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Cubs Open 2022 Season-Roy Wood Jr. Joins the boys - Ep. 50
Apr 12, 2022
42m 13s
Biggest off-season questions for the Cubs-WSB-TV Sports Anchor Zach Klein of joins the boys!
Oct 29, 2021
52m 50s
What does the Cubs off-season look like? Chicago Party Aunt Chris Witaske joins the boys!
Oct 22, 2021
52m 48s
What does the Cubs future look like? Mark Carman from NBC Sports Chicago joins the boys.
Sep 21, 2021
48m 45s
3 Weeks to Go…Cubs Shift to Spoilers while Evaluating those Left Behind
Sep 16, 2021
50m 11s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 4/12/22 |  Cubs Open 2022 Season-Roy Wood Jr. Joins the boys - Ep. 50 | 1st inning: How do we get excited about the 2022 Cubs? 2nd inning: Dissatisfied they didn’t sign any big names in the off-season? 3rd inning: What player are you most interested in watching? 4th inning: Is the rotation better now? 5th inning: Will Contreras last the season? 6th inning: Who are they better than in the NL Central? 7th inning: Roy Wood, Jr. Interview 8th inning: Ricketts buying Chelsea Soccer club 9th inning: Ultimate prediction on the season? @ryandlieber @thechadgordon @roywoodjr @cubbiescrib @fansided | 42m 13s | ||||||
| 10/29/21 |  Biggest off-season questions for the Cubs-WSB-TV Sports Anchor Zach Klein of joins the boys! | 1st inning-Work stoppage shutdown Dec 2nd 2nd inning-Contreras future3rd inning- Wisdom Silver Slugger finalist 4th inning- 3 biggest holes to fill this off-season?5th inning- McLeod leaves organization 6th inning- Is a game at Wrigley Field too expensive now? 7th inning- Klein Int 8th inning-Dusty still blames Bartman 9th inning-What if the Cubs had won the 2003 World Series @thechadgordon @ryandlieber @zachkleinWSB www.theconfines.com--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message | 52m 50s | ||||||
| 10/22/21 |  What does the Cubs off-season look like? Chicago Party Aunt Chris Witaske joins the boys! | 1st inning-Final thoughts on 2021 season 2nd inning- New GM in town 3rd inning- First move Hawkins needs to make? 4th inning-Which shortstop do you want? 5th inning- How long before they can contend again?6th inning- Where do Baez, Rizzo and Bryant end up next season? 7th inning- Witaske Int8th inning-Favorite TV show or movie filmed in Chicago? 9th inning-Which ex-Cub do you want to succeed the most in the post season? @ryandlieber @thechadgordon @chipartyaunt @chriswitakse @cubsconfines www.cubsconfines.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message | 52m 48s | ||||||
| 9/21/21 |  What does the Cubs future look like? Mark Carman from NBC Sports Chicago joins the boys. | What does the off-season look like for the Cubs? How does this team rebuild? Plus Mark Carman from Fansided, WGN Radio and NBC Sports Chicago joins us. @ryandlieber @thechadgordon @thecarm --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message | 48m 45s | ||||||
| 9/16/21 |  3 Weeks to Go…Cubs Shift to Spoilers while Evaluating those Left Behind | Chad and Ryan Breakdown those left behind, look at the Big 3 (Bryant, Baez and Rizzo). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message | 50m 11s | ||||||
| 8/14/21 |  The Dog Days of the 2021 Season-Orioles Broadcaster Melanie Newman joins the show! | 1st Inning-Jake’s Legacy2nd Inning-Cubs Lovable Losers Again?3rd Inning-Does Rafael Ortega have Staying Power? 4th Inning-Can Ian Happ Return to Form?5th Inning-What New Face Stays in 2022?6th Inning-Why/Why Not Watch7th Inning -Melanie Newman Int8th Inning-Field of Dreams Game Reax/Cubs Rumors9th Inning-Best/Worst Baseball Movies Twitter: @thechadgordon @ryandlieber @cubsconfines @melanielynneN www.theconfines.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message | 1h 03m 20s | ||||||
| 8/14/21 |  Baseball Hall of Fame President Josh Rawitch-Full Interview | Baseball Hall of Fame President Josh Rawitch joins the show. Twitter: @thechadgordon @ryandlieber @cubsconfines @baseballhall @joshrawitch --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message | 18m 07s | ||||||
