Chicago Cubs: It's a SLUMP, not a COLLAPSE - Don't Panic.
Dan Bernstein Unfiltered
312 Sports
4.6 • 734 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Dan Bernstein has a clear message for Craig Counsell and the Chicago Cubs: don’t panic.
0:00 Cubs
15:30 NBA
28:00 Kyle Busch
46:40 Local Hunger
57:40 DBU Picks
Despite a brutal 9-game losing streak that’s knocked the Cubs out of first place, Bernstein urges patience and perspective as the season grinds on. Is this just a rough stretch, or something deeper?
We shift to the NBA Playoffs, where the Western Conference has delivered absolute fire. OKC and San Antonio have put on a show, while the Knicks sit and wait to see who earns the right to meet them in the Finals. We break down the matchups, the stars, and what’s next.
Plus, we react to the tragic death of Kyle Busch — a loss that raises serious questions about safety and prevention.
We wrap it all up with DBU Picks, giving you our best bets and insights.
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| 0:00.0 | A support group for barely functioning adults. It's the Dave and Mahoney show. You know I dated a phone sex operator? Did she know that you were dating? They would have to go into like a call center, cubicles and stuff like that. Can you imagine having phone sex with some lonely guy while you're sitting in a cubicle? Do you think that it would make you more competitive? Did you have to ding the bell? Yeah, I got one. He's done. |
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| 0:31.8 | Dan Bernstein unfiltered. |
| 0:33.7 | Unfiltered on 312 sports. |
| 0:38.2 | DBU on 312 brought to you in partnership with my bookie. |
| 0:44.7 | The Cubs must ride out this storm and it sucks, but I don't really think there's another choice right now. |
| 0:53.9 | And I keep asking myself, |
| 0:55.3 | above and beyond how I feel as a fan. And we all know how we feel watching the games. And it, |
| 1:02.3 | it hurts and it sucks and it's annoying. And it is, you have to admit, it's getting funny. |
| 1:16.8 | And I don't want to say they're fun bad because they're not. |
| 1:18.0 | The Cubs aren't bad. |
| 1:20.3 | So they're certainly not fun bad. |
| 1:24.7 | But some of the stuff that goes on in a streak like this, some of the, oh, come on. |
| 1:26.5 | Some of those moments are starting to pile up a little bit where you just, even when there's a lead, you can't. And then I started to think, am I at fault? And, you know, when I, because every time I open the app, even when I'm out, when I'm watching, when I'm not watching, like, well, if I were watching, that wouldn't happen happened. Well, if I were listening, that would have happened. Well, if I had stopped and then every time I look at my phone, if I turn off my phone and I turn on my phone now that now the score is going to be different, we all get in our head and we all start playing games there about the cosmic balance of baseball. But some of this stuff is just baseball. |
| 2:06.0 | And this is why you've got on sort of multiple tracks here, |
| 2:07.7 | different things going on, |
| 2:15.5 | where the best possible response at the moment is less is more. |
| 2:26.2 | You cannot, you cannot send any message of panic, even if there may be reason for panic. |
| 2:29.0 | And the reasons for panic would be miscalculations about certain players who just aren't what you thought |
| 2:37.8 | they were. And for the most part, I think the Cubs know their roster really well. I think they know |
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