every time.

And that was Carter Hawkins. So, like, I'm the number two. And it's great. Like, people, you know, for the most part, leave me alone. Yeah. Finally, we come to my number two, man. His name, number two. Pretty excited about the Austin Powers comment there that you guys got rocking. That's three years in the make, and I'm surprised it just came out. So three years to get to that? I mean, come on.

Like, it was a layup a year and a half ago. General manager of your Chicago Cup. I would not call Jet Impulsive by any means, but eager maybe. He's probably a little more eager, I guess. And it's good. You know, there's a little yin and a yang.

You know, for every Dr. Evil, there's number two.

So, it's a callback.

That is great.

You're welcome.

You're welcome.

We enjoy when we get the opportunity to talk baseball with Carter Hawkins.

He joins us now on the score hotline brought to you by Potawatomi Casino and Hotel, the Midwest Best Casino.

It's the Spiego and Home Show.

The GM of the Cubs, Carter Hawkins, is now here with us.

Carter, thanks so much for joining us.

From the seat of baseball operations in the front office,

how do you guys view these first 61 games you guys have played?

It's been a roller coaster and probably one of the deeper ups and downs in my experiences and almost 20 years now.

I can give you a great rhyme or reason for it, but I think we've seen the talent of this team and I think we've also seen that we have some work to do. And, you know, there's been a lot of fun

moments, a lot of really tough ones, and we've got a lot of work to do for And, you know, there's been a lot of fun moments, a lot of really tough ones,

and we've got a lot of work to do for us to get to where we want to go.

Yeah, it's interesting. 20 years in baseball as an exec, and, I mean, two 10-game win-streeks

and a 10-game losing streak, and then, what, winning 15 straight at home and now losing

seven straight at home?

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