The Boss Goes Yard and Rizzo Goes Tarps Off!

About this episode

The episode discusses a wild week of Cubs baseball, including Ian Happ's milestone hit and the dynamics of playoff success.

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People in this episode

Host: Ian Happ

Topics covered

• Cubs baseball
• Ian Happ's 1,000th hit
• Anthony Rizzo
• Trey Mancini
• playoff success
• baseball analysis

Keywords

• Cubs
• baseball
• Ian Happ
• Anthony Rizzo
• Trey Mancini
• playoffs
• homerun

Sponsors

Goodr, Parce Rum, Bruce Bolt

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Jomboy Media

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