The podcast has a new (shorter) name, and it’s back on a new network. The new home is Blog Talk Radio which is a lot easier to use, even if it sounds like Andy’s in a cave and Kermit is using a can and a string.
After a long hiatus, the dopes talk about the early season, the mess that is the Cubs’ bullpen, what to do to improve Wrigley Field and how to free Bruce Miles.
With everything going on in baseball, Andy and Kerm focus on the important things, like who played centerfield for the Astros in the Kerry Wood 20 strikeout game, which 2001 Diamondbacks are still getting paid by the team and how A-Rod was a quitter for stopping taking steroids.
Ding dong, Ronny is gone, now who’s going to be out going from first to second on a walk? The podcast makes a triumphant return clocking in at a cool 1:27, as we give our thoughts on the Cubs who have left and the new guys who are coming in. Ugh, the new guys are a motley crew.
Andy and Kermit land their biggest guest to date (we said “big” not tall), as Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune answers their questions about the upcoming Winter Meetings.
True to form, nothing is easy for our intrepid heroes. Paul did the interview via e-mail.
So how do you get e-mailed answers translated over to an audio podcast?
Well, wouldn’t you know? They figured it out. So kick back, and enjoy the podcast, an enlightening discussion with Paul, no matter how creepy the voice the guys found for him is.
The offseason is really here and the podcast rolls on. Andy and Kerm fill the void with news of Geovany Soto’s rookie of the yearedness, the Cubs ill-fated attempt to trade for Jake Peavy and, they run down the long, sad list of free agents and try to figure out where those losers will all end up.
If you want to subscribe to the podcast and have it automatically sent to your iTunes library, bang on this.
This week’s edition of the podcast includes special guest, Yahoo! Sports NBA columnist Kelly Dwyer. Kelly and the guys were supposed to do an NBA season preview. Instead it’s basically 86 minutes of stories about Stacy King, Herm Winningham, Bob Rohrman and Shane Victorino’s batting helmet.
So pretty much, it’s the best NBA season preview ever.
Another exciting edition of the Podcast is in the books and this time we discuss Jim Hendry’s contract extension, break down the World Series and promote next week’s podcast when we actually have a guest who will talk about something other than baseball.
This entire podcast is worth it, if only for the sound of former Cub Matt Stairs describing getting his ass “hammered” in the dugout.
And isn’t that Jim Belushi in the background of that photo? And what ring is that on Hendry’s hand? Did the Marlins give him one for the 2003 World Series? They should have.