Transition with Spiegel & Holmes
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
March 31 of 2025. I'll raise my hand. I forgot about it. You forgot about that? I forgot about Carson.
That was a pretty big moment because it's like, oh, this Cubs offense is not playing around.
What significant moments from the Cubs' offense are highlighted?
I'm 50, dude. I forgot about the Carson Kelly thing from last year. The cycle.
It's fair. There's a lot of offense going on in West Sacramento.
Yeah, there was. There was a cycle last night, too. PCA. A little bit of news here. The Saints are bringing back one of their franchise greats, the report from Ian Rappaport, as eight-time Pro Bowl defensive end Cam Jordan is set to return. Sources say you could cross him right off the Bears' list.
I believe that qualifies as breaking news, right? Breaking news on the score, sponsored by IDOT. If there's a car pulled to the side of the road, move over.
Fair enough. Thank you to our producers today. The Tylers! We got the two Tyler formation today. We have a Buterbaugh of the Tylers, and we have a Ferengul of the Tylers. He's baby T. Thanks to Ray Diaz, too. He is off, but we know that he has been pulling some strings from behind the scenes, so thanks to Ray. Hope he's enjoying his time off. Video producers Connor O'Donnell, Jacob Stutz, and Max Curtis. Our guests were plentiful today. Casey Holdall, from trailblazers.com. Manu Raju, our guy from CNN who's thrown out the first pitch of the Cubs game tonight. Meredith Morakowicz for the YES Network.
What breaking news about Cam Jordan impacts the Bears?
Yes. She talked about the Yankees. And we had Ian Happ on a little bit earlier who said that the Cubs will start hitting with runners in scoring position. Transition Now is being brought to you by Torque Coatings, high-performance coatings for your home or business. TorqueCoatings.com. It's Matt and Lawrence of Spiegel and Holmes. Hello, gentlemen. What's going on?
You guys are in 12 personnel today.
Yes, and you're in NECO formation today.
We are. We're in NECO formation. You guys are in 12 personnel. It sounds like the world is in a good place.
The double team. It's such a great place that I don't know if you guys heard. Ian Half said he might come up with a different blend. He's going to call it 10 for 10 with runners in scoring position.
Do we have, let's find that audio, guys, so we can play it.
To change up the coffee blend.
We had a moment, because you guys had a similar moment with Craig Council recently, where at the end of the interview, I think it was two interviews ago. It was the last one. Was it the last? Yeah. Where at the end, without you guys really asking much about it, he was just throwing, we're going to be fine, guys. We're going to be okay. Yeah. We're going to get through this. Check this out. We had a similar experience at the end of our talk with Ian Happ today. What is the latest with Connect Roasters?
Yeah, Connect Roasters, we got the new cold brew cans. So check those out, connectroasters.com. Might have to come out with a new blend on Connect, like 10 for 10 runner scoring position blend or something. Oh, love that. Let's have a night like that tonight, all right? We're going to hit 500 with runner scoring position tonight.
To which I immediately said, wait, is it 10 for 10 or is it 5 for 10?
I'll take either. 5 for 10 would be great. Did he tell you guys that sometimes he thinks about whether to change his swing with runners in scoring position or not to change his swing?
He doesn't really change his swing. He definitely talked about choking up. But he doesn't do it. No, no, he does change with two strikes, but with runners in scoring positions, there isn't this change. Although the pressure of knowing what the results have been now over the course of a long period of time for all the hitters is in the back of their minds.
They know.
He should change. He should change.
What insights do Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes share about the Cubs' hitting strategy?
He should change?
Of course.
The reason I ask is because he's on pace to hit 36 home runs, right? But he's also on pace to strike out 215 times.
With runners in scoring position, you should change. For some reason, it's gotten to be a thing where it's okay to swing for the fences, even with a dude on second or a dude on third and less than two outs.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:09
2
What significant moments from the Cubs' offense are highlighted?
0:09–1:20
3
What breaking news about Cam Jordan impacts the Bears?
1:20–3:32
4
What insights do Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes share about the Cubs' hitting strategy?
3:32–5:32
5
How does Ian Happ's performance affect the Cubs' scoring opportunities?
5:32–8:23
6
What changes in player approach are discussed regarding runners in scoring position?
8:23–9:13
Speakers
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