Bleacher Bunch Network: A Chicago Cubs Podcast

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**Bleacher Bunch Network: A Chicago Cubs Podcast**

For fans of the Chicago Cubs.

Latest Episodes:

Cubs Pod Game104 (59-45) Jul 26, 2026

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Cubs beat Skenes and the Pirates behind good hitting and great pitching from Imanaga and Assad.

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Cubs Pod G103 - 7-25-26 Jul 25, 2026

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The Cubs squeak one out in Pittsburgh behind a dominant Boyd and an incredible Cubs defense.

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Son Ranto Show: This Anthem Slaps Jul 24, 2026

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It was a busy week for Cubs fans and the Ranters, as the 2016 crew came back to celebrate the opening of the new Champions gate. Plus Bernie Barron wins Ranter of the Year and a boomer slaps a guy upside the head for sitting during the anthem. Oh...and the Cubs went .500 on the homestand.

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Cubs Pod Games 101 & 102 Jul 23, 2026

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I have a long one for you, but I am covering two games that explain why the Cubs can be so good and so bad at the same time.

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Cubs Pod Game 100 (56-44) Jul 21, 2026

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Cubs and Tigers fly the T after Conforto, Suzuki, and Bregman flail wildly for no reason in what could have been an easy walk off win.

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Cubs Pod G99-7-20-26 Jul 20, 2026

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Cubs spank the Twins 10-1 as Imanaga deals and Hoerner hits again!

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CubsPS+ #118: Still Chasing the Same Answers, Ben Lindbergh (Ep. 37) Revisited Jul 19, 2026

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Two years ago I sat down with Ben Lindbergh — co-host of Effectively Wild, co-author of “The MVP Machine” — to talk through the player development revolution remaking baseball.

I’m re-airing it with a new intro. The reason: two years later, baseball is still chasing the same answers, and still hasn’t solved the same problems.

We get into:

• Why pitching always stays a step ahead of hitting

• How chasing every edge turned the whole league into the same team

• Whether the rule changes were ever going to work

• Ben’s fix: cap the pitchers on the roster, make guys pace themselves, and you get back deeper starts, more contact, fewer blown-out arms

A few references are frozen in 2023 — Hosmer getting DFA’d, Morel being all the vibes. Enjoy the time capsule. The heart of it plays sharper now than the day we taped it.

The thread to hold onto: every adaptation has a price — what it costs a player, and maybe the game itself, to become something different than it used to be.

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Cubs Pod Game 98 (55-43) Jul 19, 2026

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Cubs win a fun one in a very hot day at Wrigley Field

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Cubs Pod G97 - 7-18-26 Jul 18, 2026

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Cubs look anemic out of the gate, and today, the Cubs will dedicate a new gate as we meet up with the Ranters!

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Son Ranto Show: Twinkle Damn Jul 17, 2026

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