By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes
The autumn of our discontent. Including: Mitch Falsbisky; Only Person In Chicago More Unpopular Than Mitch Trubisky Is Craig Kimbrel; Cubs Lab; The Undertaker; These Cards Will Run!; The Amazin’ A’s & Yankees; The White Sox Are Still Playing; Chicago Joe Fire; The Sky Is Crying; and The Red Stars Try To Lock Down A Playoff Spot This Weekend.
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SHOW NOTES
* 270.
* The Autumn Of Our Discontent.
* Glory days of Cubs and Bears turns to rust.
* The Reds losses hurt more than the loss to the Cardinals on Thursday night.
* Cubhog day.
6:23: Craig Kimbrel More Unpopular In Chicago Than Mitch Trubisky.
* Keeps announcing his presence with authority.
9:15: Cubs Lab.
* Theo in a real pickle.
* Coffman on Schwarber: “Has there ever been a more inconsequential 37 home runs?”
* Hail, Astros.
* Rhodes: The Verlander trade was when Houston bypassed the Cubs.
* Sharma, The Athletic: Weird Science: The Cubs’ ‘Pitch Lab’ Is Turning Fringe Relievers Into High-Leverage, Spin-Rate Monsters.
* Baseball Reference: “Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 22nd round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur . . . February 8, 2017: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Chicago Cubs for Donnie Dewees (minors).”
* Rhodes: I had to turn off Len “Company Man” Kasper.
28:55: The Undertaker.
* Mully: The severity of the injury wasn’t what was reported.
* Coffman: We saw the injury!
* Rhodes: Ouch!
* Coffman namechecks Fred McGriff (The Crime Dog).
* Rhodes: “Gracie, he must’ve worn a cup, right?”
36:26: These Cards Will Run!
* Cubs catchers lead the league in errors.
36:59: The Amazin’ A’s.
* Billy Beane . . . Jesus!
38:35: The Amazin’ Yankees.
* Brian Cashman . . . Jesus!
* Missing Gleyber Torres and DJ LaMahieu.
39:45: The White Sox Are Still Playing.
* Tim Anderson on pace to qualify.
* Ivan Nova, opener.
40:33: Mitch Falsbisky.
* Matt Nagy’s trick box.
* Kimbrel vs. Trubisky.
* Media pumpers now dumpers.
* P.S.:
“Did you really watch any film?”
Mike Leach questions @NFL scouts, defends Gardner Minshew.#UpToTheMinute @nflnetwork pic.twitter.com/I2RZanaDu6
— Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) May 7, 2019
Gardner Minshew has been on target with 77-of-88 pass attempts (87.5%)
NFL average is 75.0%
— Sports Info Solutions (@SportsInfo_SIS) September 20, 2019
* Also:
Others: Trubisky can get healthy against the Redskins.
Rhodes: The Redskins can get healthy against Trubisky.
58:22: The Sky Is Crying.
1:00:40: Joe Fire.
* Coffman namechecks Brewster’s Millions.
1:06:20: Red Stars Looking To Clinch Playoff Spot.
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STOPPAGE: 13:40
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Posted on September 20, 2019