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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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Inning 1—Trade Deadline is Upon Us... Who’s next? Inning 2—If you could keep just one, would you keep either Javy & 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? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Outkick Sports reporter Gary Sheffield, Jr. joins the show. @thechadgordon @cubsconfines @bearsbarroom @ryandlieber @garysheffieldjr www.theconfines.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theconfines/message See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.