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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Remember This Crap – 1985 – with special guest Kelly Dwyer – Pointless Exercise Podcast
There is no wheel spinning in this edition of Remember This Crap because the guys decide to bring in a guest with a love of ’80s baseball and, inexplicably, the podcast. NBA writer Kelly Dwyer joins the fray as they discuss the 1985 Cubs who were riding high in…
It’s time for a baseball Superdraft! – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast with David Brown
Bally Sports National MLB writer David Brown is back on the show and the guys talk about the Cubs recent resurgence and why Yan Gomes is ever allowed to designated hit. Seiya’s back and Andy has big plans for him but he’s going to need his pal Rob Manfred…
Remember This Crap? – 2010 Cubs – Pointless Exercise Podcast
It was a season so bad that the manager made up an excuse to go to Florida to take care of his mother to get out of it early. The last vestiges of the 2008 Cubs were either leaving after or during the season. Opening Day was a bad omen for the rest of the season and a…
“We can’t trust the Cubs” – Pointless Exercise Podcast
You asked and we answered. The baseball podcast this week is Cubs intensive, as Andy and Mike Praznowski take this awful team out to the woodshed. You’ll hear scintillating answers to questions like: Why is Jason Heyward still on the team? Do they not realize…
Remember This Crap? 2002 Cubs – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Sandwiched in between the 88 win near-miss 2001 Cubs and the 88 win heartbreaking 2003 Cubs were the gawdawful 2002 Cubs. They got a manager fired, which got Ron Santo’s number unofficially unretired before it could be retired. Moises Alou showed up and…
Young Frankenstein Movie Deep Dive – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Movie Deep Dive Podcast with actor/comedian Mike Pusateri returns with the long promised, much anticipated Young Frankenstein episode. It’s one of the funniest movies ever made and toes the line between smart and stupid better than almost any other film ever…
Remember This Crap 1983 Cubs – Remember This Crap?
The other 15 percent take center stage as the wheel of crap lands on 1983. Lee Elia stood up for his team said a lot of really profane but accurate things and ended up getting fired a few months later, Leon Durham was the only All-Star on the club, Chuck Rainey almost…
Who’s already out of it? – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
Bally Sports’ David Brown is back from field trips to St. Louis and Washington and he has important food-related things to report. The guys talk about a fantasy football league that doesn’t seem like that fun to be in and and they take a look at every…
201. Jon Greenberg returns – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Athletic’s Jon Greenberg swings by to talk about Marquee’s fiasco with The Reporters and the guys talk about all of the other things Marquee needs to do to fix things, including giving Cole Wright hazard pay for doing an hour pre and postgame for all…
Remember This Crap – Which Cubs get the next statue(s)? – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Cubs are ready to unveil the Fergie Jenkins statue, and the guys get so distracted by the fact the new “statue row” has two empty podiums that they spend the hour trying to figure out which players the Cubs are going to immortalize next. They’re…