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Justin Time – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
The Cubs have a new right handed hitter and the guys try to not confuse Justin Turner with NFL massage enthusiast Justin Tucker, and they remember the time Justin Turner tried to kill everybody during the Dodgers 2020 World Series celebration. Oleg, Praz and Andy...
All-Time Cubs Rightfielders – Remember This Crap
The longest running half-assed historical podcast on the Cubs (probably) is back, and this time Andy and Huey are taking a look at the long, distinguished history of Cubs' right fielders. And we don't just mean Nate Schierholtz. Who were the best ever? Who were the...
Home dogs to a team that just lost by 50 – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
Against their better judgement the guys relive the week that was at Halas Hall and Arrowhead Stadium. At least the Bears made Taylor Swift happy, so that should be worth something, right? They dig into the Peanut Tillman raid, Justin Fields yelling at reporters...
Remember This Crap – All-time Bears’ indignities and Bears-Chiefs history
Remember This Crap is back and it's a two-fer? Who better than these guys to recall the most embarrassing days in Bears history, and to regale you with tales of Bears-Chiefs history? It's the only Bears podcast you'll hear this week with discussions about Jeremiah...
Winning Time was not about these Bears – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
You things are going well when the podcast starts with a discussion about an HBO show that just got cancelled, but two weeks in, this is where we are. Mike Pusateri and Mike Praznowski are back to break down the Bears breakdown in Tampa, and the guys try to figure out...
Multi system failure – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
The Bears loss to the Packers might not have been a shock to smart fans like you, but the totality of the butt whupping was unexpected and the guys are there to tell you who to blame. There's plenty of it to go around. Odd playcalling, poor design, the inability to...
NFL Season Preview – Pointless Exercise Bears Podcast
The Bears podcast returns with a new addition. One Mike P. wasn't enough, so joining Andy and Mike Pusateri on the pod is Mike Praznowski. The guys will take potential corporate sponsorship from anybody so they devote an entire segment to providing increasingly spicy...
Baseball podcast with Tom Loxas – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Tom Loxas is back to talk about the Cubs and whether or not David Ross can avoid sabotaging the playoff run. They discuss Ross' moves and his perceived leadership qualities, Jed's take on how close they came to selling and how Dansby Swanson shamed him into trying to...
Post-trade deadline afterglow – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The trade deadline came and went and the Cubs came out pretty big winners. Let's look at the their big move(s), and how they stack up against the other 'contenders' in the NL Central and Wild Card. Who's a sleeper to come from even farther back than the Cubs to get a...
Remember This Crap – Cubs – White Sox “rivalry” – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Cubs and White Sox have met in a World Series, in exhibitions and for the last 26 years regularly in interleague play. Lots of guys have played for both teams, they've made the occasional trade and now they battle for a sponsored "cup" that nobody gives a damn...
The trade deadline approaches – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
Dread it. Run from it. Destiny arrives all the same. The trade deadline is less than two weeks away and teams need to figure their crap out post haste. David Brown joins the baseball podcast to discuss why teams like the Orioles and Reds should have already done more...
Will the Cubs buy, sell or just crap themselves? – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The second half of the season is upon us and the Cubs are just as meh as we all suspected they would be, which means little Jeddy has to make a big decision. What are the arguments for selling or buying and honestly, why do you have to do either? Would it be that...
Movie Deep Dive – 1776 – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Just in time for Independence Day the guys are doing a deep dive of a movie made just...FIFTY years ago? It's the movie version of the musical 1776, starring KITT from Knight Rider, the White Shadow, the governor from Benson and Gwyneth Paltrow's mom. But, if you've...
Remember This Crap? Cubs Center fielders – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Cubs have been a professional baseball for (most of) their 148 years of existence and you'd think that over that time they would have a long history of excellence in center field. You'd be wrong. The guys are back to Remember This Crap about Cubs centerfielders...
The A’s’ are moving, the Cardinals are sinking and the Cubs need to pick a lane – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
The A's are off to Vegas and all Andy and David want to know is what does that do to the blackouts. The new stadium is going to be built on the strip, but did MLB get Moe Green's permission? The Cardinals are bad and getting worse and somebody's going to pay for it,...
The Cubs are really something – Pointless Exercise 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 time....
Jon Greenberg on the Bears, Cubs and Marquee – Pointless Exercise 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 does it mean when a...
Baseball teams keep making it weird – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast with David Brown
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 another ridiculously cool...
Cross them off, then – Pointless Exercise Baseball 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 Francisco Giants...
Early season surprises with David Brown – Pointless Exercise Baseball 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 NL...