The Dreamcast, by World Series Dreaming

While hoping for the Cubs to walk off during our recording (spoiler: they did not), we hop on the Dreamcast again to discuss the preliminary offer exchanges in the ongoing CBA negotiations, the extremely inconsistent and slumping Cubs and how they might pull out of it, the wonder that is Ben Brown, and our hopes that the team will right the ship in June before they have to make a tough decision at the trade deadline.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

The Cubs have weathered some ups and downs since last we podded, so now we are back to consider the team's struggles navigating injuries (particularly to the pitching staff), problems with RISP, fan interactions, and stick around for a spirited discussion about the ABS system and the future of baseball strategy.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

After a rash of Cubs pitching injuries, the Dreamcast must apologize for the bad juju from last episode and focus more positive energies on a long and entertaining win streak, great performances from Nico Hoerner, the pitchers who aren't broken, and bats that are warming up, and the animal hijinks around Wrigley Field.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

After the first homestand of 2026, the Dreamcast returns to talk about the games that are in the books, the extensions to PCA and Nico, some thoughts on who to extend next, ABS and umpires, and more.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

As the World Series--I mean, the World Baseball Classic comes to a close on St. Patrick's Day, we talk about the excitement of the WBC as a whole, the disappointment that was Team USA and Mark DeRosa, the amazing run for Team Venezuela and Cubs closer Daniel Palencia, ABS strategy, Cubs Cactus League performance, and the cautious optimism for the injured Seiya Suzuki.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

With the Cubs chugging away in spring training, the Dreamcast returns to discuss the upcoming World Baseball Classic and some players leaving camp to participate, the remaining roster competitions, what to do with certain guys such as Ben Brown, the deficits of the Marquee Sports Network, and whatever [THIS] is supposed to mean.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

The Super Bowl is over and the Dreamcast returns to talk about the Cubs while sort of on the road! Topics this time include the strong roster construction, Alex Bregman's impact on the team already, potential extensions for key Cubs, the World Baseball Classic and spring training, as well as the Tarik Skubal arbitration decision that could impact elite pitchers going forward.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

The Dreamcast returns for the first time in 2026 to talk about the big trade and signing that just happened, our hopes for the roster which seems as complete as it should be come Opening Day, some annoying Nico Hoerner trade rumors, and a preview of the upcoming Cubs Convention which should be a blast.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

With the holidays fast approaching and the Winter Meetings done with, the Dreamcast returns to talk about what has happened, the Cubs' continued need for pitching, a proposed blueprint for supplementing the team this offseason, why the MLB offseason is so boring, and more.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, we discuss the upcoming Hall of Fame voting, some deals that have already happened in the early offseason, the return of Shota Imanaga and how the Cubs may approach restocking their pitching for 2026, and our skepticism on how much money the Cubs are willing to spend to keep this team competitive going forward.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

With the Dodgers having successfully ruined baseball (or did they?), the Dreamcast returns from a long hiatus of being bummed that the Cubs didn't make it all the way to talk about a very entertaining World Series, the unicorn that is Shohei Ohtani, Gold Glove defense, Cubs trades and free agency on the horizon, and more as the offseason has officially started.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

We find ourselves at the end of the regular season with the Cubs hosting a wild card series at Wrigley Field, so it's a good time to talk about how the Cubs match up with the Padres, roster decisions, our picks for best Cubs for 2025, and more. Plus some Savannah Bananas stuff, finally.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

As the Cubs play into September, the Dreamcast returns to talk about the rough stretch, key injuries, getting the offense back on track, thoughts on days off versus just using the injured list already, and pay tribute to Cubs Hall of Famers old and new.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

With the Cubs having started their West Coast road trip on a high note, we return to the Dreamcast to speak on the offensive struggles that are hopefully over, the pitching that has helped carry the team while the offense fixes itself, our picks for the postseason opponent and Cubs playoff pitchers we trust more, and the unlikely but still possible prospect of the Cubs winning the NL Central.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

The Dreamcast returns as the Cubs did make some key additions at the trade deadline, yet seem to still be missing one critical piece. We discuss the pitching situation going forward, what the trades that were made and not made may say about the team this year and beyond, the extremely annoying Milwaukee Brewers, and pay tribute to the recently departed legend, Ryne Sandberg.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Here we are at the 2025 All-Star break, and the Cubs continue to lead the division, albeit by a whisker. This time, we discuss All-Star activities and our thoughts on how MLB should consider improving the experience, the path forward for Matt Shaw and the Cubs' bench situation, trade wish lists, and some predictions for the proverbial "second half" of the season on the path to the postseason.   Note: We had to ditch Episode #110 for a wee bit due to metering with our hosting plan, but it's back now!   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

