Transition with Spiegel & Holmes

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Who are the behind‑the‑scenes contributors thanked at the start of the episode?

Vinny Rotino 0:01

Thank you for anything else you'd like to say? No. Thanks, George. Thanks, George, for that update. Thanks to Patrick Fazio for asking the question that needed to be asked. Thanks to our video team, who I didn't get to thank entirely, so you guys go first. Cody Westerlin, Connor O'Donnell, Max Curtis, Jacob Stutz, thanks for all you do. Thanks to Ray Diaz, Tyler Buterbaugh, Brandon Fryer, our producers. Thanks also... To our wonderful guest today, Ian Happ. We had to unfortunately do a real-life tornado drill, so Ian will join us tomorrow at 1125, right? That's correct. Okay, tomorrow at 1125 for Ian Happ. Thanks in part also to Russ Dorsey for joining us and to Luis Medina. Check his work out at Bleacher Nation. Love, Luis. And hello to Matt Spiegel and Lawrence Holmes joining us live from our Blue Cross Blue Shield performance studio.

Matt Spiegel 0:51

Luis Medina. That guy's the goods. I love him. He was so much fun to work with on Outside the Ivy, too. That's cool. Yeah, so you guys had to go. Did you go down below? They came here. For the tornado, you came here to where we are. Yeah, they came to the performance studio because there's no windows. I did the thing where I went down to walk the dog, and I was like, oh, wait a minute. Yeah, I am not walking the dog. Yeah, your dog will fly away. That was good secondary instinct by you. There was a big patch of people from my building who were all down there just to like watch the weather from the safe enclosure outside the door. How many were smoking? By a window, you say? No, they were outside. They're outside and they're watching like, oh man. And then they all turn around to start to run away. It's like, we like to be close to it. To the danger. Yeah. Like to feel that proximity to it. And then turn around and run away.

What funny stories did the hosts share about the tornado drill and watching storms?

Vinny Rotino 1:45

Is it like the dads of the neighborhood who all must walk out and observe the storm as it comes in and then go back and lament about their lawn and how it should have been mowed in that very moment? That's a lot. You've got that really fleshed out. That triggered you deep down somewhere.

Laurence Holmes 2:02

No, I mean, it's just, that's life. Some dad is mad that he didn't mow his lawn right before the storm hits. We talked about this during transition yesterday. Who was it that we were giving them props because they had gone to mow their lawn because we knew that the rain was coming. Our friend Slavko is always pretty good at it. No, but he wasn't who I mentioned. There was legitimately someone that was on the air yesterday and I was like, that's a really smart idea that they should mow their lawn today because we're going to get some rain tomorrow.

Matt Spiegel 2:30

Twitch says it's Big Z, but they might just be saying it was Big Z. Yes, it was Big Z that he had to leave Mully and them boys. Laila, did you hear Big Z's hot baseball takes yesterday? Always entertaining. No, I miss this and I'm so bummed because you know I love it when he breaks character. Well, you know, he was asked if PCA is a shot at the MVP and he talked for 90 seconds about the White Sox after that.

Laurence Holmes 2:52

Yes. I love antithetical Brad Biggs and a little bit of the anti-hero. I love that. He said that Mr. David needs to be worrying about getting Steve Stone into the Hall of Fame instead of worrying about PCA and MVP.

How did the hosts describe the National Cookie Day competition at Wrigley Field?

Vinny Rotino 3:08

Which is a stretch. I think you can worry about both. I think you can. But yeah, I get it. Hey, we as a committee, I think we should worry about both. We got time. Mini Minoso got in. Speaking of you as a committee, how was your experience judging cookies at Wrigley Field last week on National Cookie Day? Let me tell you about the sacrifice I have made for the Cubs and for this station. Please, please. I had to not only experience expert cookie construction by three wonderful chefs who are all very talented in their own right, including a 13-year-old winning the competition. Wow. I got to meet Chef Robin from Levy, who's a wonderful chef, a brilliantly kind man, and just an expert in his field. And I got to meet Lee Smith.

Matt Spiegel 3:53

Oh, man. That's right. You were there with Big Lee, who is the sweetest, kindest dude ever. He was so great to talk to and in true form. He was our closer. He was the judge who announced the winner. What were the cookies that you guys were tasting? Chocolate chip, guys. It was really tough, okay? I really took one for the team. Layla, I can tell you that the next day when I was hanging out there because I was working the radio broadcast, I was talking to the TV guys, talking to Jim Deshaies, and he's like,