Bums of Manarchy

Send us Fan Mail Episode 0029 kicks off with a Fear-the-Deer segment, celebrating the NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks thanks in large part to their Grecian Formula, Chicago baseball’s cold stove, Kris Bryant’s hamstring “injury”, a shooting in D.C. during Nats game brings out the best in asshole people, Yerminator The Sore Butt retires for a day, Eddie gets a stone out of his shoe on the topic of bit...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums are back in action, with our first official show at Paddy’s Cave, B.O.M. HQ South, as the recording locale rotisserie circle is now complete; Italy wins Euro’s soccer championship over England and Rocky’s Sicilian roots rejoice (btw Eddie, the saying goes “All Sicilians are Italian, but not all Italian’s are Sicilian”); English soccer fans are pretty much dicks, Argentina...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Episode 0027, where the Bums kick things off discussing the highly complex nature of the Gregorian calendar (Eddie, we’re looking at you), a complete reversal in optimism around the death spiraling Chicago Cubs, the White Sox march on (injuries and all), trade-deadline chatter,  former Chicago Bears QB Erik Kramer’s attempted suicide (CTE nearly claims another victim),...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Episode 0026, where the Bums channel our inner sports muse with discussions around pro NFL’s first openly gay player, Carl Nassib, the Philly 76ers choke and their stupid, classless fans are consistently on brand, Supreme Court ruling involving initial legalese opening the door to financially compensating NCAA student athletes, NHL Blackhawks announcer (and future HOFer...

Send us Fan Mail After another 1-week hiatus, the Bums are bock for another episode, on the heels of eclipsing 500 downloads!  Episode 0025 starts with Chicago baseball talk, including the White Sox and Cubs both being in first place (why aren’t more people talking about it), praise for Robin Ventura, Paddy’s university eligibility, Julio Jones heading to Tennessee (the Titans are for real), Bears...

Send us Fan Mail After a one-week sabbatical, the Bums are back in studio for Episode 0024.  The sports babble segment kicks off on a positive note, as both Chicago-based MLB teams lead their respective divisions, the Detroit Lions crazy ass head coach Dan Campbell wants a jungle cat on the sidelines, old man Phil “Lefty” Mickelson wins a PGA major, future NFL HOF placekicker Adam Vinatieri gets a...

Send us Fan Mail Episode “23” starts with a hat tip to Michael Jordan (and his security guard chum, the late John Michael Wozniak), followed by a Bums ‘breeze by’ of baseball and basketball topics that run the gamut from Jose Abreu’s injury, unwritten rules in baseball, White Sox skipper TLR is approaching “too stupid to insult” territory, Kluber’s no-no, the short list of HOFers who played for th...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 0022, the Bums tackle geo sporting issues in Part 1, to include trying to understand who from the City of Oakland crapped in a nuns hat (why are teams moving away, including rumors around the Oakland A’s baseball club), celebrating DFA’d MLB player and future HOF’er Albert Pujols, the ridiculousness of Tim TE-Bow’s reemergence with the Jacksonville Jags (appropriate), t...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Episode 0021, Part 1, where the Bums postulate around various MLB goings on, including the pile up of injuries facing the Chicago White Sox, trouble in LaRussa-land, and the DFAing of future HOF player Albert Puljols.  The Bums also recap and critique the Chicago Bears’ 2021 Draft picks, Paddy throws down a mini-‘I Did Not Know That’ segment, a discussion transpires aro...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums’ 20th Episode is a little special, live-recorded during the first round of the NFL Draft through the first 20 picks (see what we did there — Episode 20, 20 Draft picks…).   In Part 1, the Bums ring in the 2021 NFL Draft, resident White Sox specialist Paddy reviews an interesting game between the Pale Hose and the Detroit Tigers, the Bums discover some interesting baseball...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums are back with Episode 0019 after a short, spring hiatus.    Rocky reviews his trip to Palm Springs, CA with Camp Lucy and related swim wear choices, before diving into Part 1, a sports mish-mash starting with the retirement of NFL’s Julian Edelman and Alex Smith, Brett Reid catches a felony DUI charges (de facto Scumbag of the Week), shout-out to first male, Hideki Matsuy...

