Hey Bregman, you ever gonna do something? – Pointless Exercise Cubs Podcast

Oleg and Praz are on hand to talk about Andy’s ultra-scientific similarity score comps of the Cubs and they see the results from a much better team. They also discuss the ludicrous idea that Petecrow is lagging in the All-Star voting because he’s…

Podcast: To the bitter end – Pointless Exercise Cubs Podcast

You’d think that with the Cubs playing this poorly for this long that the sweet relief of elimination would be on the way, but the third Wild Card means nobody is ever out of it, no matter how bad they are. Oleg and Praz are on the case to discuss what’s…

“They don’t know what to do.” – Pointless Exercise Cubs Podcast

The Cubs have sunk to yet another low, now losers of 10 in a row, and Oleg and Praz are here to discuss what there is to be done. They wonder why the Cubs called up Kevin Alcantara if they don’t bother to ever play him, worry about Ian Happ’s inability to…

Little league homers – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast

David Brown joins the pod for a hard hitting expose into why calling them “little league homers” are offensive to little leaguers, why the Cubs being this streaky isn’t a shock, nor is their rash of pitching injuries. They also discuss Shohei’s…

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The time we had an oral history on the Cubs hiring Theo

The time we had an oral history on the Cubs hiring Theo

It seems perfectly sensible now that Theo Epstein left the Red Sox to take on the task of rebuilding the Cubs, but at the time it was a complete shock.  First, that Theo would want to come, and second, that the Ricketts didn’t screw it all up.  Here’s the…

The time Lou Piniella sat in on a GameCast

The time Lou Piniella sat in on a GameCast

Remember in 2007 when Lou Pinella lost his shit and kicked dirt all over a third base umpire?  He got suspended and the Cubs went on their first decent winning streak of the season. We did a running diary of game two of his suspension on June 4, 2007 against the…

Remember “Who owns the Cubs?”

Remember “Who owns the Cubs?”

In our twentieth year (no shit) we’re taking looks back at great moments in Desipio history.  In our first installment we relived the Cubs winning the World Series.23 But today we revisit an absolute classic.  We’re going back to February 9, 2011 when…

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