Latest Pointless Exercise Newsletter Articles
Subscribe to the newsletter: pointlessexercise.com
- Podcast: Nothing sparks a rally like cased meat
- The Cubs didn't waste any hits
- The Cubs are hanging on...by a thread
- That went well, don't you think?
- Brother, can you spare $2.3 billion?
- Podcast: “Maybe the problem is, we’re coddling these guys too much”
- It wouldn't hurt the Cubs to be a little defensive
- Cubs need a pitching reset
- Open up and Seiya
- Podcast: Seiya's really good
- The Cubs are scoring a lot. And they have to.
- These guys ain't so f-ing bad
- Podcast: The Cubs have a Morel dilemma
- Sh?ta sh?ved
- Who could have seen this coming?
Latest Pointless Exercise Podcast Episodes
MLB season preview roundtable – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
The whole Pointless Exercise team has assembled to do a mega preview of the upcoming baseball season. Join Andy, David Brown, both the Mike P's (Praz and Pusateri), Remember this Crap's Mike Donohue and the new guy, Oleg, as they make way too many predictions. They...
The Cubs playoff path just got harder – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
Ready or not, baseball seasons starts in the wee hours of Wednesday morning so David Brown is here to talk about how Blake Snell signing with the Giants makes the wild card path tougher in the NL and what's up with Jordan Montgomery. They discuss the Dodgers just...
Cubs postmortem and playoff preview – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
Despite the Cubs falling down and crapping on themselves, the baseball playoffs will start on schedule without them. David Brown joins the pod and after Andy gives the most awkward intro ever, the guys start and end the podcast with deep thoughts on the recent past...
Remember This Crap – Bears v. Broncos – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Bears and Broncos matchups go back more than 50 years and there have been some infamous heroes (Devin Hester, Eddy Piniero, Tim Tebow) and hapless goats (Marion Barber III, Dave Wannstedt, Jim Flanigan). Some Bears greats played for both teams like Jay Cutler,...
Home dogs to a team that just lost by 50 – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
Against their better judgement the guys relive the week that was at Halas Hall and Arrowhead Stadium. At least the Bears made Taylor Swift happy, so that should be worth something, right? They dig into the Peanut Tillman raid, Justin Fields yelling at reporters...
Remember This Crap – All-time Bears’ indignities and Bears-Chiefs history
Remember This Crap is back and it's a two-fer? Who better than these guys to recall the most embarrassing days in Bears history, and to regale you with tales of Bears-Chiefs history? It's the only Bears podcast you'll hear this week with discussions about Jeremiah...
Winning Time was not about these Bears – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
You things are going well when the podcast starts with a discussion about an HBO show that just got cancelled, but two weeks in, this is where we are. Mike Pusateri and Mike Praznowski are back to break down the Bears breakdown in Tampa, and the guys try to figure out...
Multi system failure – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
The Bears loss to the Packers might not have been a shock to smart fans like you, but the totality of the butt whupping was unexpected and the guys are there to tell you who to blame. There's plenty of it to go around. Odd playcalling, poor design, the inability to...
NFL Season Preview – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
The Bears podcast returns with a new addition. One Mike P. wasn't enough, so joining Andy and Mike Pusateri on the pod is Mike Praznowski. The guys will take potential corporate sponsorship from anybody so they devote an entire segment to providing increasingly spicy...
Baseball podcast with Tom Loxas – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Tom Loxas is back to talk about the Cubs and whether or not David Ross can avoid sabotaging the playoff run. They discuss Ross' moves and his perceived leadership qualities, Jed's take on how close they came to selling and how Dansby Swanson shamed him into trying to...
Post-trade deadline afterglow – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The trade deadline came and went and the Cubs came out pretty big winners. Let's look at the their big move(s), and how they stack up against the other 'contenders' in the NL Central and Wild Card. Who's a sleeper to come from even farther back than the Cubs to get a...
Remember This Crap – Cubs – White Sox “rivalry” – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Cubs and White Sox have met in a World Series, in exhibitions and for the last 26 years regularly in interleague play. Lots of guys have played for both teams, they've made the occasional trade and now they battle for a sponsored "cup" that nobody gives a damn...
The trade deadline approaches – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
Dread it. Run from it. Destiny arrives all the same. The trade deadline is less than two weeks away and teams need to figure their crap out post haste. David Brown joins the baseball podcast to discuss why teams like the Orioles and Reds should have already done more...
Will the Cubs buy, sell or just crap themselves? – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The second half of the season is upon us and the Cubs are just as meh as we all suspected they would be, which means little Jeddy has to make a big decision. What are the arguments for selling or buying and honestly, why do you have to do either? Would it be that...
Movie Deep Dive – 1776 – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Just in time for Independence Day the guys are doing a deep dive of a movie made just...FIFTY years ago? It's the movie version of the musical 1776, starring KITT from Knight Rider, the White Shadow, the governor from Benson and Gwyneth Paltrow's mom. But, if you've...
Remember This Crap? Cubs Center fielders – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Cubs have been a professional baseball for (most of) their 148 years of existence and you'd think that over that time they would have a long history of excellence in center field. You'd be wrong. The guys are back to Remember This Crap about Cubs centerfielders...
The A’s’ are moving, the Cardinals are sinking and the Cubs need to pick a lane – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
The A's are off to Vegas and all Andy and David want to know is what does that do to the blackouts. The new stadium is going to be built on the strip, but did MLB get Moe Green's permission? The Cardinals are bad and getting worse and somebody's going to pay for it,...
The Cubs are really something – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Cubs are oozing back to the bottom, and some people are shocked by this. Let's look back at how the free agent signings have worked out, what we can expect to get out of Matt Mervis and Christopher Morel, and why having three catchers is a complete waste of time....
Jon Greenberg on the Bears, Cubs and Marquee – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Athletic's Jon Greenberg is back again and there's plenty to discuss. Did new Bears president Kevin Warren really botch the Big Ten's TV contracts or is it just impossible to try to work for 14 university presidents at the wrong time? And what does it mean when a...
Baseball teams keep making it weird – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast with David Brown
After all of the weirdness, Willson Contreras' exile from the squat lasted one week. David Brown is here to talk about that and all kinds of stuff like why baseball team's can't figure out how to use the injured list, Shohei's flirtation with another ridiculously cool...