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Is This A Great Game, Or What?

Tim Kurkjian, Jeff Kurkjian

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Hall of Fame Baseball Writer Tim Kurkjian is joined by his son, Jeff, as they chat all things baseball. Each week you will hear from one of the sport's most storied experts on the history of the game and how it pertains to today. Plus, every week they will be joined by a guest. Without a question, there will be plenty of father-son prodding throughout the show!
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The Gibby Show

John Gibbons

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Former Toronto Blue Jays manager, and Baseball "Lifer" John Gibbons teams up with podcaster and author, John Arezzi to break down the week in baseball The Gibby Show features Gibby's legendary wit, charm, strong opinions, and occasional lack of filter leading the way!
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MoCo's Most Famous

MoCo's Most Famous

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MoCo’s Most Famous with Joe Yasharoff highlights some of Montgomery County’s best-known people from the world of sports, entertainment and media. Follow us and find out and how the County influenced their careers, and their lives.
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He’s like family to us, Adnan Virk is our guest this week. He can be found on MLB Network or chatting about movies on his podcast, Cinephile. We chat with him about so much, too many laughs to contain. We break it down with our friends at Strat-O-Matic to find out how Aaron Judge would do in the 1920s and how Babe Ruth would do today. We say farewe…
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Dan Patrick joins us as our special guest. He grew up a fan of The Big Red Machine, and while playing Strat-O-Matic that was his team. A Kurkjian Quandary that surrounds Shohei Ohtani’s potential 50/50 season. And a Best of All-Tim including the best juniors! And of course, you’ll get loaded with brand new Quirkjians as the season eyes October. Tha…
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Jim Palmer is a Hall of Fame pitcher who is now a broadcaster calling games for the Baltimore Orioles. In his famed career, he faced quite a few Hall of Fame bats including that of Roberto Clemente, who is celebrated every year on Roberto Clemente Day, coming up this Sunday. Fantasy football was talked about quite a bit this week including a team n…
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Current Major League closer, Pete Fairbanks, is our guest this week not only because of his arm, but also because of his mind. Friday, September 6th is National Read A Book Day and boy does this guy love to read! He also loves the NYT crossword puzzle, Legos and video games, we cover it all. Plus, you get a look inside some of the best baseball pla…
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We took time to recap the incredible Little League World Series finish because we think the Major Leaguers could learn a thing or two from those kids. Tim and Jeff, with the help of our friends at Strat-O-Matic, answer the age old question, what would you rather have, all-contact or all-power? Dan Shaughnessy is a Hall of Famer writer who has relen…
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Need we say more? We were at the Little League World Series with our friends at GameChanger, for this entire episode. We booked the biggest 12-year-old of all time, the one and only Todd Frazier. If you didn't know, he and his Toms River, New Jersey team won it all when he was a kid. He was a really good MLB player, won an Olympic medalist and now …
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It can’t be understated the amount of fun we had with Jeff Francoeur. We discussed his new venture, “Pure Athlete,” that is so focused on the importance of correctly navigating youth sports. He added stories of being on the golf course with John Smoltz and Tiger Woods. Or the time Bobby Cox had him fake an injury! This conversation is one of our fa…
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Former Major League Player and Manager, Mike Scioscia, lends us his time to discuss his incredible career. Two World Series rings as a player and one as a manager and a silver Olympic medal to top it all off. He managed the team that represented the United States at the 2020 Olympics. He shares his thoughts on Shohei and Trout (both of whom he mana…
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We are joined by Eddy Alvarez who has two Olympic medals; one in baseball and one in speed skating! Yes, you read that correctly. Trade deadline big moments and a new segment with our friends at Strat-O-Matic. A new pitcher inspired this week's Best Of All-Tim plus we find out why Jeff and Tim won medals over the weekend. Our Quirkjians cover cycle…
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Johnny Bench joins us while we were at the National Baseball Hall of Fame. A big thanks to the Otesaga Hotel for allowing us to record in their hallowed home. We hear stories from Johnny that will make you laugh and cry. His love for his dad is so perfect for this podcast. Tim lays out his best All-HOF Team in spirit of being at Cooperstown over th…
