Pointless Exercise - A Desipio Podcast

The Bears often don't start well, but they rarely finish poorly, and in the final regular season game of they year they nearly got their act together at the perfect time. In the end, the walk-off loss to the Lions means nothing, except that the team they play next week isn't even as good as Detroit. The RECRAP brought to you by Victor Auto Wreckers, Andy's books on the Cubs, and the Pa...

Brought to you by a very reputable lawyer, my books and the Pat Benkowski Sports Spectacular, it's another exciting episode of the RECRAP. The Bears lost a thriller to the 49ers when they ran out of time on the final drive (which honestly, happens in every game to somebody). The offense was great and fun, the defense was bad and frustrating. Brock Purdy's a prick, Christian McCaffrey's...

The Cubs are building their new bullpen out of hunks of the old Rangers' one, probably because the Rangers' was better than theirs last year. Oleg and Praz are here to talk about it, and to hear and old friend recount the last seconds of the Bears' OT win over the Packers, just for the hell of it. The guys discuss the Cubs bullpen strategy, try to figure out where the offense is going...

I was so excited about the coolest ending to a Bears-Packers game ever, that I went live with the RECRAP. But I was smart enough to also record it for posterity. It's brought to you by the two greatest advertisers we've ever had, and my books. The Bears turned what looked like yet another frustrating loss to the Packers into something incredibly cool, incredibly fun and fairly unbelievable...

The RECRAP of the Bears' 10th win of the season, 31-3 over the Browns, is brought to you by Miller Lite, Dick Butkus' horoscope, the Pat Benkowski Sports Spectacular, Cairo Santos wearing a stocking cap under his helmet, and the books "The Immortals" and "Great Until It Wasn't" available now on Amazon. On a very cold day, the Bears had no problem kicking the Browns&...

The Cubs are busy finishing second on all of the players they want us to think they're after. Sure they are. Oleg and Praz are here to discuss Matt Shaw's future, Moises Ballesteros as the full time DH, whether Alex Bregman makes sense, what kind of pitchers the Cubs should target for the rotation and bullpen, and how the Cubs could finally give their manager a useful bench.

Do a lot of things really happen every year at baseball's winter meetings or do we just think it because we remember anything that happens in the weeks that follow as happening at the meetings? David Brown is here to talk about that, plus Kyle Schwarber, Zac Gallen, Cody Bellinger, Edward Cabrera, Bo Bichette and more. The guys incorrectly predict where Pete Alonso would sign, they propose an...

The RECRAP of the Bears loss to the Packers is brought to you by Walter Payton's bus pass, the Pat Benkowski Sports Spectacular and my books, "The Immortals" and "Great Until It Wasn't" available on paperback, hardcover and Kindle. The first half of the game looked like the same old shit, but the second half did not. The Bears fell just short, but for most of the final...

Everybody said the Bears hadn't beaten anybody, and apparently, they took that personally, so when they went to Philadelphia to play the "somebodies" who just happen to be the defending Super Bowl champions, the Bears beat the shit out of them. The RECRAP of the Bears 24-15 pounding of the Eagles is brought to you by Buick of Chicagoland, the Pat Benkowski Sports Spectacular and the...

Jed's back to rebuilding his bullpen and his first spare part is actually more accomplished than the guys he normally drags off the scrap heap. Praz and Oleg drop by to talk about the bullpen, about the Cardinals trade of Sonny Gray and whether they'll also try to move Willson Contreras. The guys find an interesting new home for Pete Alonso and think the Marlins being pressured to add payr...

The RECRAP of the Bears gritty 31-28 win over the Steelers is brought to you by Mr. Submarine (twice), the Pat Benkowski Sports Spectacular and the brand new books "The Immortals" and "Great Until It Wasn't." The Bears played a game without any of their starting linebackers and quickly were down to none of their projected starting cornerbacks, and somehow they did more than...

The Bears apparently think they need to let other teams get a fourth quarter lead before they can actually come back and win it, but for now, who cares? It's working. The RECRAP of the Bears' 19-17 walkoff win over the Vikings is brought to you by Mr. Submarine, the Pat Benkowski Sports Spectacular and the award-winning, best selling book on the 2016 Cubs titled "The Immortals."...

