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Chapter 1: What happened in the Cubs' latest game against the Rockies?
Rahimi, Harrison, Grote. Middays 10-2. On 104.3, the score.
Runner at first goes. Here's the base hit to right, and the ball game is over. The Colorado Rockies have beaten the Chicago Cubs by a score of 3-2.
Chapter 2: Why are the Cubs struggling to maintain their performance?
Thompson, a single into right, has a pinch batter. And the Rockies make it two straight. And the Cubs' troubles continue. They have fallen... all the way back to the 500 mark. And there were times tonight, Ron, where it looked very much like this would be the night the Cubs would turn things around. It turned out not to be the case.
Even the voice and the presence of the great Pat Hughes Could not make that feel better. 34-34, Cubs lose to the Rockies. Late night last night, right here on 104.3, the score, Colorado 3, Cubs 2. That's right, Sterling Thompson, the game-winning base hitoff, Daniel Palencia in the ninth to give them that victory. We welcome you back into Rahimi Harris and Grody.
And so, we find ourselves in a critical moment
Chapter 3: What critical moment is the Cubs' season currently facing?
An inflection point in the season, if you will. I don't know if I'm using that right or not, but it's Chicago baseball where the Chicago White Sox are in first place while the Cubs, as you heard Pat Hughes, the Hall of Famer, say the Chicago Cubs have dropped to 500 points.
The question that we're going to ask here, and we welcome you to play along with us, is how do you feel about your Chicago baseball team? 3-1-2, 6-44, 67-67. I know how you feel about your team, Smiling Marshall.
I mean, look, I'm not, and by no means am I someone who hates the Cubs or anything. I just, I'm just excited the White Sox aren't going to lose 100 games, it seems like. You like
to poke the cubs a little no i just do you think i would i think i do not poke the cubs i tell the truth you don't poke the cubs i'm talking about cubs fans oh yeah yeah you got just people i know though not the general public me and others you like to just well because i said very specific things and you guys kind of laughed at me
And I feel like apologies can be issued at any time. You don't have to wait until the end of the season. What did we laugh at?
I don't remember laughing. Like, ha, ha, ha, Marshall.
Like the White Sox are going to out-Homer the Cubs this season.
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Chapter 4: How do injuries impact the Cubs' roster and performance?
I said that very distinctly, very clearly. And I'll admit, I smiled back to Marshall. I didn't necessarily laugh out loud, but I smiled at Marshall like, okay, Marshall, sure, that'll happen.
I thought you meant how many home runs Cubs pitchers give up versus how many home runs White Sox fans.
And that's fine that you guys don't respect my baseball knowledge. That's okay. I'm okay with that because it's not like I said it and it was like out of left field. I said, look at what happened after the all-star break last year. The White Sox out-Homer'd the Cubs. Very bluntly, plainly, not close. They had power. Thanks, Cubs! And so this year I was like, look at who they have coming back.
We just talked about the young hitters. And look at what the Cubs have coming back.
Chapter 5: What strategies are being employed by the Cubs' management?
They added Alex Bregman. To replace Kyle Tucker. That's essentially all they did. Can you point to another major roster move for the Cubs? Offensively?
Not offensively. I was going to say Edward Cabrera when you said another major move that they made. And I know. I know.
What I'm saying is, as much as everyone in this studio... complained, even though they won a playoff series, the wildcard series against the Padres, as much as they complained about the lack of offensive consistency. To me, I was like, they should be better than last year, but I don't think they're going to be that much better than last year. So I thought the Cubs, yes, would win the division.
On the strength of starting pitching, we see how that's gone. Kate Horton out for the season. The season barely begun and Kate Horton's gone. Justin Steele, you let me know when he's coming back. And now Matthew Boyd, the latest guy to say, oh, I know I went out with meniscus surgery. Now my shoulder is bothering me. None of that is positive.
And so when you talk about the Cubs being a 500-team mark, I point to how exactly are they going to get to being a winning team now?
That's the problem. Right now, the way I see it, it's obvious because if you watch these games every day, there is no way out for the Chicago Cubs. There is no hero in the minor leagues. There's no trade to be made right now.
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Chapter 6: How are the Cubs' offensive struggles affecting their game outcomes?
