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What are the initial thoughts on the Cubs' performance?
I back it up. I back that stuff up.
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What up, good people? It's over. You called it at the end of 10. 10 was enough. My wife was like, that's just symmetry. Two tens up, one ten down, and bing, bang, boom, there it was.
They're too consistent. You mean good and bad? Yes. They act as one. They fail as one. They win as one. It's too much.
So is it a real thing? It is a real thing, right? When like women's cycles line up for their pheromones. Like, is this what you're saying? The Cubs as a ball club, they line up together. They cycle together.
They're in sync. They're in sync. I mean, I made the joke with Ian Happ because I was like, you guys are too much of a team. You know, you're winning and losing.
How do the Cubs' players exhibit team synchronization?
And he laughed because he was like, yes, we are suffering together. And I'm like, well, one of you be selfish. And then maybe the others will follow was my thought. That was not communicated.
Maybe it's Bregman that stopped being. Maybe Bregman's going to be selfish. That man's hitting the ball.
Yeah, but he didn't hit the ball with the bases loaded and nobody out in the first inning yesterday.
Gruntz and I still had some bones to pick, but they did score 10 runs to break the 10-game streak.
Really hitting it hard. He's just kind of hitting it.
Did you just bitch about a risk situation when they scored 10 runs? I did because... Hey, listen here, Jed Hoyer.
He saw what he saw.
Hold on, man. Hold on. Ian Happ had a big wrist pit. No doubt. That felt like a big clutch hit in inning number one.
It felt like a clutch hit in the first inning. Let me explain myself.
Hold on. Dansby and Nico had oppo hits in the second for a run. That was wrist beat. You're right about all that. Hold on. PCA was wrist beat.
Don't you hold me on anymore.
You hold on. The RBI double from PCA was wrist beat.
Hold on. No. But...
Hey, can you guys hold on?
Hold on. So just here's where I'm coming from. How good do you want them to be at the risk? Here's my story. Here's my scandal. Stick to it. Watching the game in the first inning, as stated, bases loaded, nobody out. If you're a fan or an observer or somebody who does it for a living, you're watching it. Did you not tense up watching that? Be like, here we go again. Bases loaded and nobody out. And all I'm saying is that in that spot, the first person that came up and was retired was Alex Bregman. And so I am just pointing that out as a scary moment in the game. And did Ian Hap then come up and slam one up the middle and drive in two runs? Yes, they were on their way. That opened the wickets. But that moment was a bad moment that felt like every game before.
I'm with you. because in the group chat last night, I was disappointed that they only got two. You did. Because with bases loaded, nobody out. And then you go, all right, they only got two. They tack on another one, and then now the game's tied. And that's when you start worrying. But then the bats came out in the seventh.
And they did.
All the risk was right after that speech.
It really had more to do with being conditioned to stress once the number five batter in the order came up.
Well, here's the thing. I understand the stress at the moment and everything, but here the next day to be living in that disappointment when they won a damn game?
What critical moments impacted the Cubs' recent game?
It's been a traumatic couple of weeks in the Cubs world. They're facing Paul Skeets tonight. I was out with family last night, and until that home run was hit, it was very tense among the family. Should we talk about the Cubs? No, let's not ruin dinner, Mark.
There's so many ways to ruin dinner. We're going to talk about this later on. Ian Happ, after the game last night, said, it's like it never happened.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What are the initial thoughts on the Cubs' performance?
0:01–1:17
2
How do the Cubs' players exhibit team synchronization?
1:17–3:36
3
What critical moments impacted the Cubs' recent game?
3:36–6:53
4
How do fans react to the Cubs' performance during tense moments?
6:53–8:23
5
What are the implications of the Cubs' losing streak?
8:23–9:16
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