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Spiegel & Holmes Show

Callers are still frustrated with the Cubs inaction at the trade deadline (Hour 2)

Spiegel & Holmes Show

Audacy

Sports

4.2652 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In the second hour, Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes took calls from frustrated Cubs fans as the club trails 2-0 against the Brewers in the National League Division Series. Later, Spiegel and Holmes discussed Brewers first baseman Andrew Vaughn’s resurgence in Milwaukee after a disappointing tenure with the White Sox.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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and I understand, listen, I'm a sports fan.

0:22.3

I understand that, you know, people want that, you know, that huge deal.

0:27.3

They want the instant gratification.

0:28.6

They want to see that, you know, number one starter, you know, walk through the door.

0:33.2

And I totally understand that.

0:35.3

But, you know, I could lift off countless examples of,

0:39.2

um, of deals that, you know, very quickly, you know, turned sideways. You're like, oh, my goodness,

0:43.9

they gave up all this talent for, you know, for this. And so I think you're constantly trying

0:48.8

to remind yourself through your experience of, um, you know, when you've been in this position before, you know, how you've reacted.

0:56.0

And I think ultimately, so it's a disappointment is the wrong word.

0:58.7

I think you try your hardest and push your hardest, you know, within your reasons,

1:02.2

when your boundaries to make deals.

1:04.8

But I think you can't be disappointed if you know you did the right thing for the organization.

1:10.3

As Jed Hoyer, he's on the fan.

1:13.0

I could point to one specific trade at the deadline that blew up on your team.

1:19.6

And that was when she brought in a hurt pitcher that immediately got more hurt and then it wasn't

1:25.7

available to you for the rest of the second half.

1:28.5

That was your team.

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