Transition with Spiegel & Holmes - July 20, 2026

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What are the hosts joking about and who appears in the show opener?

Mark Grote 0:00

Any chance that you put the training camp hat on, put on a little bit of lotion, suntan lotion?

Marshall Harris 0:08

I mean, when you said put on some lotion, I was like, whoa, where are you going with this groat? I knew I had to clarify. Put it in the basket. That's where the lotion goes.

Mark Grote 0:16

He puts the lotion in the basket.

Marshall Harris 0:19

Don't you make me hurt your dog. Oiling and lotioning and lotioning and oiling. I can't take it anymore.

Mark Grote 0:24

I'd love to see Paul Sullivan put the big camp hat on. Come on out there. But he's too busy covering good baseball. Oh, it's so nice. Great baseball. It was a pleasure working with you today, Marshall, like it always is.

Marshall Harris 0:36

I had a good time talking about the first place team in town. You guys both sounded surprised. It's a pleasure working with you. I had a good time. Well, sometimes we have a good time. Sometimes we have a great time. I feel like today we had a great time.

Mark Grote 0:49

You never know what's going to happen at the beginning of a show. That's the beauty of radio, right? It's impromptu, and we don't know what's going to happen. We don't know who we're going to make angry. We don't know whose feelings are going to be hurt when we walk out of the studio. You just never know. But thank you. to Paul Sullivan for coming on the show of the Chicago Tribune, talking baseball. He was at the big reunion weekend for the Chicago Cubs. Josh Nelson of the Sox Machine joined us for a couple segments today. We thank him for that. Credit for... Oh, it was so good. A couple of double-barrel segments with Josh Nelson. Credit for this well-produced show today goes to the guys on the other side of the glass.

Mark Grote 1:26

I see them right there. Ray Diaz and a five-butte day for Tyler Buterbaugh as well. Good job, Tyler. Great job, Tyler. I said it too. I said it too. And then Brandon Fryer, who we owe a lot to for producing this show here today. Right, Brandon Fryer? Pre-game speech.

Laurence Holmes 1:41

The show would be nothing without the Brandon Fryer control room pre-game speech. I got to tell you, that's a guy that needs more exposure here. I completely agree. Brandon Fryer is funny and interesting, and he's behind the scenes. He doesn't... Kind of just kind of hangs.

Matt Spiegel 2:00

He likes being behind the scenes.

Laurence Holmes 2:02

I know he does.

Matt Spiegel 2:02

But he's got theories, too. Yeah. He's got theories and opinions.

Mark Grote 2:06

Yeah, he does. They pop up every once in a while. I'm five on it.

Matt Spiegel 2:09

I'm definitely going to ask him about Daylon Swain next month. Wait, five on it? I think you mean pick six.

Who is Paul Sullivan and what did he discuss about the Cubs reunion?

Laurence Holmes 2:15

I'm sorry. Pick six. I'm sorry. Five on it.

Matt Spiegel 2:17

Those are very different segments.

Laurence Holmes 2:19

Very different. I'm conflating. One of them is at six o'clock. Correct. And the other one is at noon. Yes. Very, very different. Starting point.

Mark Grote 2:26

I would like to hear the Friar because the guy that I want to hear more from producer-wise is David Dykstra.

Laurence Holmes 2:33

He's only going to talk to you about Penn State. That's all that he wants to talk about is Penn State football.

Matt Spiegel 2:40

And his cousin. I was talking about Joe Carter having the statue unveiled. Lawrence was there.

Which producers and behind‑the‑scenes staff were credited for the show’s production?

Matt Spiegel 2:46

But I was talking about that, and David was angry because if Carter doesn't hit that home run, his cousin would have won World Series MVP.

Mark Grote 2:53

That'd be Lenny Dykstra, ladies and gentlemen. Nails. Joe Carter got himself a statue in Toronto.

Matt Spiegel 3:00

Lawrence was there. Oh, yeah. He was right there. It was at the ceremony itself.

Mark Grote 3:04

And Joe Carter means a lot in Cubs history, too, because once upon a time he was traded for a guy by the name of Rick Sutcliffe. It's true.

Matt Spiegel 3:11

And he was a broadcaster for a very short time.

Laurence Holmes 3:15

A very short period of time. I think he'd be much better at it now. Listening to him, I think that he'd be more comfortable doing that job now than he was back then. But yeah, man, that's a cool thing. So yeah, more time for Brandon Fryer and only more time for Dykstra if it's football season and if Penn State's any good. He can only talk about the Bears' tight end situation and be like, they got it wrong because they should have taken Tyler Warren at tight end.

Mark Grote 3:46

That's the only time. He looked good for seven games last year in that prediction.

Laurence Holmes 3:50

Still ranked ahead of Colston Loveland per ESPN in their front office and coaching sources.