OSS: They’re only Mostly Dead Three up: Three Eight down The Cubs just need to add another eight games or so on the end of this winning streak to get back in this thing :/ Next up: The Cubs go for for the sweep at 3:05 PM CT. Hayden Wesneski starts against…someone. The Giants website lists Brebbia as the starter…but …
The Plan, Revisited
I recall, nearly six months ago when the Cubs basically passed over every impact free agent save for Dansby Swanson (who was a consensus Plan B), we tried to figure out what the plan was even as the sound bytes were flying: The fear then was that this team would be hard pressed to go .500, but I guess most …
Dreamcast 62: That Milk Ain’t Clean
Rice, berselius, & BVS ponder the direction of these Cubs as they decide whether or not this year is a punt year or a go year. We probably talked about some of the stuff you were thinking, including: You can check out the podcast page or just click on the embedded players below. You can also use the sidebar to get to …
Fun With Cubs World Seriousness
Just thought this was fun and deserved its own auto-embed. Carry on.
Dreamcast 61: Not Mad, Just Disappointed
Rice and Berselius hang out to talk about the disappointing Cubs after an encouraging start to the season, when they went 14-13 by the end of April but finish May with a 24-31 record, vastly underperforming their Pythagorean record. We did talk about some of the new rules and the ABS system on the horizon, and just generally shrugged because …
Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (21-29) at Chicago Cubs (22-27)
One reason that I like to write these is that it reminds me on a weeklyish basis what the Cubs record is (dying laughing). The Cubs still aren’t Five Back™ yet but there’s a lil cluster with the Reds and Cardinals for the division basement, which is not fun. Hopefully things get right in this series. The Reds offense has …
Cubs 4, Mets 2
OSS: Maybe the Cubs can win on Barnhart days after all? Three up: Three down: Next up: The Cubs go for the Conan at 6:40 on Thursday. Carlos Carrasco faces the season debut of Cyle Hendricks.
Cubs 7, Mets 2
OSS: Cubs bats wake up against the flailing (?) Mets Three up: Three down: Next up: Berselius offseason fave Kodai Senga takes on Marcus Stroman at 6:40 PM CT.
Pondering Pitching
To preface this, and for those of you who listened to the latest Dreamcast, we sort of remarked on it too: Now it’s easy to blame David Ross for a lot, but I imagine a lot of the directives to use guys in certain spots of the lineup probably aren’t his decision, although he does use substitutions (pinch-hitting, pitching changes) …
Dreamcast 60: Growing Pains
Well kids, the Cubs just got swept by the Astros, and the last one was a full blown bullpen meltdown just like in the old days. Berselius and Rice Cube got together for a quick record during the game on Tuesday and the stuff we talked about reared its ugly head on Wednesday, though it was nice to see Christopher …