February 12, 2020
UPDATE [Thursday, 1:15 p.m.] — Almost exactly 24 hours after the whole Larry incident (outlined below), Howard Eskin was back at it on Twitter. You really can't make this stuff up...
#Phillies Mgr Jim Girardi commenting on #Astros weak apology on their chesting. @SportsRadioWIP https://t.co/V2qzRG7BAH
— Howard Eskin (@howardeskin) February 13, 2020
Was he trolling us for more attention after his mistake from the previous day was the talk of Twitter all night? On Thursday, we debated why that might be true for this one, but probably hasn't been case all along.
There are two kinds of people in this world. People who are good at using Twitter, and people who are not so good.
And then there’s Howard Eskin.
The nearly 70-year-old longtime radio host and Philly sports personality has a long and storied history of being exceptionally bad at tweeting, specifically when it comes to the number of typos and other errors he makes when firing up the old Twitter machine. And while some of that is to be expected — have you ever seen your parents or, god forbid, your grandparents try to tweet, because it probably isn't much better — the frequency with which Eskin misspells names and other, much easier to spell words (like "pick" or "former"), leaves one wondering if he really cares about what he's sending out to his 131K followers.
Hell, I'm not even breaking any news to most readers out there, as Eskin was nominated for the Deadspin (RIP) worst tweet of the year in 2017, but ultimately lost out to Darren Rovell.
On Wednesday, Eskin posted one with an error so bad that even one of the local pro sports teams decided to mock him over it (we'll get to that in a minute). Look, I'm not perfect on Twitter or in my writing, but at least I try. Also, I'm not one to kick a man when he's down, but if you asked Eskin, he'd probably tell you that, unlike yourself, he's never had a down day in his life. Plus, if you've ever heard the way he treats a caller who disagrees with him in even the slightest, then you probably won't feel bad for him either.
Anyway, with Eskin's latest gaffe on Wednesday, we figured it's as good a time as any to look back at some of his best worst tweets over the years. Here's a rough Top 10 (it's actually more than 10), with special thanks to @treblaw for his continually growing Twitter thread compiling all these typos in one spot...
There is A LOT going on here.
when u mash an onion ring in your iPhone keyboard but the commentary must go on pic.twitter.com/oJR2v8JEQu
— Treb (@treblaw) December 3, 2015
If you take out the Twitter handles, which as you'll see in a moment should never be taken for granted, there are 12 words in this tweet. Five of them are misspelled. !!!!
It's one of the few instances in which Eskin actually reposted something instead of just letting his typo live on forever on the internet. The only problem? This one, while better, still has some typos.
u try to re-do the tweet but u got ketchup on your fingers pic.twitter.com/rKkZjjDcTx
— Treb (@treblaw) December 3, 2015
He might have managed to fix most of the spelling and even corrected his punctuation BUT WHY IS THERE A ROSE EMOJI???
Down in Clearwater for Phillies spring training, Eskin is clearly excited to see leadoff hitter Lawrence McCutcheon taking some swings in the cages.
Coming back from ACL injury last season, #phillies LF Lawrence McCutcheon in the cage working himself back. So far looks fine. @SportsRadioWIP pic.twitter.com/wePU5vtCoq
— Howard Eskin (@howardeskin) February 12, 2020
Eskin then went on to sort of correct his tweet — he still misspelled McCutchen's last name — but offered nothing in the way of an apology. In fact, it was the opposite, as he was infuriated that people would actually point out the fact that he got a former MVP's name very wrong.
A common mistake I make on Mccutcheon first name. Its Andrew. So go ahead and make this a federal case. The twitter police can be dopes. Bite it https://t.co/m5U3jjWupD
— Howard Eskin (@howardeskin) February 12, 2020
Of course, the "Twitter Police" weren't the only ones to call out Eskin for his mistake...
His real friends call him Larry. pic.twitter.com/WTwGKuM9QD
— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) February 12, 2020
But don't worry, he seems to be doing just fine.
