Chapter 1: What topics are covered in the '5 On It' segment?
It's time for five on it. Rahimi Harrison-Roney. Bring you five topics on their minds today. On 104.3 The Score. I got five on it.
Number one. Do the Cubs need to lock second baseman Nico Horner into the leadoff spot?
Yes. Yes. I know that this might be an issue of handedness. But I've seen what I need to see.
Chapter 2: Do the Cubs need to lock Nico Horner into the leadoff spot?
I've seen enough. I'm calling this. Nico Horner, bat lead off. I wanted you to do that anyway. So I'm very happy that they did it. And he showed you how good he can be. As I made the terrible proclamation, I will do it again. He was Nico Homer yesterday. Hit a home run in that first step out of the game. We love to see it. It was three for five. It works. Don't mess that part of it up.
I know you got to mess with everything else that comes after that and remix it and try to figure that out. But if the leadoff batter is set, that makes a lot of everything else make sense. So that's how I feel. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk. Before answering this question, specifics, I want to give you some stats. How dare you bring facts into this conversation? Some quick math.
Let me tell you something. Draymond out here. Do you know what spot in the lineup has these career numbers for Nico Horner? I'm going to let you guys guess the spot in the lineup. A .455 batting average, a .500 on base, and a .727 slug. You got all that? .727. You like that, don't you? It's not bad. That's him batting 4th. I would have said sixth. Fourth. No, sixth. He's 272, 335, 369. Ah. Yeah.
So that's improvement. Yes, it's very much improvement over when he bats sixth. But back to the question at hand. In his career, batting leadoff. For the career? For the career. 285, 333 on base, and a 396 slug. That's a 730 OPS for those of you who did not want to do the math. I think he's got to be your leadoff guy. Because here's the thing. Those are career numbers batting leadoff for Niko.
And when you understand where he is in his career, he's in his prime. This is the best version of Niko that you're going to get. And it's just a question of how long is he going to be able to keep this up, right? And if you go back to last season for Niko, remember when he was chasing a batting title in the final days of the season?
Last year, he only got to play 17 games in the leadoff spot, but he was .306 batting average, .333 OBP, and a .389 slug. He's just consistent. His approach is consistent. The results are consistent. More Nico. I don't see how this would be a bad thing for the Cubs to have him have more bats than anybody else based on his consistency consistently.
Up, down, around, that's what you need in the leadoff spot. Nico provides that, plus, of course, the speed. Again, 1.2 war this season, tied for best, and I know it's early, in Major League Baseball.
Five on it.
Number two.
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Chapter 3: Who was the most valuable pitcher in the Cubs series against the Rays?
To the team. Just in general. I wish. I have the fastball at Jerry's age that he has. Fair. That's fair. That is an absolute goal. That is fair. That is a fair thing. You see him at the park walking around, chilling, kicking it. Yeah. Running a team. Witty. Making jokes out there. Sometimes the baseball fans don't like all the jokes. Man seen a lot. Yeah. Yeah. Man has seen a lot.
You know what he hasn't seen? He hasn't seen the day where he's about to write a $100 million anything for a player. And Andrew Benintendi, who's, I guess, become a platoon player for five years and $75 million. You want to talk about the whole Andrew Benintendi is going to hit more than 20 home runs declaration that you made? I thought he'd be playing every day. And I was like, I don't know.
That seems to be how many home runs he hits as a person. Listen, I thought Andrew Benintendi was going to have a shot to do big things this year. Do I get a dollar for that or was that just like vibes? No, that was just us talking. The dollar would come if the Cubs out Homer. The White Sox. Sky, I need another dollar. That's how the dollar would come. I think it's actually me asking gravity.
Because it forces, you know, pulls down. Gravity, help me out. I'm going to say that this team should be ready to contend in two years. And in two years, they're going to get some either free agent or some guy with arbor years that need to be bought out. And they're going to pay somebody. I don't know who. But somebody's getting a nine-figure contract in the next two years. Two? Yes.
Post work stoppage. I'll keep a receipt on this. 2028. 2028. Sometime during 2028, somebody's getting a $100 million contract for this stuff. 630 says it will happen in the age of Aquarius. Why y'all got to be like this on the text line? It's clever. It is.
