Chapter 1: What humorous disclaimers are shared at the beginning?
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.
The issue is basketball has changed because sports and our attention span has changed. And the way we as society have made it a rings-or-nothing culture. Mm-hmm. Teams are now gearing to make sure that their guys are healthy for the postseason, and they're not as concerned with the regular season. And why should they be?
They tried to change the minimum number of games played for all the NBA honors, whether it's MVP, Rookie of the Year, All-NBA. That hasn't worked. Our company is worth nothing. That's the difference between you and I. Business isn't about money to me, David. If tomorrow my company goes under, I will just start another paper company and then another and another and another.
I have no shortage of company names. I saw a suggestion like you take away the three point line. It's like that would bother me because it's like, bro, no. That idea? It's terrible. What do you want to do, Russ?
Chapter 2: How has the culture of basketball changed in recent years?
Tell me how you want to change basketball. Yes. Oh, you wanted to get physical again. A little bit more. Because I think one of my issues with, and I love old heads, and I mean that with all due respect, but I never like talking about basketball. Like, oh, back in the day, you couldn't just come in and like. I don't think being able to punch people when they drove to the basket. That's not good.
That wasn't good basketball. Oh. Ben to the rack. Lays it up. No, but we do have a listen. Ben just went after our 10. We got trouble right here in the Motor City. We got big trouble here in the Motor City. Fight! Fight! Fight! Leila Rahimi. Marshall Harris. Mark Grody. Middays 10 a.m. to 2 on Chicago Sports Radio 104.3 The Score. You know what?
Just for the hell of it, happy birthday Michael Jordan. Happy Is that Harry Carey telling Michael Jordan happy birthday? Happy birthday, Michael. Is this microphone not working? Are we in trouble? This is Rahimi Harris and Grody on 104.3 The Score. It's Layla and Mark Grody, but apparently we're having some issues with the microphone situation here. You get all set, ready to do a show.
Who's messing with the mics? You know who was just here a second ago? And it still sounds weird. Now it sounds like I'm actually on the radio. Do you have both mics on? Wait, hold on. Hello? Okay, so you have... Wow, so this mic... So you have the right mic pointed towards you, but the left mic is on. Right, but that's the mic that's actually... So this mic does not work?
You know, you take a day off, and all hell breaks loose. How dare they do this on Michael Jordan's birthday? Gabe Ramirez. Gabe Ramirez was the one sitting here for the last five hours with David Haw. Those two... Now, Gabe had issues with the mic, too. Why are you trying to blame Gabe? Well, because they were trying to say I hate America. Well, do you? I'm playing the game.
You know what I'm saying? I love America. I mean, you refused to watch the Olympics, and I remember you saying you hated America. That's because I have all the gold medals already. What do I need? Why do I need to watch the Olympics? I'm kidding. I have all the gold medals. Mark never said that. This is Ricky Mears and Grody on 104.3 The Score. Sorry about our equipment. Yeah, you said it.
Evergreen line. That's what she said. That's what she said. At 65 outside yesterday, everybody was happy. Bernie and I did the right thing and took the day off. So we're all fresh and rested. Just walking about the city. I think you and I were not on the same path, but just walking about the city yesterday. La, la, la, la, la, la, la. Having a nice day in the city of Chicago. Frolicking.
Frolicking about it. Like the beginning of a Disney movie. Earbuds. And do you go earbuds or do you put the full cover headphones on when you're walking? What's your walking style? Do you have a backpack? I don't do the full cover of the headphones like these. I go with earbuds or like lately just to be ridiculous corded headphones. Corded? Oh, corded headphones.
Yeah, because they're kind of back. And the sound quality is better. And if you lose them, they're not as pricey. So I like all of those scenarios. You're talking about like these, like the Apple. Correct. That's what I'm using these days because I keep losing the earbuds. Well, I have some extras. So if you need them, let me know. Really? Yeah. Okay.
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Chapter 3: What are Tom Ricketts' expectations for the Cubs in 2026?
That's true. Good bringing the Bears. That's true. Because that's what I was thinking about, too, the comp to the Cubs and the Bears. The hunger. We always talk about what a great sports town this is. The hunger. The voracious appetite of Chicago sports fans I feel like is... like at a 10 right now, and I don't know exactly why. Bears playoffs.
No, but even because we had the testimonials of it being the loudest people that ever heard Soldier Field, so that's what I'm saying. In that moment, people were just so needy for the Bears to be good, and when the Cubs were playing, we were needy. It felt like over the usual Chicago is a 10 when it comes to sports fans in the playoffs.