A nice look at the Gulf at Clearwater Beach. @VSPC. Been nice spring for beginning of Spring Training. pic.twitter.com/gpcrwyEA9R
— Howard Eskin (@howardeskin) February 12, 2020
[And, yes, we're aware that there was an old NFL running back named Lawrence McCutcheon, but he hasn't played in almost 40 years.]
This is where it gets a little awkward. After word came down that ESPN was taking Jessica Mendoza off of Sunday Night Baseball, Eskin decided to take a bit of a victory lap and relish in the announcers pain.
A blessing for baseball fans who watch #ESPN Sunday Night Baseball. @_jessicamendoza has been removed from the Sunday night broadcast. She was brutal. That broadcast was brutal. Now A-Roid needs to go as well.
— Howard Eskin (@howardeskin) February 7, 2020
The only problem with that? It was the wrong Jessica Mendoza.
Perhaps, if you mean to share your thoughts/opinions about a person, it's worth taking an extra 30 seconds to make sure you are @-ing the correct human.
— Jessica Mendoza (@_jessicamendoza) February 7, 2020
Realizing the errors of his ways, Eskin, while not deleting that tweet for some strange reason, decided to tweet at the correct handle. Or so he thought!
[h/t crossingbroad.com]
Don't worry. He finally got it right on the third time.
A blessing for baseball fans who watch #ESPN Sunday Night Baseball. @_jessicamendoza has been removed from the Sunday night broadcast. She was brutal. That broadcast was brutal. Now A-Roid needs to go as well.
— Howard Eskin (@howardeskin) February 7, 2020
The real blessing here is getting to read all these woefully wrong tweets. And in case you're wondering, this wasn't even the first time Eskin had trouble finding the wrong Mendoza.
Tagged wrong Mendoza. So she knows @jessmendoza #espn @espn here you go. https://t.co/GTUFN5gch7
— Howard Eskin (@howardeskin) October 3, 2019
(Yes, that's the same Jessica Mendoza he incorrectly tagged this time around as well.)
Ponzio's is a diner in Cherry Hill. A Ponzi scheme is a type of financial fraud. The Process Sixers were neither.
I don't trust the process. It's a,Ponzios scheme but u guys were yelling in good fun. https://t.co/fxYYGQCbql
— Howard Eskin (@howardeskin) January 5, 2017
This is the tweet that earned Eskin that bad tweet of the year nomination from Deadspin.
So, let me get this right. He correctly spells a player's name that even I won't attempt to spell, and misspells "Magic," "pick" and "Latvian?" This will never make sense.
There is where we begin a run of him terribly misspelling the names of Philly athletes. First up, former No. 1 overall pick— I'm sorry, how do you pronounce that?
Wait, that's almost the other guy's name from the last tweet. You were so close!
Honestly, this typo isn't all that bad given that his finger slipped one spot from the L key to K.
I do, however, wonder who that minor-leaguer from FOX 29 was and if he ever panned out...
There are worse typos you can make with Nick Foles' first name.
He had it ... right up until the end.
Also, what's an oidcastbof? I honestly have no idea what this is supposed to say...
That would be Jabril Peppers, Isaiah Thomas and Jae Crowder.
got bronzer in my eyes but I'm hitting send goddamnit pic.twitter.com/hhbvKlMzVa
— Treb (@treblaw) August 23, 2017
For the record, the Celtics did in fact complete the trade, but Ainge didn't win executive of the year, and Kyrie Irving has already left Boston.
But none of those players, or anyone mentioned by Eskin in this post should feel slighted in the bit. He can't even get the Prince of England's name right.
And it looked so promising after he got the first one correct.
There you hAve it. A look at the wirst tweets from Haywood Erstan. Now, let's just hope he doesn't read this article...
People that retweeted my typo..get a friggin life! Zero's trying to become one's. Nobody's trying to become somebody. Twitiots!!!
— Howard Eskin (@howardeskin) December 3, 2015
If that's a 1, then I'm totally fine being a zero.
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