Hoffarth on the media: ‘Brockmire’ takes baseball broadcasting into dark places

“You know what’s not helping my suicidal depression?” Hank Azaria says as Jim Brockmire, during the second episode of the new IFC series “Brockmire,” as he hammers down another stiff drink at the dingy bar owned and operated by Amanda Peet.
“Calling baseball games into an empty stadium and having my own words bounce back into my face like some kind of haunting metaphor for life’s futility.”
As Brockmire, Azaria staggers into many more metaphoric po