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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
Nothing sparks a rally like cased meat – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
Is the Twins new rally celebration an ecoLOGical diaster just waiting to happen? David Brown weighs on that meaty matter and other hot topics like Mike Trout's meniscus, revenge games, Jose Abreu's trip to Del Boca Vista, how are the Cubs surviving (mostly) their...
“Maybe the problem is, we’re coddling these guys too much” – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
Andy, Praz and Oleg discuss all the pertinent issues with the Cubs like the return of Matt Mervis, Nicky Two Strikes, Ian Happ's return to the lineup, Kyle Hendricks' phantom back injury and Boog's fascination with Mike Tauchman. But then they put their big throbbing...
Kelly Dwyer – Desipio Podcast
Andy is joined by his favorite NBA writer, Kelly Dwyer of The Second Arrangement, and the longtime pals wax nostalgic about their early days at On Hoops, Indiana wildlife preserves, Jim Boylen’s spirit, being able to actually root for Bulls’ wins again, why Zach...
“I’ve traveled to London, it takes a week!” – Desipio Bears Podcast
Andy, Kyle and Mike are back to talk about the Bears win over the Vikings, whether there’s a “quarterback controversy,” what we should know about Roquan’s absence, how Vag McCaskey thinks the team is traveling to London, former Bills’ safety Mark Kelso’s helmet, Rusty...
“If you’re going to hire Joe Girardi, you might as well have kept Joe Maddon” – Desipio Cubs Podcast
Joe Maddon is out, but Andy and Sam are in to talk about it, about Theo Espstein's annual post mortem press conference, the Cubs most likely to be traded, what to do with the bullpen, rotation and bench. They wonder what Theo thinks is wrong with the offense, why...
“What’s a kicker doing in the weight room?” – Desipio Bears Podcast
Andy, Mike and Kyle enjoy an actual Bears' winning streak and the Bears' defense doing very mean things to the Redskins. Andy complains (again) about how impossible it is to follow even part of a game if you have to listen to the Bears' radio call of it. They marvel...
“Joe can go to the Angels and shove his dad’s hat down his pants again” – Desipio Cubs Podcast
Andy and Sam hold a wake for the Cubs' season, ponder the future of Joe Maddon and the core of the team. Andy digs his tortured roof/payroll analogy again and they wonder just how much money there really is going to be in the offseason. They come up with a creative...
“A Rusty Trubisky is gonna cost extra” – Desipio Bears Podcast
Andy, Kyle and Mike revel in the Bears first win of the season and not only wonder if that was the worst quarterbacking performance in team history in a win, they actually look it up! You'll find out what a "Rusty Trubisky" is, if Eddy Pineiro has settled the kicking...
“Solo: A Podcast Story” – Desipio Cubs Podcast
It's a podcast "talent" lineup that we've never seen before, and in this pod you get a breakdown of the big Cubs-Cardinals four game series coming up at Wrigley, a look at the most and least likely scenarios for how the division and wild cards are likely to shake out,...
The Double Doink Broke Matt Nagy – Desipio Bears Podcast
A week clear of the Bears sad little offensive showing against the Packers, Andy, Kyle and Mike are back on the case trying to sift through the wreckage. Did Matt Nagy abandon his gameplan or never really have one? Can Mitch read? Did Anthony Miller miss his ride...
“F@#$ it, let’s Cub it up” – Desipio Cubs Podcast
It's a three-man pod as Andy, Sam and Kyle bask in the glory of Nico Hoerner's debut, try to figure out if anybody's going to actually claim the second wild card spot in the National League, try to figure out if this is the real Kyle Schwarber (given the three guys...
What if it’s not just the quarterback that’s bad?
You have to hand it to the Bears. Few, if any, teams have ever wadded up the good will and hopes of a fanbase more efficiently than they did on Thursday night. Thirty NFL teams haven't even played yet and somehow the Bears' Super Bowl hopes are completely gone. It...
“The unrelated podcast” – Desipio Cubs Podcast
In an emotional podcast, Andy and Sam announce that Mike’s been suspended from the pod, Andy tells a story about not saving money on dog food at Costco, and Sam equates the Mariners to a friend of his playing a lot of Football Manager. They wonder if it’s possible to...
The inaugural Desipio Bears Podcast
You asked for it and you got it--ok, maybe YOU didn't ask for it, but somebody did--it's the first-ever Desipio Bears Podcast. Join Andy from Desipio.com, Kyle from StartKyleOrton.com and Mike D. for the first of what promises to be an exciting season's worth of...
“He is the sun around which all the player planets orbit” – Desipio Cubs Podcast
Andy and Sam are on the case to tackle the big issues of the week, like how the Cardinals somehow have a schedule that's just Pirates and Brewers for three months and was the Cubs' torturous sweep by the Nats a harbinger of things to come or just baseball? They debate...
Can they play every road game in a crappy class-A park? — Desipio Cubs Podcast
Seventy-five percent of the crew is on hand as Andy, Sam and Kyle rejoice in the Cubs' current win streak, admire Yu Darvish dunking on the team's pre-and-post game TV host, bemoan the dreaded three-man bench, speculate on Nicholas Castellanos' future, and seem...
“Trying to find a level of Zen” – Desipio Cubs Podcast
Recorded during a game in which the Cubs were down 10-0 in the fourth really has our heroes, Sam and Andy in a great mood. They try to make sense of many things like are the Cubs enjoying any of it, why does a new guy have to bring 'hunger' with him, will Cole Hamels...
On the road again. Do they have to? – Desipio Cubs Podcast
Andy, Sam and Kyle talk about the Cubs 5-1 homestand where everybody got hurt, aren't worried about Jon Lester, wonder why the new guys don't wear shirts under their jerseys, talk about Ian Happ's MVP chances, wonder if Jonathan Lucroy is really any better than Taylor...
Trade Review: Castellanos in the Sky
The trade deadline passed at 3 p.m. and all Cubs fans had for their trouble and Twitter refreshing was tiny little Tony Kemp. But then, word started circulating that the Cubs had actually traded for an adult sized player, and sure enough, a trade for Tigers'...
Trade Review: The Martin Maldonado Era gives way to Tony Kempana
I cannot take credit for what is already one of my favorite Cubs nicknames ever. The Cubs kicked off trade deadline day by trading heavy legged catcher Martin Maldonado to the Astros for a little fast guy who immediately drew comparisons to a scrub Cubs legend of...