Tina Nguyen: Cubs are being fueled by NLDS loss to Brewers (Hour 2)
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This hour is brought to you by Cars for Kids. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score, and we're expecting Tina Nguyen from Fox 32, reporter and anchor, who went out to spring training in Arizona, talked about the Cubs and the White Sox while she was there. And we're a week into spring training already, just like that. It's a nice thing. Well, not a week in, but like a week into the games in spring training.
You say a week into spring training. I say a week closer to opening day.
What insights did Tina Nguyen share about the Cubs' spring training?
That's right.
A week closer to opening day and the Sox flexing on people. That dollar is going to be... Tyler, you're going to owe me a dollar.
Marshall thinks that the White Sox are going to hit more home runs than the Cubs this season. And I bet him a crisp dollar that I have a feeling is going to fall into my lap from the gods because of such an outlandish prediction.
You think the prediction itself was outlandish?
Yes.
Wow.
Okay. Marshall, I have a $2 bill in my wallet, so I'll even double down and I'll do a $2 bill. On the bet for you. I can only ask this guy for so much money. Like, I found a dollar on the street to fund my bets with Marshall. I don't know that I can just find $2 randomly.
But he's just got a $2 bill. Two for one. Special.
One piece of paper. That's dangerous, too.
Worth twice as much as a dollar.
Dangerous with the $2 bill. Cubs, by the way, not that you care necessarily. Lost to the Angels yesterday by a final of 5-4.
I care.
But do you care... A little bit. Matthew Boyd, who I care about, was the starting pitcher of record and he had three innings and three strikeouts. So nothing to be alarmed by. We saw Jamison Tyone and his star give up two home runs. I'm not necessarily concerned about that either because Jamison Tyone has given up home runs before. And traditionally in spring training, he's also working on like seven different pitches. And he's like, which one do I want to use this year? Oh, maybe not that one as it gets sent out of the park or whatever.
Isn't it like him narrowing down basically 10 pitches to like five or six? Isn't that how that goes in spring training for him?
Davis and Tyone is a mystery to me because he's the guy who, at the same time, one year he's decided to not use a sweeper because it messes up the rest of his stuff. Next year he'll bring it back, and then somehow it's key to his fastball command.
How did the Cubs' NLDS loss impact their motivation for the upcoming season?
I've never seen anything like it.
I just like the fact that there's more optimism – follow me on this, about both baseball teams heading into this season than I feel like has been in a long time. Cubs coming, of course, off of a playoff series. The Sox two years now removed from setting the record for most losses in a season. And it feels like both teams are trending in the right direction, one clearly ahead of the other. But still, if you are a baseball fan, there are reasons to be optimistic about this year.
Oh, yeah. I mean, I don't think there's any doubt that the White Sox actually made efforts to get better. You're going to see a whole year of Colson Montgomery, Munotaka Murakami. We're trying to figure out who he's going to be as an American Major League hitter coming from Japan, how he adjusts to that hitting. Now, in the pitching, he's going to the World Baseball Classic, so he doesn't get the same type of spring training length that a lot of other guys get. But definitely optimistic. And I did get a bit of a laugh, by the way, speaking of the Jamison Tyone game, because you know who countered as a starting pitcher for one inning for the Colorado Rockies in that game two days ago? Jose Quintana.
How do you feel about that?
I think he was a good pickup by the Brewers last year, and I think he's still serviceable for depth. But unfortunately, Quintana and Colorado, that might mean you allow a lot of runs come the regular season of baseball just because of how that goes. But overall, just as we check in on the Cubs and the White Sox during spring training as we await Tina Wynn, You know, also, the Cubs got Michael Conforto signing him to a deal where he might make the team.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:34
2
What insights did Tina Nguyen share about the Cubs' spring training?
0:34–2:24
3
How did the Cubs' NLDS loss impact their motivation for the upcoming season?
2:24–9:18
4
What are the expectations for Cubs players like Matthew Boyd and Miguel Amaya?
9:18–15:23
5
What is the significance of Alex Bregman's addition to the Cubs?
15:23–21:03
6
How do the Cubs and White Sox compare heading into the new season?
21:03–25:55
7
What are the challenges facing young players like PCA this season?
25:55–29:54
8
What humorous incidents occurred related to Cutwater cocktails?
29:54–47:29
Speakers
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