Opening Day Review + Nico Hoerner And PCA Extensions

About this episode

The episode reviews the Cubs' opening day loss and discusses the mindset needed to approach the season.

Getting smoked 10-4 on opening day messes with your head, especially when the opponent is a team you think you should handle. We talk through how to process that kind of loss without spiraling, what actually decided the game, and why the only real response is simple: take the series. That mindset is the difference between following baseball like a daily panic test and following it like a season-long story where the truth shows up over time. Then the conversation turns to the news that actual...

People in this episode

Hosts: Carl, Mahoney

Topics covered

• baseball
• Cubs
• opening day
• game analysis
• team mindset

Keywords

• Cubs
• opening day
• Nico Hoerner
• PCA
• baseball analysis
• game review
• sports mindset

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Organizations: Cubs

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