CHICAGO BEEF LEAGUE

7 weeks later....we've hit the midpoint on the year. There's a bunch of teams vying for 1st/2nd, and its enough to make each week exciting. Dave is already selling (as should Z!) but we've got 4 more weeks until the actual trade deadline. Week 14 came to a thrilling finish (live!) and reminded us that RP are terrifying to roster.

We somehow wrapped 3 weeks of matchups in 1 hour. But somehow we also found time to talk about May trades, and how 1 team, as an example, should definitely be entertaining offers. Or making offers. (editors note: not necessarily Aleks). Anyway, after 7 weeks, we barely have seen much separation in any way. 7 Teams are now tied at 4-3! Its really anyones year.

We got busy and decided to recap week 3 and 4 together. Luckily we got our picks in, but boy does making the right pick remain a challenge. Chip even took Suneel, and was right! Anyway, we recapped week 3 and week 4 and focused a bit too much on how Brute Squad pitching will be his downfall, and speaking of downfalls, Cambodia Flying Canucks is finally spending time near the cellar. Please lock th...

Week 2 came and went and I'm not sure what the hell happened. A bunch of upsets, lots of terrible pitching, and Brian and Aleks somehow remain undefeated. What to make of it all? Occam's Razor suggests that randomness is at play here, but the emergence of Brian simply illustrates that we have a lot of parity, which suggests a very competitive year for us.

We discussed spring break, WBC and the start of the MLB season including the weird Netflix opening day thing. Otherwise, we jump into reviewing the extended Week 1. It starts off with the huge upset, but is it really an upset if "David" is pretty good? We end with a brief overview of Week 2 and a super quick glance at Team Runs Scored after the initial 6-8 games.

The greatest day of the year commenced and joy was had. And then we picked players and it all came crashing down. Some teams did well, others spent the entire 2 min for their pick. But it was a grand ol' time picking our teams for the 2026 season. We also took a sneak peak at the 1st week for our predictions.

We return, fresh and ready to talk Chicago Beef keepers and the upcoming 2026 season. While Aleks isn't returning, we will miss his presence and insightful thoughts. We blast into the offseason, ABS upcoming impact on 2026 in MLB, and spend the majority of the time outlining everyone's pending decisions for keepers prior to 3/14's draft, according to Jay, The Happiest Day of the Year....

Another season is over, another champion. Chicago Beef League in seemingly the 27th year of operation. Congrats to John and his Cambodia Flying Canucks in winning their 8th championship. Makes me realize he's good at this thing. Or a witch. Yea, a witch. One of those two things. Anyway, we discuss the incredibly close matchup and briefly ramble on learnings/takeaways plus a moment on 2026 favo...

We're leaving together But still it's farewell And maybe we'll come back To Earth, who can tell? I guess there is no one to blame We're leaving ground (leaving ground) Will things ever be the same again Its the final countdown 4 teams went in, 2 came out. Alas, one matchup was so close it came down to the OBP of the last batter of the NYY v BOS matchup. The other matchup wasn't...

Minor technical issue....re-posted! In another devastating blow to the league, John and Mike won their matchups (ok, fine they were byes). In more important news, Josh UPSETS Jay. Jay's performance was absolutely baffling and he will be reeling for weeks to come in the offseason. Ken beats Suneel with a stronger pitching side. Suneel really should be more careful with Ohtani, he deserves bette...

Week 22 is a wrap, where Battle of Evermore sneakily wins in Gap (vs Jr) and Cambodia Flying Canucks beats Mexikens to win the bat. Aleks is calling for an investigation of the Winnetka Wiccan coalition as there can't possibly be any other explanation for this season's turnout. Obvs. In other news, Mike wins the pick'em in a triumphant comeback over Chip. Onto the Playoffs, where Aleks...

Its almost time for the playoffs. Week 20 is in the books and only one more until stuff gets super-duper real. No fairies were killed in the making here. Chip even makes a fairly coherent statement!

