Clark and Addison: Born Into The Ivy
by David Butler
A baseball podcast about the Chicago Cubs by a lifelong fan who loves sports in general but whose ultimate passion is the Chicago Cubs! I will be discussing all things Cubs related on a weekly basis! Please join me, cheer with me, and evolve our fandoms of the Chicago Cubs together!
Episodes
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Who should the Cubs target via trade or free agency?
We talk about gold glove winners, the Cubs needs entering the offseason, and who they should target via free agency and/or the trade market
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Pitchers and bench review
Pitchers and bench review
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Recapping the Cubs starting position players!
What happened with the Reid Detmers trade that fell apart? We recap the starting position players!
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2026 Cubs Season Recap
Matt and I review the 2026 season
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Wild card sweep by the Padres...
The Cubs struggled at the wrong time down the stretch and in their 2 wild card series games. Terribly disappointing.
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Full Padres preview
Full Padres preview
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Cubs will playing Padres in San Diego!
Cubs wrap up the regular season and end at 89-73. Now on to the Wild Card series in San Diego!
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Cubs clinch and PCA is 40/40!!
Marlins review, PCA is 40/40, the Cubs are back in the playoffs and we preview a HUGE Red Sox series!
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Who should be on the Playoff roster?!
Reds review, we preview the Marlins and breakdown who we think will be on the playoff roster and who should be!
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Can PCA get to 40/40?!
Braves review, we highlight PCA and Alex Bregman and preview the Reds series!
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Cubs take 2 out of 3 against the Pirates
Pirates review, and we preview the Braves series...
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Can the Cubs avoid a collapse?!
Brewers implode the Cubs, and we preview the Pirates series.
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Big series with the Brewers...again!
Quick Marlins review, rundown of current injuries and rehab assignments, and a Brewers preview!
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Pitching woes have to get fixed
Brewers review, Marlins preview and why the focus is now on the Phillies...
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Cubs 150th team! Cubs bullpen has to get right...
Reds review, 150th anniversary team, Brewers preview and how are the new guys performing so far? Anyone realize Tyrone Taylor is balling?!
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What a terrible road trip
Terrible road trip and a quick preview of the Reds
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Cubs lose hearbreaking series against the M's!
Mariners review and a preview of the Diamondbacks!
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PCA 30/30 for 2nd straight year and Cubs take 2 of 3 from the Sox!
Sox review, Mariners preview and PCA is 30/30 again!!
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Rivalry series hurts the Cubs
Cubs blow big chance against the Cardinals, the home run ball is killing our starting pitching and we preview another rivalry series against the White Sox at Wrigley!
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Cubs win series, drop last game against Nats
review of the Nationals and a preview of the St Louis Cardinals!
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8 road series wins in a row!!
The Cubs win their 8th road series in a row against the Royals, we talk about bullpen injuries and preview the series against the Nationals!
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PCA for MVP?!
We review the Blue Jays game, preview the series in Kansas City and breakdown why Ian Happ should only play against RHP. Additionally I show why the Cubs are an elite offense, especially against LHP.
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Cubs sweep the Dodgers!!
We review the Cubs sweep of the Dodgers and do a quick preview for the single Blue Jays game.
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The Cubs make some big moves!
The Cubs add 5 players over the last 2 days! 4 of them being pitchers.
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TRADE Alert!! Kevin Gausman is a Chicago Cub!!
We review the Yankee series, preview the Dodgers and discuss some of the rumor mill and we learn a little about the newest Cubs trade acquisition Kevin Gausman!
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Cubs take 3 out 4 against the Cardinals!
Cubs take 3 out 4 against the Cardinals, Bregman's breakout, trade deadline candidates and we preview the New York Yankees!
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Great series win for the Cubs in Pittsburgh!
We breakdown the Pirates series, preview the Cardinals and discuss Jameson Taillon and his future with the team as well as whether this is the best Cubs defense ever or even in MLB!
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This will be a HUGE road trip to Pittsburgh and St Lou!!
We review the Tigers series, talk about Seiya and Bregman striking out all the time, and preview the Pirates series! We also discuss what prospects might get traded...
