CHICAGO BEEF LEAGUE

Week 14 is a close and, boy, was it a downer. However, we recapped the matchups and looked ahead to week 15. With no trades or major transactions to discuss, we segued to our main topic of this week: the All-Star weekend festivities like the Draft, the Futures game and the Home Run Derby. Also, Aleks turned on his lights. Enjoy!

THIRTEEN weeks in and we start to see some separation in the standings. We recap week 13 and finally Aleks did well in his predictions. We're not keeping score but cmon, of course we are. We get into week 14 and go deep into year to date stats of the teams. We found it interesting, hopefully you do too. Enjoy!

Week 11 is a wrap as we approach the halfway point on the season. The playoff picture is murky with 5 teams tied in 3rd (top 6 make playoffs), and Aleks on outside looking in. We review week 11 and look ahead to week 12 matchups including MOTW (Matchup of the week: Jay vs Aleks). Also, can someone remind Dave to update his roster? It would help him greatly.

Week 11 is a wrap, the Commish keeps rolling and continues his 2 game lead on everyone. We discuss week 11 results, Aleks continues to fail at picking teams and we look ahead at week 12. Aleks chose words poorly and I hope he learned from the discussion. We close by looking at Aleks & Chen's fizzled trade proposal and discuss how to be more empathetic trade partners, at this emotional time...

Week 10 is a wrap. Chen finally gets the elusive W and it was oh, so delicious. We discuss week 10 results and no shocker.... Aleks continues to fall behind in our picks. He needs to #Firesale, stat. Week 11 picks are in, and Aleks gives us his iconic Irish Goodbye. Enjoy!

Howdy everyone! Another week is in the books, and 3 matchups get decided by our other-worldly stat: GAP. As result, Chip, Jay, and Vishnu come out on top in their matchups, while John and Aleks have no trouble in theirs. Suneel losing is among the most beautiful things mankind can witness. Aleks continues his ridiculous trade offers (then revokes his Christian Walker for naming rights idea), but i...

Well, that was a rollercoaster of a week. We review week 8 and the bunch of upsets. And Aleks beat Chen, much to everyone's chagrin. Moving forward, we share week 7 results of picking matchups, we expand on "Moment in Chicago Beef League History" and close on Aleks' recent calamity (Acuna) to his attempt to repeat as champion.

Week 7 is a wrap and HeGone suffers his 1st loss, from no joke, The Brute Squad. We discuss other outcomes and look ahead to week 8 matchups, mainly RIVALRY WEEK with Team Sunicle vs FerniWillow. We wrap by reviewing listener email. Enjoy!

Week 6 recaps, and week 7 prognostications. We spend an inordinate amount of time on Aleks and "the bones", but I promise you will enjoy the extra 20 minutes of banter. Unless you aren't a fan of Willow, to which I would recommend you see it and revel in its majesty.

Aleks, Chen and Chip discuss week 5 results and in majestic fashion, they all lose. Dave is 5-0 and no one is happy. We briefly touch on week 6 matchups, and Aleks and Chen commiserate on their lackluster starts to the year, and Chen has a new name for his squad. We close briefly discussing the Beef League Hall of Fame, and needing nominees and a new name since its...it just needs a better name, o...

A little late, but its time for week 4 recaps where Chip *COUGH* beats *COUGH* Aleks in amazing fashion. Chen unfortunately loses again and few others do too. With a bee swarm interrupting the start of DBacks game that night of the recording, Aleks shares a timely Ukrainian beekeeper story. He needs more bees. We close looking ahead at week 5 with sharp prognostications (not!) and everyone wishes...

We start with a BORING trade offer that goes nowhere (really, step up the trades) and recapped week 3 of the Chicago Beef League and noted the unfortunate nature of some of the 1-2 and 0-3 teams. We didnt use #firesale in the discussion, frankly its only been 3 weeks. But some teams are struggling mightily, and some aren't (notably: Ferni Willow). We also looked ahead to week 4 matchups and th...

We are back in the saddle recapping week 1 in the Chicago Beef League. We summarize the highlights of each matchup and look ahead to week 2. Yes, we also hit on a few items from reality like the A's moving, but really we tee up Aleks' to rant about his disdain for Jerry Reinsdorf, the owner of the Chicago White Sox.

Traffikus joins us to discuss the 2024 Beef League draft and point out everyone's mistakes. We tap into prognastications and Aleks yells at Chip. Just the usual wonderfulness that many of us might call: The Beef League podcast.

Welcome back to the Pod! Been a while. We run thru some recent updates but predominantly discuss & criticize keeper decisions for each team (of those that actually made cuts, AHEM). In other news, Aleks is trying to fire me, but you can't really fire a volunteer who does everything, right?

Lo joins us this week for some REAL-TIME finals trash talk and shares some insights on how he got to his first finals. Chip's schadenfreude - fresh off a loss to Lo in the semis - is on full display.

Tune in this week as The Commish joins the pod and taunts us by calling Team Sunicle a "juggernaut," calls to organize a trade EMARGO against Battle of Evermore, and more.

Is Suneel OUR patsy? Listen in for Zavo's hot takes and more.

Chenner joins us on the ice to talk podcast production and what happened to the Crips.

This week Josh joins the pod to defend his terrible title defense and moving his family next door to Aaron Hernandez's ghost.

Straight up mystery.

Season is underway, audio issues are behind us and Suneel is already abysmal. At least thats what Aleks thinks. But he does have Matt Chapman. We dive into some hot starts and look ahead to week 3 matchups. We wrap up with more "the intangibles". We need movie recommendations for our segment! Please be kind and listen and review. Thank you!

Without a doubt, you can now sniff 2023 opening day. Without a minute to spare, we've recorded our recap of the 2023 Chicago Beef League draft. Its filled with "refreshing" criticism, "the intangibles", outlandish comments, and a kind ask to the audience on our new movie segment. Please be a gent and listen & review. Thank you!

Congrats to Short Round! How flawed is Purdue? Are you ready for Aleks's mock first round? We discuss those topics and more - including Chip's basement disaster - during the 2023 Pre-draft Episode.

We are back from a rested and relaxing holiday break to bring you 90 minutes of bliss focused on who is likely being kept, tough decisions and who should likely make some trades (ahem: Vishnu).  We close with a diddy about NBA & NFL MVPs, neither of which we pay any attention to. Production Note: we did NOT discuss Willow series but will in the next episode!