Howard is best known for his controversial comments in regard to teams, coaches, athletes, sportswriters, broadcasters, and listeners and sometimes non-sports-related issues. It is not uncommon to hear Eskin defend one of his "favorites" against a popular critical opinion, or disregard a milestone accomplished by someone whom he doesn't "like". One example of this was when he slammed Roy Halladay in the off-season after Halladay pitched the MLB's 20th perfect game ever and the second ever no-hitter in the 2010 playoffs, for not speaking to the media enough and not disclosing his opinions on matters where his opinions had already been made public and quotes from Halladay had already been released to the media.