Number five. It's 500 on 104 through the score. Here's our final question. After the show, we're headed to Circa Resort and Casino in Las Vegas where our boss, Mitch Rosen, will be buying dinner.
Casual, no jeans.
That's right.
The mystery.
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Chapter 4: What are the expectations for Patrick Williams in the upcoming game?
And it is happening very soon. May 21st to the 22nd. We are like six weeks away. 10 a.m. to 10 a.m. May 21st to the 22nd. Kicking off Cubs for a Cure weekend. Last year we raised $750,540 on this very Radiothon with 100% of the proceeds.
going to cancer research raised about 1.5 million dollars uh over the whole weekend with a hundred percent going to cancer research charities the radiothon proceeds going to brain up of which i am on the board of directors and as uh you guys know and the score audience knows uh got really involved in this after my brother brad passed away and uh somewhat serendipitously uh
Brad passed away three years ago today, so it's kind of interesting timing that this announcement was able to come out today. I've been thinking about him a little bit extra this morning, and he really loved ā he was on the score, and he really loved the first Radiothon that we did for Austin Harvest, and I know he would be very proud of how this thing has grown.
Just listen, I mean, already on board for this upcoming Radiothon, we've got Cubs Charities ā We have Mr. Duct Cleaning, Carl Allegretti and Arbor Investments, Doug and Stacey Meyer, Jeffrey Lamorte Salons, Russ Armstrong, the Chicago Window Guy, Etna, Joe and Josh Stefani, John Gavin, Midwest Refrigeration, Four Corners, The Brain Tumor Network, and my new employer here, Fox Sports.
all on for hour or multi-hour sponsorships of the Radiothon. Great organizations. If you or your company want to get involved, you can reach out. I've obviously done a lot of cool things in my career. And in my personal life, I'm most proud of my two young sons. But in terms of my professional career, this is the thing that I am most proud of. It is number one.
It is the singular accomplishment of my career. So I can't wait to come back in about six weeks and raise some more money for cancer research in honor of Lynn Bramer, in honor of Ryan Sandberg, in honor of Terry Bores, in honor of my brother Brad, and in honor of everybody who's facing cancer still to this day.
Danny, I would say I've seen how this has grown over the years, and you've been the change that you wish to see in the world. And while it doesn't replace what we've lost, I feel like you've done so much for so many people in this. And to have so many people already contributing, like, for example, our mom on Twitch is only three people away from their $2,000 donation already.
I think it makes a lot of people feel better about knowing they're doing something to help.
Yeah, I love, you know, I know MX Hawker and Mario and Hyde Park were trying to organize the Twitch mob, so I really appreciate that. And, you know, it's great. If you can donate $50,000 or $10,000 or $5,000 and you want to sponsor a portion of this thing, like, amazing. We set up a new email address to reflect the new call letters of the score. So it's 1043, 1043 radiothon at gmail.com.
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Chapter 5: When will the White Sox sign their first $100 million contract?
It'd be like four takes yesterday, and I would love to say it was my fault, but honestly, it was all his fault.
See, that was my first job. Like my first actual paying job was filling in information for the ticker because it wasn't automated and then running teleprompter. I ran Laura Oakman's teleprompter at CNN Sports Illustrated back in the day. So I know what that takes.
Laura Open was on the Radiothon last year.
There you go.
She's wonderful.
I'm sure she would probably do it again. My A1 day one. We also have another request from Scott on our Twitch mob who says they will donate money if you change your name for an hour to Max Rustifer.
You know what? Listen, I can say I will. I don't know how I would do it, but sure. Call me whatever you want, man. I'm happy to do it. It's going to be great. I'm very thankful to the score. I don't work there anymore. That is not lost on me.
That I do not work there anymore, but I get to still come back and do this because of the trust that Mitch and Ryan have and that Crane Kenny and his whole team over at the Cubs have. So it's very, very cool. And so I'm really, really, really honored and excited about it. And it should be a great day.
Thank you, Danny. Get in touch at 1043radiothon at gmail.com. Danny, thanks for coming on.
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