The offseason is underway. Shōta might be on the way out, the Cubs are being connected to free agents the aren't likely to actually try to sign, and Oleg and Praz are here to talk about what Jed's plan is, and why that plan sucks. And, Praz wants to make the case that it's the Brewers now, not the Cardinals who are the Cubs' biggest rivals. As you can imagine, we have some thoughts. All that, and...

For more than three quarters the Bears looked incapable of beating a pretty lousy Giants team, but when the Giants eschewed two chances to try to make it a 14 point game Caleb Williams decided he'd seen enough of this shit. It's the RECRAP brought to you by a Marc Trestman reference from "30 Rock", the Pat Benkowski Sports Spectacular and my new book, "The Immortals" wh...

The Bears offense was great, especially in the second half, and the defense was so bad that Chauncey CJ Gardner-Johnson has become a big part of trying to make it work, but in the end of a crazy game that felt like a gut punch loss, the Bears made the last big play and won it by the very un-Bears like score of 47-42. Colston Loveland had a huge day and the game winning play, Kyle Monangai ran wild...

Things are getting World Seri-ous (clever), and David Brown is back to talk about it. But we also get into some really important stuff, like how to fix the now passive four finger intentional walk into something fun and exciting! Does anybody need that? Of course not, but it'll be fun. Does Dave Roberts know what he's doing? Why are the Blue Jays pinch runners all so slow? How tired did Sh...

Are the Cubs the best run professional franchise in town? Oleg and Praz are here to discuss that, and what the Cubs offseason look realistically is. Will they go after Dylan Cease or somebody better? What happens to Kyle Tucker's market if the Dodgers don't swoop in with a luxurious basket of deferred cash? If the Cubs DFA'd Ian Happ would any team take his contract? Why wouldn't t...

The Bears four game losing streak is over, and it's not completely due to their mysterious clock management, but it's not NOT completely due to that. Today's RECRAP is brought to you by Mr. Submarine and the Pat Benkowski Sports Spectacular. The defense is running out of players, the offense forgot to run the ball for a very long time and the Bears are really, really good at self sabot...

The World Series looms, so David Brown returns for a second straight week to talk about the great ALCS, Shohei doing crazy things in the NLCS and whether or not John Smoltz has always sucked this much. Andy brags about nailing his managerial opening predictions of Albert Pujols to the Angels and Nick Hundley to the Giants, and then the guys talk about the people who actually did get those jobs, in...

The Bears ran the ball well and kept taking it away from the Saints to win their fourth in a row. They also ran some innovative center-QB exchanges which reminded the RECRAP of an old high school trick play. The RECRAP is brought to you by 1-800-Collect and the Pat Benkowski Sports Spectacular.

One LCS is in full swing and the other is headed for a crashing halt, so it's time for David Brown to stop by and talk some baseball. Where is the supposed spunky Brewers' offense, how did the Cubs blow it, are the Dodgers inevitable, and how evenly matched are the Jays and Mariners? We also discuss which of the free agent Kyles will be more in demand, try to break down all of the options...

The Bears made some key mistakes, the refs made a few more, but in the end Jayden Daniels just decided the ball wasn't worth hanging onto and the Bears capitalized with a game winning drive that was capped off by a kicker who looks an awful lot like Cubs' backup catcher Reese McGuire. The Bears ran the ball and mostly stopped the run and gutted out what ended up being a really fun, satisfy...

A Cubs' season that started with such promise but basically flamed out at the All-Star Break met its ultimate demise at the hands of the Brewers in the first real round of the playoffs? Oleg and Praz are here for a supersized edition of the RECRAP brought to you by R. Bernard Funeral Services and the Pat Benkowski Sports Spectacular. We look back a frustrating game five, say goodbye to one out...

The Cubs are back up off the mat and have forced a game five in the NLDS. Oleg and Praz are on hand to talk about Ian Happ, who apparently did something, Matt Boyd and the boys who showed a lot of spunk in giving Milwaukee a chance for an epic playoff choke. It's the RECRAP brought to you by Empire Carpet and the Pat Benkowski Sports Spectacular.

The Cubs staved off elimination and broke a historic streak of postseason run scoring futility (though they may have immediately started a new one) with a 4-3 win over the Brewers in game three of the 2025 NLDS. Oleg and Praz are on the scene to talk about the game, look forward to game four and if you didn' t get overly excited about the win, they have decided you will if they win again in ga...