Week 20 wraps and we only have 2 weeks left before the playoffs. The Brute Squad is finally eliminated from the playoff race and that leaves us with 7 teams for 6 spots. The top 4 are separating themselves and vying for the top spot from Phoenix Rises. All the favorites won, so the picks were easy, but Team Sunicle, with the loss to Battle of Evermore, is the 7th team on the outside looking in. We...

Week 19 is a wrap and Chip (incorrectly) calls Aleks' season over. Somehow Mike storms back with the picks, now tied atop with Chip. We wrapped with week 20 picks (and 21 by mistake) and nonsense for it all to finally end.

I hope you buckle up, we have so much to share with you. We lead off by recapping the highlights of the MLB trade deadline (we disagree on the Dodgers), we discuss the incredibly close week 18, and recap our baseball trip to see games in SF (Giants) & Sacramento (As) with Chip's son Matty. Fun time all around.

We recap the results of week 17 and gloss over Ferni Willow's DESTRUCTION over Trustee Rhino....yea, no one cares about that. We mostly discuss the 4 obvious playoff-bound teams (everyone with me! Phoenix Rises, The Mexikens, Battle of Evermore and Cambodia Flying Canucks) and bicker on how Chip should trade a vet keeper. It was riveting. Not really.

I wrote something snazzy, snappy, and altogether classy here and the Fates decided to overwrite it all with a Refresh. Oh well. We recap week 16 and its short week, and look ahead to the assuredly eventful week 17 matchups. OK look, we did but it wasn't as comical as we hoped. We're doing our best! Enjoy!

We jump right in and immediately recap week 15 (UPSET central!). And because of the MLB All-Star game, week 16 is a short and sweet week. We make predictions and spend a few minutes on the All-Star game, what we liked, didn't, etc. We close with Aleks' battle against his enemies in his backyard, putting MouseBlocker finally to use.

Well, week 14 is a wrap and the playoff picture is fairly clear. The pick'em between Aleks, Mike and Chip is as close as it can be (although, NOT a competition). We evaluate the rash of trades and the BIG upset of the week, but otherwise, we just have fun for a typical Sunday. Isn't THAT special....

Clearer separation between playoff bound teams and rebuilders now and getting closer to a magic number. 4 teams nearly certainly in and 2 more on cusp. We recap week 13 and somehow someone went 6-0 in picks. We briefly discussed rebuilding for Ferni Willow, and Brute Squad, but more to come. 9 weeks left and 5 weeks until the trade deadline.

So much airhorn. We discussed week 12 and preview week 13 but, soooooo much airhorn

We discussed matchups and discussed who should buy/sell. But its our midway point of the 2025 Chicago Beef League season, so lets keep the focus: Hey Don't write yourself off yet It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on Just try your best Try everything you can And don't you worry what they tell themselves when you're away It just takes some time, little girl You&...

With Aleks in Raleigh, we finally got him awake to record. Week 10 was a refreshing change for some teams. Others not. The hottest team lost to the newly hottest team, Ferni Willow finally broke a slump and we had some other matchups apparently. We look into week 11 and realize Chip is still in 1st place in our pick'em. Despite it "not being a competition", Aleks is still groaning ab...

Its about time to call it a wrap for Vishnu and the Spearmint Rhino. But first we get into week 9, somehow Aleks' went 6-0 in picks, like when Billy Madison debated that one time. Ken and Mike's continue their HOT runs as the top teams in the league. We spend a few minutes reviewing the Spearmint Rhino and potential next steps on that roster. We appreciate the commish's decision here....

After a short and frankly disappointing TimBits from Aleks, we wrap up week 8 and look ahead to week 9. Look, some weeks are filled with joyous bits of content, and sometimes its less so. We had fun discussing the mediocrity of Ferni Willow & the seeming new top tier of Phoenix Rises & The Mexikens. At least we mentioned our unofficial sponsor at the end!