The ReKrap is back with instant reaction and analysis to the Bears narrow 31 point defeat in Detroit. As always, the ReKrap is brought to you by Celozzi-Ettleson Chevrolet and the Benkowski Sports Spectacular. Sure, the Bears are 0-2, but the greatest coach of our lifetimes also started 0-2 and one of those was an embarrassing loss to Detroit. So, it's all part of the process.

The season is in it's final weeks and it's time for David Brown to help us decide what races are real and who still has a chance to force their way into the playoffs. They look at the closest races and the remaining schedules to see who might have a chance (Giants?) and who's already screwed (Texas?) Then they take a look a the incredible second half of Cade Horton and how he's clearly the best rookie pitcher (and player) and not that skinny giraffe in Milwaukee. They break down the list of guys with numbers retired by more than one team (thanks, Ian Happ for the idea!) They also ponder Anthony Rizzo's retirement, what a baseball ambassador does, and why the Cubs keep burying their Utility Tunnel of Fame induction during football's first big Sunday. All that, and more.

Your favorite overreaction podcast is back, it's the REKRAP, not to be confused with that other one of a similar name. We've got big time sponsors, and we're ready to tell it like it is, even if it makes you terribly uncomfortable! The Bears played their first game on Monday night and we'll break it down as loudly as possible!

With the Cubs tumbling towards the playoffs and the Bears ready to kick off it's a perfect time to catch up with The Athletic's Jon Greenberg. We talk about Boog skipping out on the Yeti Yard, Jed signing old guys to make up for whatever that was at the trade deadline, Carter looking forward to 2032, and whether the Cubs are more or less likely to sign Kyle Tucker now that his asking price is bound to come down. We also talk Petecrow's lack of rest, Tucker's calf and the glorious return of Billy Hamilton. And, Jon says Ben Johnson is "pretty normal for a football coach," and a redass with a heart of gold, realistic expectations for Caleb, and how much less awkward every press conference is. Is Ryan Poles the weak link, and we joke about Kevin Warren doing...anything. All that, and more.

With Praz off the continent it's up to Andy and Oleg to man the Cubs podcast and they really hit everything you want to know about your favorite team. Topic include: Ozzie Albies Hall of Fame numbers against the Cubs and at Wrigley, Carlos Santana's role on the team and his three Grammys, how Aaron Civale saved the season, when not to warn your sons that one of the women in the receiving line at a funeral has a beard, how to prep for your Bar Mitzvah readings, throwing up on a tree before your wedding, why teams need to get back to hiring more scouts, moving the trade deadline back. why Ryan Poles should have pulled a Ricky Renteria on Matt Eberflus, what to expect from the Bears this year but the media won't let you. All that, and more. More? Yes, more!

The baseball podcast is back with David Brown and we take a look around the league to see what races have been run and there's really anything left to decide. Are the Dodgers more or less vulnerable the longer they go through the playoffs? Why are the Brewers not a real rival, and will they ever be one? Can anybody in the American League realistically win the World Series. Would radical realignment make things better, or would we all just get even more tired of Cubs-White Sox matchups? All that, and more.

The Cubs Podcast returns with the suddenly red hot Cubs (they've won four of five!) taking on those pesky Brewers. Praz fills us in on getting tossed from the bleachers for (get this) being too negative about the team. If that was really a thing, nobody would have been allowed out there for most of the 90s. Should the team take the players' oven mitts away? Why are they bunting? Ever? Is giving Kyle Tucker a timeout really going to help. Is Owen Caissie the greatest player ever? What playoff seed should the Cubs be shooting for with the division seemingly out of reach? They even take a break in the middle of the podcast to watch an old "You Make The Call" which takes an unexpected twist, and you'll never guess what Johnny Bench could do with the entire Cubs starting rotation. I mean, you really can't guess it. All that, and more.

Things are pretty bad for the Cubs these days. They've lost 17 straight games when they have trailed at any point, they have lost seven games to the Brewers in the standings since August 1 and haven't gained a single game on them on any day since July 30. Kyle Tucker's so desperate to turn his awful slump around that he's (gasp!) taking batting practice? Petecrow's struggling. Ian Happ just sucks. Michael Busch is only good ten games a year. It's a pretty sad situation. So let's take a look at how they got there, what two fallacies Jed Hoyer keeps hiding behind (they don't have to be stacked very high to hide him), and why it's risky to bring Owen Caissie up, and not just because he probably blows. All that, and more.

The longest running franchise in the history of crap podcasting returns with Andy and Mike D. breaking down 150 years of great, good, and awful Cubs' second basemen. Do you know who Ross Barnes is? Of course you don't, but you are about to. From Ryne Sandberg to Mike Tyson, from Glenn Beckert to Jiggs Parrott, from Rogers Hornsby to Rey Sanchez and so many others, enjoy a century and a half of Cubs second sackers. You know, they've had some pretty damned good ones.

Jed Hoyer make a few solid moves at the deadline but botched any chance of fixing the Cubs biggest pitching problem, and so his Cubs find themselves staring up at the Brewers and their pocket pancake loving manager Mat Purphy...or Pat Murphy, whatever. Oleg and Praz are here to talk about it, and we provide a much better name than "pocket pancake." We discuss if there are any Brewers position players who would start on the Cubs, and give Praz some bad news about Justin Turner. We also learn that Turner and Petecrow did a very nice thing for some Japanese newlyweds they met in Tokyo back in March. We make fun of Thumbo and complain about how Marquee fails to cover key moments in games, and how the Cubs came so close to flawlessly pulling off their weekend of tributes to Ryne Sandberg only to completely fuck up the thing they promoted the most. All that, and more.