Chicago Cubs 2023 - Danny Rockett shares in word & song ala SonRanto style

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Danny Rockett, Avid Cubs fan, analyst, SonRanto show host and musician gives us an update on the Chicago Cubs.

• Cubs Pandemic Cub-mas song "Nobody is coming to Town"
• Divisional Games a Balancing Games act
• New Balanced Schedule lessens Fans chance to face NL Central rivals away
• Ricketts ripping out the guts of the team (i.e. Yu Darvish)
• 2023 Cubs roster reset with Dansby Swanson, Cody Bellinger, Seiya Suzuki, Trey Mancini, Hosmer & Torrens
• Cubs missing something at First Base - need to look to the farm
• AAA opportunities looking at Mat "Mash" Mervis
• Fan favorites, Stroman & Ian Happ
• Fans that pull for the player instead of the "laundry" a result of analytics, gambling and fangraphs?
• Bullpens are fickle
• Drew Smyly - a curveball with results that are not being measured. And yet
• Pitchers' arm health - not overworking can add longevity to the pitcher's career
• Movement in Cubs pitcher rotation - Jameson Taillon, Asaad, Hayden Wesneski, Kyle Hendricks
• NL Central outlook
  • what about those Pirates
  • A lot of .500 teams in Central
  • Cardinals - Best Hitters,
  • Brewers - Best Pitching,
  • Cubs - strong workman approach,
  • Pirates emerging,
  • Cincinnati - got nothing
• Joe Maddon his legacy & future
• Willson Contreras - had brought a great bat, he fired up the clubhouse & a fan favorite
• Danny Rockett and the Wrigley Field Weather Report
• Sports journalism v Entertainer & Influencer
• Blending Cub fandom with Rock & Roll
• Bleacher Bum Band
• RSN - Marquee - "State TV"
• WGN as the launching point for Cubs national appeal with Harry Caray
• Increase in fans using radio as their primary source during Cubs games
• Cubs poet, Sandra Marchetti
• Rob Manfred Hates Baseball song

Special thanks to Danny Rockett for the use of songs, "Nobody is Coming to Town" & "Rob Manfred Hates Baseball"
A point of gratitude to the Tampa Bay Baseball Museum - for some historical references - www.tampabaseballmuseum.org
Below is more information on Danny Rockett, the Son Ranto show & the Bleacher Bun Band
Son Ranto Show on Bleacher Bum Network

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bleacher-bunch-network-a-chicago-cubs-podcast/id1462808218?l=ru?l=ru

Website is http://www.sonranto.com

Bleacher Bum Band https://open.spotify.com/artist/5wBhE7HmZNCiXaKrWq8ju9

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1. Ripping the 2016 Chicago Cubs roster (00:05:20)

2. 2023 New Guys on the Roster (00:07:20)

3. Pitching - Drew Smyly, Asaad & (00:16:20)

4. NL Central Standings, Cubs, Pirates, Cardinals, Brewers, Reds, Cardinals, Brewers (00:24:00)

5. Joe Maddon & 2016 (00:31:00)

6. Wrigley Field Weather Report ala Son Ranto (00:40:54)

7. Bleacher Bum Band & Cubs Fans - June 17th at Nisei (00:46:00)

8. Marquee, RSNs & handcuffs (00:49:48)

9. Son Ranto rants (00:56:40)