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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
444. RECRAP – How far away is the end zone?
The Bears four game losing streak is over, and it’s not completely due to their mysterious clock management, but it’s not NOT completely due to that. Today’s RECRAP is brought to you by Mr. Submarine and the Pat Benkowski Sports Spectacular. The…
443. “What people don’t understand is…” Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
The World Series looms, so David Brown returns for a second straight week to talk about the great ALCS, Shohei doing crazy things in the NLCS and whether or not John Smoltz has always sucked this much. Andy brags about nailing his managerial opening predictions of…
442. RECRAP – The Chinese Puzzle
The Bears ran the ball well and kept taking it away from the Saints to win their fourth in a row. They also ran some innovative center-QB exchanges which reminded the RECRAP of an old high school trick play. The RECRAP is brought to you by 1-800-Collect and the Pat…
Bearly watchable – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Bears have lost eight straight games to the Packers and Sunday’s was certainly one of them. The guys return to the podcast studio to discuss whether or not Justin Fields should have played (hint: yes) and whether the Bears limited his rushing attempts to…
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…