Chapter 1: What introductory thoughts do Layla Rahimi and Marshall Harris share?
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.
When I was trying to check on the Cavaliers and Knicks game during the Cubs game and during the White Sox game, like, ah, this is a hand for Cleveland. Well, they're just taking that momentum from Game 7 against Detroit, and they are using it to their advantage. And then the Knicks came away with a win and an incredible comeback, 115-104 in overtime.
During an 18-1 run during this time, Kenny Atkinson, the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, although I don't know for how much longer if this continues, held on to two timeouts, one of which could obviously have been used to try to stem the tie, as they say. Held on to two timeouts and then lost in an epic comeback, you say? How exactly did he explain that one?
Yeah, I like to hold my timeouts. I mean, you know, I didn't want to have one timeout at the end of the game. One or two-point game, I try to hold them. Yeah, we're going to let it play out. The hair. The hair is also very similar. At least somebody told us their actual strategy. That's fair. At least Kenny's out here telling you what he was thinking. I think we handled it the right way.
Chapter 2: What recent sports events are impacting the Cubs and White Sox?
I do believe that, you know, you just re-rack the play, get it in balance, and call timeout, and that's why we held it and didn't work out the way we wanted it to. Does he make fresh honey at his home? It's been great watching him, observing him, and also getting the honey. We harvest honey out of there. Have a beekeeper.
It'd be cool if I could do that, but I'm a little busy.
I was in the commercial break scouring the Kenny Atkinson locker room videos in the hopes that he was giving all the Cavaliers players nicknames, but it's not a thing. He's not that Eberflus. Big Dog, you good? Spike, you good? Governor? Young Jedi. The Canadian Eagle. That's what they call him. You gave me Monster of the Midway. And what else? The Beast. I got nicknames for you guys, too.
Layla Rahimi. Marshall Harris. Mark Grody. Middays, 10 a.m. to 2 on Chicago Sports Radio. 104.3 The Score. I don't know. What's up, yours? Ah, memories. We are thrilled to report that SCORE listeners, over 24 hours, thanks in part to Danny Parkins, of course, putting this together, the Cubs for a Cure Radiothon has raised over $800,000.
In the name of cancer research and 24 hours for raising awareness for horrible conditions like glioblastoma and so many stories that were shared on these airways over the last 24 hours. We cannot say thank you enough. And before, as we take the ball after 24 hours, starting at 10 o'clock yesterday morning and Danny going a full 24 until 10 a.m., I just wanted to start with that as well.
This feels like the minutes following any given trade deadline because it is over 800,000. But guess what? They're still tabulating the final number. So that's not even done yet because, you know, trades happen at the last minute. Donations happen at the last second. The computer takes a minute to catch up. Every little bit helps.
And we saw donations that were bigger in number and some smaller, but the point is every single one matters. So thank you again. It is just an incredible, incredible act. And at a time where money for research is no longer as plentiful and when your wallet is no longer as plentiful, given what's going on with gas prices, inflation and the like, this is incredible.
So again, thank you to our SCORE listeners and our SCORE family for somehow, some way, always finding a way to just make every single year better. It really is just absolutely overwhelming. So I want to start with that. And thank you. At least we got to start with one positive today. Now we got to start with the sports part of it as well. I have a positive.
The Cubs, White Sox, neither of those teams lost yesterday. Everybody was undefeated yesterday. And you got a night off if you wanted to watch something else like the Eastern Conference Finals. Oh my goodness. Yeah, yeah. Knicks up 2-0 just like that. In the meantime... I think you're right, Marshall. It was a much-needed day off for the Cubs themselves.
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Chapter 3: How did the Cubs perform leading up to the Memorial Day weekend?
I appreciate you guys having me. Middays 10-2 on 104.3 The Score. Freelink drills that one out towards right center field. And PCA. Oh, my goodness. It's off his glove. And Frelick into second. I'm not sure what happened there, JD. I might have a little tail on it, but they had to make a little bit of an adjustment. And then he just flanked it.
It wasn't in the best position to make that play, but critical two-base error. That was marquee on the call. You heard Pico Armstrong there, and we will get to his gaffes in the outfield on back-to-back days before the day off in just a moment. But also just to let you know once again, Cubs number two prospect Pedro Ramirez is is in the house.
