Examining the building angst surrounding the Cubs' struggles in June (Hour 2)

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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4.6 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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In the second hour, Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes examined the building angst around the Cubs’ rough patch. After that, they reacted to audio from Maryland center Derik Queen and pondered whether the Bulls could select him with the 12th overall pick in the NBA Draft on Wednesday evening. Later, they celebrated Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner’s first homer of the season.

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0:00.0	Speakle and Holmes.
0:01.2	Craig Counsel.
0:01.9	When I'm on Sports Talk Radio, I learned that just keep talking, and that's helpful, right?
0:08.3	Could you expound on that?
0:10.2	No, I think that says it all.
0:11.6	Okay, good.
0:12.3	I'm going to go the anti-talk radio stance here.
0:15.5	Afternoons on the score.
0:18.8	Yeah, it's a season, and it's assigned up to be a baseball fan, the great part about signing up as a baseball fan and the great part about baseball seasons are, it's a ride and it's a roller coaster.
0:30.6	And it means you're kind of, you're built to withstand the ups and the downs.
0:36.6	And that's what you should love about baseball. It really is. And it means you're kind of, you're built to withstand the ups and the downs.
0:40.8	And that's what you should love about baseball.
0:48.2	It really is that you're willing to kind of take that ride of all the ups and downs of a season and the journey of it.
0:50.4	That's the greatest part about our sport.
0:52.2	And you've got to survive that.
0:53.2	And you've got to thrive in it.
0:56.1	It's the fun and beauty of our sport.
0:59.6	It is a roller coaster of love.
1:00.7	Say what?
1:02.3	When you're a baseball fan,
1:05.2	ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo-how.
1:08.1	That was Craig Counsel, who was just on with us.
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