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The only podcast you'll ever need...
Hosted by Andy Dolan of Pointless Exercise and formerly of The Athletic. Regular podcasts on the Cubs with Mike Praznowski, Major League Baseball with David Brown and Remember This Crap with Mike Donohue. Regular guests include Jon Greenberg, Andrew Lawrence, and Kelly Dwyer.
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All Cubs seasons are fun to re-live (well, most of them) but some are more fun than others and this time the wheel of crap has gifted us the incredible, ridiculous, insane 1998 Cubs. Sammy Sosa homered every day, Kerry Wood struck out everybody, Terry Mulholland and/or Rod Beck were always pitching and Chip Caray was there to narrate most of it--well, it can't all be good. The Cubs roared through most of September then limped down the stretch until Neifi hit his biggest homer and saved their bacon. It was a great year, so let's remember it!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/desipio/message
The wheel of crap finally landed on one of the most infamous seasons in Cubs history. It's time for Andy and Mike D. to remember the 2003 Cubs. It was a season that was incredible until it wasn't. Hindsight (and an actual World Series title) have made it easier to look back and enjoy the truly great parts of a season that crushed us all in the end. It's time to remember Hee Seop's concussion, the Aramis and Kenny trade, Mark Prior's dominance, Kerry Wood's dominant NLDS, Sarah Wood going "Wheeeeee!", Sweaty Joe, Dusty grinding pitchers' arms off, Eric Karros' big hair, Gabor Bako, that awful bullpen, Randall Simon, that super fun playoff run that ended with a kick in the balls, beating the Cardinals when it really mattered, and so much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/desipio/message
He was the face of the Cubs during the most successful run in more than a century, and even if it makes some business sense to move on from him it doesn't make it any easier for the fans. Kyle and Andy discuss the Cubs trade of Anthony Rizzo to the Yankees, whether it's in effect a third of a season loan or if he's really gone, how bad it is that one of the prospects in the deal from the Yankees is immediately the Cubs second-best prospect, and what the future holds as we careen towards the deadline with Kris Bryant and Craig Kimbrel yet to be dealt. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/desipio/message
How can you poke holes in one of the greatest movies ever made? Well, you don't, mostly. Andy and Mike P. revisit the 1990 Martin Scorcese classic, "GoodFellas" and marvel at what a great, well made, incredibly paced movie it is, while taking issue with just a couple of the plot points. They draw Sopranos parallels, play your favorite clips, give some casting choice info and all the times Joe Pesci ad libbed. It's a pretty great insight into what Roger Ebert called the greatest movie ever made about organized crime. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/desipio/message
The Olympics are here whether anybody's ready or not and Drew Lawrence of The Guardian (and several other publications) stops by to talk about them. Why are they happening? Why are they playing softball on a toxic waste site? The guys try to come up with a better way to pick the men's basketball team, wonder what Mary Carrillo is going to get to make fun of, and a couple of athletes and events you should be paying attention to. Andy suggests moving Hockey to the Summer Games. Drew has an incredible story about the ludicrous 1904 Olympics in St. Louis that you have to hear to believe. And then, they talk about the Bears, because the Bears finally have a quarterback and it's impossible to talk about that too much.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/desipio/message
A year after the Cubs' inexplicable playoff run and Sammy Sosa 66 homer season, the Cubs were without Kerry Wood (because of Tommy John Disease), but decided the keys to returning to the playoffs were bringing back 40-year old Gary Gaetti and signing Benito Santiago and Scott Sanders. Fool proof. Just one game out of first in June the Cubs plummeted hard and fast, and we're here to relive most of it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/desipio/message
It's time for a Cubs podcast and Kyle joins Andy with Sam out on assignment, and the guys have breaking news to discuss with Joc Pederson traded to the Barves for an enormous prospect (literally.) They play a fun game of "Is he gonna be traded," they try to figure out who to assign blame to for the demise of the Cubs the last few years, and they pick the team they'd most like to be traded to. Oh, and wait until you hear Andy's theory about why the rednecks on the roster won't let Willson be the team leader.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/desipio/message
Former Daily Herald Cubs' reporter Bruce Miles is back to discuss his new blog at brucemiles.net, his new book, "The Phenom" and to talk a lot about the Cubs current and past. Has the Cubs' six-game losing streak given the team permission to sell, and do they have anybody to sell if it did? The Cubs' schedule gets easier and the Brewers' gets harder but can the Cubs catch anybody without starting pitching? What should they do with Jake Arrieta? What kind of a market is there for Javy or Rizzo? All that and more. Plus, Bruce gives a sneak peak at his next blog entry, an interview with your favorite TV soccer announcer. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/desipio/message
The season opened in the land of the rising sun and sunk pretty quickly afterwards. Don Baylor was the new Groove in town and he brought back a mediocre former Cubs catcher and an actual lead off man. Kerry Wood didn't debut until May after surviving his bout with Tommy John Disease but he did it in memorable fashion. The Cubs kept trading for Barves pitching prospects (never a good idea), Ed Lynch got fired and the Cubs occasionally used a linebacker sized outfield of Sammy Sosa, Glenallen Hill and Henry Rodriguez. It's time to remember some crap about the 2000 Cubs. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/desipio/message
