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Tim Kurkjian is proud that he could not only identify "Don't Stop Believing" (which played on the speakers between innings) as a Journey song, but that he (sort of) knew Steve Perry's name.
He also claimed Don Henley led "the Eagles" (Eagles, like Carpenters and Commodores and other bands, disdained the definite article), but cannot identify a single Duran Duran song.
Meanwhile, in what Tim is (we presume) actually there for, he notes that Edlose Diaz is threatening to come off of the Incapable List, and makes excuses for him, Tim says that Edlose is struggling because (being injured last season) this year is the first time he's had to use the pitch clock, and also because Spider-Tac is now banned, whereas it was a boon to Diaz in 2022.
Yes, Tim Kurkjian, who is paid a lot of $$$ to report on baseball, managed to forget that Spider-Tac was banned halfway through 2021. Which came before 2022. We even noted Edlose (coincidentally, I'm sure) losing his, er, grip in the second half of that season, much to the consternation of then-Mets "manager", Luis "Arm Care" Rojas. FFS.
I hope that when Tim returns to the ESPn studios, he is roundly cuffed by Chris Berman, for not recalling all the times Boomer referred to an ex-Phillie pitcher as Randy "Hungry Like the" Wolf. Make it stop. Seriously. Make.It.Stop.
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