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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Score!
The views and opinions of Layla Rahimi, Marshall Harris, and Mark Grody should not be taken too seriously. Especially when they give advice. Do not take Marshall's analogies literally. Especially when it comes to Russell Dorsey. The sports thoughts of Rahimi, Harris, and Grody may change at any time. It's just sports. Okay, thanks, bye! Rahimi Harrison-Grody, 10-2 on 104.3 The Score.
Our guy Manu Raju, anchor and chief congressional correspondent for CNN. He is a self-described rabid Chicago sports fan.
I've been going to Cubs games my whole life. I've been seeing most of the time Cubs collapsing and losing. I've been through so many heartbreaks in my life. You break my heart, Chris. You break my heart. One of the best games that I've ever been to. May 6th, 1998. Anyone?
Anyone?
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Chapter 2: What were the main issues in the Cubs' 5-2 loss to the Rockies?
The Great Depression. Past the... Anyone? Anyone? Carrie Wood? Yes! Carrie Wood game!
20 games. I was a senior in high school, and we decided... It was during a school day. It was early May Day. It was the middle of the week. We decided... Monty Rogers Day Off. Yes, exactly. This is the Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Freshman.
Damn, are you kidding? No, of course I'm not kidding. Do I sound like I'm kidding?
Who's he talking to?
Ferris Bueller, do you know him?
Yeah, he's getting me out of summer school.
We appreciate you letting us know how you're doing. We got a bug.
I hope he doesn't die. He can't handle summer school.
We're sitting behind Derrick Bell, who was the outfielder at the time, heckling him the whole game.
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Chapter 3: How does David Ross view the current struggles of the Cubs?
You know, it's been since May 8th, the last time the Cubs won two games in a row at home. I want you to really think about that, because they had a 15-game winning streak at Wrigley earlier this season, but they haven't won back-to-back games there since May 8th.
I hate that these type of statistics are starting to pile up. Like the 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position. Like the fact that they're 3 for 39 over their last three games in that capacity and are hitting 077 if you need that. They are also hitting 145 over the past 11. 12 for 83 with runners in scoring position. And again, just a classic 0 for 8 last night.
So these dumb statistics are popping up left and right, and I hate it. I hate it. Let's get back to the stats where every time Ian Happ hits a home run, he passes another ex-Cub on the list of all-time homers. I like that trajectory better than the things that we're seeing in Cubs games, which is the same thing every day. Every day is exactly the same.
I have a word for that. Again.
You said it yesterday. Again. Again. You wanted them to win again, though. You didn't want this again, though.
No, no, no. You have to come up with a way to have something that is sustainable. And right now, the Cubs... They've won three of their last five games, but the way they've won the three games in and of itself is unsustainable if you want to go to the playoffs in the National League.
It is. It is. You're not going to get away with that kind of stuff. You're just not.
And I don't know if you saw who was hitting in the two-hole last night. Alex Bregman. I thought about you. Now one for 19 with runners in scoring position. Just move him down. It's not that hard. I mean, do something.
Something has to ā I mean, you can't bench everybody because it seems like right now the most desired target ā I don't know if it's Alex Bregman. It's probably Dansby Swanson right now in terms of who's a guy that needs the next two-day break. Our guy Ian Happ got the treatment. He got the two-day break, right? He inhabited, and he's been better since.
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Chapter 4: What insights does David Ross provide about the Cubs' offensive strategies?
Because when you've got 21 wins at home, And nine of them are by walk-off. It's never really over, right? And so in your mind, you were thinking, well, the Rockies have the worst bullpen in all of baseball. Certainly they could scratch a little something together. What was that number again? 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position from last night?
That is correct. And a bullpen that took over in the fifth inning and was flawless.
You literally, and Craig Council talked about this after the game last night. You were able... To get the starting pitcher out yet again, they've done a good job of working the starting pitcher in most of these games in June, in which they have a losing record against all teams that have losing records.
You've been able to get the starter out and work on middle relief, but it's the lack of ability to produce against middle relief that's really got them in this pickle.
It is a pickle. And how about the starting pitcher for the Rockies last night, Ryan Feltner, who goes four and two-thirds, as just indicated, gives up the two runs, six hits, and seven strikeouts. He had 100 pitches. 100 pitches in the game. So Cubs are working some counts.
They're making him sweat a little bit, but maybe not taking wax at the right pitches at the right times, which might lead us into... Some really good audio that we have, and it came from the Marquee Sports Network. The Cubs broadcast from last night was definitely telling some truths. And there was Jason Kipnis last night, who is...
Obviously, he is on the depth chart of analysts at Marquee Sports Network. He doesn't seem to do a lot over there, and he's always been fine when I've seen him. I think last year was the first year that he started doing the analysis. He might have done some the previous year as well. I'd have to get that timeline right.
But what I can tell you about watching Jason Kipnis in the past was I thought he was pretty conservative. I thought he was team-friendly, all of that, which you can understand if you're somebody that's just doing it so intermittently. You're not going to come in and be the one with the big opinions and make waves. So I thought he was pretty passive in some of his analysis in the past.
And then all of a suddenā Last night, Jason Kipnis, and you should know this too, and maybe you don't, he is from around here, grew up in Northbrook, went to Glenbrook North. He is a Cubs fan, and I think that he was talking from that perspective and maybe the perspective of he's been away from baseball just a little bit now.
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Chapter 5: What statistics highlight the Cubs' performance with runners in scoring position?
Yeah.
I felt like Bruce pushed back on that a little bit just because they've invited those swing coaches to Wrigley and to work out with the Cubs. It seems like they want to make sure that there's not too many voices for an individual hitter. And that, hey, what are you telling them? Okay, well, we're telling them this. Okay, let's make sure we have a uniform message to a certain point.
