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Dreamcast 104: The Tokyo Series

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With the Cubs about to play games that matter and the NCAA Basketball Tournament on the horizon, the jabronis return to talk some shop… You can check out the podcast page or just click on the embedded players below. You can also use the sidebar to get to our Apple Podcast pages and leave a nice review and rating if it pleases …

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Cubs in Japan!

In Game Threads by Rice Cube35 Comments

We have a busy week of action coming up in both spring training and games that matter, so consider this an all-purpose game thread. The Thursday Spring Breakout Game was canceled due to rain (!) in the desert, but there’s another one on tap so let’s see what we have to look forward to… Exhibitions Friday, March 14 On Pi …

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Mr. Shaw Goes to Japan

In Better Know a Cub by Rice Cube38 Comments

Some moderately surprising (but not really) news as the Cubs will bring top prospect Matt Shaw to Japan: “Matt Shaw’s going to Japan,” Counsell told reporters. “That’s probably the news — the big news.” Source: Marquee The news from the various beats also states that the Cubs will bring Jordan Wicks, Ben Brown, and Brad Keller. They’ll put off roster moves …

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Dreamcast 101: Imagine a World…

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On a day when RC has a new computer but still uses the old one to record, after the rodent saw its shadow and some other rodents decided to break the government, we distract ourselves with some talk about the Cubs, the Dodgers, spring training, and random conversation about movies and football. You can check out the podcast page or just click …

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The Consolation Roster

In Commentary And Analysis by Rice Cube26 Comments

For reasons that generally come back to the Dodgers being a really good team with lots of money, the Cubs lost out on a couple of would-be realistic targets that chose LA as their preferred destination. I suppose not coincidentally, the folks at MLBTR started pondering a salary cap (as are many folks in various discussions), not to mention rules …

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Dreamcast 98: Turkey Day Musings

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With Turkey Day around the corner, we jabronis got together to talk about the MLB awards, speculate on what’s going to happen with Juan Soto’s ridiculous contract-to-be, and explore the trade speculation surrounding Nico Hoerner and Cody Bellinger. Also some discussion on what Jed Hoyer needs to do to keep his job past 2025, plus bonus Bears talk. You can …

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Dreamcast 97: Buy In

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RC and AC hang out to talk about team building, Jed Hoyer’s job security, the offseason approach, and fangirl over the Los Angeles Dodgers, who won the World Series. If things actually happen quick we may emergency pod, but things seem slow for now so we wait. You can check out the podcast page or just click on the embedded players below. …

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Dreamcast 96: The Dream Matchup

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As Rob Manfred climaxes from another LA vs NY matchup, MLB will get their marquee championship event with the best team from each league, among the fattest payrolls with the brightest stars in the largest media markets in the world. Topics for this episode include: You can check out the podcast page or just click on the embedded players below. …

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Pennant Chase In Progress

In Major League Baseball, Playoffs by Rice Cube113 Comments

I feel like the term “pennant chase” is used kind of to describe the race to the postseason during the regular season, but you don’t actually get to win a pennant until you are the last team standing in the league championship series. I guess you also don’t get a pennant once you win the World Series because the prize …