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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
480. Anybody want to trade the Cubs a pitcher or four?
The Cubs offense has gone MIA for a few days, but the bigger issue going forward is making sure they don’t run out of pitchers. Praz and Oleg are here to discuss trade targets, what the Cubs have to offer other teams, and what would happen if (god forbid) Ian…
479. Things are doing just as we predicted – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
Thirty-ish games into the season David Brown is here to talk about how things are going in baseball. Ted Turner’s dead, the Reds’ record makes no sense, the Cardinals are pretending to be good (they’re not), the Giants are terrible, and nobody can…
478. Moises’ flexors are fine – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Cubs got bad news on Justin Steele’s rehab, and their relief pitching is so decimated that they have a Yacksel in the bullpen these days. But there’s nothing wrong with the team that a heaping dose of Moises Ballesteros can’t fix. Oleg and Praz…
465. Too much is not enough – Pointless Exercise Cubs Podcast
The Cubs have done nice work since our last podcast, adding Edward Cabrera and Alex Bregman, but Oleg and Praz are here to discuss what else the Cubs should do. Praz has some first-hand accounts from Cubs Convention. Tyler Austin might not want to rent a place in town…
464. RECRAP – We’ll always have the 13 yard bomb
The Bears mounted another crazy comeback, highlighted by the most ridiculous Caleb pass of a season full of them, but they lost in OT to the Rams 20-17. Oleg joins Andy on the podcast to sift through the aftermath of the game and the season and look forward to a Bears…
463. Bregmania – Pointless Exercise Cubs Podcast
The Cubs did stuff and picked an obvious, but rare for them, direction by trading an overrated prospect for an upside starting pitcher and then spent some of their “wheelbarrows of cash” on a real hitter. David Brown is here to discuss what the Cubs do…
462. RECRAP – A glorious blur – Bears 31, Packers 27
What just happened? Oleg and Andy do a live pod in the afterglow of the most ridiculous Bears win in a season of them. They shocked the Packers with 25 fourth quarter points to complete an epic comeback and move on. Caleb Williams went into hero mode in the fourth…
461. Cubs Convention Preview – Pointless Exercise Cubs Podcast
Oleg and Praz are here to predict where the remaining top free agents are likely headed (don’t worry Jed, we only gave you one), and we play a fun game of “Is this a real Cubs Convention session?” We talk about the 2016 Cubs reunion, the boring…
460. RECRAP – Too little too late
The Bears often don’t start well, but they rarely finish poorly, and in the final regular season game of they year they nearly got their act together at the perfect time. In the end, the walk-off loss to the Lions means nothing, except that the team they play…
459. RECRAP – There’s no ‘d’ in Bears or Niners
Brought to you by a very reputable lawyer, my books and the Pat Benkowski Sports Spectacular, it’s another exciting episode of the RECRAP. The Bears lost a thriller to the 49ers when they ran out of time on the final drive (which honestly, happens in every game…
458. Outperforming peripherals – Pointless Exercise Cubs Podcast
The Cubs are building their new bullpen out of hunks of the old Rangers’ one, probably because the Rangers’ was better than theirs last year. Oleg and Praz are here to talk about it, and to hear and old friend recount the last seconds of the Bears’…
457. RECRAP LIVE! – DJ and Caleb grate the cheese
I was so excited about the coolest ending to a Bears-Packers game ever, that I went live with the RECRAP. But I was smart enough to also record it for posterity. It’s brought to you by the two greatest advertisers we’ve ever had, and my books. The Bears…
456. RECRAP – Too cold to sweat this one
The RECRAP of the Bears’ 10th win of the season, 31-3 over the Browns, is brought to you by Miller Lite, Dick Butkus’ horoscope, the Pat Benkowski Sports Spectacular, Cairo Santos wearing a stocking cap under his helmet, and the books “The…
455. Cubs do squat at Winter Meetings – Pointless Exercise Cubs Podcast
The Cubs are busy finishing second on all of the players they want us to think they’re after. Sure they are. Oleg and Praz are here to discuss Matt Shaw’s future, Moises Ballesteros as the full time DH, whether Alex Bregman makes sense, what kind of…
454. Dude Diligence – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
Do a lot of things really happen every year at baseball’s winter meetings or do we just think it because we remember anything that happens in the weeks that follow as happening at the meetings? David Brown is here to talk about that, plus Kyle Schwarber, Zac…
453. RECRAP – It didn’t arrive Sunday, but it’s coming
The RECRAP of the Bears loss to the Packers is brought to you by Walter Payton’s bus pass, the Pat Benkowski Sports Spectacular and my books, “The Immortals” and “Great Until It Wasn’t” available on paperback, hardcover and Kindle….
452. RECRAP – The Gang Gets Its Ass Kicked By The Bears
Everybody said the Bears hadn’t beaten anybody, and apparently, they took that personally, so when they went to Philadelphia to play the “somebodies” who just happen to be the defending Super Bowl champions, the Bears beat the shit out of them. The…
451. No laurels on which to rest – Pointless Exercise Cubs Podcast
Jed’s back to rebuilding his bullpen and his first spare part is actually more accomplished than the guys he normally drags off the scrap heap. Praz and Oleg drop by to talk about the bullpen, about the Cardinals trade of Sonny Gray and whether they’ll…
450. RECRAP – Steal City
The RECRAP of the Bears gritty 31-28 win over the Steelers is brought to you by Mr. Submarine (twice), the Pat Benkowski Sports Spectacular and the brand new books “The Immortals” and “Great Until It Wasn’t.” The Bears played a game…
449. RECRAP – Cairo redeemed
The Bears apparently think they need to let other teams get a fourth quarter lead before they can actually come back and win it, but for now, who cares? It’s working. The RECRAP of the Bears’ 19-17 walkoff win over the Vikings is brought to you by Mr….
448. Are the Brewers more of a rival than the Cardinals? – Pointless Exercise Cubs Podcast
The offseason is underway. Sh?ta might be on the way out, the Cubs are being connected to free agents the aren’t likely to actually try to sign, and Oleg and Praz are here to talk about what Jed’s plan is, and why that plan sucks. And, Praz wants to make…