Cubs talk for Cubs fans. Hosts Ryan Lieber and Chad Gordon, hatched their plan for this Podcast while watching the Cubs take batting practice before World Series Game 6. Each episode explore 9 &#34;innings&#34; of topics with a special 7th Inning guest conductor/interview with a Chicago sports reporter/anchor or a leader in the sports broadcasting world. Previous guests include Andre Dawson, Joe Buck, Mike Wilbon, Chris Myers, Karl Ravech, Len Kasper, Pat Hughes, MIke Greenberg, Sarah Spain, Marc Silverman, Ryan Dempster and many more. Fresh takes by guys that follow Cubs baseball religiously!

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1st inning: How do we get excited about the 2022 Cubs?
2nd inning: Dissatisfied they didn’t sign any big names in the off-season?
3rd inning: What player are you most interested in watching?
4th inning: Is the rotation better now?
5th inning: Will Contreras last the season?
6th inning: Who are they better than in the NL Central?
7th inning: Roy Wood, Jr. Interview
8th inning: Ricketts buying Chelsea Soccer club
9th inning: Ultimate prediction on the season?
@ryandlieber @thechadgordon @roywoodjr @cubbiescrib @fansided

1st inning: How do we get excited about the 2022 Cubs?
2nd inning: Dissatisfied they didn&rsquo;t sign any big names in the off-season?
3rd inning: What player are you most interested in watching?
4th inning: Is the rotation better now?
5th inning: Will Contreras last the season?
6th inning: Who are they better than in the NL Central?
7th inning: Roy Wood, Jr. Interview
8th inning: Ricketts buying Chelsea Soccer club
9th inning: Ultimate prediction on the season?
@ryandlieber @thechadgordon @roywoodjr @cubbiescrib @fansided

Cubs Open 2022 Season-Roy Wood Jr. Joins the boys - Ep. 50

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1st inning-Work stoppage shutdown Dec 2nd 2nd inning-Contreras future 3rd inning- Wisdom Silver Slugger finalist 4th inning- 3 biggest holes to fill this off-season? 5th inning- McLeod leaves organization 6th inning- Is a game at Wrigley Field too expensive now? 7th inning- Klein Int 8th inning-Dusty still blames Bartman 9th inning-What if the Cubs had won the 2003 World Series @thechadgordon @ryandlieber @zachkleinWSB www.theconfines.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message

Biggest off-season questions for the Cubs-WSB-TV Sports Anchor Zach Klein of joins the boys!

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1st inning-Final thoughts on 2021 season 2nd inning- New GM in town 3rd inning- First move Hawkins needs to make? 4th inning-Which shortstop do you want? 5th inning- How long before they can contend again? 6th inning- Where do Baez, Rizzo and Bryant end up next season? 7th inning- Witaske Int 8th inning-Favorite TV show or movie filmed in Chicago? 9th inning-Which ex-Cub do you want to succeed the most in the post season? @ryandlieber @thechadgordon @chipartyaunt @chriswitakse @cubsconfines www.cubsconfines.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message

What does the Cubs off-season look like? Chicago Party Aunt Chris Witaske joins the boys!

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What does the off-season look like for the Cubs? How does this team rebuild? Plus Mark Carman from Fansided, WGN Radio and NBC Sports Chicago joins us. @ryandlieber @thechadgordon @thecarm --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message

What does the Cubs future look like? Mark Carman from NBC Sports Chicago joins the boys.

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Chad and Ryan Breakdown those left behind, look at the Big 3 (Bryant, Baez and Rizzo). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message

3 Weeks to Go…Cubs Shift to Spoilers while Evaluating those Left Behind

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1st Inning-Jake’s Legacy 2nd Inning-Cubs Lovable Losers Again? 3rd Inning-Does Rafael Ortega have Staying Power? 4th Inning-Can Ian Happ Return to Form? 5th Inning-What New Face Stays in 2022? 6th Inning-Why/Why Not Watch 7th Inning -Melanie Newman Int 8th Inning-Field of Dreams Game Reax/Cubs Rumors 9th Inning-Best/Worst Baseball Movies Twitter: @thechadgordon @ryandlieber @cubsconfines @melanielynneN www.theconfines.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message

The Dog Days of the 2021 Season-Orioles Broadcaster Melanie Newman joins the show!

