Jul 28, 2021
The deadline is Friday, 7/30, 4 p.m. Until then: we wait. Rumors about Rizzo and the Red Sox, Baez and the Mets, Kris Bryant and the Giants/Mets/Rays, and Kimbrel going everywhere. We talk about the return for Chafin and optimism on what Tepera and Kimbrel might return to the Cubs. We talk new Cubs Greg Deichmann and...
Jul 21, 2021
Reload, rebuild…something’s coming. We talk about the reality of Cubs ownership, the numbers behind what they have *actually* spent since they took over (against the money they’ve made), and what we should expect from this team at the trade deadline and beyond. We also talk about the fun you can still...
Jul 15, 2021
Kris Bryant and Craig Kimbrel represented the Cubs at this year’s all-star game, and while we love Kimbrel’s return to dominance, we focus on KB: his handling of a terrible Joe Buck interview, his excellence on and off and all around the baseball field, and why he should maybe be the Cubs first priority to extend....
Jul 7, 2021
Okay. So, 11 losses in a row (10 when we recorded this). That wasn’t great. Let’s talk about how a .500ish team is exactly what this front office put together, and while we’ve had extreme good and bad, our favorite team is where they belong. Barring a miracle, this week was the week the Cubs became sellers. We...