Chapter 1: What is the context of the episode?
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, Harris, and Grody. 10 to 2 on 104.3 The Score.
Are you guys ready to do this for another set of days before the end of the month? Are you ready? Let's make our predictions right now. When will the Bears have shovels in the ground? It's never going to happen. Like whether it's in Indiana or Illinois. I am not ready to make any prediction. Are you kidding? I don't know when the bill is going to pass.
You want us to all be wrong right now, Marshall? You're all wrong. I'm going to say shovels in the ground somewhere, whether it's Arlington Heights, whether it's Indiana or some unknown, unnamed place. Shovels in the ground. I'm going to say August the 6th. Of what? Of what? That's a fair question, too. Are you sure you want to do this? I want to do it. You sure about that? You sure about that?
Chapter 2: What predictions are made about the Bears' future?
I got July 27th. Shovels in the ground. Okay. Because I think that once it happens, they're going to want to move it quickly. They have to. Yeah, because, right, right. They got to save once. You can't have any more stumbles. Oh, yeah. Cooking, cooking, cooking, cooking now. All right. I think it's definitely 2027. 2027? She's taking the over. She's definitely taking the over.
It's like Chris Rose reverse picking the brewers. So what date in 2027? Just throw out a random date. Go ahead. March 15th, the Ides of March. Ides of March. So a year from yesterday. I'm always wondering if there was a God. And now I know there is. And it's me. You're not a God, Homer. Remember, Dad, all glory is fleeting. No. Beware the Ides of March. No.
What date do season ticket holders start complaining about the hiked PSL rates? I declare... Bankruptcy! Hey, I just wanted you to know that you can't just say the word bankruptcy and expect anything to happen. I didn't say it. I declared it. Layla Rahimi. Marshall Harris. Mark Grody. Middays, 10 a.m. to 2. On Chicago Sports Radio 104.3. The Score. Happy St. Patrick's Day to you.
This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. It is Marshall and Layla with you today. And at least it is a much nicer day outside than it was yesterday. That is for sure. You were really scarred by that walk home, huh? I had a jacket zipped over my nose and somehow snow still flew in my mouth. Mark Grody's a real one. He walked home yesterday with no hat. I was like, okay.
How is he right now? Have we checked on him today? We have not checked. He may have hypothermia. I don't know. It was cold, but I was much protected. I had all the things on. I did, too. And yet, somehow, nature finds a way. So that's where we were at yesterday. When it comes to today, a nicer day outside. A nice day because I enjoyed watching the World Baseball Classic yet again last night.
It was Venezuela winning again in a very exciting game over Italy by a final of 4-2. So there was not going to be the rematch. of USA facing the team that beat them to have peril in their advancement out of the bracket and out of the group play. So instead, it is Venezuela facing USA tonight in the World Baseball Classic Final. You were worried about Italy, weren't you? Of course.
You were worried about just the notion of Italy making it. And at that point... Italy had a good team. There's no doubt about that. They did. They had a better team when Kyle Till was on it, though. I'll say that. Well, yes. You know what? And Japan had a better team when, say, Suzuki wasn't injured, even though it was during the game where they got eliminated. Yeah, the injuries are a concern.
But in the meantime, there's also been some incredible performances. And that includes, once again, us seeing in a very high leverage situation and doing well, Daniel Palencia showing out yet again. Daniel Palencia gets the save. It's the second of this World Baseball Classic in the 4-2 final. And he's pumping his chest at the end.
We saw him force Shohei Otani into the pop-up in that incredible game against Japan a couple days ago. But Palencia, yet again, doing the thing and being in that high-leverage situation to be able to be on this world stage. And Palencia... Throw in 27 pitches yesterday.
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Chapter 3: How did Venezuela perform in the World Baseball Classic?
But when we saw Kyle Teal go down, when we saw Seiya Suzuki go down, when we saw these injuries, I think it's perfectly natural to understand why this is a concern as we are watching it here in Chicago. It's a concern for every team that has players playing, whether it's position player or pitcher.
