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The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #7: Cubs Get Beaned

By Steve Rhodes and Jim Coffman

The Cubs' big trade sure is part of The Plan - The Plan to fleece Cubs fans.

SHOW NOTES

* Sycophants.

Dude, stop embarrassing yourself. These guys keep making smart trades and u can't see it. Wow. @coolbearcjs
— David Kaplan (@thekapman) July 5, 2014

* Sun-Times: Cubs Add More Prospects To Core.

* Tribune: More For The Core.

How big can a Core be?

* Underappreciated: Manny Ramirez is playing once a week. Why?

"According to sources, when Samardzija proposed $100 million earlier this year, and the Cubs were nearly $40 million below that, his camp talked about coming down by $20 million. The Cubs huddled and countered by raising their offer by $500,000. Samardzija hung up the phone and started pitching."

Oakland Tribune: A's Swing Blockbuster Trade For Two Cubs Pitchers.

San Jose Mercury News: Billy Beane's Blockbuster Trade Shows A's Fully In Win-Now Mode.

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Driven: The Story Of The First African American Inducted Into The NASCAR Hall Of Fame

As Told To StoryCorps

Wendell Scott was to NASCAR what Jackie Robinson was to baseball. The difference was that Robinson played in liberal Brooklyn and had the backing of Branch Rickey, and Scott raced in the segregated South and had . . . nobody."

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Posted on Jun 20, 2017

Pelfrey's Proof

By Roger Wallenstein

Motivating Mike - and Matt.

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Posted on Jun 19, 2017

The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #157: The Cubs Are Officially In Trouble

By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes

And help may not be on the way. Plus: On Hahn; The Human Journey Of Scott Darling; Bears Look Good Against The Bears!; Dwyane Wade's Fake News; What Kevin Durant Has Done; The Pens & P.K.; and Schweinsteiger!

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Posted on Jun 16, 2017

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