Was Cubs' 7-5 win over White Sox the Crosstown Series game of the year?
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What sparked the hosts' excitement about the Cubs’ 7‑5 walk‑off win?
Rahimi, Harrison Grody.
That sounds so crazy. 104.3 the score. Wow. I like that.
Middays 10 to 2 on 104.3 the score.
Where is your sort? Oh the layers, Tyler Buderball of the layers. Uh yeah, Shams also had some reporting that seems to have been refuted yesterday. That's another story. This is Rahimi Harrison Grody on 1043 the score. And I think before we get into the uh Oops, Adam Scheffner did it again portion of the program. Should we all read our favorite? Text from our text line today.
I haven't seen it. I'll go five
seven four here. My die hard Cubs fan mom just texted me, Cubs fan, and my Sox fan dad that she is listening, and she is more convinced that y'all are pro white socks. Ha ha. Look, I'm pro good baseball. And last night we had a great baseball game.
How did listener texts shape the early debate on the game’s significance?
It's up there early nom or I guess late nominee for game of the year, correct? We can agree on that? Yeah.
In all of baseball? You mean you're talking about like Cubs and Socks? Cubs and Sox. Oh yeah, sure.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. This one or the Edgar Carrow walk off game. Yeah. Oh, you're just
talking about Cubs socks games. Cubs socks games. Sorry it took me so long to figure that out.
It's fine. It's fine. Um and another person, two one seven, wants to remind us, because I remember this one very vividly. Check out PCA's bat flip after getting thrown at in triple A. You remember that?
Oh yeah. Yeah.
Why did the crew argue over pitching to PCA in the ninth inning?
That was that was w that was a great bat flip.
No, it's I I feel like we've gotten a lot of uh a lot of lamentation on the uh on the text line. Like four one four says it wasn't that hard to see what the outcome was going to be when Hagen Smith was rolled out. There was four total innings pitched in his career. LOL not to mention versus PCA, terrible move by the Sox manager. We talked about some of the good decisions that were made and I think those deserve credit as well. Doesn't that shouldn't that
be advantage pitcher though? Isn't it usually advantage pitcher? It is
advantage pitcher. In a spot like
that, have never seen the pitcher. That's usually what it is. And then the next time they adjust and then it bombs away. So usually it's advantage pitcher.
Except it's PCA and he's already got three hits and a walking.
And he crushes lefties.
Yeah, and he crushes lefties. My goodness. My goodness.
That's fair. That's valid.
What do the split‑finger stats reveal about the pitcher’s performance?
Two on seven, I'm upset about the choice to pitch to PCA because I told my girlfriend there was zero chance they pitched to him and now I look like I don't know ball.
That might be my favorite text of all of them. No, seriously though, like think about if you think you know what's going on and then, oh wait, they decided to pitch to that guy. But I I think you do know ball, sir. I just think Will Venable got a little too he got it t a little too platoon happy. Because look, on offense the platoon thing's been working for a while because Gritchick's been Dealing against left handers and Andrew Benintendi's been doing the job against righties.
Well Gritchuk, yeah, and and true to form, hit a home run in the game. You know, that's the other part of it. He hit that three run jack. So that that upped the ante.
Something we did not mention in the first two segments, but I want to make sure he gets his due. Shodem Anaga did the doggone thing last night because that man gave up the three run homework, but that was it. Ten strikeouts to tie a career high. The split finger was absolutely splitting. He had eight of those ten strikeouts by way of the splitter. He had fifteen swings and misses just on the splitter along.
Oh, and before it doesn't get mentioned, there he was again. I continue to worry about Sam Antonacci leaning into
the ball.
Right on the right on the elbow.
How are the Bears’ injury reports affecting the team’s outlook?
What are
you doing, Antonacci? Well, he's fallen behind. He's only second now in the majors and hit by pitch. I know, I could only three of that. He's like, I gotta make up for lost time.
Yeah.
I guess so.
I'm still laughing at Ryan McGuffey yesterday, saying he was gonna get absolutely worked by the outfield bleachers. Uh before we I th this is important. We wanted to note it. We will Bob and Weave with the Bears news today coming from Hallis Hall.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What sparked the hosts' excitement about the Cubs’ 7‑5 walk‑off win?
0:01–1:00
2
How did listener texts shape the early debate on the game’s significance?
1:00–1:29
3
Why did the crew argue over pitching to PCA in the ninth inning?
1:29–2:22
4
What do the split‑finger stats reveal about the pitcher’s performance?
2:22–3:35
5
How are the Bears’ injury reports affecting the team’s outlook?
3:35–4:22
6
Which running backs are emerging as key options for the Bears?
4:22–5:45
7
What’s the latest on the Bears’ backfield depth and future plans?
5:45–7:21
8
What NFL topics will the show cover after the Cubs discussion?
7:21–7:43
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