By Steve Rhodes
He doesn’t suck, but he does seem to grind up bullpens and talk a lot of shit. Plus: Cubs Media Meatheads Set The Tone; Cubs Hunger Games; Time For Theo To Move on?; Rickey Bunteria; Missing Trubisky; Boynton Beach Bingo; and Schweinsteiger!
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SHOW NOTES
* 264.
:20: Boynton Beach Bingo.
* There is a Boynton Beach but it’s in Florida. “Coach” is in – checks notes – Bethany Beach.
* Boynton Health Services.
* Delaware, The Blue Hen State.
* 64% Of Fortune 500 Firms Are Delaware Incorporations: Here’s Why.
2:58: Cubs Meathead Media Sets The Tone.
* Every single game is not predictive. In fact, no single game is.
* The podcast is correct in regard to the standings and the upcoming schedule!
* Assignment Desk: Are the Cubs bad on the road against everyone or just, say, teams that are above .500? Or in the division? Or something?
8:26: Measuring Maddon’s Managing.
* It’s almost wholly just one thing: He seems to destroy bullpens.
* Assignment Desk: Do Maddon’s bullpens suffer a disproportionate number of injuries this time every season? Did Maddon’s bullpens in Tampa suffer the same fate?
* Dear media assessors: Base your method on the typical not the optimal (especially when you only apply the optimal to the home team).
* He’s grown a thin skin instead of a thick skin.
* Try Not To Suck: The Exceptional, Extraordinary Baseball Life of Joe Maddon.
* Steve Cishek knocks on the door of the IL. The IL opens the door and says, “What took you so long?”
* Assignment Desk: Do pitchers who lead the majors in appearances/innings over the course of a season or two typically end up injured? (Especially when they are over 30?)
* Sports media meatheads who have not adapted to analytics make their audiences less knowledgeable about the game(s), not more.
* Yes, I just called Maddon “Madigan.”
* Jesse Rogers: Maddon Confident He’ll Be Back With Cubs In ’20.
Look, just because Maddon claims he’s confident doesn’t mean he is! Lotta bullshit in this one.
* The Cubhouse!
35:25: Renteria Lite.
* Everything is great! Even the home runs Yu Darvish just gave up to lose a game to the Reds!
* Hugh Darvish!
38:03: Cubs Hunger Games.
* Hoisted on his own Joetard!
* Maddon’s metaphysics.
39:47: More Media Misfires.
* (Actually Jordan Bastian, MLB.com:) Bauer’s Outing Highlights New Challenge For Cubs.
* Gordo: ‘Nothing To Be disappointed About,’ Cubs Catcher Victor Caratini Says After Losing Interim Job Twice.
47:52: Time For Theo To Move On?
* Verducci: The Cubs Way: The Zen Of Building The Best Team In Baseball And Breaking The Curse.
* How The Houston Astros Disrupted Player Development To Become The Model MLB Franchise.
* The Fallacy Of How The Cubs Were Built.
55:17: Rickey Bunteria.
* Plus: White Supremacy And White Sox Wives.
57:52: Missing Trubisky.
* Rhodes: “An artificial narrative based on misplaced hope.”
1:01:35: Schweinsteiger!
* The Montreal Impact, Trump and Meeting The Moment.
This argument has always been so strange, that “lie” can only be used very infrequently because of its “power.” We’re in the accuracy business. If someone commits 1,000 crimes, we don’t call two of them “crimes” and the other 998 “non-legal activities.” https://t.co/7ISAIk1Ofo pic.twitter.com/7DT5Hcvoib
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 8, 2019
* The Weekend Desk Report.
1:09:04: Postscript | TrackNotes: Finding The Arlington Million.
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STOPPAGE: 9:22
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Posted on August 11, 2019