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Chapter 1: What topics are introduced at the beginning of the episode?
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You and I yesterday during the show challenged each other to ask what we would ask if we had an opportunity to ask Tiago Splitter a question. We named a couple of things.
I don't want to mischaracterize it, but you wanted to know if the Bulls could be good right away, maybe, like you're talking about with Ben Johnson.
I think it was more how good can the Bulls be right away in a league where it's by design 20 teams make the postseason and over half the league makes the playoffs.
So Tiago Splitter discussed his expectations for this year's Bulls team.
We got to know what's going to be the roster. We got to compete every day. We're going to set high standards and we're going to go from there. And then eventually we can make small goals and small wins.
satisfactory answer from him?
Oh, absolutely. That's the answer you have to give because one, he shouldn't know. How are you going to tell me what you're going to do? You don't know what your roster looks like. You don't know which of the highly touted prospects are going to end up on your roster.
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Chapter 2: What are the expectations for the Chicago Bulls this season?
He's definitely your guy, Marshall, and we're giving you all the Steelers, too, now.
We can let bygones be bygones.
Maybe. I can, I guess.
We at least put our foot down when this guy wanted to. You guys were here when he tried to put up the Aaron Rodgers poster that he had.
That cardboard cutout he had in his bedroom.
Yeah, we had to draw a line. I literally drew a line in the studio when he started to bring that. I'm like, come on, man. We know this is a fun little thing to do, but it would really disturb me to have Aaron Rodgers' cutout in this room.
So appreciate you playing ball with us on that.
So where do you think he is? Is he like under Pat McAfee's couch or something? It's a darkness retreat.
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Chapter 3: How did the White Sox perform in their recent game against the Yankees?
Fastball strike three called. By Esteros out on strikes. It just seems like a lot of the Cubs hitters not picking up the pitches from Webb today. I think, you know, they're all looking for one pitch and they're getting the opposite. Webb has been very good today.
That's from game three right there. Cubs. Got to figure something out. Got to continue to move pieces in order to get it right. It's a puzzle. And hopefully sending Moises Ballesteros down to AAA will allow things to do just that. And if you're looking for some Cubs action, of course, today, Cubs begin their home series against the Blue Jays. Pre-game coverage begins at 1245.
That's when Marshall Harris and I are out of here. Pat and Ron got the call. Again, first pitch at 120 right here on 104.3. The score in the Northwestern Medicine. Cubs Radio Network. So Moises by Stero's goes down. This is a guy who was supposed to be their Mune Murakami. Let's not get carried away. He's not going to hit 40 bombs. Was he not supposed to? No. What was he supposed to hit?
I think he's supposed to be a guy who can hit you between 15 and 25 home runs, but hit 300. Be a strong contact hitter. 25 homers is what most people thought Murakami was going to be at. 25 to 35. Don't tell me everybody thought Murakami was going to hit 50 because then he would have got signed by somebody else. He would have got signed by someone else if everyone anticipated it.
Before the season started. What did I say, Ray? Tell them what I said. Yeah. Tell them I had Murakami and Colson Montgomery combining for 75 home runs. Yeah. And then 40 for Murakami, right? Yeah. 40 for Murakami. Listen. Listen. People. I'm here. Listen. I'm here for you. You don't have to talk to me. I'm the Sox fan. I'm here for all the home runs. What I'm saying is that. Fine.
Majority of people did not expect him to do that. But the majority of the people did expect Moises Ballesteros to be an impact bat for the Chicago Cubs. No, no. I called him and said he would be the best hitter in the Cubs lineup. I stand by that. Okay, so you're 50-50 on your prediction. What? Hold up. Is the season over? Last I checked, the season's not over. Do you think that has a possibility?
Yeah, Ballesteros could come back and be the dude. What if it was Ballesteros? Listen to me. If Ballesteros is the best hitter on the Cubs by the end of the season, they are in trouble. They are in trouble if the guy that they just sent down to AAA comes back and is the best hitter on their team. Listen, Ballesteros, first month of the season, what was he doing? Absolutely raking.
Absolutely raking. Not even like raking, raking. Then they adjusted to him. He didn't adjust quick enough. Craig Council's got pressure because guess what? Can't nobody else hit either. That's what happened. And so now he can't get playing time. I think this is a great move by the Cubs twofold. One, every day at bats. We can agree he needs every day at bats to get it.
Two, he's been playing catcher more than some people thought he'd be playing catcher. Now he can play catcher every day, refine those skills and come back, not just as a quote unquote DH, almost emergency catcher, but a guy who can actually play catcher in the big leagues and provide a plus bat there. Yeah. I mean, you're looking at the catcher situation for the Chicago Cubs.
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of Moises Ballesteros' demotion to AAA?
