Recapping Cubs Convention and chatting with Rick Sutcliffe

Deep Dish Baseball — A Chicago baseball podcast

English - January 21, 2019 19:34 - 30 minutes - 13.8 MB - ★★★★ - 13 ratings
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Mark and Paul discuss their takeaways from Cubs Convention and Kris Bryant's comments about St. Louis (:35 mark), talk about the Cubs' plan for a TV network (3:05), recap what Theo Epstein said about Addison Russell (7:14) and discuss the Cubs' revolving door at hitting coach (9:48). The two switch gears to look at the latest in the White Sox's pursuit of Manny Machado (11:16), discuss the Joc Pederson rumors (14:57), talk about fan optimism heading into this weekend's SoxFest (17:31) and look forward to Ozzie Guillen's return to the event (20:10). Former Cubs great Rick Sutcliffe joins the show to discuss the 1984 team's bond (21:56), his take on the current Cubs compared to the 1980s (23:30), his impression of the "opener" role in baseball (25:14) and bouncing back from injuries (28:32).