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The Cubs are back to business!
We review the Twins series, preview the series with the Tigers and remind you to check out highlights from the Champions gate weekend.
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Minnesota Twins preview
We preview the Minnesota Twins series! Facebook @Clark and Addison: Born Into the Ivy Twitter @dbutler79 @bornintotheivy
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Mid-season awards and much more!!
We break down where the Cubs stand at the break, talk about the positives of the position players and the negatives, and what upgrades the starters and bullpen might need. We also give out our awards for the first half. Spoiler alert, Pete Crow-Armstrong is the MVP!!
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Cubs enter All-Star Break 12 games over .500!!
We review the series in Cincinnati, talk about the current injuries on the Cubs and break down a little bit of the Cubs first draft picks this weekend. It's all-star break time!
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Seiya Suzuki breaks out of his slump!
We review the series with the Orioles, talk about the upcoming draft and how it could impact the Cubs and preview the Cincinnati Reds series as the Cubs conclude the first half!
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Cubs are entering a critical 15 game stretch!!
review of the Cardinals, preview of the Orioles series and why Ian Happ's season numbers don't always matter...
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Dansby Swanson with 5 home runs in 2 games!!!
We review the Padres sweep, talk about a historic run for Dansby Swanson, go over some possible trade targets and preview the 4th of July weekend series with the St Louis Cardinals!
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What team should the Cubs target to add pitching from?
We review the Brewers series win, preview the Padres coming to Wrigley, and talk about what teams the Cubs should be talking to right now about adding some pitching!
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Cubs sweep the Mets!!
We review the Cubs sweep of the Mets, preview an ill-timed Brewers series and discuss Jed Hoyer's comments on Justin Steele, the trade of Daniel Peterson and bringing back Drew Pomeranz to the organization.
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Pete Crow-Armstrong needs some help...
A little bit of a Blue Jays breakdown and we preview the New York Mets!
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It's time for Matt Shaw to be a starter in some capacity
We review the series against Colorado, welcome and preview the Toronto Blue Jays and I make the case for why Matt Shaw deserves to start regularly.
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The Chicago Cubs finally get a series win again!
We review the Giants series in San Francisco and preview the Cubs coming home to face the Rockies!
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Cubs avoid the sweep and stay above .500
Rockies review and a Giants preview...again!
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At least we have Ben Brown and PCA...
Giants review, preview of the Rockies series and why the offense has got to get a new approach...
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Can the Cubs get back on track?
We review the A's series, preview the Giants series and talk about PCA and his polarizing existence with Cubs fans and Shota's struggles.
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Is it time for a Dansby reset?
Cardinals review, A's preview and I think it's time for Dansby to sit for a few games and get his head right.
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Losing streak over, Winning streak begins!!
We discuss the end of the losing streak, the salvaging of the series with 2 wins at the end and we preview the Cardinals series. The Cubs offense AND starting pitching have got to improve and help each other!
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Embarrassing Homestand for the Cubs
We discuss an embarrassing homestand, the lineup shakeup and the starting pitching. We also preview the Pittsburgh Pirates series for this upcoming week.
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The Chicago Cubs have got to change something!
The Cubs get swept by the Brewers and don't look even a little bit competitive. What can they do to fix this?
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Do the Cubs need to change their hitting philosophy?
We break down the series with the White Sox, preview the Brewers series and discuss whether the Cubs need to alter their hitting philosophy.
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Can the Cubs offense right the ship in the Crosstown Classic?
We review the series with the Braves and preview the Crosstown Classic series with the White Sox.
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Should the Cubs trade Jaxon Wiggins to add impact SP?
In this episode we review the series with the Rangers, preview the impending Braves series and discuss whether the Cubs should/could trade Jaxon Wiggins for impact starting pitching. Logan Webb? Freddy Peralta?
About this show
A baseball podcast about the Chicago Cubs by a lifelong fan who loves sports in general but whose ultimate passion is the Chicago Cubs! I will be discussing all things Cubs related on a weekly basis! Please join me, cheer with me, and evolve our fandoms of the Chicago Cubs together!
Hosted by
David Butler