Hour 2 - Tim Kurkjian Talks Major League Baseball

You Better You Bet

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4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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ESPN's Tim Kurkjian joins the show to talk Aaron Judge vs. Cal Raleigh, break down the MLB division races and much more! Jake Hasan breaks down the NL East. Plus, Luke Thomas stops by to break down Paul vs. Chavez and UFC 317. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.6	Welcome back.
0:31.6	It is our number two of You Better You Bet, presented by BetMGM right here on the BetMGM Network, Femmia
0:39.2	and Bev Faye, Jared Smith, hanging out with you guys on this Friday.
0:43.2	We had a fun first hour talking to all things NBA draft, Ace Bailey, the news out of Toronto,
0:48.7	firing Masai Ujiri, a lot to get to from the association.
0:52.1	But we're going to put that off to the side for now, because to start this second hour,
0:57.2	a real treat for us here on You Better You Bet, for not just Jared and I, but for the viewers, the listeners,
1:03.5	very much excited for this conversation with Hall of Fame baseball writer,
1:07.5	longtime MLB analyst and historian for ESPN, the great Tim Kirkgen,
1:12.7	joining us here on You Better You Bet, host of, is this great game? Is this a great game
1:18.5	or what podcast? Oh, well, he does it with his son, Jeff Kirkchen, we absolutely fired up to have
1:23.3	him on here on Twitter at Kirkgen underscore ESPN. Tim, thanks for hanging out with us here on You Better You Bet.
1:29.3	I want to start off with, hey, man, we've almost made it to the halfway point of this
1:32.6	Major League Baseball season.
1:34.1	What has surprised you the most through 80 plus games?
1:39.3	Well, there have been a million surprises, which has been the beauty of the sport.
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