No need for the Cubs to panic, but fans don't want to hear 'it's early'

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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4.2 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Laurence Holmes and Russ Dorsey discussed how Cubs fans reacted to left fielder Ian Happ's comment that it's too early in the season to worry about the standings.

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0:00.0	You got tickets laying around?
0:01.2	Let me know.
0:07.4	We're giving away a pair of tickets to see the Smashing Pumpkins at the United Center on October 14.
0:14.2	So are we doing that now, Tanny, or are we just telling people?
0:17.3	Okay.
0:17.7	No, it's a different clip.
0:19.0	Later on, when you hear Smashing Pumpkins...
0:22.7	Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins.
0:24.4	Homest Simpson, smiling politely.
0:26.7	When you hear that later on in the show, if you're the sixth caller to 312540-0-670,
0:32.6	you're going to pick up a pair of tickets to see the Smashing Pumpkins at the United Center on October 14th provided by Live Nation.
0:41.5	Russ Dorsey is in for Speaks today.
0:43.4	Yo.
0:43.9	That's right.
0:44.7	We've got the Radiothon tomorrow.
0:46.3	Danny Parkins will kick things off at 10 a.m.
0:49.3	for the Cubs for the Cure Radiothon and 100% of the proceeds go to Brain Up, which is great.
0:55.2	So you will get to see Danny for 24 hours straight here on 104-3, the score.
1:00.7	So to get back to the Cubs and the concept of it's early, we both know this.
1:06.1	Like we both, I think we feel similarly about it because of our proximity to people in the game that feel that way, Russ.
1:14.9	But I understand any Cub fan that's like, I don't like how this is going.
1:19.7	I don't want to see this movie again.
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