| 8/5/21 |  The Great Chicago Cubs Fire(Sale) of '21 Aftermath-Baseball Hall of Fame President Josh Rawitch Joins the Show-Joey Christopoulos Guest Hosts W/Chad | 1st Inning-One Week Later-Thoughts of the Great Chicago Fire Sale of 2021 2nd Inning-Jed and Rizzo’s Dueling Messages 3rd-Thoughts in Seeing the Big 3 in other Uni’s 4th inning-Rating the Return/Replenishing the Minors 5th-Is there Reason to Support Rest of Year? 6th-What Needs to Happen to Convince You Front Office/Ricketts Has a Plan 7th inning Interview with National Baseball Hall of Fame President Josh Rawitch 8th Inning-Are the Ricketts’ Ownership Forever a Villain Now? 9th Inning-Wrigley Field Sports Book at Addison and Sheffield? Twitter: @thechadgordon @ryandlieber @cubsconfines @baseballhall @joshrawitch @bleavpodcasts | 53m 56s | ||||||
| 7/23/21 |  The Calm Before the Trade Deadline Storm. ESPN1000's Carmen DeFalco Joins the Boys and a Special Co-Host joins Chad | Inning 1—Trade Deadline is Upon Us... Who’s next? Inning 2—If you could keep just one, would you keep either Javy & Rizzo or Bryant? Inning 3—Bryant Situation Sketchiness?!?! Inning 4—Who is the Actual Leader of this Team? Is there one? Inning 5—Can this Team Make a Run? Inning 6—What if anything excites you about the future? Inning 7—Interview--Carmen DeFalco ESPN 1000 Inning 8—If the White Sox face the Brewers in the World Series…who you rooting for? Inning 9—Fondest Memory of this run 2015-2021 that doesn’t include Cleveland? | 44m 08s | ||||||
| 7/23/21 |  Full interview with Gary Sheffield, Jr. of Outkick Sports | Outkick Sports reporter Gary Sheffield, Jr. joins the show. @thechadgordon @cubsconfines @bearsbarroom @ryandlieber @garysheffieldjr www.theconfines.com | 17m 53s | ||||||
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| 7/16/21 |  The Cubs Fire Sale Begins. CBS 2 Chicago News Anchor Ryan Baker Joins the Show | 1st inning-Reaction to first half? 2nd inning-Offense report card 3rd inning-Pitching report card 4th inning-Manager report card 5th inning-What’s next? 6th inning-All-Star Game snore? 7th inning-Ryan Baker Int 8th inning-Pirate to KBO 9th inning-Previewing the 2nd half @thechadgordon @cubsconfines @bearsbarroom @ryandlieber @ryanbakermedia www.theconfines.com--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message | 54m 28s | ||||||
| 7/16/21 |  Full interview with ABC 7 Chicago Sports Anchor Dionne Miller | ABC 7 Chicago Sports Anchor Dionne Miller joins the boys to talk about the future of the Chicago Cubs. @thechadgordon @cubsconfines @bearsbarroom @ryandlieber @dmillerabc7 www.theconfines.com--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message | 17m 06s | ||||||
| 7/16/21 |  Did Cubs Losing Streak End Their Season? Gary Sheffield, Jr. of Outkick Sports joins the boys. | 1st inning-11 straight losses 2nd inning-Who’s to blame?3rd inning- Arietta on IL will he be back? 4th inning-Players on the trading block 5th inning-What teams make sense? 6th inning-Who should the Cubs keep? 7th inning-Gary Sheffield, Jr. Int 8th inning-Former Cubs All-Stars 9th inning-Should fans continue to pay to see this team play? @thechadgordon @cubsconfines @bearsbarroom @ryandlieber @garysheffieldjr www.theconfines.com--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message | 48m 31s | ||||||
| 7/16/21 |  Is the Cubs season already over? ABC 7 Chicago Sports Anchor Dionne Miller joins the boys! | 1st inning-The June Swoon 2nd inning-Why should they sell? 3rd inning-Why should they stay the course? 4th inning-Bullpen busted 5th inning-Time to say goodbye to Jake? 6th inning-Cubs All-Star Finalists 7th inning-Dionne Miller Int 8th inning-Best Ex-Cubs factor 9th inning-In honor of Bobby Bonilla day, what’s the worst contract in Cubs history? @thechadgordon @cubsconfines @bearsbarroom @ryandlieber @dmillerabc7 www.theconfines.com | 43m 05s | ||||||
| 7/16/21 |  Full interview with Lou Canellis of WFLD Fox 32 | Lou Canellis, Sports Director of WFLD Fox 32 joins the boys to talk about the Cubs 2021 season. @thechadgordon @cubsconfines @bearsbarroom @ryandlieber @loucanellis www.theconfines.com | 16m 46s | ||||||
| 6/29/21 |  Cubs Scuffle Through The Month-Lou Canellis Sports Director of Fox 32 Chicago joins the boys | 1st inning-Silent Bats 🦇 2nd inning-Baez benched 3rd inning-Hot Hendricks 4th inning-Playing out the month 5th inning-Zobrist lawsuit 6th inning-Sticky situation 7th inning-Lou Canellis Int 8th inning-NL Central biggest threat 9th inning-Sandberg anniversary game @thechadgordon @cubsconfines @bearsbarroom @ryandlieber @loucanellis www.theconfines.com | 47m 06s | ||||||
| 6/29/21 |  Full length interview with Dani Wexelman of MLB Network radio. | Dani Wexelman of MLB Network Radio joins the show. @thechadgordon @cubsconfines @bearsbarroom @ryandlieber @daniwex www.theconfines.com--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message | 21m 06s | ||||||
