Jake Arrieta & John Lackey on no-hitters, beer fridges & more Cubs World Series tales | Ross & Rizzo
4/28/20261 hr 28 min
On this episode of The Lovable Reunion, David Ross and Anthony Rizzo are joined by former Chicago Cubs pitchers Jake Arrieta and John Lackey. They discuss Arrieta and Lackey’s MLB careers, the evolution of pitchers in baseball, how the 2015 Cubs set the stage for their World Series championship one year later in 2016, the wild Cubs-Pirates 2015 Wild Card game, facing the Dodgers and Giants in the 2016 postseason, coming back from down 3-1 against the Cleveland Indians, and more incredible stories from their time as teammates.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
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Robert Smigel0:07
Not quite. On Humor Me with Robert Smigel and Friends, me and hilarious guests from Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman help make you funnier. This week my guests, SNL's Mikey Day and head writer Streeter Seidell help an a cappella band with their between songs banter. Where does your group perform?
Speaker 3· Host0:24
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Robert Smigel0:28
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Sam Jay0:34
On the Look Back At It podcast.
Alex English0:36
1979, that was a big moment for me.
John Lackey· Guest0:38
'84 was big to me.
Sam Jay0:39
I'm Sam Jay.
Speaker 3· Host0:40
And I'm Alex English.
Sam Jay0:42
Each episode, we pick a year, unpack what went down, and try to make sense of how we survived it with our friends, fellow comedians, and favorite authors, like Marc Lamont Hill on the '80s.
John Lackey· Guest0:52
'84 was a wild, I mean- It was a wild year.
Sam Jay0:54
It was a wild year.
Alex English0:55
Yeah. I don't think there's a more important year for Black people.
Speaker 3· Host0:58
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Speaker 71:04
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Speaker 71:28
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