The Dreamcast recruits some new blood to talk about the latest stretch of games before the final run to the All-Star Break. We discuss the consistency of the Cubs to maintain a slim division lead, our thoughts on the Kyle Tucker trade that resulted in a couple ex-Cubs tormenting their former team, some thoughts on the trade deadline, and miscellaneous banter on athletes and fandoms.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

As we recorded on Father's Day and hope you had a great one too, the Dreamcast returns to talk about a lengthy but serviceable gauntlet of games to start June, some thoughts on Craig Counsell and in-game strategy, pitching performances and one Ben Brown, a spirited discussion about umpires, replay, and rules, continuous confusion about Turners and Tuckers, and one huge trade that apparently is allowed to occur in June.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

As the Cubs settle into another off-day after a successful home stand but before a tough road trip, the Dreamcast returns to talk about the run that was, weathering some significant injuries, the RBI machines in this offense, the surprisingly good bullpen, and some thoughts on how this team gets better as we enter June and hurtle toward July. (Note: We took this episode offline temporarily due to a server issue, we might replace it later, sorry for the inconvenience)   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

The Cubs are into the stretch against "bad" teams and continuing to hold the division lead, as we talk about the admirable yet flawed performance of our favorite squadron. We also talk about the debuts of Cade Horton and Moises Ballesteros, the impending return of Matt Shaw, being a good teammate, and MLB reinstating dead guys.    You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Although the Cubs couldn't complete sweeps lately, they have been steadily winning series and keeping competitive against some tough teams. We talk about the good things happening for the Cubs offense, PCA's maturation into a potential superstar, how the Cubs may navigate Shota Imanaga's injury and third base, and look ahead to a hopefully easier May schedule after another tough week against good teams.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

After one of the drunkest series in Wrigley Field history and 24 games worth of Cubs offensive prowess (laudatory), we discuss the Matt Shaw demotion, the Cubs finding ways to win in the toughest stretch any MLB club has had to face so far, extending Kyle Tucker, and the marketability of Pete Crow-Armstrong.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

With the Cubs having just completed their first home series at Wrigley, we talk about the 12 games up to now, our feelings on the team's current record and performance, some thoughts on the new torpedo bats, and some Final Four predictions too.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

With the Cubs having already played some games that count and trying to ramp back up again for stateside Opening Day, we discuss our thoughts on the Tokyo Series, roster moves yet to come, our hopes for when the games start mattering again, and sprinkle in some talk about the NCAA basketball tournament.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

With the Cubs in Japan, the Obstructed View crew get together to preview the two games that matter, and talk about Cactus League highlights, the prospects that shined, potentially extending Pete Crow-Armstrong, Cubs broadcasts, and more. Plus some stuff about the NCAA basketball tournament that's coming up!   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

As the Cubs remain undefeated (for now) in their (spring training) season of destiny (maybe), the Obstructed View crew get together to talk about the team's financial might, bringing Chicago back to the forefront as a premier destination for great players, the spring competition for bench spots and stopgaps in case of injuries, and the aftermath of the Alex Bregman sweepstakes that may affect teams that aren't the Cubs. Also, we're excited about being mere weeks away from baseball that matters!   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Let's set a disclaimer by stating that there's nothing inherently wrong with the Dodgers building a super team because it's kind of what we'd like the Cubs to do, but it's fun to complain about it anyway, so a parody was written and then recorded here, so please enjoy!   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

To distract ourselves from the apocalypse and existential dread, the Dreamcast returns to speak on the Cubs as currently constructed, what else can be done heading into spring training, some shaking of the fists at those Dodgers, and some random stuff about movies and football.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

As we approach the 2025 Cubs Convention, we get together to discuss the Kyle Tucker arbitration scenario, what the Cubs might do with all that Cody Bellinger money they're sitting on, the Roki Sasaki impact on baseball at large, and of course, the return of a franchise legend to the Cubs family.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

With the holidays coming up, we take one last look at 2024 with an eye on 2025 (unless something happens and then we might emergency pod). Topics include the ridiculous Juan Soto contract, the Kyle Tucker trade and its ramifications, continued buzz around guys like Cody Bellinger and Nico Hoerner, what else Jed Hoyer has to do to build the next great Cubs contender, and more!   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

As Thanksgiving approaches, we talk about the MLB awards, the Juan Soto sweepstakes and why the Cubs aren't involved, some intriguing trade speculations that involve certain Cubs, and what Jed Hoyer has to do to add to this team and (maybe?) save his job.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