I think it's a little different for those two types of situations because, as we know, players playing super hard, trying to take the extra bag, stolen base, whatever. That's different in the World Baseball Classic than it would be in spring training. Straight up. Like, if you're an established...
veteran on a major league baseball team an everyday player you're not playing with the same gruff on the bases and in that you know thinnest of margins of what makes a team win versus lose in a winner take all game as you are in spring training where you're playing you know half the game and You're just trying to get your legs under you and everything else. It's a different level of intensity.
Pitching, I completely agree with you. Daniel Palencia should go out every day and pitch like it's that situation because he's a closer. That's the mentality he has to have. That's why it's incumbent on the staff, the coaching staff, the manager, to manage him. It's not his job to manage himself. His job is when he's called upon, when they give him the ball, to go out and throw flames. Right?
But you have to determine how often do you want your flamethrower out there and in what situations over the course of 162. Plus, because again, the hope here isn't that he's going to get through a 162. It's that he's going to get a 162 in three, maybe four playoff series. That's the hope.
the highest of the leverage situations, when you absolutely want him to do what he is doing for his team Venezuela right now. But you said it, Marshall, that's the point of dissonance here. The point is, this isn't how you would be pitching in spring training. You wouldn't be throwing these high leverage innings.
You wouldn't be throwing eight straight pitches over 90 miles an hour, especially with two of them touching 100 or thereabouts. And then you touch 100 for... Four out of the five previous pitches. For example, I'm not saying that that's the exact stat, but you know that these are all intense throws that he's got. And think about how we're looking at the Cubs starting pitching on the other side.
You know, even outside of the World Baseball Classic with Jamison Tyone, for example. How we're looking at this when it comes to the guys giving up home runs. And Russ Dorsey talking about the story where Zach Ranke just decided one day he was going to throw the same pitch every single time in spring training because he needed the muscle memory to practice the command.
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Chapter 4: What concerns are raised about player injuries?
And guys are turning on stuff and hitting home runs. It's a completely different viewpoint when you consider the preparation involved that the starting pitchers are doing on the other side. I wonder, you know, as we get through this and there's going to be complaints about guys getting hurt, whether it's Suzuki, Teal.
I mean, it's pretty not awesome that the Cubs and the White Sox have probably the best two examples of real injuries that are going to cost real time on the Major League roster. Not a week or two, like some tightness here, tightness there. These are legit injuries when you talk about the hamstring injury. Kyle Till, the knee of Seiya Suzuki.
And what stinks is normally on a normal day, spring training wise, we would have some type of update because Craig Council talks before the game, but they play at night tonight. So we're probably not going to get any kind of update unless something's sent out or whatever from the MRI. Like that's what stinks is the lingering of the waiting game as we try to understand how long Seiya Suzuki's out.
Well, and when we consider how spaced out these appearances were, too, it has not been favorable if you're a guy trying to manage your appearances. He's pitched in three of the last four games that Venezuela has had. Even the one where they saw a loss, but there was still a safe situation, Palencia.
So because of that, you just naturally ask, after seeing what happened to Saya, after seeing what's gone on, well, how serious can this be? In the meantime, you celebrate it because it's a lot of fun. And you also want to know what Daniel Palencia himself thinks about it as well.
So before first pitch in last night's matchup, Palencia talked to MLB Network about the adjustments that he's been making. Last year was amazing for you. Third year in the league. A couple tough years to start it off. What really clicked for you last season to take you to the level that you got to? What were the biggest adjustments you had to make? Baseball is that, you know.
It's just making adjustments. I think that's baseball. Because everything is too fast. So for me, I think it was just... finding a way to put the fastball wherever I want. So right now I'm just trying to do that, playing with my fastball right now, using more of my splitter and my slider. In that way I can protect my fastball and it works right now.
As I'm watching the highlights coming into this segment, I'm seeing the entire Venezuelan dugout jumping on the field every time somebody goes deep. Ronald Acuna jumping through the roof. Do you ever get a little bit of a FOMO? Fear of missing out when you're sitting in the bullpen and you can't come out here and jump around on the field when guys are hitting home runs?
Or what's happening out there? That's a great question. I mean, we are buying the bullpen, you know? Everybody in the team got good chemistry. Everybody looks at each other and, you know, we do that just having fun, you know? Daniel, I know English is your second language, but I didn't know what a FOMO was, and English is my first. So for you to understand the FOMO, that's pretty good stuff.
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Chapter 5: What information is available for the Shamrock Shuffle?
