Kyle Schwarber shares incredible story of his rehab from torn ACL in 2016 (Hour 3)

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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4.2 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In the third hour, Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes listened and reacted to Phillies star Kyle Schwarber’s recent comments about his memorable return to play for the Cubs in their championship-winning 2016 season. They also reflected on Schwarber’s career journey. After that, the guys reacted to ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania’s comments on the Mully & Haugh Show regarding Bulls head coach Billy Donovan’s decision to step down from his job in Chicago.

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0:00.0	Bears fans.
0:05.4	Round one of the NFL draft begins tomorrow night.
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0:10.1	So keep it on the score as we follow all the moves made by the Bears.
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0:18.7	WSCR, WSCR FM in HD1, Chicago, and Odyssey Sports Station.
0:25.7	The score!
0:27.2	Spiegel and Home Show Flashback.
0:31.1	We thought his season was over.
0:34.4	He is playing for the first time since game three, way back in April, a Friday night, actually a Thursday night, in Phoenix, Arizona, where he suffered a major knee injury.
0:46.7	It's a miraculous thing, just having him here.
0:49.7	He's batting fifth in the order in game one of the World Series.
0:52.8	Amazing.
0:53.2	It really is.
0:54.0	You know, you got to tip your head first to Kyle and the surgeon that did the work,
0:59.5	but then all the rehab time that Kyle put in that Wrigley Field. We watched it progress all season long.
1:06.6	As a rookie a year ago, Schwaber came up huge in the postseason.
1:11.4	I'm sure you remember the home run in the wild card game that landed in the Allegheny River.
1:16.6	That was among his five home runs as a rookie in postseason play.
1:22.2	That's all you've got to know is the reason why he's hitting fifth in the Cubs lineup if he was available.
1:29.0	Wow.
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