How many runs do the Cubs have to be down for you to count them out?

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What are the Cubs' recent performance highlights?

Rahimi Harrison 0:00

This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on a very fun Wednesday. As we mentioned, we will introduce Bryce and Graham to you live at 12 o'clock. In the meantime, we're going to talk about the Cubs, the White Sox, and so much more. But before we get into the Cubs and a question I want to ask all of our listeners, Marshall, and you yourself, and our producers, Ray and Tyler. uh this is the case where like i'm listening to tyler buterbaugh's open happy birthday tyler happy birthday big fella we're doing it we're doing it we old and because we also believe in time is not something that you have to acknowledge except when you want to just like tibbs is this a case where two rights make a wrong bryson graham and tom thibodeau no again no

Layla Grote 0:49

You're pushing hard. I love it. I love your passion for it.

Rahimi Harrison 0:52

Because you think Tibbs is a wrong in this scenario, but I'm saying they're both a right that make a wrong. So ultimately it's still a wrong.

Layla Grote 0:59

I don't understand why you think Tibbs is a right. That's my problem.

Rahimi Harrison 1:03

He's consistent. I know exactly who I'm getting at all times. About everything.

Layla Grote 1:11

Yes. I also know that volatility is a thing. And the last time he separated ways with the Chicago Bulls, it was about a volatility and toxicity issue, correct?

Rahimi Harrison 1:21

Did he change or did they?

Layla Grote 1:22

Wouldn't they both have to change to fix the problem?

Rahimi Harrison 1:26

I'm not asking grown men to change. I'm just saying. You just asked if they did, though, and I'm just telling you.

How do the Cubs' pitching setbacks affect their strategy?

Rahimi Harrison 1:31

But I'm asking. I can't ask somebody to change, but we can ask if they did.

Layla Grote 1:36

If they did change. I don't believe both parties have changed. I believe stubbornness is a thing, unless you go with the TLR method, which is a thing that exists.

Rahimi Harrison 1:44

See there? See there? Tony La Russa didn't change either.

Layla Grote 1:47

No, he didn't.

1:50

Hmm.

Rahimi Harrison 1:51

Existential crisis.

Layla Grote 1:52

Tony La Russa went elsewhere and won multiple world championships.

Rahimi Harrison 1:55

And went to the Hall of Fame.

Layla Grote 1:57

Tom has not done that. Tibbs has not done that, Layla.

Rahimi Harrison 2:02

You know, the older I get, the more I just realize that there are two types of people in this world. People who love Tom Thibodeau and people who don't. I love Tom Thibodeau. I love what he's done. But he inspires weird loyalty out of some people, like me and D. Rose.

Layla Grote 2:18

Does he inspire that weird loyalty out of someone with the last name Reinsdorf? That is the question.

Rahimi Harrison 2:24

Mm-hmm. So more basketball discussion will be had on the show. But in the meantime, here I am last night watching a game where, again, I know what I'm probably getting out of the individuals involved, Marshall. Cubs and Reds.

What mindset do the Cubs need to maintain during tough games?

Rahimi Harrison 2:39

And we love Jamison Tyone. We understand who he is. We know that the home run ball is something that will happen.

Layla Grote 2:45

And you're not asking him to change, correct?

Rahimi Harrison 2:47

No. You know why? Also because I know that Jamison Tyone will change himself when he wants to because he likes to adjust.

Layla Grote 2:54

Okay. Okay.

Rahimi Harrison 2:54

He does. I know who he is. And he's not afraid to tell you how the sausage is made. He's not afraid to tell you what pitches he's working on in a season. And then I'm like, oh, there's a home run ball. There's another home run ball. And then I'm like, I'm not even stressed out about it that much. Because I'm asking myself at this point. How many runs do the Cubs have to be down right now in order for you to say this team isn't out? Because guess what happened yet again? For the fifth time during the stretch that the Cubs have had, five different players, five different walk-offs. They win 3-2 in 10 innings.

Layla Grote 3:36

Layla, when you look at the Cubs and you understand how they are built... built to have an offense that should be one of the best in baseball all season if they stay healthy. And maybe even if they don't stay healthy because of the depth that they have put together here and the ability to put together different lineups for different purposes for different types of weather because it is Wrigley Field and we're still in May and it's still a little breezy outside and still a little chillier than I would like it to be as we head towards Memorial Day weekend. But in that same vein, understanding that they've had the pitching setbacks that they've had both in their starting rotation and in their bullpen...