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- How the Devers trade hurts or helps the Cubs
- Cubs winning despite patchy offense
- Podcast: Do the Cubs have enough?
- How good is Ian Happ these days?
- Podcast: Remember This Crap - Cubs All-Time Shortstops
- Podcast: Calendars can be complicated
- The real Cubs All-Quarter Century Team
- Cubs keep dropping the Reds
- Podcast: Is Seiya a star?
- No need for the Cubs to pace themselves
- McGuire comes up handy, twice
- Cubs are gonna get so rich off this All-Star Game
- Podcast: Hurry up and change
- Welcome back Matt. Nobody did anything while you were gone.
- M-V-P-C-A?
Latest Pointless Exercise Podcast Episodes
2025 Baseball Preview – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Worlds collide as both Pointless Exercise baseball podcasts join forces to preview the 2025 season. David Brown, Oleg, Praz and Andy sit around and yak about who's going to the playoffs, who's going to be MVP, Rookie of the Year, Cy Young and Manager of the Year. No...
Cubs have the fun Japanese players — Pointless Exercise Podcast
Sure, the Dodgers might have the best player of his generation and two other Japanese fireballers, but there's no dispute that the Cubs' Japanese players returning home to play in next week's games are more fun. Seiya's hitting baseballs with a samurai sword, Sh?ta's...
Maybe throwing is overrated? – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
The first place, 2-1 Bears are doing it the old fashioned way with an opportunistic defense, a rugged running game and a passing game that looks like came straight out of the 1920s. Is it too early to give up on Justin Fields? Yes. Is it too early to worry about him?...
Don’t Judge Us – Pointless Exercise Podcast
David Brown is back to talk baseball and the guys talk about whether anyone can have a good enough season to be more valuable than Shohei Ohtani. They talk about Aaron Judge's run at the American League triple crown (and he homers right in the middle of the podcast)...
(Still) Not Ready For Primetime – Bears/Packers – Pointless Exercise Podcast
For some reason the NFL insists on foisting the Bears and Packers in Lambeau at night, on national TV on us. They should know better. The Bears were overmatched, again, and while they kept the score superficially close, the outcome was really never in doubt. The Bears...
Remember This Crap? 2004 Cubs – Pointless Exercise Podcast
It is probably the most infuriating season in Cubs history (and that's saying something with this bunch). The Cubs patched almost all of their holes from the year before when they gagged away a pennant, and the fans were manic from the first game on. Greggie came...
Bears swim past Niners – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
Was the Bears win over the Niners a sign that they're better than people thought, or just that they're good mudders? What were the good signs to take away from game one and the bad ones that invariably get washed away in the glow of victory? Did the Bears really have...
Remember This Crap? 1985 Bears at Niners – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Bears had put the NFL on notice with a big win over the (then) Redskins a couple of weeks prior, but they had a big score to settle when they went to San Francisco in week six in a rematch of the 1984 NFC Championship game. The Bears punched the Niners in the face...
The Flus is loose – Bears season preview – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Bears podcast is back and so is Mike Pusateri for his third season. They take a look at the roster and try to figure out who the hell these guys are. What are reasonable expectations for the Bears with a first year head coach, a second year quarterback and the...
Remember This Crap? 1987 Cubs – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Cubs had two Hall of Famers on their pitching staff, they literally got to write in any salary they wanted to pay another Hall of Famer to join their outfield, and they won 75 games. The year was 1987, Wrigley Field's last without lights, Harry Caray had suffered...
Maybe the Cubs should get Shohei after all! – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
David Brown is back from vacation (and he wasn't robbed) and the guys take the bold stance that darnit, the Cubs SHOULD find a way to trade for Shohei Ohtani. They really went out there on a limb for that one. The talk about how much a team will have to give up to get...
Remember This Crap? 2006 Cubs – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Dusty Baker era ended with a big wet thud as a promising start ended abruptly when Rafael Furcal careened into Derrek Lee and broke his wrist. Mark Prior pitched his final games for the Cubs. Kerry Wood's career as a starting pitcher ended. Phil Nevin traded...
Mark Gonzales – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
Longtime baseball beat writer Mark Gonzales stops by the podcast to talk about the Cubs (and a little White Sox--mostly so Andy can make fun of Eloy trying to catch a flyball). They discuss the Franmil Reyes era, what the Cubs should do with shortstop next season, why...
Remember This Crap? 1993 Cubs – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The 1993 Cubs did something rare at the time, they had a winning record. Even more rare for the Cubs they had a winning record and didn't make the playoffs. Oh, and they rewarded their manager by firing him. Probably because they were tired of trying to remember how...
Beware of corn sweat – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
The Cubs are headed to the Field of Dreams Game and Frank Schwindel will not be going with. Unless he can hurry up and drive some nails into his car tires again. Frank's been replaced on the roster by the very large Franmil Reyes, and David Brown has high hopes for...
Movie Deep Dive – Field of Dreams – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Before the Cubs and Reds can ruin your memory of the film, we give Field of Dreams the full Movie Deep Dive treatment. We settle the really important questions like, "How much money would plowing under farmland to build a baseball field cost a farmer in 1988?" or "Is...
Remember This Crap – 1990 Cubs – Pointless Exercise Cubs
The Cubs followed up a division title in 1989 by hosting the worst Home Run Derby of all time, and a rain delayed, mostly boring All-Star Game. Ryne Sandberg and Andre Dawson had good years, Mark Grace was pretty good and that was about it. They didn't sign any free...
Trade Deadline Extravaganza – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
As David Brown and I wrapped up our discussion of this year's trade deadline and the winners and losers (mostly the Cubs), we found out that Vin Scully died. So the podcast actually starts with a few minutes of us remembering Vin, including his great open to game one...
Remember This Crap – 1988 Cubs – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Cubs had a new manager, a new (very old) closer, a new GM who used to be an old manager, six All-Stars and they could play home games after sunset for once! It's time to Remember This Crap about the 1988 Cubs. Greg Maddux was great for a half, Mark Grace debuted...
All All-Starred Out – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
All-Star "week" (it's only three days) was chock-full o' stuff with the draft, the Home Run Derby and the weird uniforms in the actual game. David Brown is here to talk about all of that, potential trades, another new idea for the Derby which somehow results in Tom...