Topic: Yakkin

May 13, 2013

Yakkin' About Baseball: Angel Hernandez's Daring Medicare Fraud Scheme

David Roth

In which we welcome our robot overlords, wonder when the Arizona Diamondbacks will secede, digress in defense of digressive broadcasters and so on. Also Dan Shaughnessey.

April 30, 2013

Why Chris Broussard's Opinion Doesn't Matter

David Roth

Chris Broussard is famous, and ESPN gives him a large megaphone; Tim Brando is less so. But their shared brand of cheap, not-all-that-righteous righteousness is entirely too dim, lazy and small to mean anything, no matter how easy it is hear their voices.

April 22, 2013

Yakkin' About Baseball: Leveraging Jeffrey Loria's Personal Appeal

David Roth

Coaches wearing mittens, Jeffrey Loria in a series of can't-miss television pilots, the Houston Astros in first place, and other April Baseball Things.

March 21, 2013

Our Giant: Yakkin' About Sim Bhullar, Doleful March Madness Galoot

David Roth

Sim Bhullar is 20 years old, 7-5, 355 pounds and plays with a unique and persistent sleepiness. He is maybe the weirdest and certainly one of the most bizarrely watchable players in the NCAA Tournament. In short, he's someone worth talking about.

March 7, 2013

Yakkin' About Baseball: Kirk Gibson Will Arm You In Your Sleep

David Roth

Getting loose, jogging through some desultory in-game outfield sprints, finding our arm slots and feeling raw terror at the prospect of a well-armed and irked Kirk "Ted Nugent Is A Friend" Gibson. Spring Training is a time for figuring things out.

February 28, 2013

Yakkin' About Fashion: If The Shorts Are Too Loud, You're Too Old

David Roth

Getting to yes with the assaultive but oddly charming Energy Drink Tie-Dye uniforms that Adidas unveiled for the NCAA Tournament.

November 14, 2012

Yakkin' About Baseball: Jeffrey Loria's House of Games

David Roth

The jokes are right there when it comes to Jeffrey Loria's recent situationist prank/gutting of the Miami Marlins. But even with baseball's evilest muppet acting his evilest in the middle of it all, it's tough to laugh at the latest bit of avant-garde shamelessness from baseball's worst owner. Tough, but not impossible.

October 10, 2012

Yakkin' About Baseball: Songs Bronson Arroyo Taught Me

David Roth

The playoffs are here, which means Bronson Arroyo's singing face, a few extra between-cigarette cigarettes for Jim Leyland, and the freaking Cardinals and Yankees. It's a good thing. Let's talk about it.

September 20, 2012

Yakkin' About Baseball: Dinner At The Descalso Residence

David Roth

As a long season closes and the Baltimore Orioles continue to baffle and astound. Two men try to make sense of it all. Not terribly hard, and not terribly successfully. But trying is important, too. Let's all go get some ice cream!

September 13, 2012

Yakkin' About Talking: Mike Francesa As A State of Mind

David Roth

Mike Francesa is not just the most powerful and self-confident and ham-like personality in sports radio, although he is that. He's also a recognizably New York type, and a state of mind. So, yeah, definitely someone worth talking about.