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Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show

Transition: Cubs have a 1st-base conundrum

14 Apr 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the Cubs' first-base conundrum?

1.516 - 2.337 Laurence Holmes

Mr. Grota.

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2.798 - 3.279 Marshall Harris

Grota.

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3.399 - 4.04 Laurence Holmes

Am I saying that right?

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4.06 - 7.405 Marshall Harris

Grota. That's good. I got to say it with anger, too. To growl. Yeah, I don't know why. Grota.

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7.525 - 8.827 Laurence Holmes

Grota. Grota.

8.887 - 9.949 Marshall Harris

I can tell you about it.

9.969 - 10.189 Laurence Holmes

Nine, nine.

12.994 - 14.416 Marshall Harris

That's it, Marshall. Show's over.

Chapter 2: How did the guests feel about their recent Vegas trip?

15.257 - 17.601 Marshall Harris

Grota. Enjoyed working with you, man. Grota.

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17.621 - 28.437 Laurence Holmes

We're going to do this tomorrow. You say it like we're leaving each other's side for a long period of time. You just never know. Also, if you get lonely, just hit me up. I'll be like, hey, let's meet at the coffee shop. We live, what, four blocks from each other?

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28.457 - 37.391 Marshall Harris

Three blocks? That's true. That's true. Wrapping up Rahimi Harrison-Grody. And, yes, Marshall and I will be right back here with you tomorrow morning, 10 a.m. sharp.

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Chapter 3: What stories do drivers in Vegas have about their passengers?

37.471 - 57.882 Marshall Harris

Thank you, thank you, thank you to our great guests today, including Ian Happ, Julia Poe, and Russ Dorsey, who has just exited the Score Studios. Thank you to our excellent producers, as always, TSA, Ray Diaz, and the Butte, Tyler Buterbaugh. Our video producers, Connor O'Donnell, Jacob Stutz,

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57.862 - 87.387 Marshall Harris

and max curtis we thank them for the work that they do and i am happy and proud proud to bring in the show that will be on all afternoon today here on the score it is spiegel and holmes gentlemen how are ye we are delightful the question is how are you after your first circa visit Oh, I am doing great. It was lovely. It was lights, camera, action, I would say.

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87.508 - 94.598 Matt Spiegel

You wore the thong and the beach or the poolside circle wear as prescribed, right?

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94.678 - 99.705 Marshall Harris

I was told that I had to. Yeah, it was green. You dealt some blackjack as well? Yes.

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99.865 - 102.128 Laurence Holmes

Glad I was not poolside for any of that.

103.255 - 104.376 Mark Grote

That sounds awful.

105.297 - 106.378 Matt Spiegel

We're glad you had a good time.

Chapter 4: Why is Ian Happ's potential role at first base a topic of discussion?

106.418 - 114.686 Matt Spiegel

We lived vicariously through you. We just heard about your arrival and your experience with everything. All of your firsts.

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114.987 - 133.506 Marshall Harris

Just to be greeted by somebody who was waiting for us. Our driver was there with us at the luggage pickup and takes us to what we thought was just going to be a simple ride. And it was the longest of limousines. So that was just a beautiful start to the trip.

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134.047 - 137.272 Laurence Holmes

We thought it was an SUV. It was an SUV that stretched.

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137.533 - 138.154 Marshall Harris

Oh, yeah.

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138.174 - 144.062 Mark Grote

Stretched limo. Yeah. Was that our guy Tommy? Dion. It was Dion.

Chapter 5: What challenges does Matt Shaw face at first base?

144.082 - 155.42 Mark Grote

It was Dion. Oh, Dion's got stories. Oh, I didn't know he had stories. Yeah, Dion's got stories about... Gotta ask Dion. Next time you see Dion, ask Dion about the people that he's driven around Vegas.

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155.88 - 179.363 Matt Spiegel

Oh, man. All these, like... Like, older dudes who just ended up in Vegas and are living their life. I asked every driver I had in a cab, in an Uber, or anything. I remember I asked one dude, like, so how'd you end up here? He's a musician, and he ended up moving out there, and he got hired because he owned pianos. So all the casinos would be like, well, you own a piano.