Send us Fan Mail For Part 1 of Episode 0018, the Bums cover the lunacy that is the NCCA March Madness men’s basketball tourney, leading up to the final showdown between Gonzaga and Baylor, UNC’s new head coach (Hubert Davis) who is Mr. Salem-Winston, the Carolina Panthers crazy-like-a-fox acquisition of Sam Darnold for “a bag of beans” (and a few draft picks), the first week of MLB baseball includ...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Episode 0017, a slightly shorter version due to an unplanned power loss (ah…shit).   In Part 1, Paddy leads us into the abyss with a new segment, “I did not know that”, which focuses on the origins of March Madnessl, the Bums take stock in the NCAA Mens tourney leading up to Final Four, and Rocky slams the NFL’s decision to expand the regular season to 17 games, a revie...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 16, the Bums start out with a Scumbag of the Week diatribe courtesy of Deshaun Watson, before pivoting to celebrate the life of the late/great Elgin Baylor, an overview of NBA free agency and the Chicago Bulls’ new star Nikola Vučević, the ‘big bag of trouble’ that former Chicago Cubs prospect Jesus Camargo-Corrales is in, before wrapping Part 1 with a State- of-the-Bra...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Episode 15!   The Bums latest episode starts with a toast (shocker) to the late and “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler, inside of pugilism’s golden era of middle-weights, before things get serious on the Eve of March Madness.  NFL football blabber begins as Drew Bress prepares to carve his initials and jersey number into the HOF legacy tree, followed by an NFL free agency update...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 0014 kicks off with “general crabbiness”, most probably thanks to Scumbags-of-the-Week (Les Miles and Meyer Leonard) and their general stink in sports, followed by front burner discussion around the beginning of NFL free agency sweepstakes, Dak Prescott’s new deal, Jerry Jones talk, the signing of Bears placekicker Cairo “No Doinks” Santos, the microscope is placed on “moc...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to “lucky” Episode 0013, where the Bums kibitz about the exciting world of sports in Part 1, including the retirement of former Chicago Bull Joakim “Side Show Bob” Noah, a proper send off for American football player and sportscaster Irv Cross, Irv’s one degree of separation to Brent Musburger, the mounting fervor that is NCAA’s March Madness basketball contest, speculatio...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 12, the Bums demystify humanity and ethics on various fronts.  In Part 1, Eddie’s loser cruiser (Honda minivan) skates on thick ice, the Bums discuss the slow but steady return of quality hockey and basketball in Chicago, the Bears search for a decent QB casts its shadow on Houston and Seattle, Scumbag of the Week honors split between three assholes (French actor Gérard...

Send us Fan Mail As certain as the sun rises in the east, and sets in the west, pitchers and catchers report to training camp — and hope springs eternal.   The Bums revel in pre-spring activities, making  Episode 0011 even more special than usual.   In Part 1, the Bums discuss how the Chicago Bears dodged a Carson Wentz shaped bullet, former NFL RB Vincent Jackson’s death (“Leaving Las Vegas” styl...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 0010, the Bums put a fork in SuperBowl 55, discuss the Carson Wentz sweepstakes, Mark Cuban’s stand on the National Anthem (with Smiling / Silly Steven), big data in baseball (PECOTA / Cubs-Sox), MLB Payroll overview, and the state of discontent with Russell Wilson in Seattle.   In the back half, the Bums christen the Bums of Manarchy’s new worldwide headquarters (a.k.a...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 0009, the Bums continue our wildly popular  “two-part” format (Part 1 = Sports, Part 2 = Non-Sports), while Paddy goes “curseless”!!!  In Part 1, the Bums preview Super Bowl 55, discuss major NFL and MLB trades, why the St. Louis Cardinals continue to dominate, the emergence of the Chicago White Sox, and more.  In Part 2 (40:00:00), the Bums honor more Bum of the Week f...

Send us Fan Mail Join the Bums for Episode 0008, which is a tale of two cities.  Part 1 is a sports extravaganza, discussing the 1-year anniversary of Kobe Bean Bryant’s passing, NFL Conference Championship weekend recap, the raging Houston Texans dumpster fire, and the politicization of MLB’s Hall of Fame selection process.  Part 2 is a mix of non-sports themes, including a new segment (Stone in...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 0007, the Bums discuss the emerging trend of leveraging high-end wall tents to cope with the pandemic, golfer Justin Thomas’ sticky situation, dirt bag of the month Jared Porter, respecting Hank Aaron, the NFL Conference playoff picture, lack of diversity in NFL head coaching, the Golden Age of QBs, Bum of the Week honors, as well as an upcoming fan request that’s going...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's "scattered" episode, the Bums discuss NFL Wildcard weekend, Bum-of-the-Week and Bum-of-the-Year honors, a response to our very first listener nominated topic ("Why hasn't soccer taken off in the USA?"), and the aftermath of the Chicago Bears early playoff exit and upcoming NFL Divisional round, among other shit talking.   P.S.  Look for...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 0005 (our first 2021 podcast), the Bums review the dumpster fire that was 2020.  Key topics include notable deaths, COVID-19 "second order effects", BOM fan of the year, and FanDuel bet of the year -- among other ramblings. Recorded January 9, 2021.