Multiple reports saying that he has a locker at the clubhouse at Wrigley Field. I am waiting to see. I've seen no roster move yet from the Cubs. That comes via email typically. 22-year-old switch hitting minor league gold glove winning infielder. hitting 312. The slash line is 395, 547, and 136. Weighted runs created plus at AAA Iowa. So it looks like something will happen.
We wait to see what the latest is on whether or not he would play today, how he would play today. So we will obviously talk more about that leading into Cubs pregame, which you can hear right here, only local call in town at 1245 and 104.3 the score. Now then, Marshall, there's the matter of the lineup. And the question was asked yesterday.
Well, for us, it was yesterday when it came to the show before the Radiothon. Before the Brewers game, as to whether or not in game three, we might see P. Crow Armstrong take a day off after he misplayed a ball in center field, only to then see again him misplay a ball in center field. It was what led to a 3-0 Brewers lead at that point, an error that cost the team two runs.
And now we try to figure out not just the day off and if that helped him, but maybe sitting out an actual game, if that would help his mind get right after what clearly I think seems like a distraction after that interaction with the fan at game three on Sunday on the south side.
I definitely agree with the sentiment that not just Pete Armstrong, but the entire Cubs team needed a day off after losing in the fashion that they did, with the bats struggling in the manner that they did. Kyle Harrison was absolutely unbelievable in that game with the 11 strikeouts, and they only got a couple of hits off of him. And the understanding that
Yes, you got swept by the Brewers at home, a place that coming into that series, you had won 15 straight games. So I understand that part of it. But I really think the day off that the entire team got was enough of a reset for Pete Crow Armstrong and whether or not he's made back-to-back errors in back-to-back games. He's still your best defender, period.
And he is someone they need to have behind a guy like Jameson Tytle on the mound tonight because there will be fly balls. I don't know a whole lot, but I know there will be fly balls. Yeah, I mean, it's just a matter of how much they carry. You know, this is an interesting day for that. We'll get a report. But this may be one of those days where the wind is in or still.
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Chapter 4: What are the current challenges facing the Bears' defense?
Yes. They don't necessarily know what they have in Kyler Gordon and a feel for what he can do in the schemes and the style of play they want to put. Look, Dennis Allen did name drop him. The only guy that got name dropped in that introductory press conference. Mm-hmm. But even then, he was probably like, oh, I bet I could do this. I bet I could do that. I don't think he's sure of what he can do.
And the best ability is still availability. So you add all that up. And there's a bit of a quandary right now with a Bears team that is hoping to coach up the front four, and to have more consistency in the backfield defensively. And it's not there as of today. Not to say it can't get there. Right. But it's not there today. This isn't the start you wanted to have after what happened last season.
Just not the offseason you wanted to have. And when you get older, as you and I both know.
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your orthopedist becomes your friend maybe you're putting somebody's kids through college and we i'm not even an athlete you were more of an athlete than me but point being we all know what happens the older you get i'm just trying to be functional leila so were they two two reasons i work out So are Kyle Gordon and Jalen Johnson.
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Chapter 5: How do injuries impact the Cubs' performance this season?
Two reasons you work out at my age, and that is to be functional no matter how old you get and to look good naked. Those are the only two reasons. There it is. I mean, whatever you need to do for your day, that's how I feel. And, you know, it's like, here's how you get a bikini body. Do you know how you do that? You put a bikini on. Congratulations. You have a bikini body.
Getting back to this, though. It just doesn't give me a good feeling. I don't know if I'm out the Justin Steele Twitter update feeling about it. Yeah, that's not a place anybody wants to go on any particular day of the week. And like, okay, rest up. But actually rest up. And then when you come back, could you actually come back? And that's what makes it so tricky. You know what you don't want?
To have to coach up the defensive line and then also coach up the secondary because we don't know who we're getting again. And then you've got to call somebody off the street. They got lucky with the people they called off the street. The streets were kind to them.
Chapter 6: What strategies are the Cubs considering to improve their batting?
