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Joe Maddon’s mohawk was a symbol of his slapstick Angels tenure
ESPN baseball reporter Tim Kurkjian’s report on the firing of Joe Maddon included a juicy morsel of information that couldn’t be ignored. According to Kurkjian, Joe Maddon shaved a mohawk into his head in a last ditch effort to awaken his team. However, it was a day late and a dollar short because t...

Tim Kurkjian Endearingly Reveals How Little He Knows About Music
It only took a few innings for today’s season opener between the Cubs and Marlins game to reach the “semi-bored announcers just shooting the shit” phase. Thankfully, ESPN analyst and generally delightful guy Tim Kurkjian was there to participate....

Scott Van Pelt Brought Back Ballimerese To Bring Tim Kurkjian To Uncontrollable Laughter
One of Scott Van Pelt’s recurring bits on radio was taunting fellow Maryland native Tim Kurkjian with that curious dialect known as “Ballimerese”—something that repeatedly made Kurkjian giggle like a little girl. Van Pelt brought it back tonight on SportsCenter, and it had the same effect....

In Which We Learn That Tim Kurkjian Bites His Fingernails
It's cool. We all have vices. ESPN's Tim Kurkjian chews his fingernails. Hey, it could have been worse. It might have been his toenails!...

Tim Kurkjian Gets Smoked In The Sausage Race
Tim Kurkjian ran in the Sausage Race at Miller Park as the No. 4 hot dog and, man, it did not go well for Hot Dog Tim Kurkjian. ...

Tim Kurkjian Talks About Dicks And Urinal Etiquette, For Some Reason
Tim Kurkjian stopped by The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz on Friday, and things got weird. Listeners heard Kurkjian talk about his penis size. Let's figure out how we got to this point....

Supercut: Scott Van Pelt Making Tim Kurkjian Giggle Like A Little Girl
Maryland native Scott Van Pelt has a schtick every time he invites ESPN baseball analyst (and fellow Terrapin) Tim Kurkjian onto his radio show: he closes by saying something in Ballimerese and making Kurkjian burst out into furious, high-pitched laughter....

Tim Kurkjian, George Will, And Charles Krauthammer Host World's Most Insufferable Lunch
Syndicated political columnist Charles Krauthammer decided to phone in his pre-Memorial Day column, and, in turn, wound up introducing us to the world's most insufferable get-together. He presents:...

Aw, Hell, Here's One More Tim Kurkjian Imitation From Rays Infielder Elliot Johnson
With Linsanity dying out, we needed something new. Call it Kurkjianomie....

Red Sox Minor Leaguer Pete Ruiz Has His Own Tim Kurkjian Impression
It's more understated than Blue Jays catcher J.P. Arencibia's, we'll argue. Arencibia's is perhaps funnier—he brought Kurkjian's voice to a comically high pitch—but Ruiz's seems more precise. He's Darrell Hammond to Arencibia's Will Ferrell....

Watch Tim Kurkjian Watch J.P. Arencibia Do His Tim Kurkjian Impression
The voice is dead on. Either the Blue Jays catcher is a master of impersonation, or he's squeezing his testicles between his knees....

Watch Batting Stance Guy's Creepily Accurate Impressions Of All Your Least Favorite MLB Reporters
There's Terrorized Tim Kurkjian, precious Pedro Gomez, particular Peter Gammons, and Jon fucking Heyman....

Tim Kurkjian's Tweets Are A Little Bit Leery
Tim Kurkjian, Baseball Tonight's creaky-voiced elder statesman, started a Twitter a couple weeks ago. He might not be getting the hang of it....

Media Approval Ratings: Tim Kurkjian
For the longest time, we thought the way Tim Kurkjian would pronounce his last name while signing off on ESPN telecasts was some sort of sonic illusion. "Tim KIRK ... (endless pause) ... JUN!, ESPN." We couldn't imagine he answered the phone like that at home....
