CHICAGO BEEF LEAGUE

Clearer separation between playoff bound teams and rebuilders now and getting closer to a magic number. 4 teams nearly certainly in and 2 more on cusp. We recap week 13 and somehow someone went 6-0 in picks. We briefly discussed rebuilding for Ferni Willow, and Brute Squad, but more to come.

9 weeks left and 5 weeks until the trade deadline.

So much airhorn. We discussed week 12 and preview week 13 but, soooooo much airhorn

We discussed matchups and discussed who should buy/sell. But its our midway point of the 2025 Chicago Beef League season, so lets keep the focus:

Hey
Don't write yourself off yet
It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on
Just try your best
Try everything you can
And don't you worry what they tell themselves when you're away

It just takes some time, little girl
You're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be all right, all right"The Middle" by Jimmy Eat World

Get your trades in! Don't be last!

With Aleks in Raleigh, we finally got him awake to record. Week 10 was a refreshing change for some teams. Others not. The hottest team lost to the newly hottest team, Ferni Willow finally broke a slump and we had some other matchups apparently. We look into week 11 and realize Chip is still in 1st place in our pick'em. Despite it "not being a competition", Aleks is still groaning about it. And we wrap with some nonsense about Aleks' love of Mormonism.

Its about time to call it a wrap for Vishnu and the Spearmint Rhino. But first we get into week 9, somehow Aleks' went 6-0 in picks, like when Billy Madison debated that one time. Ken and Mike's continue their HOT runs as the top teams in the league. We spend a few minutes reviewing the Spearmint Rhino and potential next steps on that roster. We appreciate the commish's decision here. We close discussing week 10 and the matchups ahead. Please pray for Ferni Willow for some good performance. PRAY, DANGIT!?!? Please? :-)

After a short and frankly disappointing TimBits from Aleks, we wrap up week 8 and look ahead to week 9. Look, some weeks are filled with joyous bits of content, and sometimes its less so. We had fun discussing the mediocrity of Ferni Willow & the seeming new top tier of Phoenix Rises & The Mexikens. At least we mentioned our unofficial sponsor at the end!

What else do I want the audience to know? Well, let me clear my throat. Ahem.

• TID-BUNTS (RE: Red Sox 1B conundrum, Sasaki & other news)
• Week 7 matchup results and pick 'ems leaders
• Week 8 matchups & picks
• The Book of Mormon & its incredible story

Welcome back to this edition of Power Rankings where we briefly discuss why your team is overrated (I'm talking to you, Josh and Jay). Ok ok...we start by reviewing week 6 results where Chip CRUSHED the predictions by going 6-0. Also, how is Aleks this bad at choosing teams? Just incredible. We touch on week 7 matchups before jumping into the Power Rankings. And yes, Chip was recording from the future. Maybe thats why he's so good at predicting matchups.

We recap week 5, aka Rivalry week for Chip/Suneel, whilst exploring the erratic, squirrelly Quality Start stat (is it better than Wins?). We look ahead to Week 6 already in progress and share our picks. We close with Aleks rant of the week, sorry, I mean new segment Samurai Hour about NBA and how the game has changed. And no, Bret Boone, the new hitting coach for Rangers is not related to Benson Boone. Sigh.

Its been 4 weeks? And Jay and Josh are somehow 4-0. What on earth. Anyway, we wrap up week 4 matchups, look at the top hitters and pitchers, and then look ahead to week 5 matchups. The usual schtick, right? Sigh, and Josh's offense is terrible!