I just want to point that out. Look, y'all be happy I'm doing this right now. An hour and ten minutes from now, I'll be out. I'll be at City Nicky's later today watching this. See, now your stalkers are going to come find you. Who's my stalker? I don't know. Patrick from Gage Park. That's my one guy. He's the guy. I still got to bust him up in basketball.
He saw me one time at the Court of Dreams at the United Center, and he was playing against 12-year-olds, and he was doing well because he's in shape. And then I told him that I'll bust his A. You were there. You know exactly what went down. We had a good game.
Chapter 5: How are the Bulls preparing for the upcoming NBA draft?
We had a good game. We had a good blowout game. Yeah, we won. He was on the opposing team, by the way. I just wanted to point that out. So was Mark Grody. Oh, wait. Was Mark on our team?
Damn.
He had a memorable performance by Mark Grody. Because Hall was on our team, and he was doing the most. How was handling business? That's what I'll say there. But the Bulls are looking to handle business, obviously, next week. Tuesday, the draft goes down.
Chapter 6: What are the expectations for the Chicago Cubs this season?
Bulls have the fourth and 15th pick of the first round. And next week, starting at 645, right around like 9 o'clock, myself, Chuck Swirsky, we're going to be live from the Advocate Center, exclusively on YouTube and Twitch. You can find us at The Score Chicago, where we'll be talking about everything going on in that first round.
But I feel like mock drafts have been changing every single day, especially what is going to happen with picks two through six. One seems like a lock, which, by the way, I know you used to gamble. You don't do it anymore, Marshall. But A.J. DeBont is minus 375 to be the number one pick in the draft. I'm sorry, but if I had $375,000 liquid and I just wanted to make an extra hundred grand.
You bet that. A hundred percent. I just don't understand why the odds are not longer. Who else is going to leapfrog him to be the number one picker? Please tell me. Darren Peterson. Zero chance. Okay, but I'm... You're not passing up A.J. DeBonsa. If Darren Peterson fell to number four for the Bulls, you would be... Ecstatic's not even the right word to describe your level of excitement.
Would I like little baby Gilbert Arenas?
Chapter 7: How do the hosts feel about the local soccer talent in the World Cup?
Sure. I have no problem with little baby Gilbert Arenas. Baby Gilbert Arenas at 6'6"? He will be Gilbert Arenas. Who's your comp? Who's your player comp? Don't just crap on mine. You said little baby Gilbert Arenas. I'm just talking about the size. Because he's not going to be as good as Gilbert Arenas. You'd be like a poor man, Scottie Pippen, a poor man. I don't want to say that.
So I'm saying little baby Gilbert Arenas. Little Timu baby. If people are going to call Caleb Wilson Kevin Garnett, then I get to call Darren Peterson little baby Gilbert Arenas. Kevin Garnett is the ceiling. Unless you're Jeremiah Green, then he's the floor. Let's be very clear. Let's be very clear.
But out of the top four, I mean, the Bulls are in kind of a no-lose situation because they get to let it all fall to them. But yeah, to your point, I would not put $375,000 on DeBonsa because you don't know what could happen. What? That's what I'm saying. Talk me off the ledge of mortgaging my house and going to go do this to make a 300K. Darren Peterson is really good at basketball.
And so is DeBonsa. I'm not saying he's not. DeBonsa's better than Darren Peterson at basketball. I think so, yes. But many times basketball executives have disagreed with my opinion. I said, you probably shouldn't give Patrick Williams, based on what he's done, a five-year, $90 million contract. Well, that executive is no longer here. That executive no longer has a job.
I also said, Nikola Vucevic is not as good as Gabe Ramirez says he is. Dude, at the tail end of his career, if you want to try to put him against anything. No, that was like five years ago when I said that. A 2010 guy is not bad in the NBA. I'm sorry. Okay, so you would take Boozer over Wilson? Would I take Cam Boozer over Caleb Wilson? Yes. Because Cam Boozer is a 20 and 10 guy. I would.
I would. Okay. I would. So you take... I take consistency. You take Kevin Love over Kevin Garnett? Because that's basically what we're talking about. No, you're not doing that. Kevin Love is a 2018 guy. You're not calling Caleb Wilson Kevin Garnett. He's not. Okay. He's not Kevin Garnett. Not yet, but the potential. No, he will not be Kevin Garnett. Anything is possible. KG?
I just said anything is possible. Farragut's very own? Listen, I'm not. No. Zero chance. I like how you try to bring the local tie into it to make it extra spicy.
No.
Okay. But where are we? The four is not the issue, right? Four is let it fall to you. The issue is what to do with your second first round pick. Are you waiting at 15? Are you trading up? What do you want to see the Bulls do? I don't think they're going to trade up because Bryson Graham has already made it known that draft picks are important to him and he wants to take best player available.
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