How did the Cubs end up on the road for their wild-card series at Padres?

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How did Alex Bregman’s big game set the tone for the Cubs’ postseason?

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me and grody

Mark Grote 0:02

vinnie

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rotino vinnie how you doing man

Mark Grote 0:04

welcome

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back to

Mark Grote 0:05

the score

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i always love coming on here i'm telling you it feels like i'm getting another opportunity at the big league level right i know you guys use that as a bump i get a lot of flack for that radio stations in wisconsin and they're saying why are you saying that you feel like you're in the big league when you go on the chicago radio station this is the big league the big time

Mark Grote 0:21

you sir have just earned yourself some bears

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i don't know if i want any of those i don't know if i should thank you or not midday 10 a.m to 2 on the score no

Vinny Rotino 0:35

So true. How did you get here, Cubs? You were supposed to be here. I tried this 9 o'clock start thing for the last time.

Mark Grote 0:44

They're supposed to be here. But

Vinny Rotino 0:46

not there.

Mark Grote 0:47

Not there at that time. They

Vinny Rotino 0:51

really weren't supposed to be in Tampa. But that was the right move.

Mark Grote 0:54

Yeah, well, they were in Tampa on Sunday. Actually, that... My God. Alex freaking Bregman. What a year this guy has put together.

Vinny Rotino 1:05

Alex

Mark Grote 1:06

Swollenface Bregman. Unbelievable. You could barely see it either, the way it's sort of covered in the shade in his eyes. I kept on trying to really get the close-up look at the eye. It's recovered immaculate.

How did Alex Bregman recover from his facial injury in time for the playoffs?

Mark Grote 1:17

This dude yesterday, while you were probably watching football and didn't care so much about a meaningless Cubs-Red Sox game in Tampa Bay, Alex Bregman with four hits, four RBIs, featuring two home runs, almost hit a third home as well not playing third base that looks like I mean that's the interesting part going forward you're right is Bregman going to continue to be the DH and you'll have Pedro Ramirez I would assume that he would play third maybe if you have to Matt Shaw who has shown to be a very competent third baseman but he'll be one of the projected outfielders for the Cubs on the roster that's the interesting stuff about Bregman but man Like, shout out to that guy and the recovery he's made this season, the recovery from the injury.

Mark Grote 2:03

He is unbelievable.

Vinny Rotino 2:05

I didn't think that I would see him at least, at least until the playoffs. Remember, they said the hope is that he would be ready. And kind of in contrast to the last segment, that's usually when the injuries change. You know, you get a little more information. You see how a guy heals. Then it's downgraded. Or maybe if you're Justin Steele, you know, did you suffer a setback, etc. And in this case, especially after how he talked about how when he was running, he could feel like the fluid in his face shaking.

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Yeah.

Vinny Rotino 2:33

No, no, dude, just take the day off, especially when there was a double header. And then you had that day off on Saturday. Someone argue you took a day off Friday. Jesus,

Mark Grote 2:43

man.

Vinny Rotino 2:43

And then and then you had the game in Tampa. I could see why and what became a relatively meaningless game. that he wouldn't want to do it. But, you know, it was Pat Hughes, too. How about Pat Hughes' call where he said, you know, those home runs may not matter to anybody, but they matter to him. That's how he is.

Mark Grote 2:58

They should. They should. Like, he deserves it. Like, he deserves to add on home runs, quite frankly. He deserves to add that to his statistics because none of it was hollow. None of the home runs or the RBIs he had were hollow. You could say that about this game if you want, but he deserved to add on. Hilarious.

What happened when Alex Bregman challenged a called strike against the Red Sox?

Mark Grote 3:14

I wonder if a lot of people probably didn't catch this moment. There was an absolutely hilarious Alex Bregman moment in Game 1 of the doubleheader. The Red Sox beat the Cubs 4-3. I watched every inch of that game with my dad in the suburbs. We watched all nine

Vinny Rotino 3:30

innings. You had a very baseball weekend. I did.

Mark Grote 3:32

I did. I did have a baseball. I kind of chose baseball yesterday, too. I caught up on the NFL and actually went out last night to watch Sunday Night Football. I kind of chose baseball in the heart of the NFL schedule yesterday. But in that Friday game in the seventh inning... It's 3-3. Alex Bregman is at the plate. He gets a strike called on him. And it's very clearly a strike. There's no doubt about it. But he kind of looks at the umpire. I think it was Doug Eddings.