Because a lot of people who play sports, they get individual coaching. And they have an AAU coach or off-season coach for their club sport. And they have the high school coach. And usually you get similar messages because those people all know each other in these communities.
Now, it's a little different with the highest level of Major League Baseball where maybe a guy like Dansby Swanson has his own swing coach. A guy like Ian Happ. Guys who have been doing this for a long time. Alex Bregman. And if there's six different swing coaches, yes, to your point, I think they should all be on the same page.
But it didn't sound like there are these super diverse ideas and I'm being told to do it a completely different way than what your swing coach told you to do. Just make sure. Yeah, I think that's why they invite them in, right?
Yeah, over-communicate, as we like to say here.
Oh, we definitely say that here. Let me over-communicate. Do we over-communicate, though? Well, no, because I'm about to tell people something. 217, that's the number. Take that with you. That is what the Cubs are batting with runners in scoring position this season. It is dead last in Major League Baseball.
Dead last. So I'm over-communicating that. I would be surprised if it wasn't. I mean, we see it every single day. Ian Happ, who I thought was great with us yesterday in his usual spot right here on Rahimi Harris and Grody. Ian Happ was with us yesterday. And let's listen to this again because it is pertinent to what we just heard from Jason Kipnis and some of the things that we saw last night.
Ian Happ with us yesterday discussing the Cubs' hitting philosophies with runners in scoring position.
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Chapter 6: What are the Cubs' expectations moving forward this season?
Good God. This is like me bringing up multiple Boylan coaches that the Bulls have had.
The E and the A?
Yeah, the E and the A. Yeah, that's right, folks.
Know your Boylans. EA Sports, it's in the game. Look. The Cubs are going to have to do something maybe more drastic than what Craig Council has in mind. And I think that's the biggest issue right now is that they have to find solutions to these problems and in a hurry.
Because right now, they're 5-6 in a 12-game stretch against the Rockies and the Giants, the two teams with the worst records in baseball. And you ain't going to see them again this season. Oof.
God.
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Yeah, that's usually how they go. Don't bring up Phil Maton with an earshot of Ray Diaz.
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Chapter 7: What factors contributed to the White Sox's 12-2 loss to the Yankees?
It's beautiful. I'm getting goosebumps right now. You know him. You love him. David Ross. He is a Cubs World Series winner. Led the Cubs to the NL Central crown as a manager in the year 2020. These days, he still does it all, doing some work for ESPN. Hosting, as you heard in the open, what is the excellent, excellent, lovable reunion podcast with Anthony Rizzo, which you could watch on Marquee.
You could hear it as well. But David Ross joins Rahimi Harrison-Grody on the score. David, how's life? Because it always sounds good when it's you.
Good to chat with you guys. Everything's great, man. How y'all doing?
We are doing well, man. Unfortunately, the team that we cover and talk about so much and carry right here on 104.3, the score has been a bit of... I'll use a nice word. It's been a bit of a conundrum this year, David. I know that you had the up-close look at the Cubs this past Sunday in San Francisco. It was a four-run loss. Have you been able to...
Not just from that game, but following this team, watching this team. Have you been able to figure out this year's Chicago Cubs?
I don't know if you can ever figure out a Major League Baseball season, but, I mean, early on, you know, it was a lot of fun. I got to be honest, there was some jealousy watching some of those games and seeing Wrigley Field just absolutely rocking and the comeback wins. I think we got nine come from behind or walk-off wins, right? So, I mean, the team's exciting. It's fun.
Pete Crow Armstrong's one of the most exciting players in the game, and I think it's just a little bit of baseball. You know, there's some ups and downs. They've taken a big blow on the pitching staff.
You know, the guys that you guys talk to know more than I do, but just looking from a distance, it's hard to lose, you know, two, three of your horses, and Justin Steele, a guy they were depending on, Kate Horton, Michael Boyd, I know Palencia just went down. I mean, they've had some real injuries to the staff, and
When you look at it from a big-picture standpoint, you know, all the depth that the front office had built up is, you know, your Michael ā I'm sorry, Colin Reyes and who else we got? Assad, Javier Assad. You know, you've got guys that are using a lot of innings. You're depending on a lot of innings from your depth pieces. And, you know, usually it's going to be hard to win like that.
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Chapter 8: How can the White Sox improve their performance on the road?
But... I hear what you guys are saying for sure, and I can definitely relate, but we've got a lot of games left. How many games have we got left? Like 90, 80-something?
Yeah, that's the answer these days, David.
That's it. That's what we say.
That's what we say at the biz. Yeah, it works, though. I mean, it does give you a little bit of security, I suppose, but as much as people hate hearing that answer, but it's an answer. It's a truth.
It's an answer, and I don't know if, like, you know, when you're in it, like, this is a complete, you know, ex-player, broadcaster-type answer, but... or front office or manager, when you're in it, you know there's a long way to go and a long season. And, you know, they just got to stay healthy and get some of these guys back, man.
Those horses, when you're losing 10 in a row, it feels like you're never going to win a game again. And when you have guys like Boyd and Steele and, you know, Cade that ā Don't hold down the fort, you know, those guys you can rely on to maybe help you win in those 10-game losing streaks. It's just tough. It's just really, really tough.
Dave, I love that you alluded to yourself obviously having been the manager of this team at one point in time, and now you're back in the broadcasting business, so your job is to give a little bit of scrutiny.
I do want to say, and I know that on behalf of Cubs fans as well, it's so great that you have been back around the team on several occasions because the suddenness after 2023, which we all felt, was there ever a moment where you thought, I'm not going back there. I am done with all of that. And how did you work through all of that? Because it was so sudden for all of us, David.
Well, first of all, thanks for those comments. It definitely, you know, it stings for sure. You know, I think time, what's that saying? Time heals all wounds or whatever that is.
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