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- Hey, they almost tied
- Jed's making moves. Just not ones that matter.
- Podcast: Remember This Crap - Worst Bears losses
- Do you even lift, Zom-bro?
- 'Cause you can't, you won't and you don't stop
- Podcast: Maybe Cody shouldn't get too comfortable
- Podcast: Bears rearrange the deck chairs
- Trying to just be good enough has consequences
- Futile and stupid
- The Cubs are idolizing the wrong teams
- What's it gonna take?
- You should be reading more television
- Podcast: Spooky Halloween Edition
- Podcast: Both Shohei and Judge have been harnessed
- If the Cubs aren't going to pay they're going to have to deal
Latest Pointless Exercise Podcast Episodes
315. Hard Knocks and no knocks – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Cubs can't hit and the Bears are finally going to be on Hard Knocks, and Tom Loxas has left his own podcast to become a regular here at Pointless Exercise and so we talk all about it. Do the Cubs need a catcher? I guess if you don't want every pitch to just roll...
Angel’s among us – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
Angel Hernandez has been put out to pasture, Ben Brown was yanked with a no-hitter going, and the Cubs hitters aren't really into the whole line-drive thing. David Brown joins Andy to discuss all of this, plus whether or not Andy cursed Ronald Acuna Jr to the injured...
You really had to hand it to Ditka in Baltimore – Remember this Crap?
It's time for Andy and Mike D. to Remember This Crap. With the Colts coming to town Andy harkens back to a charming little story about destroying a lamp as a young lad on the day of the Bears last visit to Baltimore. They guys try to figure out why Walter Payton only...
It’s OK to be excited about the playoffs – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Baseball's playoffs are going to be in your face Tuesday and Wednesday, and after wandering through the pandemic wilderness for many fraught months, Sam and Andy are here to let you know it's OK to be excited about it, and (gasp!) about the Cubs' chances. Will Kris...
“Sorry Mitch, this bus is for the players.” – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
Another week another ridiculous win by the Bears, and we'll gladly take it. This time, the Bears broke the glass on the Emergency Quarterback case and out came Nick Foles. Is this the end for Mitch? If the move makes the Bears more competent does it raise their...
Peaking at the right time – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Andy and Kyle try to make sense of the Cubs disappearing offense, and especially what has to happen for them to lose the division with three games to go. There's even a rare in-podcast edit/correction from Andy because he completely butchered the tiebreaker scenario...
79. Remember This Crap? Falcons Coaching Greats – Pointless Exercise Podcast
It's time to Remember This Crap. Andy and Mike Donohue go over the long, distinguished history of the Atlanta Falcons, and mercifully do not mention Deion Sanders once. They do go through the strange history of Falcons' coaches committing career suicide, their...
Snap Judgements – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
Andy and Mike Pusateri didn't even wait for the win over the Giants to fully digest before they jumped in and talked about reverse Mitch, Saquon's knee, the Ropers, Larry Dallas, Bobby Massie's new contract demands, new rules suggestions, curious fourth down...
An eventful week for the Cubs, in a good way – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Andy is joined by Sam to talk about a week of walk offs, stunning comebacks and a no-hitter, and for once, all the good stuff was in the Cubs' favor. We could get used to this. The playoffs are a lock now, and the Cubs will start their Bubble Boy prep next week. Has...
Remember This Crap? – Giants/Bears/Chargers/Favre – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The critically-acclaimed podcast where Andy and Mike Donohue remember some crap is back! Well, some of our friends really like it. The conceit is the same, we start on one topic (we start this on on this week's Bears opponent, the New York Giants) and we see where we...
Hey guys, Mitch might not be as improved as we were led to believe
We got our first look at the new and improved Mitch Trubisky and honestly, it looked an awful like the same old...stuff. Thankfully, Mitch's inexplicable domination of the LIons continued with a whirlwind fourth quarter comeback. Andy and Mike Pusateri break down the...
Can’t Javy just watch reruns? – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Sam and Andy take a look at the Cubs remaining schedule and try to find the few wins they'll need to nail down a playoff spot. Sam asks if we should just get used to Kris Bryant being injured forever and how that increases or decreases his odds of being a Cub...
The Cubs are going to limp home, aren’t they?
Baseball season just started, but baseball season's almost over. Thanks to a pandemic and a league office that planned for a 60 games in 66 day season about as successfully as this gender reveal... ...we're limping to the end of a season that saw the Cubs storm out a...
73. – Mike and Andy Reminisce About Some Crap – Pointless Exercise Podcast
In the best idea for a podcast ever, Mike Donohue joins Andy as they follow a simple premise. They talk about some random Bears stuff and see where it goes. Well, the question, "Who is the first Bears' quarterback you really remember" turns into Andy telling a story...
72. – Leon Sandcastles in the Sky – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
It's a new season and a new lineup for the Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast. Actor/comedian Mike Pusateri joins Andy to talk about being in a Super Bowl commercial with Deion Sanders and preview the Bears 2020 season. With no preseason do we even know who's on the...
Trade Deadline Special – “Hipster pitch lab” – Pointless Exercise Podcast
It's the MLB trade deadline and people actually got traded, and the Cubs tried to cram human people into human sized holes on their roster. Andy, Sam and Kyle break down the Cubs moves and what the rest of the NL Central did. Whether the player was deeply flawed, just...
Why was Adbert playing grabass on a sandlot in South Bend all this time? – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The guys are Kyle-less for this one, but Andy and Sam soldier on and try to make sense of winning three games in three days against the Cardinals and somehow losing two. They discuss if Javy has forgotten right field exists, wonder if the Cubs have installed a sign-up...
Good Sh*t or Bull Sh*t? – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Andy, Sam and Kyle discuss the Cubs' 10-2 start (while in the background they get smoked by the hapless Royals) and play a fun game that will soon be sweeping the nation titled, "Good Sh*t or Bull Sh*t." They look at the starts of many of the Cubs and try to figure...
Any pitching evaluation system can have a bad decade – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Andy, Sam and Kyle have actual Cubs games to discuss and they dig into the soggy underbelly of the team--it's bullpen. What's more amazing, a decade plus and still no arms produced from the farm system, or the ponderous but historic efforts last week by both Craig...
How we learned to stop worrying and love pandemic baseball – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Andy, Kyle and Sam are back to talk about the 2020 baseball season, why the playoffs were expanded at the last second, why Dillon Maples is still around, and how hard it will be for the Cubs to miss the playoffs. Andy dispels three annoying myths about baseball roster...