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Tim Kurkjian tells his best stories about each of the 2024 National Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees. Congrats to Adrian Beltre, Todd Helton, Joe Mauer and Jim Leyland for their amazing accomplishments. Tim was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022 as a baseball writer. Cooperstown is a special place to the entire Kurkjian family …
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It's hard to believe that Cal Ripken Jr. is joining us for this week's podcast. It really is a dream come true! Tim Kurkjian and Cal go way back, even playing basketball on Ripken's home court quite a few times. We get into that including the dig other players use to make about Tim on the court. God intervenes for our Kurkjian Quandary that has our…
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Today’s shOw (there’s a reason for that capital O) is loaded with Scott Van Pelt’s hilarious Baltimore accent that has been making Tim laugh for years. Jeff also wants to know SVP’s favorite “This Is SportsCenter” commercial. Plus we dive into his love of golf. Tim is shocked by the All Star selections for this season. We also find out what he deci…
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Hank Azaria, better known to baseball fans as Brockmire, joins as our guest this week. His love of broadcasters is romantic to say the least. James Wood is our GameChanger of the Week, wait until you hear more about the Nationals’ newest outfielder. Call it Christmas in July, you’ll find out why we are in the spirit this week. Plus, the greatest ga…
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Get ready, because the Manager of the New York Yankees is joining our show this week. Tim and Aaron Boone worked for years together at ESPN and their stories, well they are just hysterical. But nothing beats Boone’s impressions, just wait until you hear them. We give one last tribute to Willie Mays and compliment Major League Baseball for their ama…
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Tim has no idea a (small) special guest is joining us with a present for him, what a way to start a show! On Thursday, June 20th, Major League Baseball will play at historic Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Ala. The importance of this game cannot be overstated so we interviewed Doug Glanville to explain its significance. He also takes a deeper look in…
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It is our Father’s Day episode, thank you to all of the dads out there listening. Karl and Sam Ravech are joining us, the broadcasting duo can both be heard on ESPN. Tim breaks down the best father-son baseball duos and makes a team out of them. Also, it’s worth noting that this is Jeff’s first Father’s Day so we get quite a bit from that. What hap…
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We had the opportunity to record this episode in person at Citizens Bank Park on Lou Gehrig Day. Thank you to the Phillies for being so hospitable! We go through the takeaways from the week in Major League Baseball plus our Quirkjians seemed extra quirky this week. Submit yours at GreatGameOrWhat.com. Tim came up with his top team using only player…
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This is an emotional episode for both Tim and Jeff. Tim's brother, Matt Kurkjian, passed away from ALS on Labor Day 2023. This is the first Lou Gehrig Day that the Kurkjian's will be at a ballpark without him since his diagnosis. Tim retells an amazing story about what Matt's alma mater did for him shortly after his diagnosis. Plus, we hear some am…
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Today is an important show, our Memorial Day episode. Tim Kurkjian breaks down his all-military baseball team, every position and a full starting rotation. We talk to Lindsay Berra, the granddaughter of Yogi Berra. She describes her grandfather's service to this country as being MORE important than his Hall of Fame baseball career. We also convince…
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Week 9 of the baseball season leads us to the 9th episode of "Is This A Great Game, Or What?" which features Steve Rushin, one of the greatest writers of our lifetime. We discuss with him his love of the Twins as a child, some of the best games he ever covered and how he met his wife, WNBA Legend Rebecca Lobo. What is the baseball significance of M…
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This is our eighth episode and right off the bat (no pun intended) we have to say thank you. This is only possible because of your love and support of what we are doing. This week we have a real treat for you. Paul Skenes is our "GameChanger of the Week," his Major League debut, his character and charitable actions all factored in. We talk with Buc…
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We dive into Tim's All-Fruit/Veggie Team which was inspired by Trey Cabbage's return to the Majors. Great mom stories including Dallas Braden's huge moment with his grandmother. Willie Mays is a legend but I would guess you didn't know which Major Leaguer he didn't recognize when they were face-to-face. And finally, a Kurkjian Quandary that only go…
