“What people don’t understand is…” Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast

The World Series looms, so David Brown returns for a second straight week to talk about the great ALCS, Shohei doing crazy things in the NLCS and whether or not John Smoltz has always sucked this much. Andy brags about nailing his managerial opening predictions of…

Are any of these teams any good? – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast

The playoffs are a week away and David Brown is here to try to help us figure out if any of these teams is any damned good? We also discuss why a team would allow a player to have a day off in the middle of a playoff run to go to…well, you know where he went….

Why wait to celebrate? – Pointless Exercise Podcast

The Cubs magic number is dwindling, and while Marquee and the Score couldn’t figure out how to calculate it properly, our podcast does. It’s the Cubs pod with Oleg and Praz and Mike has done the math. And while the Brewers wait to win the division to…

Who’s in? Who’s Out? – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast

The season is in it’s final weeks and it’s time for David Brown to help us decide what races are real and who still has a chance to force their way into the playoffs. They look at the closest races and the remaining schedules to see who might have a chance…

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Are they more bad or boring? – Pointless Exercise Cubs Podcast

What are the Cubs more of, boring or bad? That’s the big issue that Andy and Praz confront, while Oleg is out running around in his birthday suit. Should the Cubs buy, sell, neither or both? Who would want any of them? Would Jed even trade any of them if he…

Bulls get the SG of least resistance

Bulls get the SG of least resistance

The Bulls have come so far, so fast.  How do I know this?  Because two offseasons ago, fans were just hoping the team would take another step towards respectability, and now, just months later they can’t believe that a team with the reigning NBA MVP, who was…

Why do players use PEDs?

Why do players use PEDs?

One of the least surprising things is that baseball players are still using performance enhancing drugs.  What is surprising is that they are still getting caught.  The latest dummy to get caught is Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun.  He doesn’t look like a…

Cardinals fans handle Pujols departure with typical class

Cardinals fans handle Pujols departure with typical class

The media loves to go on and on about how Cardinals fans are the best in baseball.  The media says lots of stupid shit. This week, Cardinals fans had a chance to show just how the best fans in baseball would react to a great player doing the a favor and not clogging…

Cost cutting Cubs dump Colvin on Rockies

Cost cutting Cubs dump Colvin on Rockies

Now how could trading a player who makes the league minimum help the Cubs cut costs you ask?  Well, when the player is Tyler Colvin, the savings on the team dental plan alone has to be in the tens of millions. And so, the Cubs traded him and his lofty stat line last…

Should the Cubs be willing to trade anybody?

Should the Cubs be willing to trade anybody?

Every time I see outrage on the Interwebs among Cubs fans I reflexively run to the side opposite the outrage.  The reason?  Cubs fans are idiots. What caused the idiot horde to take their rage out for a spin yesterday?  Busty Olney reported the Cubs would listen to…

Happy Thanksgiving, Morans

Happy Thanksgiving, Morans

Has it really been two years since the Ricketts celebrated their first Thanksgiving as Cubs owners?  Let’s go back to that magical time.   And when you’re done reminiscing about that, you can enjoy one of the greatest Thanksgiving episodes of any TV…

Why won’t anyone hire Ryne?

Why won’t anyone hire Ryne?

Life is tough these days for Ryne Sandberg.  Sure, he’s still sitting on a pile of millions of dollars from his playing career, he make can thousands more whenever he wants just by virtue of the fact he gets to sign “HOF” next to his autograph (that…

Prepare to be underwhelmed

Prepare to be underwhelmed

When the Cubs brought in their four managerial candidates it really seemed like they had a three in four chance of getting it right.  The first candidate was current Phillies bench coach Pete Mackanin.  He did a great job as an interim manager for the Reds in 2006…