So all Craig Council can do right now is what he has been doing, and that is just being desperate, trying sitting guys, trying different things in the lineup. There are only so many things right now. It's like they have to figure it out on their own. I compared it to the Bears defensive line. We are depending on the Bears defensive line to be better just because.
Because it's the same guys from last year. Those guys have to be better. The Bears defensive line has to figure it out or they're not going to get to the quarterback again. Right now, there is no savior. There's no salvation for the Cubs except for mixing and matching what you already have on that roster. Is there? Am I missing something? No, I don't think you are. There's nothing.
There's no move that can be made. We can sit here and get mad every day about the Cubs losing, but until the trade deadline or some sort of commitment is made to either buying or, dare I say, selling, there's nothing that the Cubs can do except for what they've been trying to do, and that is comporting themselves desperately.
When you look at the fact that Michael Lorenzen had given up more like an ERA over eight, well over eight.
They'll kick your ass, though, man. Still strong, by the way. Still looks good in that uniform.
Apparently, the Cubs agree with you because they played seven innings and had two hits in Colorado. I really need you to absorb this. In Colorado, at Coors Field, against the worst pitching staff in baseball. They had two hits through seven innings.
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Chapter 7: What are the fans' sentiments about the current state of the Cubs?
You talk about, oh, they need to do better with runners in scoring position. They were 0-4 because they only got four runners in scoring position. And you're not going to beat the Rockies getting four runners in scoring position.
That's the reality of what we're looking at here. I did like one decision Craig Council made in the game. Talk to me. That was to let Shota just have a seat after five innings.
Because you were worried about that home run.
It's 1-0. Yeah. Well, because the last game, he pitched very strongly for five innings. And then it was inside the park to run homer because PCA lost the ball in the lights. Remember all that? So it was a little bit of tough luck for Shota, but I do think that was probably in Craig Council's head as well. I ain't doing this again. I'm going to let him feel good about himself.
So it was nice to see Shota Imanaga look a little bit better in that game.
Look, let us know. Because the original call-out was for the White Sox fans who should be very happy right now because their team's in first place. But I am equally as interested to hear from the Cubs fans, 312-644-6767, about how they feel about their team right now based on the expectations, based on what they can see as a better future than what we're seeing in the present.
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Chapter 8: What does the future hold for the Cubs based on recent performances?
We'll jam on some of your calls here in a second. 312-644-6767. But maybe the manager himself, Craig Council, can help me out with my own question. And is there a way out right now? Because I certainly don't see it. Craig Council talking yesterday on Spiegel and Holmes, talking about his belief that this team will turn it around.
The last month has been a rough month, but if you look up and just what's in front of us, what's our opportunity, what can we still accomplish? None of that has really changed. And that... That's a lot of motivation to come and try to figure this thing out. I think that's how the guys feel too. You know it's going to get better. I do believe in a lot of the things our hitters are trying to do.
You don't always get what you want the day you start practicing or the week you start practicing or the couple days you start it, but you're going to get it if it's the right thing. Our guys are going to get it and our hitters are going to get it. You know, it's just we don't get to know exactly when. Yeah.
I mean, it's all faith-based at this point.
But the one point he made that I agree with him on is it is right in front of them. It's all right there in front of them. Here's the bad news. They're eight and a half games back of the division leading the Brewers. That's the bad news. The good news is they're only a game and a half out of the final wildcard spot.
Now, the bad news is there's three teams between them and the final wildcard spot right now. But to Craig Council, when he said, it's right there in front of us, there's still an opportunity. June, 22 straight games against sub-500 opponents. Now they're 2-6 in that stretch so far. Not good. But that just means they've got 14 more games against sub-500 opponents to get right.
They're not below 500. They can, let's say, go 10-4 in that stretch and be six games over 500 and right back in the mix. Maybe not for the division, but certainly for a playoff spot. But what they do with these next 14 games, Mark, if they don't come out of these next 14 games in the mix, it's going to be a problem.
No doubt. No doubt about it. Right, because it's still early enough for us to take deep breaths. Unfortunately, every time you turn around, the Cubs are finding new ways to lose games. Actually, no, they're not really finding new ways to lose games. They're not hitting.
I know you weren't with us in studio. We did a question on five on it. I'm going to see if Ray remembers my answer. What Cub needs to have a big series in order for the Cubs to have success against the Rockies? Who would you guess my answer was?
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