The Bears are thinking big and the Cubs are cutting bait – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Bears fired their overmatched head coach and are already thinking about which dud to hire next, while the Cubs are just hoping somebody will take Cody Bellinger’s cash off their hands. Tom Loxas is here to discuss the coaching change, the candidates for the…
The Bears have finally reached an interregnum – Pointless Exercise Podcast
T/he Bears finally mercy fired The Flus and Kevin Warren wants you all to know that Ryan Poles is totally going to make the decision on the new head coach (sure he is). But first we need to listen to the Jeff Joniak call of the final 38 seconds of Matt Eberflus’…
Maybe Cody shouldn’t get too comfortable – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Could the Cubs trade Cody Ballinger even after he declined his option to become a free agent? Well, sure, they could. The question is what his trade value actually is. Luckily, Tom Loxas is on hand to discuss that, why the Cubs aren’t well positioned for Roki…
Bears rearrange the deck chairs – Guest: Jon Greenberg – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Bears are changing offensive coordinators again, and The Athletic’s Jon Greenberg is here to talk about it, the future of The Flus, who’s going to be the next head coach (Andy knows), and just how bad things are. They discuss the lunacy of the idea…
Spooky Halloween Edition – Pointless Exercise Podcast
This podcast includes tales of handing out beers on Halloween, the most indelible moments of the World Series including ESPN’s national baseball nitwit helping make celebrities out of the creepy right field Yankees fans. What the Cubs have to trade, why The…
Both Shohei and Judge have been harnessed – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The World Series started off with a bang, but now the Yankees are holding on for dear life. At least they have seen evidence that a team can erase a 3-0 deficit. David Brown is here to talk about the series, the weird apparatus that Shohei is wearing, why some writers…
Nico don’t did a trade, remembering Sweaty Joe and Fernandomania, Bears-Commanders – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Nico Hoerner decided to kill all of his trade rumors by having surgery to make himself untradeable. Tom Loxas joins the pod to talk about that savvy move, the Cubs maybe hiring a bullpen coach, unsourced rumors that Cody Bellinger is opting out, Fernando Valenzuela,…
World Series Preview – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
Did you know that the Yankees and Dodgers have not only played in the World Series before but that they used to be from the same city? People should talk about this more. David Brown joins to the podcast to ponder the controversial idea that it might be good for…
Cubs can Willie and LCS preview – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
The LCS’ are underway, but it’s never too late to preview them, right? David Brown is on hand to talk about the plucky Mets, the Dodgers winning without starting pitchers, seeing the Yankees up close and the Guardians surviving the AL Central Playoff…
The Cubs might need to buy to start selling – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Tom Loxas joins the podcast to talk about how Jed Hoyer’s display of a lack of ambition during his season post mortem might get challenged by the fact that the Cubs are having a hard time selling season tickets and ads on Marquee and really, much of anything…
Sorry Nico, somebody’s gotta go – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Since Jed Hoyer has organizationally positioned himself into a corner if the Cubs are going to make any kind of impactful move somebody good has to get traded and much to Praz’s chagrin, Andy and Oleg agree that the most likely guy to get sent packing is Nico…
Jed speaks and the good teams are playing in the next round – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
Two playoff previews in a week? Well, nothing is too good for our listeners. David Brown is back to talk about the Brewers gagging away a rare chance to advance, the Orioles have resumed squandering, and the three best teams in baseball are all in the NLCS. They talk…
Craig needs to take control of this mess – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Tom Loxas joins the podcast for his new regular spot and the guys discuss Andy’s new theory on whether Cody Bellinger is going to stay, what the Cubs need to do to fix their mess versus what they’re likely to actually try to to, and how the power in the…
Fixing the Cubs (uniforms) and how the Sox have impacted both wild card races – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The playoffs are looming and the Cubs are busy packing up to go home, but David Brown is here to talk about the tight wild card races in both leagues, and other important stuff like how the Cubs could pacify their fanbase simply by fixing three of their four uniforms….
A new job for Counsell? Can the Bears ditch the shotgun occasionally? – Pointless Exercise Podcast
It’s two pods in one as Praz and Oleg join Andy to talk about the Cubs and the Bears. In the first half of the podcast they discuss the Cubs dreams of winning the NL Central come crashing down with a loss to the A’s (I mean, it’s only been over since…
The Cubs are still pretending and the Bears are back to their old tricks – Pointless Exercise Podcast
A weird week at Pointless Exercise leads to a guest free podcast that touches on the Cubs pretending to still be playing for something, the team botching a celebration of two of their most beloved players, dissension in the front office but Jed’s coming back and…
Hard Knocks Ep. 5 – Too hot for gumbo – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Bears Hard Knocks is over and it was mostly fun. The finale had it all, guys getting cut (and most of them coming back to the practice squad), gumbo talk, bees, Ian Wheeler’s book club, two very large nerds talking about whose country invented football, a guy…
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…