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It’s the Seamhead edition complete with Quirkjians, another installment of In The Cards plus Jeff's new dog has a baseball name. Mike Schur talks Tony Gwynn, Leslie Knope, Jarrod Dyson, Andy Dwyer, Manny Ramirez and Chad Ogea. Up until this point, we have had former players and managers as guests but we switched it all up this week to share the lov…
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We've been waiting to bring you Tito Francona for some time now. Phillies, Red Sox and Guardians fans will bond together over their love of their former manager. Plus he adds on some stories about being Michael Jordan's minor league baseball manager. We catch you up on Verlander's return. Plus we have a new "GameChanger of the Week," this one will …
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Jerry Hairston Jr. joins the show to dive deep on Jackie Robinson the player and the man. Hairston's grandfather played in the Negro Leagues before being the ninth Black player to join Major League Baseball. Plus he adds that Mookie Betts could play point guard for the Lakers today! We open another deck of cards from Topps for "It's In The Cards" i…
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Tim Kurkjian is joined by his son, Jeff, every week to give a fresh take on baseball. This week is a lead up to The Masters Tournament so we had to call in John Smoltz, an incredible golfer and Hall of Fame pitcher. We begin by reading some of your really sweet messages about the show. Visit GreatGameOrWhat.com to send us your own message, it might…
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Tim and Jeff celebrate March Madness with Chris Young, the Texas Rangers General Manager. He is a former Princeton basketball player, turned Major League Baseball player. We open more Topps baseball cards, Tim is asked about Lizzo and Beyoncé (oh no) and put on the spot for "The League In The Lid." Tim was inducted into the National Baseball Hall o…
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Tim was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a writer in 2022. He has 45 plus years of stories covering this game his entire professional life. Jeff is a country music morning show host in Philadelphia. Together they will weave through each week of the baseball season with stories of the history of the game coupled with hilarious hij…
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Tim was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a writer in 2022. He has 45 plus years of stories covering this game his entire professional life. Jeff is a country music morning show host in Philadelphia. Together they will weave through each week of the baseball season with stories of the history of the game coupled with hilarious hij…
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In the series finale, former Blue Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi joins us to discuss his long career in baseball and how it has intertwined with Gibby's and John Arezzi. Our final Gabbin' with Gibby is a compilation of our previous guests talking about their love for the city of Toronto. And Gibby himself returns for a final toast to all of our dedicated l…
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ESPN Baseball Analyst Tim Kurkjian joins John Arezzi to discuss the Blue Jays' offseason plans after failing to land Shohei Ohtani - who might the Jays be targeting via free agency as well as in the trade market? Best of Gabbin' with Gibby revisits great moments from previous episodes featuring past and present Blue Jays broadcasters. Toasting the …
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MLB.com Insider Keegan Matheson joins John Arezzi in the Lead Off to discuss the conclusion of the Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes. How close were the Blue Jays to landing the coveted free agent? And what are their plans C, D, & E now that he and Juan Soto are off the board? This week's Best of Gabbin' with Gibby looks at memories from the wildly success…
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Rockville resident and Landon School administrator Joan Vassos became a household name when she became a contestant on the ABC show The Golden Bachelor. Vassos, 60, hit it off with the show’s namesake Gerry Turner, a 71 year-old widower from Indiana, but then suddenly departed the show when her daughter asked her to come home. Vassos shared her sto…
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John Arezzi catches up with Steve Phillips at the MLB Winter Meetings to talk about Shohei Ohtani and the possibility that he could become a Blue Jay. What other teams are still in the running and what does the Toronto bid have going for it? Gabbin' with Gibby is a compilation of some of the best interview clips from our show's history focusing on …
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Gibby addresses his history with the New York Mets and a potential future position with that organization. Former Blue Jay Devon Travis is Gabbin' with Gibby to talk about how he found out he made the team, playing for Gibby, living life with gratitude and coming from an athletic family. Roast and Toast salutes our namesake and his bright future! L…
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Gibby and John Arezzi check in on the ongoing Alek Manoah situation, fractured relationships and Gibby lays out what he thinks the Jays' priorities should be for this offseason. MLB.com Insider Keegan Matheson weighs in on if the Jays are actually in the mix for Ohtani's services, can the Manoah situation be repaired and what did Keegan make of the…
