Alright folks, not much has happened for the Cubs since last year, but since "last year" was right before Christmas and "this year" just barely started, maybe it's not so bad? Skip and Rice hang out to talk about the lack of action, and what can still be done to make this Cubs team competitive in 2024. Plus some musings on how to speed up the transaction process for our own entertainment.

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As the Cubs lost out on Plan A (Shohei Ohtani) and Plan B (Juan Soto), we look at the shenanigans leading up to Ohtani's declaration of fealty to the Dodgers, the various journalistic failures surrounding free agency so far, and what the Cubs can still do between now and spring training to get back to the postseason even though they did lose out on the big boys.

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Right after the awards announcements but before Thanksgiving, there is a lull of transactional fun as the Cubs fill their coaching staff, protect some prospects from Rule 5, and re-sign our handsome hero, Patrick Wisdom. We dream about forever Cub Shohei Ohtani, some other moves on the horizon, and are thankful we are not the ex-Oakland A's and their terrible, no-good owner.

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Fun fact, we had this recorded the night before free agency, and then the Cubs went and hired Craig Counsell, so you get a two-for-the-price of one as we talk about the World Series that just happened, the Gold Gloves, and then how this new hire changes the trajectory of the potential 2024 World Series champion Cubs...

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We didn't know who would be in the World Series when this was recorded, but congratulations to the Texas Rangers and the Arizona Diamondbacks. Rice and the folks from Obstructed View talk about our experience with this year's playoffs, the merits of the playoff structure, and our hopes and dreams for the 2024 Cubs so they can have this much fun too.

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With the Cubs eliminated and no more Cubs baseball until next spring, Rice and the jabronis of Obstructed View ponder what could have been and discuss:

- What went right

- What went wrong

- How to fix it

- David Ross the manager

- Potential additions and retentions to the team

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Alas, the Cubs did not win during our latest recording session due to a most unfortunate error (and many other things) stemming from what we talk about in this episode, which includes how the Cubs depth is being tested to the extremes as the season wears them down, and the tenuous grip on that final postseason berth which is now the most likely way they make it to the tournament. We also talk about the season's most likely award winners and conjure up some hopefully positive juju for more baseball come next week.

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Rice and Berselius talk about whether we can still be happy with this season if the Cubs miss the postseason, the hope we have for these final two weeks, and more as we are in crunch time, just as we had hoped from the beginning!

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Rice and Berselius hang out to talk about his trip to Wrigley after a decade, some good spots and some bad spots during this latest struggle stretch for the Cubs, and try to do some math to figure out what the Cubs need to actually do to clinch a playoff spot, and maybe even the division if they would get their act together.

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Rice and Adam hang out to talk about the recent run of success for the Cubs, their ongoing series against the NL Central-leading Brewers, some fun performances by young Cubs pitching, the very likely Wild Card round considerations, and also have some time to yell at clouds about the decline of certain social media platforms.

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