Chevy Chase says it's his best movie and who are we to argue? We give Fletch the Movie Deep Dive treatment. We discuss the long tortured road it took to the screen in the first place, the differences between the book the movie, the stuff Chevy just made up, and we even mention the godforsaken sequel. We also look at why it's been so hard for Hollywood to reboot the franchise even though they have badly wanted to. But mostly, we're just here to enjoy one of the best comedies of the '80s, if not all-time, and to play our favorite clips. And, we love your body, Larry. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/desipio/message
It's time once again to spin the wheel of crap and this time it lands on 1996. Jim Riggleman's fighting Cubs tanked down the stretch (surprise), Sammy was bad at the start then great and then got hurt, Ryne Sandberg came back, Doug Jones hit the road, Steve Trachsel was an All-Star. Jim Hendry arrived to start stocking the system with his guys and we look at his Marlins minor league managerial career, and Ozzie and Ryno woke up the echoes one last time late in the season. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/desipio/message
When the 2021 Cubs tied the 1977 team for best record in May, it made us wonder what the hell happened to those 1977 Cubs. They had an 8.5 game lead and finished 20 games out of first, somehow. So, Mike D. and I brought in old friend Frank Nova (we needed somebody old enough to remember), and here's your chance to learn more than you ever wanted to about Jerry Morales, Bobby Murcer, Ray Burris, Manny Trillo, Rick Reuschel, Bruce Sutter and the the '77 Cubs. Hear disturbing anecdotes about Herman Franks, Mick Kelleher and George Mitterwald, and so much more.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/desipio/message
After some fond remembrances of Andy's time as an official scorer in the Midwest League, he and Mike D. spin the wheel of crap and it lands on...well, a year they can't do because of their only rule, so they spin again and get the Don Zimmer/Jim Essian juggernaut 1991 Cubs. Re-live Dave Smith's season crippling early blowouts, a wild game against the Reds that featured two iconic moments, two Andre Dawson lead changing grand slams in three days, more Erik Pappas talk than you ever wanted and a look at Essian's bullpen usage one day in St. Louis that still doesn't make any sense 30 years later.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/desipio/message
Neifi saved the season! At least that's what Dusty Baker insisted. We spin the wheel of crap and it lands on 2005 so we re-live Nomar's groin injury, Kerry Wood disappearing early and often between innings of starts, Derrek Lee's should have been MVP season, and a glorious assortment of Cubs bums. It's a very fun look at a team that was only occasionally entertaining.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/desipio/message
It's time for a deep dive into the 1998 Coen Brothers' classic, "The Big Lebowski", and at over two hours it's perfect if you're not into that whole brevity thing. Andy and Mike P. discuss the seemingly disjointed plot that all comes together, the perfect performances, iconic lines, casting decisions, how many times The Dude says "man", how many White Russians he drinks and how the Eagles and Metallica reacted to being dissed. "Smokey, this is not Vietnam, this is a podcast. There are rules."  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/desipio/message
Andy, Sam and Kyle have reassembled to discuss the Cubs season to date. Everybody's hurt, but it's not serious, you know the same thing that the Cubs training staff has said every time anybody has gotten hurt, ever. They play a fun game of "whose fault is it?" They make fun of Jesse Rogers' math. But they also wonder if the Cubs have actually accidentally developed some young pitching, which would be nice. They also opine on Kyle Hendricks' struggles and wonder if Jason Heyward is just all-around bad now. Plus, why can't this team develop a single outfielder?  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/desipio/message
Andy and Mike D. spin the wheel of the crap and land on one of the most fun seasons in our lifetimes, the Boys of Zimmer, the 1989 Cubs. They dispel some myths about Mitch Williams' opening day tightrope walk, revel in a big moment from a backup catcher, the greatest double play Andy's ever seen and the Luis Salazar Game. They also break down the Mark Grace-Will Clark stats from the NLCS. It was a great season full of colorful characters and inexplicable wins, and it didn't meet it's match until Joe Maddon's 2015 Cubs arrived on the scene.  Remember This Crap - 1989 Cubs is presented by Manscaped™. For 20 percent off your brand new Lawnmower 4.0 use the promo code REMEMBER20.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/desipio/message
Andy and Kyle are on hand to do the first in-season edition of this year's Cubs podcast. They take a tour around the roster wondering if Javy is ever going to shorten his swing (he's not), feigning shock at Joc Pederson's early season struggles, enjoying the renaissance of Kris Bryant and (for now, at least) Jake Arrieta. They try to make a fireable offense out of David Ross using bona fide trade chip Craig Kimbrel for more than one inning, try to figure out what the Cubs could get right now for Rex Brothers and Sam's not around to defend Dillon Maples. They also take stock of Marquee's season so far and a look at the competition in the NL Central.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/desipio/message
Andy and Mike D. spin the big wheel of crap and it lands on the Lou Piniella's final full season with the Cubs, 2009. You probably remember it best for Milton Bradley just being a complete psychopath, or for Kevin Gregg kicking his own team in the balls in a must-win game in Miami. It was the year we saw breakout stars like Jake Fox, Micah Hoffpauir and Randy Wells. And the Cubs made one of their greatest free agent signings ever with...Aaron Miles? Woof. The Cubs were in the pennant race, sort of, all season. Enjoy.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/desipio/message
Baseball season's back (sorta) and so are Andy, Sam and Kyle to talk about the re-start, whether it's a good idea (you can probably guess) what would make this weird, short, season worth watching, how the Cubs should approach it and Andy describes what the Marquee Sports Network has actually been like so far to two guys who can't get it. And, Andy and Sam tell stories about saying and writing things that got them or people close to them in trouble. It's great to be back!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/desipio/message
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