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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
Super Mega Football Preview – Pointless Exercise Football Podcast
It’s all hands on deck for the 2024 Super Mega Football Preview with Andy and all three Mikes, plus Oleg and David Brown. The guys are just full of football hot takery. They’ll give you season over unders to bet or run away from, some bold predictions on…
Bears Hard Knocks Ep. 4 – Legacy Game – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The gang is back together to take a look back at the surprisingly emotional fourth episode of the Bears Hard Knocks. We learn why Rome Odounze was so far out of bounds against the Bengals, spend a lot of time with running back Ian Wheeler and running backs coaches…
Why Marmol should still be closing
Yesterday’s opener was a new experience for most Cubs fans. Â Starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija was terrific, striking out nine and allowing only two hits over eight innings. Â The defense, except for the first ball hit at human wombat Brent Lillibridge was also…
Cubs report continued: How many more years until they try?
On Monday we took a rambling tour of the Cubs pitching staff for 2013 and with the season starting for realsies on Monday, I’d better run through their awesome (cough, cough, gag, cough) offense today. Let’s face it, this offense was shitty last year, and…
Rejected by the Muskbox: Hereditary defense
It’s been a while, but Carrie Muskat sent me a Muskbox rejection today, and it’s a good one: @desipiodotcom A #Cubs fan asked if Scott Hairston could play 3B because his father & brother did. Care to answer? — Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) March 25,…
Cubs Report: How many more years until they try?
Another long baseball season, full of excitement and promise and good times is right around the corner. Â Not for the Cubs, but for some teams. Â For the Cubs, 2013 is year two of the “Hey we haven’t won in a long time, but at least now we’re trying…
Podcast: Episode 14 — Live from the Neifiball Draft
Who says we don’t spend money on this show? Last time we sent Kerm all the way to Arizona to cover spring training for us, this week we broadcast live from the Neifiball Draft. What’s next, we send Kerm to the bus station with hot towels to greet…
Phil Rogers wants to do away with outdated things
Several times per week (hell, twice a day, sometimes) baseball dumbass Phil Rogers writes mind-numbingly dumb things that he deserves to be ridiculed for. Â So just how dumb must something he writes be, to have him be completely self-aware about how dumb it is?…
If nothing else, WGN gives good promo
Still a shitload of snow on the ground up here, but Cubs games on TV this weekend will remind us…well, probably what a long assed season it’s going to be. Still, I’m going to miss these WGN promos when the Cubs bolt for a TV partner who isn’t…
The podcast finally has a sponsor
And a good one:
Podcast Ep 13 – Live from the Valley of the Sun…and trains
In this week’s epsiode, the gang spares no expense and sends Kerm to the desert to watch the Cubs fail to take a lead in any game he attends, and they inexplicably have him stand outside of his hotel room overlooking the parking lot. Andy apparently forgets to…
Podcast: You can’t unsee this
Because you asked for it (no, no you didn’t) we’ve added video to the podcast and now you can see us as we talk about baseball…or at least talk about talking about baseball. As you’ll see, I got all dressed up in a nice black Oregon t-shirt, we…
Podcast: A Good Day to Campana?
We actually podcasted on time this time, and posted it in a timely fashion, so many of our musings are still somewhat current. I don’t show up until 4:30 in, so feel free to just skip to that part, because that’s when the Podcast gold starts. So what do we…
Wanna watch Pope John Paul II hit in a batting cage?
Of course you do. Donn Pall played for both the White Sox and Cubs, looks like they signed the wrong Pontiff.
Look at this gem: Hot Days of August!
YouTube is the greatest. Â Check this out. Â Here’s a commercial free version of a late season special produced by WGN-TV in 1984 recapping the rise of the Cubs. Â You get Steve Stone in a leisure suit, Harry in a sissy blue sweater, Jim Frey creepily staring…
Soul crushing flashback: Cubs-Padres Game 5, 1984
All winter long I’ve been tempted to take the time to watch the replay of game five of the 1984 National League Championship Series between the Cubs and Padres. Why? I mean, I know how it ends, and it’s ugly and painful. But I was 11 years old when it…
Podcast: Ep 10 – The Mob Lawyer
We’re even more off the rails that normal in this one, but there’s some pretty good stuff. Â Stick around to the end, and listen to my unbelievable (and true) story of my wife’s Jim Hendry-like negotiating skills. Download the ep here, or sign up at…
Just something I drew today
Enjoy.
Podcast 9 — Kegel Convention?
This podcast has actual breaking news in it. Well, it would have if we didn’t wait five days to publish it. We lament the addition of yet another Hairston. And, we talk about Candy Maldonado. Well, why wouldn’t we? Oh, and Pre, I talk about your extra long…
These Duquettes are pretty awesome
As a frequent listener of MLB Network Radio, I have come to appreciate the level headed analysis of former Mets and Orioles GM Jim Duquette (he’s the cousin of current Orioles GM Dan). Â This summer, Jim was gone for a while, because his ten year old daughter…