Pointless Exercise - A Desipio Podcast

The Cubs jumped out to a 3-0 first inning lead on the Brewers and spent the rest of the game in the fetal position waiting for Milwaukee to stop kicking them. Andy and Oleg handle the postgame duties and try to imagine a scenario where the Cubs finally start putting up a fight.

Sponsored by Murph's Union 76 and the Pat Benkowski Sports Spectacular, the RECAP tackles the Cubs wet turd of a performance in Milwaukee to open the NLDS. But, just like you'd do with a real one, you just flush it and move on. Oleg and Praz are here to wonder why the Cubs started Matt Boyd on short rest, instead of saving him for game two on extra rest which would also have allowed them t...

The podcast gets off to the same kind of shaky start that Brad Keller had in the ninth, but both ended strong with the Cubs finally winning an elimination game against the San Diego Padres. Join Andy, Oleg and Praz as they break down the game and series winner, on the RECRAP brought to you buy Binny's in 2016 somehow, and of course, the Pat Benkowski Sports Spectacular.

The Cubs became the first time in Wild Card round history to win the first game of a series at home and not sweep by winning the second. Well, at least no team that won the first game has ever lost the series. Yet. Gulp. Oleg and Praz are here to handle a very special RECRAP postgame.

The Cubs did a lot of unique things in game one of their Wild Card series with the Padres. They won for the first time in the postseason in eight years, they scored a run for the first time in 18 postseason innings, and they scored more than one run in an inning for the first time in 55 playoff innings. Oleg and I hopped on to do a instant reaction RECRAP podcast and somebody joined us from right...

The Cubs and Padres have met in the playoffs before, and while Mike and Andy covered it in their epic three hour Remember This Crap on the 1984 Cubs, how about a chance to prep for this year's matchup by listening to just the portion about the NLCS? And if you haven't heard the full version, pack a lunch and check it out sometime.

The playoffs start on Tuesday, and Oleg and Praz are here to help preview the whole thing. Including the upcoming day playoff games at Wrigley, which should be really cool. Especially if they end like every day playoff game against the Padres at Wrigley Field have in the past. Who will pitch which game for the Cubs, what will the bench look like, Billy Hamilton can't really be a thing, right?...

On this episode of your favorite short-form Bears podcast sponsored by a dead auto dealer and Pat Benkowski's Sports Spectacular, we discuss the Bears incredible (and often frustrating) win over the Las Vegas Raiders. The Bears showed a lot of grit, and an ceaseless commitment to committing penalties, missing blocks, missing tackles and doing dumb things. But they also busted their asses and w...

The playoffs are a week away and David Brown is here to try to help us figure out if any of these teams is any damned good? We also discuss why a team would allow a player to have a day off in the middle of a playoff run to go to...well, you know where he went. They answer some questions the Cubs are facing about their playoff roster, uncover a new telekinetic power that Matt Shaw may very well po...

It's time again for the ReKrap the instant reaction podcast about the Bears brought to you as always by the Bob Rohrman Auto Group and the Benkowski Sports Spectacular. The Bears got their first win of the season in dominating fashion, and it was fun to be on the good side of a Matt Eberflus defense versus Ben Johnson offense matchup for once. Caleb Williams had a big game, the defense created...

The Cubs magic number is dwindling, and while Marquee and the Score couldn't figure out how to calculate it properly, our podcast does. It's the Cubs pod with Oleg and Praz and Mike has done the math. And while the Brewers wait to win the division to celebrate, the Cubs should just go ahead. No need to wait for those losers to have a party. There's a lot to talk about, like Marquee&#39...

The ReKrap is back with instant reaction and analysis to the Bears narrow 31 point defeat in Detroit. As always, the ReKrap is brought to you by Celozzi-Ettleson Chevrolet and the Benkowski Sports Spectacular. Sure, the Bears are 0-2, but the greatest coach of our lifetimes also started 0-2 and one of those was an embarrassing loss to Detroit. So, it's all part of the process.

The season is in it's final weeks and it's time for David Brown to help us decide what races are real and who still has a chance to force their way into the playoffs. They look at the closest races and the remaining schedules to see who might have a chance (Giants?) and who's already screwed (Texas?) Then they take a look a the incredible second half of Cade Horton and how he's cle...