We did a thing at Obstructed View in setting up a team-building exercise via free agency, so this time on the Dreamcast we discuss some ideal additions should the Ricketts Family find some extra cash to play with, the challenge of finding an ideal trade partner, and how to approach Jed Hoyer's lame duck season. Also, just generally being jealous of the reigning World Series champion Dodgers and hoping the Cubs can build a similarly talented team that can overcome injury and poor luck to win it all in the near future.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

As we recorded this, the Dodgers were cementing their NL pennant-clinching victory to go up against the Yankees for the umpteenth time in the World Series. We discuss the league championship series, weird slumps by elite relievers, who's going to pay Juan Soto a billion dollars, getting baseball to the masses again, and set up our little offseason team-building game to get the Cubs back into postseason baseball.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

With the MLB postseason underway, we talk about the postseason structure and results through the wild card round, suggest some quick fixes to the playoff format even if we think it's fine, and consider how the Cubs can find their way back to the postseason in 2025. Plus some quick words on the late Pete Rose if you dare to listen.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

As the Cubs' playoff odds continue to drop, we get together to discuss the slim chances, the bright future (whether the miraculous end-of-season run or 2025), some random MLB tidbits, and potential pitching rule changes.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

With the trade deadline looming, the Cubs did some trades and we discuss the ramifications of "not totally selling," smart buying, give tribute to the potential and awesomeness that is Christopher Morel, and discuss softball etiquette.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

The Cubs are on a relative hot streak entering the All-Star Break, so we talk about whether this represents something real they can build on, our thoughts on the trade deadline and what they should do, and the lone Cubs All-Star representative.    You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

The Cubs may or may not be coming out of their huge slump, but the outlook isn't all bad. We discuss Craig Counsell magic (or lack thereof), the usual stuff about the offense and the bullpen, and some cause for hope in the near future before the trade season ramps up. Plus Rice is moving and we pay tribute to the great Willie Mays.     You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

With the Cubs in a prolonged slump and answers seemingly eluding the powers that be, the Dreamcast ponders what is going wrong and what the players, coaches, and front office might do to fix things. Topics include the process, luck, and trying to tie it all together to make a run before the trade deadline. Also some bonus talk about those infield fly interference calls!   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

As the Cubs continue to scuffle while awaiting returns from injury and hopefully better performances, the Dreamcast crew get together to discuss the great starting pitching, what to do about the not-so-mighty M-guys, the coming of new prospects, and what's coming ahead after this off day.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

With the Cubs continuing to weather early season underperformance and poor injury luck, we still have to count our blessings for the team's strong start! We talk about the rotation strength and depth, the issues with the bullpen and Craig Counsell's limited options, the Cubs' place in the standings, and what comes next. Plus some bonus talk about baseball on TV and our love of Pat Hughes.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Injuries and poor performances marred the Cubs' record to start the season, but despite the title of this episode, the North Siders hold firm and stay on a winning pace entering an off day. Rice and the Obstructed View crew wrap up the Shohei Ohtani saga, talk about the highs and lows of the games played so far, what to do about Kyle Hendricks, and where we are going from here as the big guns return from the injured list.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

With the Cubs winning six of their first nine games (nice) against some tough competition, we discuss the spate of pitching injuries that has hit all of MLB, the Cubs' relative fortune with regard to injury and navigating their early pitching depth, the encouraging signs from this team, and throw some praise at various Cubs.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

With Spring Training done with and Opening Day just around the corner, the Obstructed View crew gets together to talk about the Cubs roster and depth, lineups, some award and postseason predictions, plus the really big thing that happened to the most visible player in baseball.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

At the end of a rather predictable Oscars ceremony, we got together to talk about Christopher Morel manning third base, some options for the Cubs bench and to paper over some nagging injuries that may spill into the regular season, make fun of the A's some more, and discuss the straggling unsigned free agents and some interesting new rule enforcements.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

We get together right after the Cubs' inevitable but still surprising Cody Bellinger signing (at least they agreed to it) to talk about how Cody's return helps the Cubs, some stuff about what Tom Ricketts said about the budget, the spring training action including Christopher Morel's adventures at third base, and more!   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

As the Super Bowl is over and Taylor Swift's boyfriend won, Rice and Berselius talk about the game that happened before looking at the Cubs preparations for spring training. We also talk about the various stadium situations around the league, some really bad new jerseys, and our hopes for an eventual Cody Bellinger reunion.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Since the Cubs (and MLB by extension) aren't doing much in the way of transactions, we are left with very little tangible content and a whole lot of speculation. Rice and Berselius get together to talk a bit of football, the waiting for Cody Bellinger (and others), what's going on with team ownership groups, the changing sports TV landscape, and the Hall of Fame announcement that just happened. Maybe by the time we see you next, the Cubs will have finally done something else, or we will be at spring training with little new to report.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

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.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

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.   You can find our blogs now with our friends at Obstructed View. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!