Welcome back to the Monday Morning Cubs Show and it's probably the most disappointed and upset we've been in the history of our program. That's because the Cubs are playing lifeless and gutless baseball with no signs of life. It's sad and inconsistent and driving us insane, so we use today's show to process through our troubles. Do we blame the front office? Or the players? Or how much does Craig Counsell suck right now in keeping the team together? There's so many considerations because the Cubs have been so terrible over the last week. We do our best to sort it out before the most important week of the season. We need to make up some ground on the Brewers and we need to do it quickly. Hopefully the bats wake up on Monday's off day and we can get this train back on the tracks before turning our attention to the dreaded wildcard. Until then...

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- Carl & Mahoney

Welcome back to the Monday Morning Cubs Show and boy do we have a loaded one for you guys today. Obviously it starts with a brief yet sentimental tribute to Ryne Sandberg and what he means to Mahoney on a personal level. Then we hand out our weekly awards while looking past an ugly week that could have been much better or worse depending on your own personal outlook. Afterwards, we grade the overall trade deadline with specific grades for each acquisition. We also encourage Cubs fans to stop complaining unnecessarily because it's a lame waste of time when we're 19 games over .500 and in a dog fight for the #1 overall seed in the National League with the 2nd best record in Major League Baseball. Even so, we still do some complaining before breaking down every player in the Cubs lineup and where they stand right now. Like how Kyle Tucker is hurt but can't go on the IL because that would cost him more in free agency than playing poorly through pain. Or how Dansby Swanson has to adjust to how he's being pitched much like PCA has to adapt to inside fastballs. We go through each player which leads us to a very optimistic conclusion that we're a damn good ball club. Absolutely loaded show as demanded by this time of the year and we're lucky to be dialed-in every single day with this club. Hopefully you feel the same way but please listen to the show first and maybe give it to another diehard. Go Cubs. 

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- Carl & Mahoney

Welcome back to the Monday Morning Cubs Show and it's the most loaded one we've ever published. People are freaking out after a 3-3 week against the Royals and White Sox but it could have been much worse. The young guys stepped up and carried us to the Brewers series and now it's the biggest week of our lives. The veterans have slowed down. The competition is through the roof. And lurking above all of this is the biggest trade deadline since 2017 and it's not even close. We've waited so long and have watched so much average baseball to get back to this point - it's important we try to enjoy ourselves. Today's show is all about where this Cubs team is headed and the things that make us optimistic about a deep playoff run. 

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- Carl & Mahoney

Welcome back to the Monday Morning Cubs Show and thanks for tuning into a loaded show. Carl just got his driveway paved and he's laying the foundation for a big 2nd half run. Meanwhile Mahoney has a Hot Dog Focus group that plays well into his Monday Morning Minute segment. In other news we're not worried about the Brewers because they actually make us stronger down the stretch and that's a huge theme for maniacs. We're in control of our own destiny and we've got a bunch of segments to talk about it including Pitch Clock, Weekly Awards, Ball or Strike, Sabermetrics for Maniacs and a huge mailbag from 9 different listeners. We're starting to heat up going into trade deadline and we couldn't feel any better about where things stand.

Go Cubs

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- Carl & Mahoney

Welcome back to the Monday Morning Cubs Show with Carl & Mahoney and Holy Toledo is it a big show. We're in 1st place after an electric 1st half with unbelievable storylines. We're in the All Star Break with momentum but needing some rest. We got a massive trade deadline coming up and most important is a 9-man mailbag from some of the maniacs to get ready for this week's break. Seriously though we're just very lucky and blessed to do this show and bring some maniacs together once a week and we wanted to say thank you from the bottom of our hearts. The Cubs have a lot of work to do in the 2nd half and so do we. So thank you for tuning in and please know the best is yet to come for everyone involved: you, us, the Cubs. Everyone. 

Go Cubs.

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- Carl & Mahoney

The title says it perfectly. The Chicago Cubs are 54-36 and everything is pointing up. Are we even playing our best baseball? Carl and Mahoney think we're just scratching the surface as the team comes together for its last week before the all star break. On our mind are the snubs, how that actually benefits us, why Jed Hoyer is the big winner this week and a bunch of classics in Ball or Strike, Pitch Clock, Sabermetrics for Maniacs and Arguing Against The Internet. Long story short, we want to be the #1 seed in the NL Playoffs and that's the goal from here. Mahoney also briefly recaps a bad foot injury and a 4th of July on the golf course. It's a loaded show for a 1st place team. 

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- Carl & Mahoney

Mahoney and Carl are back for a loaded MMCS and we can't thank the Maniacs enough for showing up. What a loaded roster of things to talk about. Notably, the Chicago Cubs are doing just fine despite what you may see online. We're actually a very good team and that's reflected in the stats. Even if June was 13-13, it was a hard schedule and we're just getting our #1 starting pitcher back. We still have deadline moves to make and AAA players to promote and really so much to talk about. So that's what we do this week and we do it positively. Because in our lives, I don't know how many times we get to wake up on July 1st in 1st place with confidence. And that's where we are. We're confident. Go Cubs. 

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- Carl & Mahoney

Welcome back to the Monday Morning Cubs Show and it's a loaded one after a disappointed and rare losing week going just 2-3 against the Brewers and Mariners. Good thing is the offense is really cooking. Bad thing is wee need to make some upgrades to the pitching. We open with some quick pitch clock recaps on the week. Then we Ball or Strike into some interesting statistics for the maniacs that Carl cooked up. There's arguments, a mailbag from Mahoney and then a nice look at the Cardinals makeup from Carl that should help prepare for the biggest week of the year. We are 46-31. We are in 1st place. And we need to keep this train rolling bad. 

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- Carl & Mahoney

Strike. It's June 16th and the Chicago Cubs are still in 1st place and we got a loaded show to talk about it. Ian Happ is on fire. Kyle Tucker might be injured. Matt Shaw had his worst week yet. Dansby Swanson is a leader. The pitching staff is janky but good. We like Craig Counsell a lot. Carson Kelly needs to hit at the bottom of the order. We need pinch hitters. Maybe they're in AAA but maybe Jed needs to do some work before the trade deadline. We're about 3-4 weeks out from the trade market heating up. The Brewers are a tough team. The Mariners are cool. We're probably going 3-3 this week but I can see a 5-1 just as easily because the Mariners are in big trouble. Like we said it's a loaded show and that's because the Chicago Cubs are awesome this year.

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- Carl & Mahoney

Welcome back to the Monday Morning Cubs Show for June 9th and we got a loaded one for you guys starting with Kyle Hendricks' 100th career win, which we think is actually surprising. We talk playoff odds, world series chances and a janky starting pitching staff before heavy ball or strike. Should the Cubs have played differently against Skubal? Do we have a deep offense or is this its true colors? Do we still love Cade Horton? Michael Busch was awesome this week and Matt Shaw looks like a Rookie of the Year while Nico gets a raw deal. There's a bunch of reasons to be positive about a 3-3 week and a couple fun notes on Mahoney's list about his favorite band and maybe a fun fact or cracker jack. Go Cubs.

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- Carl & Mahoney