Away Games: A Chicago Cubs Podcast

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Sinopsis

Adam Mamawala and Kevin McCaffrey are comedians, baseball nerds, and giant Cubs fans, who live in New York City, 800 miles from Wrigley. Every week on Away Games they talk all things Cubs, with the occasional guest.

Episodios

  • Struggling Cubs, Willson's Injury & 2023 Schedule Release

    31/08/2022 Duración: 20min

    Kevin is out of town and unavailable this week so Adam is flying solo today to recap the past week of Cubs baseball. The good: Happ's big game on Friday, Steele continuing to show off unprecedented dad strength, and random fans having sex at a Blue Jays game. The bad: atrocious baserunning, bullpen struggles, Willson's injury, and random fans having sex at a Blue Jays game. (Public sex is nuanced.) Adam also talks about the case for shutting down Willson- at least temporarily- and breaks down the coming week of Cubs games as well as some of the spicier elements of the 2023 schedule. Thanks for listening as always and leave us a nice 5 star review on iTunes, would ya?

  • Cubs Keep Winning, Real Steele & Forecasting a Winning 2023 Rotation

    24/08/2022 Duración: 26min

    Kevin and Adam talk about the Cubs recent run of winning ways, Nico’s talk about winning to attract free agents and motivate this team to be a winner next year, the realness of Justin Steele (and #DaddySteele is accidentally created), what a winning rotation for 2023 would reasonably look like, and a check-in on the farm. We also talk about drinking early and how people shouldn’t eat *while* podcasting. Follow us everywhere @awaygamespod!

  • Adam Goes To Cincinnati, Steele & Nico Continue To Impress

    17/08/2022 Duración: 36min

    Adam is back from Great American Ballpark and has some strong opinions on Skyline Chili. We talk about the Field of Dreams game, the Cubs amazingly going for a fourth straight series win today, Justin Steele's continued development, and Nico's breakout season. We also discuss players who we've seen enough of (sorry, Rafael Ortega) and dream on Franmil Reyes actually being a part of this team's future. Thanks as always for listening and leave us a 5 star review on iTunes, would ya?! 

  • Contreras Is Fun, J-Hey Is Done, Franmil/Fan Mail

    10/08/2022 Duración: 42min

    After a chaotic trade deadline episode last week, the boys are back with a slightly less stressful episode this week. We talk about Willson's go-ahead HR and walk-off caught stealing and what it might take for the Cubs to re-sign him this offseason. Then, with news breaking this week that Jason Heyward won't be returning to the Cubs next season, we discuss the legacy of his Chicago tenure. We also discuss the waiver signing of big boy/big bat Franmil Reyes, how things are going down on the farm, and an interesting piece of fan mail we received last week. Thanks as always for listening and leave us a 5 star review on iTunes, would ya?!

  • 2022 Trade Deadline: LIVE! (Welcome back, Willson & Ian!)

    03/08/2022 Duración: 44min

    In a chaotic podcast, Adam and Kevin went YouTube Live to talk about and experience the countdown to the trade deadline, and boy, were there surprises. Mainly, of course: Willson Contreras and Ian Happ remain Cubs. We talk about the return for Scott Effross, David Robertson and Mychal Givens, and the big Soto deal as well as Toronto taking their shot at Whit Merrifield in a surprise-filled hour. But mainly: Willson and Ian staying? WHAT DOES IT MEAN?! Also, now, and forever: EXTEND WILLSON.

  • Saying Goodbye To Willson & Ian (Probably)

    27/07/2022 Duración: 35min

    With Kevin out of town this week, longtime friend of the pod Ken Schultz (Outsports, Bleacher Nation) joins Adam to absolutely fume about Jed Hoyer and the Ricketts. Honestly, indignant Ken is our favorite Ken. We discuss the emotions of what very well may have been the last homestand for Ian Happ and Willson Contreras, Ken's experience at Wrigley on Monday night, and the inexplicable sequence of events that brought us to this moment. Feels like we should be happier after a 6 game winning streak but here we are. 

  • All-Star & MLB Draft Recap

    21/07/2022 Duración: 32min

    Kevin and Adam are in sweltering NYC, where the weather is as hot as the Cubs are cold. We recap the Home Run Derby (Schwarbs got robbed AGAIN), the All-Star Game (more mic'd up and less John Smoltz, please) and the MLB Draft. We also talk about the looming trade deadline on August 2nd and how the Field of Dreams game may very well end up feeling like a minor league game. Best of all, we barely talked about the Cubs/Mets series from last weekend. You're welcome. 