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Baseball Hall of Fame President Josh Rawitch joins the show. Twitter: @thechadgordon @ryandlieber @cubsconfines @baseballhall @joshrawitch --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message

Baseball Hall of Fame President Josh Rawitch-Full Interview

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1st Inning-One Week Later-Thoughts of the Great Chicago Fire Sale of 2021   
2nd Inning-Jed and Rizzo’s Dueling Messages   
3rd-Thoughts in Seeing the Big 3 in other Uni’s   
4th inning-Rating the Return/Replenishing the Minors    
5th-Is there Reason to Support Rest of Year?   
6th-What Needs to Happen to Convince  You Front Office/Ricketts  Has a Plan   
7th inning Interview with National Baseball Hall of Fame President Josh Rawitch 
8th Inning-Are the Ricketts’ Ownership Forever a Villain Now?     
9th Inning-Wrigley Field Sports Book at Addison and Sheffield?  
Twitter: @thechadgordon @ryandlieber @cubsconfines @baseballhall @joshrawitch @bleavpodcasts

1st Inning-One Week Later-Thoughts of the Great Chicago Fire Sale of 2021 &nbsp;&nbsp;
2nd Inning-Jed and Rizzo’s Dueling Messages &nbsp;&nbsp;
3rd-Thoughts in Seeing the Big 3 in other Uni’s &nbsp;&nbsp;
4th inning-Rating the Return/Replenishing the Minors &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
5th-Is there Reason to Support Rest of Year? &nbsp;&nbsp;
6th-What Needs to Happen to Convince &nbsp;You Front Office/Ricketts &nbsp;Has a Plan &nbsp;&nbsp;
7th inning Interview with National Baseball Hall of Fame President Josh Rawitch&nbsp;
8th Inning-Are the Ricketts’ Ownership Forever a Villain Now? &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
9th Inning-Wrigley Field Sports Book at Addison and Sheffield? &nbsp;
Twitter: @thechadgordon @ryandlieber @cubsconfines @baseballhall @joshrawitch @bleavpodcasts&nbsp;

The Great Chicago Cubs Fire(Sale) of '21 Aftermath-Baseball Hall of Fame President Josh Rawitch Joins the Show-Joey Christopoulos Guest Hosts W/Chad

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Inning 1—Trade Deadline is Upon Us... Who’s next?
Inning 2—If you could keep just one, would you keep either Javy &amp; Rizzo or Bryant?
Inning 3—Bryant Situation Sketchiness?!?!
Inning 4—Who is the Actual Leader of this Team? Is there one?
Inning 5—Can this Team Make a Run?
Inning 6—What if anything excites you about the future?
Inning 7—Interview--Carmen DeFalco ESPN 1000
Inning 8—If the White Sox face the Brewers in the World Series…who you rooting for?
Inning 9—Fondest Memory of this run 2015-2021 that doesn’t include Cleveland?

The Calm Before the Trade Deadline Storm. ESPN1000's Carmen DeFalco Joins the Boys and a Special Co-Host joins Chad

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Outkick Sports reporter Gary Sheffield, Jr. joins the show. @thechadgordon @cubsconfines @bearsbarroom @ryandlieber @garysheffieldjr www.theconfines.com

Full interview with Gary Sheffield, Jr. of Outkick Sports

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1st inning-Reaction to first half? 2nd inning-Offense report card 3rd inning-Pitching report card 4th inning-Manager report card 5th inning-What’s next? 6th inning-All-Star Game snore? 7th inning-Ryan Baker Int 8th inning-Pirate to KBO 9th inning-Previewing the 2nd half @thechadgordon @cubsconfines @bearsbarroom @ryandlieber @ryanbakermedia www.theconfines.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message

