SURPRISE: The Cubs Are Poised For The Playoffs!
Sports Talk Chicago
Sports Talk Chicago
5.0 • 832 Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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On today’s show, host Jon Zaghloul analyzes the Cubs’ recent stretch of success, and explains why Justin Steele should win the NL Cy Young Award.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, believe it or not, the Cubs are on a roll. |
| 0:03.1 | Sports Talk, Chicago. |
| 0:04.4 | Here, for John's Glu. |
| 0:05.1 | I appreciate all of you tuning in. |
| 0:06.3 | Subscribe to the channel for more Chicago Cubs and Chicago sports content. |
| 0:10.0 | Melo was sold over at Sports Talk, Chicago, and hit up our sponsor, Amish Country Farms. |
| 0:14.0 | Link is in the description of this video. |
| 0:18.5 | I wish I could have told you I saw it coming, but I really didn't. And as we sit here today, |
| 0:23.0 | the Cubs are firmly in position in the N.O. Wild Card, they are most likely going to make the playoffs, |
| 0:28.3 | and they're still in contention for the NL Central Division. How did we get here, and what the |
| 0:33.1 | hell's going on in a good way? I'll tell you, they are just the polar opposite of the White Sox, and they're doing everything |
| 0:39.4 | right. |
| 0:40.8 | And it's fun to talk about positivity for the cops again. |
| 0:45.8 | I have to say, and preface all this by saying, a lot of you didn't believe this would |
| 0:50.6 | happen. |
| 0:52.0 | A lot of you thought at the beginning of the season that Jed Hoyer should be fired. Jed Hoyer should be fired for constructing this roster the way it is. |
| 0:59.2 | This roster is not good enough. The players, where they're playing, it's not working. Jed |
| 1:04.4 | Hoyer has to go, not David Ross, Jed Hoyer. I found it interesting that we sit here today |
| 1:09.4 | and there's no credit for jan or not enough credit |
| 1:11.6 | there are talks according to some articles here about extending david ross who's actually |
| 1:16.8 | made some blunders in managing this team picking matchups putting guys in at certain times in the |
| 1:24.0 | game so there's talks about extending him but there's no or little to no credit, |
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