Go to our website, shamrockshuffle.com, for any information that you need to know, and it'll be there for you. We've got some great athletes up front, some Olympians, Olympic medalists that are going to be running, so you'll see some pretty fast people out there. And Marshall. And Marshall. Marshall Harris, exactly. I will be the one limping across the finish line. Hopefully I can make it across.
That's the goal. Well, we're happy to cheer everybody on.
Chapter 6: How does Kerry Pankowski view the upcoming marathon?
Kerry, thanks as always for coming in. Thanks, Layla. Thanks, Marshall. That is Kerry Pankowski, Bank of America Chicago Marathon Director and Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle. Coming up next here on Rahimi Harrison Grody, it is time for Five on It. We'll do that next. Bleach Report ranked the Bears 7th in their NFL Top 10 rosters after Week 1 of free agency.
Chapter 7: What are the Bears' rankings after free agency?
Do you agree or disagree with the Bears' placement in their rankings? You know, I actually thought it was good. I felt like they did the Bears a solid by putting them in the top seven. I think I gave them a B, so I was a little unsure. Like, for example, we got the news recently that Nashawn Wright made the most in bonus money. Congratulations, Nashawn Wright. That was a lot of money, too.
Yeah, that was from Brian McCarthy in NFL PR. He put that out. Nashawn Wright got $1.44 million of bonus money. Go get you the bonus, Nashawn Wright. You absolutely earned it. So that said... We're trying to figure out how they were able to replace those players who really did make an impact.
Chapter 8: Who are the standout players mentioned in the NFL discussion?
I'm not saying they didn't make an impact in other ways, sometimes allowing big plays. But that was kind of my thought process. So I felt like I had given them a B and I felt like that was a good grade. Kobe Bryant has been their biggest signing of the offseason. So I think putting them at seven is fair. The Texans are at number eight. They acquired David Montgomery, as we've talked about.
The Chargers are behind them at nine. It's who's ahead of them that is compelling. I thought that number six, for example, Detroit Marshall, I thought that they did a nice job in shoring up their line. You know, they have a new offensive coordinator. They trade away Montgomery. I don't know that Pacheco is as good of a running back, but they got some value in that deal.
You know, they lose a guy like Khalif Raymond, which I think for the Bears is a good pickup, probably why they're number seven as well, and also getting Devin Bush. So I don't mind where they're at. I actually think it's a little bit of respect that is given to the Bears in this, and I'm not used to saying that.
Yeah, so when the number seven popped out before I read the article, I was like, that seems high. Because, of course, I focus on the weaknesses as opposed to the strengths. Like, I acknowledge the strengths exist. Right. Specifically on offense. But defensively, I'm still wondering, okay, are you going to even be better than you were last year defensively? That's the question.
But you know what you've done? You've raised your expectations. Yes. We are no longer singing from MADtv's Lowered Expectations. We're not doing that anymore. Lowered Expectations. I mean, in life. Lowered Expectations. In life, maybe. But not in football.
And so when you go down the list, Layla, and they've got the Rams at number one, the Broncos at number two, the Bills at number three, the Eagles at number four, the world champion Seahawks at number five. And as you mentioned, the Detroit Lions at six. I don't think I have a case that could be made that the Bears roster is better than any of those six teams.
And then when you look behind them at the teams immediately behind them. Seahawks, Seahawks. Yeah, I think the Seahawks are better than the Bears. Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you meant the Bears are better than the Seahawks roster. And I was like, ah. Oh, no. All five of those teams are listed above the Bears. And I think they are all rightfully listed above the Bears. I guess fair with the Lions.
I guess. I guess. And so directly behind them are the Houston Texans and the Chargers and the Niners who round out the top 10. Right. You can make an argument. that some of these teams have more star power than the Bears, and I wonder about the Bears' depth on defense. Will Anderson, yes, no. Yes. Yes. You looked at me like you were shocked I asked the question.
But so you go like – But like quarterback. Okay, quarterback. I think quarterback is doing a lot of the work when you talk about seven. I really do. And I was surprised the Niners were as low as they were because when it comes to star power, Kittle, Bosa, Fred Warner, although not healthy. Right, the health is the major issue here. Christian McCaffrey. They just added Mike Evans.
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