The Cubs Fire Sale Begins. CBS 2 Chicago News Anchor Ryan Baker Joins the Show

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ABC 7 Chicago Sports Anchor Dionne Miller joins the boys to talk about the future of the Chicago Cubs. @thechadgordon @cubsconfines @bearsbarroom @ryandlieber @dmillerabc7 www.theconfines.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message

Full interview with ABC 7 Chicago Sports Anchor Dionne Miller

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1st inning-11 straight losses 2nd inning-Who’s to blame? 3rd inning- Arietta on IL will he be back? 4th inning-Players on the trading block 5th inning-What teams make sense? 6th inning-Who should the Cubs keep? 7th inning-Gary Sheffield, Jr. Int 8th inning-Former Cubs All-Stars 9th inning-Should fans continue to pay to see this team play? @thechadgordon @cubsconfines @bearsbarroom @ryandlieber @garysheffieldjr www.theconfines.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message

Did Cubs Losing Streak End Their Season? Gary Sheffield, Jr. of Outkick Sports joins the boys.

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1st inning-The June Swoon 2nd inning-Why should they sell? 3rd inning-Why should they stay the course? 4th inning-Bullpen busted 5th inning-Time to say goodbye to Jake? 6th inning-Cubs All-Star Finalists 7th inning-Dionne Miller Int 8th inning-Best Ex-Cubs factor 9th inning-In honor of Bobby Bonilla day, what’s the worst contract in Cubs history? @thechadgordon @cubsconfines @bearsbarroom @ryandlieber @dmillerabc7 www.theconfines.com

1st inning-The June Swoon 2nd inning-Why should they sell? 3rd inning-Why should they stay the course? 4th inning-Bullpen busted 5th inning-Time to say goodbye to Jake? 6th inning-Cubs All-Star Finalists 7th inning-Dionne Miller Int 8th inning-Best Ex-Cubs factor 9th inning-In honor of Bobby Bonilla day, what’s the worst contract in Cubs history? @thechadgordon @cubsconfines @bearsbarroom @ryandlieber @dmillerabc7&nbsp;www.theconfines.com

Is the Cubs season already over? ABC 7 Chicago Sports Anchor Dionne Miller joins the boys!

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Lou Canellis, Sports Director of WFLD Fox 32 joins the boys to talk about the Cubs 2021 season. @thechadgordon @cubsconfines @bearsbarroom @ryandlieber @loucanellis  www.theconfines.com

Lou Canellis, Sports Director of WFLD Fox 32 joins the boys to talk about the Cubs 2021 season. @thechadgordon @cubsconfines @bearsbarroom @ryandlieber @loucanellis &nbsp;www.theconfines.com

Full interview with Lou Canellis of WFLD Fox 32

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1st inning-Silent Bats 🦇  2nd inning-Baez benched  3rd inning-Hot Hendricks  4th inning-Playing out the month  5th inning-Zobrist lawsuit  6th inning-Sticky situation  7th inning-Lou Canellis Int  8th inning-NL Central biggest threat  9th inning-Sandberg anniversary game  @thechadgordon @cubsconfines @bearsbarroom @ryandlieber @loucanellis  www.theconfines.com

1st inning-Silent Bats 🦇&nbsp; 2nd inning-Baez benched&nbsp; 3rd inning-Hot Hendricks&nbsp; 4th inning-Playing out the month&nbsp; 5th inning-Zobrist lawsuit&nbsp; 6th inning-Sticky situation&nbsp; 7th inning-Lou Canellis Int&nbsp; 8th inning-NL Central biggest threat&nbsp; 9th inning-Sandberg anniversary game&nbsp; @thechadgordon @cubsconfines @bearsbarroom @ryandlieber @loucanellis &nbsp;www.theconfines.com

Cubs Scuffle Through The Month-Lou Canellis Sports Director of Fox 32 Chicago joins the boys

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Dani Wexelman of MLB Network Radio joins the show. @thechadgordon @cubsconfines @bearsbarroom @ryandlieber @daniwex www.theconfines.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message

Full length interview with Dani Wexelman of MLB Network radio.

