's happy.
He has to be happy to still be in this relationship. It has to be well worth it for him, given all the negative publicity, given the tarnish that it's probably put around his post-coaching career. Well, he's coaching now, although very little evidence of that. I think he's very clearly happy for Bill Belichick. He's not outwardly happy.
Well, let me do this, though, when you say tarnish, because I saw Bill Simmons came to the vigorous defense of the idea that Bill Belichick's legacy will not in any way be damaged by what is happening now. And I happen to agree with the fact that when history looks back at all of this stuff, we don't remember the punctuations. But the place that I don't agree...
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Chapter 6: What surprising stats does Tim reveal about players this season?
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