  • Enjoying All-Stars Willson Contreras & Ian Happ While We Can

    13/07/2022 Duración: 41min

    This week we start with a lot of positive stuff, which means we don’t talk about the Dodgers series until about halfway through. Willson Contreras is now a THREE-time All-Star starter, and Ian Happ made his first all-star team as well. Isn’t it nice to have all-stars? We think so, and hope the Cubs organization agrees. We also run down the home run derby lineup (which looks great), talk about Justin Steele’s birthday/becoming a dad/pitching great week, and then do a little bit of a mid-season vibe check…that’s a little less positive than the first half, but hey, we contain multitudes. Happy All-Star week to everyone (but especially Willson & Ian)!

  • A Pat Hughes Cameo, Cubbies Playing Well & The Looming Trade Deadline

    07/07/2022 Duración: 42min

    After a two week hiatus the only way we could make it up to you was by starting this week's episode with a 3 minute Cameo from Pat Hughes to Kevin "The Face" McCaffrey for his 40th birthday. And to Kevin's wife Jaimie who ordered said Cameo, let us just say, "YOU THE REAL MVP." After listening to the dulcet tones of Mr. Hughes (sadly there was no mention of Benjamin Moore or Willson CONEtreras), we get into some Cubbie talk. Our beloved team has shockingly rattled off four straight series wins, three of which came against likely playoff-bound teams. We discuss the continued development of Steele/Thompson, the case to be made for three All-Star Cubs, and our sense of impending doom with the trade deadline just a month away. Oh, and pre-order Adam's comedy album would ya??!!

  • Keegan & Steele Beat the Champs, Willson Looks For All Star Start #3

    21/06/2022 Duración: 26min

    The Cubs beat the Braves two out of three behind strong performances from young starters Justin Steele and Keegan Thompson. Kevin is in Vegas for the week and put a bet on…a different Cubs game. Whoops. Willson Contreras leads the NL in All Star votes at catcher (vote Willson online, folks!) and Ian Happ continues a truly strong year at the plate, and that’s about all we have in the good news column to report. All our other good thoughts were bobbled and thrown away by Jonathan Villar. 

  • We Went To The Yankees Series. Sorry.

    14/06/2022 Duración: 34min

    Adam and Kevin each went to two Cubs/Yankees games this weekend, and it was a close race as to who got the worst of it. We talk about that three game series against the best team in baseball that went just about how you’d expect, the DFA of Clint Frazier, Justin Steele’s promising turn against the Padres, and the value of actual Major League Baseball players, and how bizarrely that is overlooked by a surprising subset of fans online who seem to celebrate anything bad happening with former Cubs, while being delusional about the present. Let’s have some fun!

  • Caleb Killian's Callup & Morel Keeps Mashing

    08/06/2022 Duración: 35min

    With the Cubs heading to Yankee Stadium this weekend for three games in Adam and Kevin's territory, we break down the Cardinals series, last night's stinker against the lowly Orioles, and Willson Contreras continuing to be an 80 grade teammate (deep breaths). We also discuss Caleb Killian's highly anticipated debut, Matt Swarmer and Christopher Morel continuing to impress, and the importance of giving Steele/Thompson time to settle in as starters. Lastly, we discuss MadBum being, you guessed it, a mad bum and our old wine-drinkin pal Joe Maddon getting the boot in Anaheim. 

  • The Director of Morel & a PJ Party

    01/06/2022 Duración: 37min

    It took until almost June but one of the Away Games boys finally made it to Wrigley! Kevin talks about his experience at game one of Monday's Memorial Day double header and the fact that beer prices haven't gotten any cheaper at the old ballpark despite, you know…(gestures at everything at the ballpark). We talk about recent Cub callups Morel, Higgins, Swarmer and Velazquez, starting pitching concerns both in terms of health and performance, and discuss Tommy Pham's Slap Heard Round The World* (*baseball Twitter). 

