NPDS - Boog Sciambi joins the show to talk all things Chicago Cubs! MLB announces All-Star starters! Is WNBA expansion a good thing? (Episode 1307 Hour 2)

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Dan Le Batard

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🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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We’ve got Boog Sciambi with us! We’re talking all things Cubs today! Kyle Tucker has been amazing addition in Chicago, but can they sign him? What do the Cubs need to be real contenders this season? (30:30) The All-Star Game starters were announced for baseball! What were the snubs? How good has Javy Baez been!? Lindor finally gets his nod! (38:00) WNBA expansion is here! Is it a good thing? (45:00) Wimbledon is upon us and Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff are both gone. Wow. Let’s talk about Coco Gauff and the pressure she has on herself to be great all the time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:07.6	And we are delighted to welcome Boog Shambi. the TV voice for the Chicago Cubs, one of my
1:14.3	oldest, nearest and dearest in my career in baseball. Welcome to the show, Boog. How are you?
1:20.3	I'm great. It's good to see you, David. What's happening? I do appreciate that you're here,
1:24.8	and just calling you the TV voice of the Cubs. To me, you'll always
1:29.0	be the voice that I associate with the Marlins with World Championships. But now that you're with
1:33.9	the Cubs, I want to talk Cubs because we're seeing good Cubs pretty much this entire year. And it started
1:41.3	in the off season with what many considered a strange and interesting, amazing
1:46.3	trade getting Kyle Tucker.
1:48.0	What's it been like having Kyle Tucker?
1:49.8	Is he really the reason behind the resurgence and the phenomenal offense that the Cubs have?
1:55.2	I think it starts with Kyle Tucker because you're talking about one of the top seven-ish hitters in all of baseball,
2:03.1	the ability to control the strike zone, the power, he doesn't strike out. And that is really
2:09.3	where you stop, you know, the sentence and reflect in terms of baseball in 2025. If you can get your hands on a guy or guys who slug with contact,
2:23.8	who slug but don't strike out, it makes your offense really potent.
2:29.4	And he's basically like Soto.
2:31.5	So, you know, not only that, but he steals bases.
2:36.9	So to put, you know, most only that, but he steals bases. So to put, you know,
2:43.2	most knights, the Cubs have the best hitter on the field. And so to put him in that lineup. And then I would say you need to have surprises, right? You need to have guys that kind of come out of nowhere.
2:51.6	And whereas they thought Pete Carl Armstrong would be a magnificent defender.
2:54.6	He has been.
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