It felt like it went beyond that for some reason, and I don't know why. I'll tell you why, Ray. You tell me why. We back up. That's right, baby. We back up. I need you to know. I get back up. Is that what you guys are doing? I had the idea of doing a segment. We'll take you behind the scenes real quick. Backstage, Grody. Yeah, yeah. Now I understand.
I had an idea to do the we back up rankings, you know, from the wire. I want you to put the word out there that we back up. Oh. Understand me? We back up. That was inspired by the Alex Bregman signing, really. But then the Bulls went and bowled. Don't worry about that right now. We back up, baby! Also, let's face it. The Bulls had to get rid of some of those contracts.
They actually got something for them, which is a change. So guess what they did according to their plan? They got up. Not back up. I get knocked down, but I get up again. You know who else kind of said that? You know who else put the word out there? This is really what Ricketts was kind of doing yesterday. Because he knows, we'll hold him to this standard now.
And when you see Tom Ricketts, you'll be like, hey, why didn't you spend the extra money to get Zach Gallin or something along those lines? But Tom Ricketts talked a little bit more about putting the word out there, if you will. I want more stringer. Tom, this is 17 years that you're
families own the cubs and you talked initially about what you wanted to do it appears you've done most of those things is there is there anything that you feel is incomplete that you and your family would continue to want to try to do with the cubs we just have to win more world series i mean it's about winning i mean all this other stuff it all leads to one thing and that's about winning and we just we just have to put the kind of teams on the field that can that can be in the playoffs every year and get back on top
He didn't say division. He didn't say intelligence spending. He didn't say any of that. He said World Series. And he didn't really pose it as singular either. We just have to win World Series. I want you to put the word out there that we back up. Come on now. Understand me? We back up.
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Chapter 4: How does the Cubs' current spending compare to other teams?
I think the important part, though, is when he says that, he knows people are going to hold him to it. His PR guy, Dennis, the meme, knows that we're going to ask him about it. He knows that if people see him in the streets, they're going to come at him with that question. You best not miss. It was a good day for Tom Ricketts, wasn't it?
It's a good day for us because everybody's on the same page about this. Amen. Yes. You are a must-win Chicago Cubs team. That's it. That's it. And I think unlike a lot of other teams right now in baseball, the Cubs are poised to do this. And whether or not you want to admit it, it's probably because of something you initially pushed back against.
So we'll explain that and get into why the money matters here next on Rahimi Harris and Grody on 104.3 The Score. Before we get to our break, Ray Diaz, Tyler Buterbaugh, our producers, you heard them. They're always up. They even worked yesterday for you. What? Not for me. I took the day off. You guys worked yesterday? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah, we were here.
You guys feel pretty good about yourselves, don't you? We're grinding. We're grinding. I'm going to need you two to treat yourselves with some time later, just from me to you. Did you guys talk presidents yesterday? Oh, we did our Mount Rushmore presidents, our own Mount Rushmore, not the official Mount Rushmore. Millard Fillmore you mix in or something? Just to make it different. There you go.
That Obama guy's from Chicago. Yeah, and he talked at the All-Star game, didn't he? We're planning to do a presidency bracket in case of March Madness coming up, you know? Did he say something about aliens are real? Why do I get the feeling that that would turn bad? Yes, the aliens conversation was hilarious. We should bring that up if we have time today. So that's Ray Diaz. Obama!
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So coming up next, let's get into that very thing. How the World Series and the discussion about the budget may be centered around something you might not have liked, but you might understand how it's working for you now. That's next. Thanks, Ben. Go Cubs. Rahimi Harrison-Grody. Could you imagine Lovey Smith doing the whole good, better, best thing and saying bleep the Packers? Come on, guys.
Good, better, best. Oh, man. I'll see you on Tuesday. Middays 10 to 2 on 104.3 The Score. Oh, no. How did you find it that quickly? Do you know what the video looks like? It's overly ridiculously dramatic. Is it Titanic? No. Well, practically. It's Celine Dion. I know. So you're half correct. Right. I was just Titanic. No, this is instead of something sinking, something is rising. Yeah.
It's rejuvenation. It's like the Cubs. That's it. The pitchers and catchers and everybody is picking the Cubs to win this year. And she's running through this ridiculously large mansion that doesn't have any electricity for some reason. And somebody is sitting on their knees going, come on, come on.
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Chapter 5: What humorous phrases are mentioned in relation to Terry Bores?
When in doubt, use Chris. Penis. Penis! That's the Terry that I keep doing. Oh, I know. I'm sure there has been a few phrases said in reference to Terry and by certain things.
Chapter 6: What childhood memories are shared about family trips to a farm?