| 6/24/21 |  Will the Real Cubs Please Stand Up. Guest Co-Host ESPN CU’s Lon Tay. Plus MLB Radio Dani Wexelman | 1st Inning-Up and Down Week-Cards Domination/Mets Trouble 2nd Inning-MLB Sticky Crackdown 3rd Inning-Nature is Healing: Wrigley at 100% capacity 4th Inning-The Jason Heyward Problem 5th Inning-Rizzo/Heyward Anti-Vaxxers 6th Inning-All Star Voting 1st Round is Out --Break 7th Inning Guest Interview-Dani Wexelman is a host on MLB Network Radio on Sirius XM and her Twitter handle is @DaniWex 8th Inning-Pulse Check on NL Central: 3rd Week of June 9th Inning-Return of Beer Snake @lontayespncu @thechadgordon @cubsconfines @bearsbarroom @ryandlieber | 38m 57s | ||||||
| 6/24/21 |  Full interview with WLS ABC 7 Sports Anchor Mark Schanowski. | Longtime sportscaster Mark Schanowski joins the boys in this full length interview. | 19m 26s | ||||||
| 6/14/21 |  Cubs Back to 100% at Wrigley-Brenda Hilton of Officially Human joins us the Boys | 1st inning-West Coast Woes Trip? 2nd inning-Murray back for Opening Day 2.0 3rd inning-Kenney says Cubs are losing money, do you believe him? 4th inning-New City Connect Uniforms 5th inning-Wisdom is wise 6th inning-More on the IL 7th inning-Brenda Hilton Int 8th inning-Pitchers using substances on ball? 9th inning-Who are the Cubs All-Stars? Find and follow us online on Twitter: @ryandlieber @thechadgordon, @bearsbarroom @cubsconfines Join us on Facebook: Chicago Cubs Friendly Confines Facebook page Check out our website www.theconfines.com to join our newsletter. @offyhuman | 44m 27s | ||||||
| 6/8/21 |  NPR host, CBS Sunday Morning Contributor, and Huge Cubs Fan Scott Simon Full Interview. | Longtime radio host on NPR, contributor on CBS Sunday Morning and Cubs fan Scot Simon joins the boys in this special edition of the Friendly Confines. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message | 27m 04s | ||||||
| 6/3/21 |  The Red Hot Cubs Continue to Surge-Mark Schanowski from ABC 7 Sports joins the boys. | 1st inning: Winning solves everything2nd inning: Toughest month of the year?3rd inning: What should Jed do?4th inning: Is the Cubs farm system better than advertised?5th inning: Getting Healthy Again6th inning: Where does Heyward fit in?7th inning: Brenda Hilton Int8th inning: Cubs irked about not having full capacity9th inning: Lou Gehrig Day at the Ballpark Find and follow us online on Twitter: @ryandlieber @thechadgordon, @bearsbarroom @cubsconfines Join us on Facebook: Chicago Cubs Friendly Confines Facebook page Check out our website www.theconfines.com to join our newsletter. @markschanowski --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message | 49m 08s | ||||||
| 6/3/21 |  Full length interview with Iowa Cubs broadcaster Alex Cohen. | Iowa Cubs broadcaster Alex Cohen joins the show. Find and follow us online on Twitter: @ryandlieber @thechadgordon, @bearsbarroom @cubsconfines Join us on Facebook: Chicago Cubs Friendly Confines Facebook page Check out our website www.theconfines.com to join our newsletter. @voiceofcohen | 26m 26s | ||||||
| 5/28/21 |  Cubs Battle Back Into 1st Place-NPR Host and CBS Sunday Morning reporter Scott Simon joins the boys. | 1st inning-How does 1st place sound? 2nd inning-Can the Cubs keep this pace? 3rd inning-Javy creates the play of the week 4th inning-Who do you credit the turnaround to? 5th inning-Is Bryant the early MVP favorite? 6th inning-Hoerner is hurting 7th inning-Scott Simon Int 8th inning- Is Brickhouse the greatest Chicago sports announcer? 9th inning-Does this Cubs team remind you of a past Cubs team? Find and follow us online on Twitter: @ryandlieber @thechadgordon, @bearsbarroom @cubsconfines Join us on Facebook: Chicago Cubs Friendly Confines Facebook page Check out our website www.theconfines.com to join our newsletter. @nprscottsimon--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message | 57m 13s | ||||||
| 5/28/21 |  Full Length interview with NBC Sports-Bay Area host Jessica Kleinschmidt | Jessica Kleinschmidt of NBC Sports Bay Area joins the show. Find and follow us online on Twitter: @ryandlieber @thechadgordon, @bearsbarroom @cubsconfines Join us on Facebook: Chicago Cubs Friendly Confines Facebook page Check out our website www.theconfines.com to join our newsletter. | 28m 45s | ||||||
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