Jun 8, 2023 | Andy, Bears, Cubs, Featured, Media Hacks, MLB, NFL, Podcast
The Cubs are oozing back to the bottom, and some people are shocked by this. Let’s look back at how the free agent signings have worked out, what we can expect to get out of Matt Mervis and Christopher Morel, and why having three catchers is a complete waste of...
May 24, 2023 | Bears, Cubs, Featured, Media Hacks, MLB, NFL, Podcast
The Athletic’s Jon Greenberg is back again and there’s plenty to discuss. Did new Bears president Kevin Warren really botch the Big Ten’s TV contracts or is it just impossible to try to work for 14 university presidents at the wrong time? And what...
May 17, 2023 | Cubs, Featured, MLB, Podcast
After all of the weirdness, Willson Contreras’ exile from the squat lasted one week. David Brown is here to talk about that and all kinds of stuff like why baseball team’s can’t figure out how to use the injured list, Shohei’s flirtation with...
May 3, 2023 | Cubs, Featured, MLB, Podcast
It’s only been a month but Andy and David are ready to start crossing teams off from playoff contention, and it includes an erstwhile rival of the Cubs—though maybe not the one you want it to be. But first, they talk about how two thirds of the San...
Apr 19, 2023 | Cubs, Featured, MLB, Podcast
Three weeks into the season is enough time to project playoff series and make all kinds of lasting judgements about teams and players, right? Even if it’s not David Brown joins Andy to help do it. They talk about the team with the biggest run differential in the...
Apr 11, 2023 | Cubs, Featured, MLB, Pointless Exercise
For the next who knows how long, I’ll be posting links and teasers to all Pointless Exercise newsletter posts, free and otherwise on desipio.com so that if Twitter continues their inconsistent fuckery with Substack posts and links you won’t be impacted by it. Now...