  • Steele Gets Real & Wisdom Goes Streaking

    24/05/2022 Duración: 38min

    Justin Steele followed a 10K performance, with a possibly even more dominant 9K performance, and he’s now the rotation’s leader in ERA. Patrick Wisdom homered in 4 consecutive games while showing off his bat’s big knob (all of that is literal, not dirty, no matter what it sounds like), and Christopher Morel has impressed at multiple positions while combining the most iconic home runs of Willson Contreras and Dexter Fowler’s careers. That’s all the good news, folks! We also talk about the pile of garbage that occasionally plays 3rd base for the Yankees, social media news of the week, and how the inexcusable second consecutive year of selling off is due to begin any moment. Twitter: @awaygamespod

  • Willson F’n Contreras 4-Ever...and Welcoming 2 New Cubs)

    17/05/2022 Duración: 38min

    Willson Contreras. What else do you want? His 100th homer was a grand slam, appropriately at what should be his forever home of Wrigley Field, and his intensity for a 14-20 team is still World Series-worthy. We talk about him, and how there is no reasonable way forward but an extension. We also talk about the two newest Cubs called to the bigs: Christopher Morel and Brandon Hughes, both unusual players in fun ways. The Cubs have won 3 in a row and 5 of 7, led by -- you guessed it — Willson Contreras. We also talk about the fast-working Wade Miley and the swagger of an improving Justin Steele after his 10 K start in Arizona.

  • Always Beating Corbin Burnes (and No One Else)

    04/05/2022 Duración: 30min

    Ian Happ and Justin Steele both had big weeks: within 24 hours, they each got engaged…and that’s the best news we’ve got! Marcus Stroman also dominated in Milwaukee (Cubs beat Corbin Burnes AGAIN), Alfonso Rivas looks like he is inching toward “regular 1B status,” and we consider Ian Happ as a sensible extension candidate (lol, we know the Cubs don’t do that, but we can dream!). We also talk about a few of the Cubs rising prospects: Caleb Kilian, PCA, and the very fun and under-the-radar Cam Sanders. On the disappointing side, we talk about the Cubs actual game results and Frank Schwindel’s borderline shocking peripherals. Follow us over @awaygamespod and tweet us literally anything except any talk about the “Pitch Lab”!

  • All We Can Remember is Cubs Win 21-0, Then It Gets Fuzzy

    27/04/2022 Duración: 34min

    What we know: there was one good Cubs game last week. A 21-0 win over the Pirates. And then, close loss at home copy/paste over and over. In the beginning of season #3, we talk about where we stand on David Ross’s managerial style, and talk about the good (Seiya & his insanely selective plate approach), the bad (consistently playing 1/3 of this team out of position, defensively) and the curious (Justin Steele’s stamina/velocity drop) as we find our team 7-9, which is more in line with what most people expected.

  • The Contact Cubs & An Exciting Bullpen

    20/04/2022 Duración: 31min

    Two podcasts, two weeks of the Cubs being over .500. We talk about the new look, high contact bats the Cubs offense is relying on (and the downside of all those double plays), NL Player of the Week Seiya Suzuki and his perfect plate approach, a weird series in Colorado, and the exciting young bullpen arms and two fun veterans doing the job at the back end. If the podcast is every struggling, we’re just going to bring Keegan Thompson in to fix everything. Download the DraftKings at Casino Queen Sportsbook app now, use promo code AWAYGAMES, bet just FIVE DOLLARS on any team of your choice and get TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS in FREE bets INSTANTLY. IL only.

  • Cubs Opening Weekend & Series Win Vs. The Brewers

    12/04/2022 Duración: 40min

    The season is underway, the Cubs are series winners, and the Brewers could not accidentally bean enough Cubs to keep from being series losers. Hendricks looked vintage, Steele outdueled a wild Woodruff, Stroman brought the energy and a great five innings that the Cubs had slip away by the length of a fingernail — and Seiya Suzuki looked gooooood. Fun first weekend — let’s talk about it. Download the DraftKings at Casino Queen Sportsbook app now, use promo code AWAYGAMES, bet just FIVE DOLLARS on any team of your choice and get TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS in FREE bets INSTANTLY. IL only.

  • 2022 Chicago Cubs Season Preview

    06/04/2022 Duración: 46min

    As tradition has it, Ken Schultz (Outsports) joins Adam and Kevin for the 2022 Chicago Cubs season preview. We answer some viewer questions, pick breakout players, predict team MVPs and regression candidates, and set our expected Cubs win totals for the year. It’s a different vibe this year, but we promise, we end with the things we’re most excited about as we go into this 2022 Cubs season. Twitter: @awaygamespod Download the DraftKings at Casino Queen Sportsbook app now, use promo code AWAYGAMES, bet just FIVE DOLLARS on any team of your choice and get TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS in FREE bets INSTANTLY. IL only.

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