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I Do Not Have The Emotional Stability To Watch This Pitcher's Duel Between Jake Arrieta & Yu Darvish (LIVE BLOG)

We're under way in San Diego for what some would describe as the biggest game of the year. Maybe that's a reach but there's an off day then 3 with the Cardinals this weekend in front of a packed house. If you ever wanted to get a win, now on the 20th day of 20 straight games is that time. Put a ribb

Sooooo It Turns Out The Greatest Baseball Player Of All Time Is Actually A 29-Year-Old Guy Named Patrick Wisdom

We spent a lot of time talking about Patrick Wisdom on the last episode of Red Line Radio so technically this isn't news to you guys. But it turns out the Cubs have finally hit on a nobody journeyman and his name is Patrick fucking Wisdom. Just an absolute monster of a human being with the kind of j

I'm Sick And Tired Of Everyone Complaining About The Goddamn Strike Zone

I've been meaning to get this op ed out there for some time and I feel like now is the appropriate time. I'm sick and tired of people complaining about the strike zone. It's been a never ending war of attrition ever since that one guy installed all those high speed cameras like a decade ago. Now it'

The Big Ten Referees That Worked Tonight's Michigan State/Illinois Game Deserve Prison Time

Not really much to say that isn't instantly captured in the title to this blog. It's very simple. The referees that worked the Illinois game tonight should be federally investigated and sent to prison. There's really no other way to put it and yes I'm well aware that Illinois had a significant advan

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Hey How Ya Doin Can I Buy Ya A Bears Pre-Game Victory Beef?

Alright so in case you haven’t been paying attention, we’ve been buyin beefs on Red Line Radio for a good while now. Eddie introduced it perfectly to start the Bears season – it’s a token nod to those who have gone above and beyond in some abstract capacity to earn our respect. Or something like tha

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On today's episode of The Stretch we get into the Chicago Cubs 9 game losing streak and how the Curse of The Billy Goat may be back. We then get into further debate between White Sox Dave and the panel to which we ask the question: Is WSD actually a professional arguer?

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The Cubs May Actually Stink + White Sox Dave Is a Professional Arguer

All right, everybody. Welcome to the stretch. Before we get going, I want to talk about Mountain Dew. Listen, summer is finally here. It's a real day weekend. I played some golf over the weekend. I had the Mountain Dews ready to go. Have to on the golf course. They were great. It was actually got ki

On today's episode of The Stretch we recap this weekends cross town series where the white sox won 2/3 games. We get into Pete Crow-Armstrong trash talking female fan during the game, and the cross town rivalry coming back again. We then get into the Bears schedule release and break down our initial thoughts on the schedule.

PCA Trash Talks Female Fan, Cubs Sox Rivalry + Bears Schedule Release

All right, everybody coming up on the stretch today, we obviously talk about the Cubs White Sox series. Dave's gonna be upset with PCA for yelling at a woman. We're gonna talk about The Bear's schedule, amongst other things. We're going to get to it here in a second. Before we do though, this episod

On today's episode of The Stretch, we get into how the Cubs/White Sox rivalry is has lost it's luster, the Bulls getting the #4 pick in the NBA Draft, and confront Connor Burns for wearing White Sox merchandise to a Sox game as a Cubs fan.

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Confronting Connor Burns On White Sox Fandom & Is A New Era Of Basketball in Chicago Beginning?

All right, guys, coming up in the stretch, we're obviously going to talk about the Bulls Ping Pong Lottery luck. We're going to about the Blackhawks non-Ping Pong lottery luck. We're gonna talk Cubs Sox, we'll talk some Bears, and everything Chicago sports. It's a stretch. This episode is brought to

On today's episode of The Stretch, we get into the baseball teams in Chicago trading upwards. We also get into the NBA & NHL playoffs and breakdown the top 5 Chicago draft picks that broke our hearts the most.

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The Top 5 All Time Chicago Draft Picks That Broke Our Hearts + Baseball Is Heating Up

All right, today coming up on the stretch, we are talking about the blazing hot Chicago Cubs and surprisingly hot Chicago White Sox will also be doing a top five list of players, Chicago players, not just specific to the Bears who have been drafted by the teams and have broken our heart amongst othe

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Today (Today....) I Consider Myself (I Consider Myself)... The Luckiest Man (The Luckiest Man....) On The Face Of The Earth

I still can't believe we got to shoot the shit with Mike North in studio for an hour and a half this week. Just a couple of Chicago boys talking shop around Mike's proverbial campfire. Just a really cool experience to sit with the OG sports talk radio guy in Chicago and hear about his perspective wo

I Can Feel The John Daly Cocktail Argument Deep Inside My Plums

Pretty chaotic week here at Barstool with all the nonsense surroundingt he cocktaila rgument. For maybe the millionth time I'm still confident in my veto because I find a JD outside the spirit of cocktailing. I'd go as far as to say a Long Island toes the line and that fucking thing has 5 separate s

Rumor: Jerry Reinsdorf Will Go To Hell When He’s Dead

Allegedly. Based on recent conversations it seems almost inevitable that Reinsdorf doesn’t have a choice. There’s such an overwhelming hatred for this man right now you’d think he was running for Alderman. Sucks because the White Sox have a good roster and competitive juice to win a pennant. Certain

I Would Rather Eat Shit Than Watch Ryan Pace Draft Another Quarterback

Maybe I'm being dramatic but at the same time I think it's fair to say that I would actually rather eat a big healthy pile of shit than watch Pace make another move. We're so damaged I can't even begin to describe my anguish and desperation going into tonight's draft. And lucky for me, I'm not alone

Barstool Chicago Presents: Imma Buy You A Beef (with Lyrics)

Throwback Wednesday because this song is stuck in my head and now I'm coming for your brains. I wrote this song last year before Bears/Eagles. At the time I said this:  Bears Eagles Sunday 3:30pm Central Standard this Sunday. I can't predict the final score or how many times Khalil Mack concusses Ni

Red Line Radio Presents: White Sox Dave Can't Hit A Dart Board From 11 Feet

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