Have Tim Kirkjian and Chuck McGill (Michael McKean) from Better Call Saul ever been in the same place at the same time? I ask this question because McKean’s character suffers from electromagnetic hypersensitivity and Kirkjian seems deathly afraid of technology in general.
Kirkjian, a longtime ESPN MLB reporter, made the revelation during a recent appearance on the Underdog Fantasy podcast “Baseball is Dead” with Jared Karabis and Dallas Braden. Kirkjian has appeared on numerous podcasts, including Awful Announcing’s “Short and to the Point,” and has his own podcast with his son Jeff called “Is This A Great Game, Or What?”
What’s interesting here is that Kurkdjian refuses to do the podcast alone at home, instead driving three hours each way to his son’s house in Philadelphia.
“I’m not good with technology,” Kirkjian explained. “I already told you that I drive three hours to my son’s house in Philadelphia, because he has all his technology in the basement. I’m so scared to be alone in my own house with just my technology in case something goes wrong. So I drive over and sit next to my son. The show is more fun when you sit next to someone, but the reason I’m there is because I’m nervous that if my microphone doesn’t work, my son will be able to fix it and I won’t.”
Karabis asked Kurkjian how he thought technology has influenced his work over the years.
“It’s really affected me. I’m such a failure. I have like 700,000 followers on Twitter and I don’t even know how to use it. I’m so scared that something bad will happen. I’ll send out the wrong thing. Every time I send out a tweet, and I’ve sent out a lot over the years, I have to call someone and say, ‘Are you doing this right?’ Otherwise something bad might happen.”
“Yes, technology has completely changed my life. Sadly, for the worst.”
About four years ago, Kirkjian accidentally tweeted something that was unclear. He called it a “funny tweet.” A follower responded by saying they hadn’t seen his tweets in two years and received the tweet. Kirkjian apologized profusely for the unclear tweet, and his apology received over 10,000 likes.
For reference, I’ve included the tweet here.
My first tweet of 2020 was an accidental tweet. Sorry. It obviously made no sense. Sorry. I’m bad with technology. I’m bad with Twitter. Sorry.
— Tim Kirkjian (@Kurkjian_ESPN) February 16, 2020
“I’m not that good at this,” he added.
[Baseball is Dead]
