By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes
Sign wrong brother-in-law, get outbid by a dollar, lose Manny Machado. Plus: Cubs Still Unlikable; Javy Baez Red Alert; The Ex-Cub Factor; Defenseless Blackhawks; and Bobby Portis Is Pissed.
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SHOW NOTES
* 240.
:21: White Sox Sign Wrong Brother-In-Law, Get Outbid By A Dollar, Lose Machado.
* $299.99 not enough.
* Base-10 bias!
* Go Brew!
Are you a disillusioned #Cubs fan who tried to become a #WhiteSox fan this week and it only lasted a day and now you want to become a #Brewers fan? Show us how to do *that*. pic.twitter.com/fV4Fk7B82J
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) February 21, 2019
* “I liked the game plan, from ownership to front office to the coaching staff to the players,” Machado told reporters Friday. “The whole ‘shabam’ was so perfect.”
* People: Brielle Biermann On The Possibility Of Getting Back With Ex Michael Kopech: ‘Thank You, Next.’
28:30: Defenseless Blackhawks.
* Coffman: “The primary problem is that this team simply doesn’t have a No. 1 defenseman. A guy becomes a No. 2 defenseman by effectively doing whatever the No. 1 guy needs him to do in a team’s top pairing and the Blackhawks don’t have that guy either.”
* Tough loss to the ‘Lanche on Friday night.
* Connor Frickin’ Murphy.
* Marcus Frickin’ Kruger.
41:24: Bears Release Ball-Fearing Dion Sims.
42:42: Cubs Still Unlikable.
* PECOTA > Reporters’ predictions.
* Javy Baez Red Alert. (By Mark Gonzales, not Jesse Rogers.)
* Brian Duensing Hopes New Diet Will Fix Sluggishness.
* Despite Having No More Money, Cubs Owners Among Investors In Sports-Betting Startup.
1:03:44: The Ex-Cub Factor.
1:07:56: Bobby Portis Is Pissed.
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STOPPAGE: 11:01
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Posted on February 23, 2019