The Great Chicago Rebuild Podcast: Recent Episodes
The Great Chicago Rebuild Podcast
In our first show back in roughly three months we're joined by former big leaguer and current Great Falls Voyagers (White Sox' rookie ball team) pitching coach, John Ely.
Here's a little outline of how things went: - Intro - Bears vs. Bills breakdown - Trubisky assessment - Midseason grades for Bears - Midseason NFL MVPs - Warriors dismantled the Bulls - Which would you pay the big $ to: Harper or Machado? - Did Machado's antics cost him in Free Agency? - John breaks down his former teammate Clayton Kershaw's new contract - White Sox offseason blueprint - One particular pitcher John thinks will be a stud in the big leagues - A trade candidate for Sox? - Dorito Debate: Nacho Cheese vs. Cool Ranch
Former Stanley Cup champion Jamal Mayers joins us for a quick chat about the upcoming Blackhawks season. We also discuss him fighting Raffi Torres, the impact Marian Hossa had on the Hawks, who needs to step up in 2018-19 and more. Logan also asks him a couple dumb questions.
On the fifth episode of The Great Chicago Rebuild Podcast, Alex & Logan discuss: - LeBron --> L.A. - Zach LaVine saga and how GarPax will eventually overpay for him - The East is so barren...can the Bulls make the playoffs? - Cubs/White Sox midseason MVP's - The dumbest tweet I've read of all-time - Jameis Winston/what the Bears' record will be after we play the Bucs in WK4 - Can Alex name all of Edwin Jackson's 13 teams?
We are joined by Great Falls Voyagers (Advanced Rookie affiliate of the Chicago White Sox) Pitching Coach John Ely (interview at 12:45). We discuss the White Sox' organization's approach to developing pitching, why John thinks Rick Renteria is the perfect manager for the rebuild, the reemergence of his ex-teammate Matt Kemp (as well as the continued emergence of Mookie Betts) and how John felt when he gave up a home run to Bronson Arroyo. Plus: - SI thinks the Bears will finish 4-12? - Thoughts on the NBA Finals/LeBron
Logan and Alex cover a whole lot in the third installment of The Great Chicago Rebuild podcast: - We discussed BEFORE game one how many dirty looks LeBron would give J.R. Smith per night...little did we know... - Alex compares the Warriors to Tiger Woods - Bryan Colangelo-gate/the NBA is basically a reality show - Is Yu Darvish soft? - Rizzo's slide - Will the Sox spend money this offseason? - Kevin White hates the media - Bad tweet of the week