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1st Inning-Up and Down Week-Cards Domination/Mets Trouble 2nd Inning-MLB Sticky Crackdown 3rd Inning-Nature is Healing: Wrigley at 100% capacity 4th Inning-The Jason Heyward Problem 5th Inning-Rizzo/Heyward Anti-Vaxxers 6th Inning-All Star Voting 1st Round is Out --Break 7th Inning Guest Interview-Dani Wexelman is a host on MLB Network Radio on Sirius XM and her Twitter handle is @DaniWex  8th Inning-Pulse Check on NL Central: 3rd Week of June  9th Inning-Return of Beer Snake @lontayespncu @thechadgordon @cubsconfines @bearsbarroom @ryandlieber

1st Inning-Up and Down Week-Cards Domination/Mets Trouble 2nd Inning-MLB Sticky Crackdown 3rd Inning-Nature is Healing: Wrigley at 100% capacity 4th Inning-The Jason Heyward Problem 5th Inning-Rizzo/Heyward Anti-Vaxxers 6th Inning-All Star Voting 1st Round is Out --Break 7th Inning Guest Interview-Dani Wexelman is a host on MLB Network Radio on Sirius XM and her Twitter handle is @DaniWex&nbsp; 8th Inning-Pulse Check on NL Central: 3rd Week of June&nbsp; 9th Inning-Return of Beer Snake @lontayespncu @thechadgordon @cubsconfines @bearsbarroom @ryandlieber

Will the Real Cubs Please Stand Up. Guest Co-Host ESPN CU’s Lon Tay. Plus MLB Radio Dani Wexelman

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Longtime sportscaster Mark Schanowski joins the boys in this full length interview.

Full interview with WLS ABC 7 Sports Anchor Mark Schanowski.

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1st inning-West Coast Woes Trip? 2nd inning-Murray back for Opening Day 2.0 3rd inning-Kenney says Cubs are losing money, do you believe him? 4th inning-New City Connect Uniforms 5th inning-Wisdom is wise 6th inning-More on the IL 7th inning-Brenda Hilton Int 8th inning-Pitchers using substances on ball? 9th inning-Who are the Cubs All-Stars? Find and follow us online on Twitter: @ryandlieber @thechadgordon, @bearsbarroom @cubsconfines Join us on Facebook: Chicago Cubs Friendly Confines Facebook page Check out our website www.theconfines.com to join our newsletter.  @offyhuman

1st inning-West Coast Woes Trip? 2nd inning-Murray back for Opening Day 2.0 3rd inning-Kenney says Cubs are losing money, do you believe him? 4th inning-New City Connect Uniforms 5th inning-Wisdom is wise 6th inning-More on the IL 7th inning-Brenda Hilton Int 8th inning-Pitchers using substances on ball? 9th inning-Who are the Cubs All-Stars? Find and follow us online on Twitter: @ryandlieber @thechadgordon, @bearsbarroom @cubsconfines Join us on Facebook: Chicago Cubs Friendly Confines Facebook page Check out our website www.theconfines.com to join our newsletter. &nbsp;@offyhuman

Cubs Back to 100% at Wrigley-Brenda Hilton of Officially Human joins us the Boys

Cubs talk for Cubs fans. Hosts Ryan Lieber and Chad Gordon, hatched their plan for this Podcast while watching the Cubs take batting practice before World Series Game 6. Each episode explore 9 "innings" of topics with a special 7th Inning guest conductor/interview with a Chicago sports reporter/anchor or a leader in the sports broadcasting world. Previous guests include Andre Dawson, Joe Buck, Mike Wilbon, Chris Myers, Karl Ravech, Len Kasper, Pat Hughes, MIke Greenberg, Sarah Spain, Marc Silverman, Ryan Dempster and many more. Fresh takes by guys that follow Cubs baseball religiously!