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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
We can Bearly wait for all the changes – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
The guys discuss the eerie quiet from Halas Hall as everyone awaits announcement on changes big or small or not at all. Andy goes on an unhinged rant about the future of the Bears’ quarterback position and the Mikes take a more reasoned approach to what the…
Podcast Roundtable – A look back at 2023 and ahead of 2024 with the entire podcast crew
All of your favorite Pointless Exercise podcasters have assembled to kiss off 2023 and look ahead to 2024. David Brown, Mike Donohue, Mike Pusateri and Mike Praznowski join Andy as they discuss what shocked them last year in all of Chicago sports and what crazy stuff…
‘You are looking live’ – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
All hands are on deck for this week’s Bears podcast and the guys discuss the win over the Falcons, Justin Fields and DJ Moore’s perfect half, the Panthers handing them the number one overall pick and how a return to CBS is just the thing the Bears will…
ESPN The Magazine: More shirtless dudes
Sometimes, you just have to love the way timing works. On Tuesday, I finally got around to writing my e-mail to ESPN about getting them to stop sending me their wretched magazine. In the e-mail, I noted how, among lots of annoyances, one thing that really confused me…
An open letter to ESPN The Magazine
This is the actual e-mail that I sent to ESPN The Magazine in regards to my subscription to their publication. Fr: andy@desipio.com To: ms_support@espn.go.com Re: My ESPN The Magazine Subscription Dear ESPN The Magazine Overlord, I am currently a subscriber to your…
Cubs Live! – Giants at Cubs, 1:20pm, 7/11
Pitching matchup Giants: Matt Cain 5-7, 4.30 ERA Cubs: Jason Marquis 6-5, 4.78 ERA
Cubs Live! — Reds at Cubs, 1:20pm, 7/10
Pitching matchup: Reds: Fabio Arroyo 6-7, 5.82 ERA Cubs: Theodore Roosevelt Lilly 9-5, 4.47 ERA
Hope you enjoyed the broadcast, if not the outcome
As I’ve said many times before, nothing says a writer is out of ideas faster than him writing a column that’s just one big list. As promised in yesterday’s sterling Cubs’ Report, today we’re going to take a tour of the big leagues and…
Cubs Live! Cubs at White Sox, 3:05 pm, 6/27
Pitching matchup Cubs: Ryan Dempster 9-2, 2.63 ERA White Sox: Jose Contreras 6-6, 3.96 ERA
Joe Morgan, the gift that keeps on giving
Ever since that brutal two-grand slams in one inning Sunday night humiliation against the Mets–you remember it, stop pretending–I’ve been fascinated by shots of Joe Morgan in the booth during ESPN telecasts. Here’s baseball’s highest paid…
Cubs Live! White Sox at Cubs, 1:20 pm, 6/20
Pitching matchup: White Sox: John Danks 4-4, 2.90 ERA Cubs: The Bull Moose 7-5, 4.76 ERA Lineups White Sox Orlando “What’s the extension for the Official Scorer” Cabrera, ss AJ Eyechart, c Carlos Quentin, lf Jermaine Dye, rf Swishy, 1b Joe Crede, 3b…
Shameless plug
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Cubs Live! — Rockies at Cubs, 1:20 pm, 5/29
Pitching matchup Rockies: Aaron Cook 7-3, 2.82 ERA Cubs: Theodore Roosevelt Lilly 5-4, 5.23 ERA
Cubs Live! — Pissburgh at Cubs, 1:20 pm, 5/16
Pitching matchup Pissburgh Tom Gorzelanny 3-3, 5.97 ERA Cubs Sean Gallagher 0-0, 6.48 ERA What a couple of shmoes.
Cubs Live! – Padres at Cubs, 1:20 pm, 5/15
Pitching matchup Padres: Greggie 3-3, 3.60 ERA Cubs: Ryan Dempster 4-1, 2.76 ERA
Cubs Live? — Snakes at Cubs, 1:20 pm, 5/9
Pitching matchup: Snakes: Dan Haren 4-1, 3.12 ERA Cubs: The Bull Moose 2-4, 5.97 ERA Lineups Hand Lotion Hair, lf JD’s Little Brother, ss Chris Young, cf Conor Jackson, 1b Upton the Younger, rf Mark Reynolds, 3b Chris Snyder, c Corky Thatcher, 2b Dan Haren, p…
Cubs Live! — Cubs at Reds, 11:30 am, 5/7
Pitching matchup: Cubs: Jon Lieber 2-1, 1.86 ERA Reds: Edinson Volquez 4-1, 1.27 ERA Lineups: Vag Face, lf Dance Fever, ss MVLee, 1b E-ramis, 3b Fukkake, rf Geo Soto, c RonCe, 2b Felix Pennsylvania, cf Jonny Liebs, p Reds Korey, cf Jerry the Lesser, ss (shortstop!?!)…
Cubs Live! — Cubs at Rockies, 4/24, 2 pm
Pitching matchup: Cubs: Marquis du Suc, 1-0, 3.86 ERA Rockies: Aaron Cook, 2-1, 3.12 ERA