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Gibby and John Arezzi bring on Rock and Roll Hall of Famer GEDDY LEE of the iconic band RUSH! Geddy discusses his new book "My Effin Life", his book tour, his passion for The Blue Jays, and upcoming auction of Baseball artifacts. Plus - Blue Jays Trade Rumors, MLB Managers Musical Chairs, and a new Roast and Toast! Learn more about your ad choices.…
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Gibby and John Arezzi discuss the 2023 World Series, Jays free agents, Whit Merrifield, and if Cody Bellinger might be a good fit for Toronto in 2024. Former Blue Jay 2nd Baseman Orlando Hudson joins for another Gabbing With Gibby. Gibby and John Roast the San Diego Padres and Toast as the new MLB champs! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg…
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Gibby and Arezzi examine the first 2 games of the World Series, predict the final outcome and revisit the Daulton Varsho trade. Duane Ward is Gabbin' with Gibby to talk about the 30-year anniversary of the Jays' 1993 championship, his relationship with Tom Henke and swap too many stories to possibly list here... you'll have to listen! Then, we roas…
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Scott Van Pelt graduated from Sherwood High School and University of Maryland. After more than 20 years at ESPN, Scott Van Pelt has become one of the most successful and popular sportscasters in the business. The SportsCenter anchor has over two million followers on X, has hosted countless big sporting events and recently took over hosting duties f…
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Gibby tells John Arezzi about what it was like to be the Blue Jays manager in the offseason during 3 different regimes, Cito gets HOF consideration and a wild ALCS game 5! Then, former Jays pitcher Marco Estrada is "Gabbin' with Gibby to discuss his career path, developing a change-up and getting so close (twice) to a no-hitter. In Roast and Toast,…
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Gibby and John Arezzi bring on Baseball Insider Ken Rosenthal to discuss the recent controversy surrounding game 2 of the AL Wild Card Series and press conferences of Jays GM Ross Atkins and President/CEO Mark Shapiro. Gibby discusses the potential Blue Jays free agents going into the off season. Then on the Roast and Toast, we roast a media sensit…
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Gibby and John Arezzi discuss the aftermath of the Jays elimination from the playoffs and the press conference by Jays GM, Ross Atkins. On Gabbing with Gibby, special guest, Baseball Hall of Famer Paul Molitor weighs in on his career and days with the 1993 World Champion Jays. Plus another Roast and Toast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me…
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It wasn't pretty but the Blue Jays qualified for the post-season. John & John discuss if the team can go on a run and if the matchup with Minnesota plays into Toronto's strengths. Baseball Insider Steve Phillips is Gabbin' with Gibby. He breaks down the bracket, the Blue Jays bullpen and makes some bold predictions. Then we roast a player who doesn…
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Gibby and John Arezzi look at a great week for the Blue Jays taking 2 of 3 from both the Yankees and the Rays. They are on the precipice of a playoff berth with 6 games remaining. Gabbin' with Gibby welcomes legendary Jays' manager Cito Gaston to discuss the pressure players and managers feel at this time of year and the origins of his "Cito" monik…
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Gibby and John Arezzi with tales from the Blue Jays Rollercoaster. In this episode: examining the remaining schedule and the mental and physical toughness it takes to succeed through the final games of the stretch drive. Then, Blue Jays' rookie Spencer Horwitz is Gabbin' with Gibby to talk about being a part of a playoff drive in the big leagues an…
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John and John break down a great week that ended with a tough loss, KK's post-game celebration and the unfortunate Alek Manoah situation. Gabbin' with Gibby welcomes Dan Shulman to talk about his unique career path, the strength of the Blue Jays' pitching and some memorable calls in his career. Then we roast a guy who didn't want to be on the mound…
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Gibby weighs in on the Jays' remaining schedule, Babe on the bench and Vladdy Jr. under the microscope. Then, Justin Smoak is Gabbin' with Gibby to discuss late bloomers on the '15 and '16 teams, and why he felt like there could be a fight every game. Roast and Toast looks at a first pitch gone wrong and a new member in the 30/60 club. Learn more a…
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Gibby breaks down a tough week for the Jays who are losing ground in the Wild Card race. How big a concern are injuries? Should Davis Schneider be playing every day? Is the schedule in the Jays' favour? Legendary slugger Carlos Delgado is Gabbin' with Gibby to chat about life after baseball, how he developed as a hitter and breaks down his 4-homeru…
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