Nick Baumgardner

If it goes differently for them against the Seattle Mariners, maybe they're the team that's facing the Toronto Blue Jays and the ALCS.

Certainly, that's the way to look at it.

So those are your three storylines.

We did the Cubs.

We did the White Sox.

We have addressed baseball.

We will return to baseball at 1125.

Megan Montemurro from the Chicago Tribune joins us with the latest on the Cubs from spring training.

But we've got to talk about the basketball.

And I know last week, last weekend, the first weekend without NFL post-Super Bowl,

It's a window for the NBA to do something.

Do something, NBA.

They did something, but they probably didn't do enough.

But before you put all your hate that you've been lodging against the NBA and their all-star weekend, let me tell you something.

The problem isn't all-star weekend in the way you think it is.

The problem is us as the consumer.

And the NBA is being asked to do something that I think in 2026 is impossible.

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