By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes
Warranted on the other side of town. Plus: Save The Intentional Walk!; Bulls In Quicksand; Golden Slumbers; Blackhawks Sign A Bunch Of Guys We Don’t Care About; Bad Man Still Owns Chicago Fire; Chicago Sky Falling Already; Illinois Finally Tops Baylor; and The NFL Is Its Own Organized Crime Family.
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SHOW NOTES
* KISS-FM 103-5: Chicago’s #1 Hit Music Station.
1:20: The Panic Meter.
* The Overreaction.
* The Overreaction to the Overreaction.
* David Haugh out of his element.
* The Cubs have more elements than the periodic table.
* We thank Neil Ramirez for his service.
* “If I can get our guys to understand one game at a time, I’ll be very happy.” – Joe Maddon, from Haugh’s column.
13:27: Where Panic Is Warranted.
* In any game managed by Robin Ventura.
* Coffman’s Concern Meter.
* Mark Buehrle Watch.
26:10: Save The Intentional Walk!
* One of the game’s great dramas!
* Joe Maddon: “When it comes down to the game itself, I’m not so pent up on moments like that, however many seconds that takes to get that done.”
* Fangraphs: On The Shrinking Strike Zone And Lengthening Games.
* Unsettling Perfection In A League Of Robot Umpires.
* Replays vs. Rhubarbs. (It was our very own Roger Wallenstein who wrote the column I was thinking about, not Coffman.)
* How Instant Replays Change Professional Tennis.
38:24: Bulls In Quicksand.
* There is no there there.
* Cowley: Joakim Noah Has Told Teammates He’s Done With The Bulls.
* Friedell: Source Says Joakim Noah-Bulls Talks Continue As Report Says He’s Ready To Exit. Cites a “league source,” which sounds like Bulls management to me, though I suppose Noah’s agent could be called a “league source” in a stretch.
* Johnson: Trading Derrick Rose Or Jimmy Butler Should Be Bulls’ Offseason Priority.
* I mis-inferred. Carmelo Anthony chose the money and New York instead of, purportedly to parochial Bulls pundits, a chance to win and Chicago.
* Sam Hinkie’s departure letter.
* The Fallacy Of How The Cubs Were Built.
52:21: Golden Slumbers.
* Golden Thunder.
* Cavs, Raptors.
55:18: Sharks vs. Penguins.
* State of Play in the Bay.
58:00: Illinois > Baylor.
1:01:40: Blackhawks Sign A Bunch Of Guys We Don’t Care About.
1:01:46: Chicago Fire Still Owned By Bad Man.
1:02:01 Chicago Sky Already Falling.
1:02:18 NFL Tried To Fix Concussion Study.
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STOPPAGE: 4:44
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Posted on May 27, 2016