There's only certain people that can get away with it. I'm not one of them. No, you're not. I am not. I don't believe I am either. I think Terry Bores and Chris Ranji are the only ones who can get away with saying penis. The text... Is penis in? Penis now. The texts are as good as you would imagine. Is that an XL ski jumping suit or are you just happy to see me? Hey! What is that?
It's a whole family thing. What? I thought you were doing like the Woody Woodpecker thing. I thought it was a theme. That's like the theme song. I don't know for some reason. And I thought you were heading down the wrong road. I thought it was the interlude from one of those Contra games or Konami games like Contra or Kung Fu or something. I don't have time to go into the whole origin.
As a child, as a suburban youth, we used to drive every year to a farm in Waynesville, Ohio. Friends of ours that grew up in the northwest suburbs, but then moved to a farm. So every year we would go to this farm. The bunch of people on the block, we would all caravan to Waynesville, Ohio. And we're young kids hanging out, city kids hanging out on a farm, which is a blast.
And I love animals, so it's like this just beautiful, unbelievable thing. But for some reason, the parents all hung out, they partied, they drank, and occasionally would sing that song when something fun would happen. They would just all go...
and now you know more about the grody family you guys had family sing-alongs there were there were i probably could have condensed that whole story into yeah we had family sing-alongs no i need i need the whole backstory that's just that's very very nice nice you're really catching on leila
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Chapter 7: How is DJ Moore's value assessed in potential trade discussions?
Are you kidding? I had to teach you about The Office. You did. Guys, Grody did not know about the Five Families episode of The Office. I didn't, but I did know about the dinner party, and I do know about the deposition. Do you know the deposition episode where they're all sitting? That is, they're reading it back to Michael, what he said. Who is this, Ryan? That's what she said.
No, that's what she said. It's so funny. That takes some good actors to pull that off. It really does. It really does. That's what she said. That's what she said. Okay, we got to go. Five on it is next.
Chapter 8: What are the implications of the Bears' salary cap situation?
All right, we got one for all the Maxinistas out there. On Monday, ESPN proposed a blockbuster trade between the Bears and the Raiders. In this scenario, Chicago would send receiver DJ Moore and a 2026 first round pick to Las Vegas for pass rusher Max Crosby and a 2027 fifth round pick. Would you be on board with this move?
Okay, so number one, I would like to say thanks to everybody who watched Chicago Sports Tonight on Sunday. It was Chris Bleck, who's now our co-worker, and it's still weird for us to say. We all freak out on the Odyssey Sports Minutes because we're like, wait a second, Chris Bleck doesn't work with us. Yes, he does. He's at Westwood Y. He was at another place for a long time.
Shout out to Chris Bleck. Yeah, and everybody's always like, no, I don't listen to you guys. 1,000. We got the numbers. We know. And we stole Chris Black and Adam Abdallah. So go us. And there was a fight about the Max Crosby discussion. And the question was, would it take more than two first round picks? And then people got passionate in the comments as I saw.
Because I like to read because sometimes there's something you miss, you know, and people talk about stuff. And that's how you try to fill in the gaps. People have questions that I don't always have. So they were like, Layla was saying three draft picks. No, I wasn't. Not necessarily. It's something along the lines of what Bill Barnwell discussed.
There are position players of value to the Raiders. DJ Moore could be one of them. Other Bears, you know, when they have a rich, vast wealth at certain positions, like, I don't know, tight end. I'm just saying there are other positions where the Bears have a plethora of people. Herd. And so it might not be just draft picks, might not be just first rounders, might be a combination of assets.
That's what I was kind of getting at here. I don't think it's a one for one. This was the Micah Parsons deal. So therefore it would be Max Crosby. So I just want to get that out there. Thanks to everybody who is so passionate about it. But unless I say three draft picks, that's not necessarily what I mean. It sounds like it could work.
But at the end of the day, DJ Moore is also making $28.5 million. Now, DJ Moore has years on his contract, and we like to say in the biz, the more years you have, the more you can restructure. But I just don't know if the Raiders want that salary in addition to something else for a return for Crosby. Would it solve a lot of people's problems? Yes.
I think Bill Barnwell is saying it for a reason, though. And that's why I give it some credence, because this is not the first time he's brought this up. So who is he talking to? You know I love DJ Moore personally and professionally and all that kind of stuff. What? That's right, that's right. But to answer the question, yes, I would be on board with this move for sure. Because it just...
When you go back and you compare some of those trades, and I know you referenced them, I'll just go back to even the Khalil Mack trade. Would you say Khalil Mack at that point and Max Crosby at this point? Pretty comparable, right? In terms of being at the peak of their powers and the disruption they could cause. Would you say that's pretty good comp in terms of being at the peak of their powers?
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