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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
Keep them kids – Pointless Exercise Podcast
It’s the 400th Pointless Exercise Podcast! Either it’s a huge hit, or we can’t take a hint. What should the Cubs do with Cade Horton and Moises Ballesteros when Ian Happ and Sh?ta come back? Why was Pat treating Ron Coomer like a meterologist the…
How hard could it be? – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Oleg and Praz join the podcast to discuss the arrivals of Cade Horton and Moises Ballesteros on the Cubs roster and discuss other great 22s and 25s in Cubs history. They talk about Cade’s impressive debut against the Mets and try to figure out how to keep Moises…
Use him or lose him – Pointless Exercise Podcast
It’s time again to talk baseball with David Brown, and in this scintillating episode we discuss how the D’bags won the Paul Goldschmidt seven years after the fact! (Kind of.) Why math and common sense tells you that if the Cubs don’t call Cade Horton…
Cubs trade value chart
Today, on the radio, Jesse Rogers said the Cubs will be looking at every avenue to improve the team by trade “the next 10 days.” That’s great. The trade deadline is eight days away, so I’m not sure what Jed and Theo are going to be doing…
Monty’s off to a farm in Missouri – Desipio Cubs Podcast
This week it’s Andy, Mike and Kyle as they talk about the Mike Montgomery trade, what the Cubs are up to with another catcher and can any of it be good, the Cubs fanbase’s unrealistic view of Victor Caratini’s value, where did Ad*bert go, and what…
Roster fire and fury signifying nothing – Desipio Cubs Podcast
Sam and Andy are on hand to help you usher in America’s birthday by trying to figure out just how Theo Epstein is going to make the bold roster moves he’s promised. They run the down the trade values of the guys on the current roster and…well,…
What’s wrong with this list? The 100 greatest Bears – 24 to 1
And now, we get to the good stuff. After three articles making fun of the list of the 100 greatest Bears created in honor of the team’s 100th anniversary by big brained football guys Don Pierson and Dan Pompei, we’ve reached the final 25. Surely,…
Zion thought Thanos was the hero because he was written that way
This post about the top pick in the NBA Draft, incredibly, contains spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. For an 18 year old, Zion Williamson doesn’t outwardly do much wrong. Actually, for anybody at any age you can say that of the media…
Bulls get it right, then take another second round nap
Armed with the seventh pick in a three player draft and in dire need of an actual point guard, the Bulls managed to stand pat and have the last, good point drop right into their laps. As far as breaks go, it was a pretty good one and yet, more than they deserve….
What’s wrong with this list? The 100 greatest Bears – 50 to 25
To celebrate their 100th anniversary, the Bears enlisted football big brains Don Pierson and Dan Pompei to rank the 100 greatest players in the franchise’s history. Was it a no-win proposition for them? Sure it was. So we’re making fun of it. Here are…
Eloy is getting laaaarger – Desipio Cubs Podcast
It’s just Andy and the new guy, Sam Fels, but really who else do you need? They revisit the now infamous Eloy Jimenez trade, try to figure out how the Ricketts; went from World Series heroes to ballpark witness protection in two seasons, ponder how often Theo…
Illinois hopes weed and gambling can save them — they’ve made worse bets before
In a shocking turn of events, the state of Illinois passed a budget this year, on time (well, a couple days late) and it’s balanced (with some fancy math, sure.) How did they accomplish such a feat and find money to fix our crumbling roads and sagging bridges,…
What’s wrong with this list? The 100 greatest Bears – 75-51
My rundown of the thankless exercise the Chicago Bears paid Don Pierson and Dan Pompei to do, the ranking of 100 greatest Bears continues. If you missed 100-76, it’s here. 3 75. Akiem Hicks, DT, 2016 – present Akiem is pretty awesome, and the Bears got him…
Nobody works in Denver – Desipio Cubs Podcast
Your favorite podcast gets even better (yes, we mean this one) with the new addition of Sam Fels, and the guys waste no time getting into the most pressing issues of the day, including their disdain for whatever the bastardized version of baseball is that gets played…
What’s wrong with this list? The 100 greatest Bears – 100 to 76
If you haven’t heard, this is the 100th anniversary of the Chicago Bears, or Decatur Staleys, or whatever they’ve ever been. They were “born” in 1919 when Vag McCaskey was a plucky little nine year old named Ginny Halas.5 To celebrate the…
Tweetbag: Cubs’ bad closer Mt. Rushmore
Sometimes, you get a Tweet that demands more than a 280 character response. When the subject is worst closers in Cubs history, how can you avoid it? So, we open up the old Tweetbag for this from @FreedmanMatthew: I see that Gregg is actually pretty similar to Antonio…
If these balls could talk – Desipio Cubs Podcast
It’s just Mike and Andy this week, and they rename and then review a book they haven’t read, run through the long and undistinguished history of recent Cubs pitcher draft picks, try to figure out if Carlos Gonzalez is the next Jim Edmonds (in a good way),…
Fowl Balls – Desipio Cubs Podcast
The guys debate if Major League or Moneyball is the best baseball movie ever (and throw out a few other possibilities). They break down Kyle Schwarber round lead-off man. What, if anything, Carlos Gonzalez has left. Why Carl Edwards Jr. should never be trusted with a…
Shift for Brains – Desipio Cubs Podcast
How different was the world the last time the Brewers were on Sunday Night Baseball previous to last Sunday’s loss to the Cubs? What’s up with that lawsuit by the former Desipio lurker who claims Conan O’Brien stole five of his precious jokes?…
Deja Yu – Desipio Cubs Podcast
Audio only Subscribe to the podcast here – https://anchor.fm/desipio Episode rundown Segment One – Why Addison Russell still doesn’t get it, and probably never will. Two – There’s a Cubs Fan Code of Conduct? Three – What the hell is…
Desipio Cubs Podcast – Can you have a BIG series in May?
Subscribe to the podcast. The Podcast goes audio only this week, and Kyle is missing, Mike is missing Peter Mayhew, and the guys have actual segments. What the hell was Phil Rogers Tweeting about? What the hell was Joe Sheehan Tweeting about? Dave Kaplan’s…