Shields and Brooks on Akin's Curve and Dickey's Knuckler

DOUBLEHEADER -- September 28, 2012 at 5:43 PM EDT

Shields and Brooks on Akin's Curve and Dickey's Knuckler

Welcome back to another edition of the Doubleheader, where we talk about the politics of sport and the sport of politics with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks.

This week in the "serious" portion of the segment, we talk about the resurgence of Todd Akin in the Senate race in Missouri. For background, watch this conversation we had on the broadcast.

We also talk about the knuckleball, and a hot streak on a cold team.

Joshua Barajas shot and edited this video. Follow Hari on Twitter, like him on Facebook.

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