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- Great Until It Wasn’t
- Did Sh?ta just fuck over the Cubs?
- Another week, another book?
- Cubs should embrace “all encompassing suck”
- Your new favorite book is on sale now
- Book Excerpt: The Immortals
- Podcast: Are the Brewers more of a rival than the Cardinals?
- Even the good Cubs are getting screwed
- Jed’s plan is clear, and it’s dumb
- Out of options
- The Cubs aren’t close
- RECRAP: Bears win a gut-punch game
- Podcast: Let’s fix the intentional walk
- Podcast: Off seasoning
- Never too late to be too late
Latest Pointless Exercise Podcast Episodes
Do the Cubs have enough? – Pointless Exercise Podcast
It’s early June, the Cubs are in first place by five games and so naturally, Andy asks Praz and Oleg if they have enough to win anything important. All of the hot topics are covered like Evan Longoria’s connection to the World Series Cubs, Rey Ordonez…
Remember This Crap – Cubs All-Time Shortstops – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Remember This Crap’s tour around the diamond has reached shortstop. Huey is back to help talk about the greatest (and Larry Bowa) Cubs shortstops in history. As always, the guys go all the way back to the 19th century and work their way up to the modern day. The…
Patrick Mooney on the Cubs – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The winter meetings are coming and who better to talk to about them than somebody who will fly to San Diego to stand in a lobby, The Athletic’s Cubs writer Patrick Mooney. Patrick tells all about the Cubs vaunted pitch lab (or at least a sign that points to it),…
The Cubs’ quest for Cody Bellinger feels familiar – Pointless Exercise Podcast
On this episode of the pod we have our favorite guest of all-time. You’ll want to check it out as he is less than thrilled by possible Ian Happ contract extension talks, gives you an update on the Cubs quest for a new shortstop, how will they live without the…
Is losing to the Lions ever good? – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
The guys took extra time to grade film and crunch the numbers to figure out how the Bears lost to the Lions and if they did it on purpose. It’s not like Cairo Santos is going to ever miss an extra point unless he tries to. And Justin Fields played an amazing…
“The Wire’s” Michael Kostroff – Pointless Exercise Podcast
On a very special edition of the podcast, Mike Pusateri, David Brown and Andy interview actor and author Michael Kostroff. Even if you don’t know you know him, you do. He played the lawyer Maury Levy on “The Wire” and has appeared in…
Jon Greenberg – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Bears are moving up the dial, the Cubs are poised to attempt some “intelligent spending,” the Cubs annual ode to sweatpants is returning and Jon Greenberg of The Athletic drops by to talk about all of it and more. They talk about if the suddenly…
Free Agency Primer – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
David Brown is back to talk about the World Series (it’s a lot easier to preview things after they happen), Dusty Baker’s awkward celebrity friendship, and to look ahead at baseball’s hot stove. The guys talk about Scott Boras’ annual pun fest…
The Bears are getting offensive – Bears/Dolphins – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
It was a perfect day for the rebuilding Bears against the Dolphins. Justin Fields continues to look like a star, they scored a ton of points, they lost and we got to boo the refs. The guys break it down, try to decide which Fields play was more awesome than the last,…
Remember This Crap? – Bears/Dolphins – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The history between the Bears and Dolphins isn’t all that long and isn’t all that storied, in fact, you probably only remember one game with any kind of clarity. But the guys dive in and dig up all kinds of info on the Bears connections of the Dolphins…
Slow News Day – Bears-Cowboys, Roquan Trade, Claypool Trade – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
Usually the guys breakdown the previous week’s game and then look ahead to the Bears’ next opponent, but this week they not only do that, but they talk about the Roquan Smith to the Ravens and the Bears subsequent trade for Chase Claypool. They talk about…
Remember This Crap? – Bears-Cowboys – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Bears and Cowboys haven’t played as many times as you would think over the years, but there have been some memorable games. The most vivid is the Bears’ 44-0 domination in 1985, and the two playoff losses. Maybe less memorable are the lone wins for…
Prime Time Dominance – Bears-Patriots – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
The guys are still buzzing about the pantsing the Bears put on the once proud Patriots on Monday night. The sheer amount of competence was startling. An offensive scheme that fit the players, another touchdownless second half by the defense and a successfully returned…
Remember This Crap? Bears-Patriots – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The long, illustrious list of teams the Bears have beaten in the Super Bowl begins and ends with the mighty New England Patriots. But there’s so much more to know about them. For instance, why did Matt Millen punch out their general manager on the field after a…
What in the Strother loving heck is going on around here? – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
Lodged in between a game against the Commanders last week and a Patriots game that’s not until Monday the guys do the obvious thing and talk about Strother Martin for a while on the Bears podcast. The look back at the mind-numbing loss to Washington and at how…
Remember This Crap? Bears – Washington Football Whatevers – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Washington NFL franchise has been in existence nearly as long as the Bears but they’ve won more Super Bowls (though fewer total championships) and been much more racist. Their first owner was forced to integrate his team or be denied access to his new…
Too little too late – Bears/Vikings – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
The Bears rallied to make Sunday’s loss to the Vikings fun and if Ihmir Smith-Marsette didn’t do a reverse Marion Barber III they might have actually won. The guys discuss the Bears sudden more aggressive approach and if it will endure, how well Justin…
Son of the MLB Playoffs Preview – Pointless Exercise Baseball Preview
The first round of the 2022 playoffs is in the books and the home team lost three of the four “series.” The second round is upon us and Andy and David take a look at what happened in the best two of threes over the weekend and ahead to three underwhelming…
Baseball Playoff Preview – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The baseball playoffs start on Friday, and apparently the Cubs aren’t in them, but there’s still fun stuff to talk about. The guys have some fun with the top 20 home run seasons in the history of both leagues. They ponder how many teams that actually tried…
Riding the poo cart – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
The Bears went to New Jersey and muddled around for a few hours and came home no longer tied for first place in the NFC North. Was this a blow to their Super Bowl hopes? The guys discuss that, and how you can fall for the same play over and over and over. Did Justin…