Well, this time they said, we're not even going to the streets. We'll just draft somebody. And now you've got a fourth rounder in Malik Muhammad. It's hopefully filling some of the gaps. I thought Malik Muhammad stood to be a part of this anyway. Yeah, no doubt. I wonder how much more now perhaps that comes to light. An elevated role for Malik Muhammad seems to be the way to go.
And they're going to have to depend on him more than they probably thought. Well, and the question is able to be officially asked in two weeks. So that's a good enough time, given what this is, to try to figure that part of it out. That's enough time to where you can honestly reassess and it's not a nuisance. We always measure things around here with our trademarked meters on the worry meter.
If Jalen Johnson, Kyler Gordon, if those guys aren't ready for the mandatory minicamp, Will your number jump up significantly or will it stay where it is now? I don't know where it is now, but for me, it's probably about a six or seven.
I kind of see myself like the end of the movie Friday Night Lights where Gary Gaines, the head coach, has got his depth chart and he's trying to just slot the depth chart. Okay. And if I don't have enough names on my depth chart. That's a problem. And I don't know who is where, then I start to get very concerned. And then I'm not calm. I'm not a calm football coach.
I'm not going to the Bud Kilmer, the Varsity Blues needle in the back room to make anybody healthy route. But I would like to know who I'm working with. I'm looking at you, Tyreek Stevenson. Hope you have as big a year as you're probably hoping for yourself. 8-1-5.
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Chapter 7: How does the new PB&J partnership affect NFL players?
Don't matter. We have the best quarterback on earth. I don't want ball games to be like this. I don't want every game to be 45-43. That is not great for me. Didn't we just talk to someone who said they hope it's not? Ron Rivera. Oh, it was Ron Rivera. Ron Rivera came in here on the Radiothon and kicked ass. And then Ron Rivera was like, this is not how you want to win games as a coach.
What did he say? 35 to 14 is fine, too? Yeah, he's right about that. You know, you want Jalen Johnson, for example, to have the moment where he's looking up at the scoreboard and letting going. I've never felt this playing with the lead. I like the idea of Malik Muhammad in the game getting reps because, well, the game is no longer in doubt. Yeah, yeah. I like that.
Let him get weird, see who he is as a football player in the NFL, have some fun. Because you're up by three touchdowns in the fourth quarter. Or do the Al Harris, you know, where Al gets to call the plays in the second half of a preseason game and he double safety blitzes despite being up 20 points. I like that. Just gotta have fun. Do whatever you want. Just gotta have fun.
I love get weird experimental garbage time. in sports. Like, okay, I'll put the 5'8 guy in, you know, to play a little point guard. Let's rock. Run a double screen and see what happens. Failure? Who cares? Layla, anyone who says they're not worried about Kyler Gordon slash Jalen Johnson in some capacity, I'm not saying you've got to be a DEFCON whatever.
I'm just saying, if you're not a bit concerned that they're working through injuries in the offseason as opposed to just getting regular offseason work preparing for training camp, you're lying to yourself. You're lying to yourself. I mean, he only played three regular season games. Again, they're lying to themselves if they're not concerned.
Is it like Homer with the pig flying through the air, and he's like, it's only got a little dirt on it. It's still good. It's still good, the rose pig. But then at the end, it just wasn't good anymore. That's how I feel. It's the early part of the offseason. It's still good. 815 wants to know who was hurt.
In case you missed it, Kyler Gordon recovering from a soft tissue injury, according to Brad Biggs. And Jalen Johnson, we knew he wasn't doing the volunteer work with the Bears this time around. And we expect to see them June 19th? June 9th. Oh, June 9th. Oh, it's even quicker than I thought. Two weeks. You got two weeks.
June 9th is the mandatory minicamp, and so I will have a high level of concern if one or both of those players is not available to participate in the mandatory minicamp. You know how I talk about things just running through my head sometimes, like the highlight or the low light or the image that pops up, and then I go from there. Good point from 847.
Makes sense why Malik was working inside at rookie minicamp. Remember we were having that conversation? It does indeed. Now we know why. Yep. They got to have a backup plan and that's a pretty solid one in my opinion, but it's still not ideal. So I just, I remember the video of Jalen Johnson just having to duck his head and run and hustle.
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