Mat Purphy’s pantscake – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Jed Hoyer make a few solid moves at the deadline but botched any chance of fixing the Cubs biggest pitching problem, and so his Cubs find themselves staring up at the Brewers and their pocket pancake loving manager Mat Purphy…or Pat Murphy, whatever. Oleg and…
Ryno’s legacy and the risks of trade showcases – Pointless Exercise Podcast
With the trade deadline mere tens of hours away (is that a thing?) David Brown and Andy discuss the risks of showcasing players you are trying to trade in the final games before the deadline, the costs of trading for rental players, trying to win and sell at the same…
Trades and other Cubs nonsense – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Cubs fell out of first place for the first time since April and who was there to catch them? Not us. Oleg and Praz join the podcast to talk about possible Cubs trade targets, why Rich Hill sucks, Andy feeling bad about agreeing with Adam Wainwright, why the DH…
What do the Cubs have to trade? – Pointless Exercise Podcast
We keep talking about who the Cubs should trade for, but what kind of trade currency do they actually have? Plus, how Nico and Happ make an imperfect leadoff platoon. A brief history lesson on the real curse of the Bears, and a few bobblehead stories. Really. All…
All-Star Shenanigans – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Home Run Derby included a homer robbery, a dad hitting his son and measurement controversies, so David Brown is here to break it all down. The guys also discuss Pat McAfee completely botching the pitchers and starters press conference when a reporter dared to ask…
“Well do it live!” – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The podcast finally concedes to the video age and not only can you see Andy, Oleg and Praz, but did you know the open and close have video? Well, now you do. They take a look at how the Cubs rank on offense and get some pretty good clues as to why they’re so…
Cross them off the list, then — Pointless Exercise Podcast
It’s time to take a look around baseball and tell the cold, hard, truth about whose season is already irredeemably in the crapper. David Brown joins the podcast to help decide what teams can be crossed off and can toss their players into the for sale bin. You…
We’ll just do Jed’s job for him — Pointless Exercise Podcast
The trade deadline is still five weeks away, but Oleg and Praz join the podcast to helpfully give Jed Hoyer a shopping list of players he should trade for. They also wonder just what the hell Nate Pearson’s purpose is, recoil in horror at the stats from Porter…
Insane trade proposals – Pointless Exercise Podcast
With Dave Brown day to day, it’s up to Andy to entertain you, but thankfully Jim Bowden and an insane trade proposal helps pass the time. What does Jimbo think Sandy Alcantara is worth? And how much more would it be if Sandy’s ERA wasn’t nearly a…
Do the Cubs have enough? – Pointless Exercise Podcast
It’s early June, the Cubs are in first place by five games and so naturally, Andy asks Praz and Oleg if they have enough to win anything important. All of the hot topics are covered like Evan Longoria’s connection to the World Series Cubs, Rey Ordonez…
Remember This Crap – Cubs All-Time Shortstops – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Remember This Crap’s tour around the diamond has reached shortstop. Huey is back to help talk about the greatest (and Larry Bowa) Cubs shortstops in history. As always, the guys go all the way back to the 19th century and work their way up to the modern day. The…
Calendars can be complicated – Pointless Exercise Podcast
After pondering when a new century actually starts, Andy and David Brown discuss the Cubs’ All-Quarter Century team, and Andy explains his reasoning for so much Javy. They also wonder if the Corbin Burnes injury will turn the D’bags into sellers and if…
Is Seiya a star? – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Oleg, Praz and Andy discuss all of the hot topics, like: can you bat Petecrow and Busch back to back, is Seiya a star, does Jed already have a contract extension, why doesn’t Tommy Hottovy get more crap, and would you rather have the Dodgers’ offense or…
The Cubs kids aren’t too bad – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Matt Shaw is back and playing well, Cade Horton is looking good, Petecrow’s on an MVP pace, Kyle Tucker is even better than we thought and Tom Loxas is here to talk about all of it. What could go wrong? Plus more announcer talk (groan, I know), what’s up…
Hurry up and change – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Cubs had a very thoughtful plan to fix Matt Shaw’s leg kick. They apparently forgot to tell him about it until last Saturday. David Brown is here to talk about the Cubs third base situation, the Orioles firing Brandon Hyde and hiring Doug Mansolino’s…
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…