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179.583 - 187.65 Matt Spiegel

Why don't you bring it over? Then you can play in the bar over here. It's like everybody's got a wacky-ass story of how they ended up living in Vegas.

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Chapter 6: How do defensive roles impact the Cubs' lineup strategy?

187.63 - 191.734 Matt Spiegel

I think Could you live in Vegas? No

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192.237 - 193.999 Mark Grote

Lawrence? Outside of it, yes.

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194.959 - 195.8 Matt Spiegel

Okay. I don't think so, man.

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195.82 - 222.244 Mark Grote

Because I had friends who did this that, you know, my guy Dave Ross, saucy Dave Ross, not the former Cubs manager Dave Ross, and my guy Tyler, who's now on ESPN, they had to live out there. And I'm like, how do you make this work? Because I could see how it could very easily. Go off the rails? Oh, yeah. And so my guy Tyler was like, oh, I did that. I did that for two months.

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222.224 - 225.107 Mark Grote

Is that all it took to get out of his system? Two months?

Chapter 7: What concerns do fans have about the Cubs' management decisions?

225.127 - 242.267 Mark Grote

And Sauce is a little bit older, so he was like, no, I went to Henderson. I went outside of it. Very nice part of town. Yeah, Henderson is very, very nice. But I definitely could not do, whether it's downtown or the Strip, I couldn't do that as a lifestyle.

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242.287 - 263.026 Matt Spiegel

No, I knew a dude who lived out there, and the way that he managed it was he became a cocaine addict. Okay. That's one way to do it. And he made it work in that way out there for a couple years until it really did not work. I could do Summerlin. Summerlin's beautiful. That's absolutely beautiful.

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263.126 - 266.254 Laurence Holmes

That's like hiking. It's more of a natural...

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266.487 - 266.988 Mark Grote

Yes.

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Chapter 8: What are the expectations for Nico Horner this season?

267.048 - 285.88 Mark Grote

If you want to say that. You can do that. And Tyler's ended up working out. Tyler met a woman. They got married. They just had a baby. Really? So it ended up working. And then they left. They left Las Vegas. We're good. Yeah, but it's a challenge.

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285.86 - 307.058 Marshall Harris

every day the the routine that we were getting into like I could get used to that a little bit longer but there is a maximum point that it that it goes sleepy Marshall and I understand but yeah like don't like hanging out at that casino I mean no it's at Stadium swim in the what do you call it the little room

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307.038 - 333.13 Marshall Harris

that we're the cabana the cabana room that we were in and the the hold up in your cabana the constant service of whatever whatever you'd like yes we can make that happen it's all available at every time of day it's all right right it never closes you got it you got to ask for the room on the other side yes that's did that too did that yeah you don't want both times right you get you they were told urged to not take the poolside rooms basically because they're very loud

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333.11 - 354.821 Matt Spiegel

So you guys, I meant to text and suggest, but I'm sure you would have had a million things. You guys didn't get to whether Ian Happ would want to play first base at all, would you? Because whether he'd want to be the fourth or fifth option in first base. Next man up. Yeah, this is like, this is the kind of in the weeds stuff that interests few. It should interest people, actually.

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354.841 - 367.397 Matt Spiegel

I thought about it, but I was like, that's ridiculous. He's a gold-glove left fielder. I know, but he used to play. And it's left field. What's more important? Is left field or first base more important in the eighth and ninth inning of a close game? I say first base.

367.417 - 371.061 Laurence Holmes

You're probably right because you just want to get the freaking three outs.

371.181 - 386.139 Matt Spiegel

And if something goes wrong there. More plays. I mean, it's been a long time since he played there. So maybe it's a non-starter. I'm just curious. So it's not Carson Kelly. Well, it is Carson. No, but I mean. It's Carson Kelly, but then he was gone. I don't think it's Moises Ballesteros. And I don't know if it should be Matt Shaw.

386.5 - 393.188 Mark Grote

But it is Matt Shaw. Matt Shaw's got a footwork problem, and he's also right-handed. Like, that's an issue.

393.168 - 397.232 Matt Spiegel

Yeah. He's also never picked up a first base glove until this year.

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