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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Not every video montage is inspiring

Friday night I posted a really well-done video tribute to the 1989 Cubs put together by longtime (well, before he died) WGN-TV producer Arne Harris.  It used the song “Keeping the Dream Alive” by your favorite German pop band Munchener Freiheit and had a…

Keeping the dream alive

Keeping the dream alive

The 2012 Cubs are unique, not in that they’re going to be bad, but because they’re actually designed to be that way.  Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer are trying to turn the whole damned franchise around and it’s going to take some time.  So this…

Dempster ponders his future

Dempster ponders his future

Our good friend at Big League Stew, Kevin Kaduk, thinks it’s funny that I loathe Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster so much.  And I can see why.  Dempster’s been a Cub since 2004 and there have been much bigger louts and disappointments to root against in that…

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