Your favorite overreaction podcast is back, it's the REKRAP, not to be confused with that other one of a similar name. We've got big time sponsors, and we're ready to tell it like it is, even if it makes you terribly uncomfortable! The Bears played their first game on Monday night and we'll break it down as loudly as possible!

With the Cubs tumbling towards the playoffs and the Bears ready to kick off it's a perfect time to catch up with The Athletic's Jon Greenberg. We talk about Boog skipping out on the Yeti Yard, Jed signing old guys to make up for whatever that was at the trade deadline, Carter looking forward to 2032, and whether the Cubs are more or less likely to sign Kyle Tucker now that his asking price...

With Praz off the continent it's up to Andy and Oleg to man the Cubs podcast and they really hit everything you want to know about your favorite team. Topic include: Ozzie Albies Hall of Fame numbers against the Cubs and at Wrigley, Carlos Santana's role on the team and his three Grammys, how Aaron Civale saved the season, when not to warn your sons that one of the women in the receiving l...

The baseball podcast is back with David Brown and we take a look around the league to see what races have been run and there's really anything left to decide. Are the Dodgers more or less vulnerable the longer they go through the playoffs? Why are the Brewers not a real rival, and will they ever be one? Can anybody in the American League realistically win the World Series. Would radical realig...

The Cubs Podcast returns with the suddenly red hot Cubs (they've won four of five!) taking on those pesky Brewers. Praz fills us in on getting tossed from the bleachers for (get this) being too negative about the team. If that was really a thing, nobody would have been allowed out there for most of the 90s. Should the team take the players' oven mitts away? Why are they bunting? Ever? Is g...

Things are pretty bad for the Cubs these days. They've lost 17 straight games when they have trailed at any point, they have lost seven games to the Brewers in the standings since August 1 and haven't gained a single game on them on any day since July 30. Kyle Tucker's so desperate to turn his awful slump around that he's (gasp!) taking batting practice? Petecrow's struggling....

The longest running franchise in the history of crap podcasting returns with Andy and Mike D. breaking down 150 years of great, good, and awful Cubs' second basemen. Do you know who Ross Barnes is? Of course you don't, but you are about to. From Ryne Sandberg to Mike Tyson, from Glenn Beckert to Jiggs Parrott, from Rogers Hornsby to Rey Sanchez and so many others, enjoy a century and a hal...

Jed Hoyer make a few solid moves at the deadline but botched any chance of fixing the Cubs biggest pitching problem, and so his Cubs find themselves staring up at the Brewers and their pocket pancake loving manager Mat Purphy...or Pat Murphy, whatever. Oleg and Praz are here to talk about it, and we provide a much better name than "pocket pancake." We discuss if there are any Brewers pos...

With the trade deadline mere tens of hours away (is that a thing?) David Brown and Andy discuss the risks of showcasing players you are trying to trade in the final games before the deadline, the costs of trading for rental players, trying to win and sell at the same time, and the varied personalities of GMs and how that affects trades. They also discuss Jed Hoyer's new contract, the chicken a...

The Cubs fell out of first place for the first time since April and who was there to catch them? Not us. Oleg and Praz join the podcast to talk about possible Cubs trade targets, why Rich Hill sucks, Andy feeling bad about agreeing with Adam Wainwright, why the DH rule changed so MLB could kiss Shohei's ass, lemonade stand scams, Tom House, towel drills, trading the Carjacker, MLB TV rights, J...

We keep talking about who the Cubs should trade for, but what kind of trade currency do they actually have? Plus, how Nico and Happ make an imperfect leadoff platoon. A brief history lesson on the real curse of the Bears, and a few bobblehead stories. Really. All that, and more.

The Home Run Derby included a homer robbery, a dad hitting his son and measurement controversies, so David Brown is here to break it all down. The guys also discuss Pat McAfee completely botching the pitchers and starters press conference when a reporter dared to ask a real question. They also talk about the first round of the MLB Draft and how the son of a former big leaguer went first overall bu...