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Exorcising Demons | S9E38

Release Date: 10/01/2025

Team of Rivals Podcast

This week, Pete accepts the challenge Ron threw down weeks ago, referring to himself exclusively in the third person. Can the Team stay on track while tackling ABS and umpires, early NL Central excellence, and the Shohei Roster Rule? Will there be any joy in Ron’s Soccer Minute? And perhaps most importantly, can Ron keep it together while Pete fully commits to the bit? 📺 Watch the Livestream: | | | 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott | Ron | 📧 Email:

𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐮𝐥 | 𝐒𝟏𝟎𝐄𝟏𝟒

Team of Rivals Podcast

Just Ron and Elliott tonight; no Petey! That means we can openly talk Star Wars. We’ll skip baseball tonight and focus on the thing Pete walked away from in disgust. 📺 Watch the Livestream: | | 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott | Ron | 📧 Email:

𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 | 𝐒𝟏𝟎𝐄𝟏𝟑

Team of Rivals Podcast

It’s April Fools' Eve, and we’re one week into the season, which means it’s the perfect time for wildly confident, probably incorrect baseball takes. Ian Happ is on fire, Jordan Walker might be fixed, and ABS is here and it's a revelation. Some of this is real. Some of this is nonsense. Believe nothing. Enjoy everything. 📺 Watch the Livestream: | | | 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott | Ron | 📧 Email:

𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐲 𝐁𝐮𝐦𝐩 | 𝐒𝟏𝟎𝐄𝐁𝟏

Team of Rivals Podcast

Ron is out of town, so naturally the Team of Rivals Podcast goes completely off the rails. In this bonus episode, Elliott and Pete ditch baseball entirely for a full, spoiler-heavy breakdown of Project Hail Mary. From Rocky’s instant GOAT status to that ending — nothing is off-limits. ⚠️ WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS ⚠️ If you haven’t seen the movie yet… go watch it first. Seriously. 📺 Watch the Livestream: | | | 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott | Ron | 📧 Email:

𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 (𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐑𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥)! | 𝐒𝟏𝟎𝐄𝟏𝟐

Team of Rivals Podcast

It’s a short show. (It is not a short show.) With the World Baseball Classic Final happening during the episode, the Team of Rivals crew tries to stay on track while inevitably getting distracted. This week: ⚾ WBC talk and live reactions 🎬 Elliott takes over the pop culture segment with a SPOILER-FREE review of Project Hail Mary ⚽ Ron delivers his Soccer Minute (duration may vary) Follow @TeamOfRivalsPod and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. And yes… we’ll see you next Tuesday. 📺 Watch the Livestream: | | | 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott | Ron | ...

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐅?! | 𝐒𝟏𝟎𝐄𝟏𝟏

Team of Rivals Podcast

We promised no NFL free agency coverage. So naturally we opened the show trying to figure out what exactly happened with Maxx Crosby. But that was only the beginning of the chaos. This week, we also covered: ⚾ A quick detour into USA's impending loss in the World Baseball Classic 🏀 The ridiculous 83-point performance by Bam Adebayo ⚽ Why Brazilian soccer might be the most dangerous sporting environment in the world ⚽ Ron’s deeply disappointing week of soccer fandom 🎬 A completely unexpected pop culture rabbit hole In other words… the usual Team of Rivals nonsense. 📺 Watch...

𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲 | 𝐒𝟏𝟎𝐄𝟏𝟎

Team of Rivals Podcast

The boys showed up with no plan… and somehow covered everything. On this episode of Team of Rivals, we ease into Spring Training with the appropriate level of skepticism (which is to say: none). We also explore a question Cubs fans may not be emotionally prepared for: Where could Ian Happ play next? Hypothetically. Probably. Jurickson Profar’s PED suspension becomes a jumping-off point for a broader conversation about accountability, baseball history, and why this stuff still manages to surprise people. Then we take a hard left turn into Chicago football as Drew Dalman’s sudden...

𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭, 𝐘𝐚𝐝𝐢, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭 | 𝐒𝟏𝟎𝐄𝟎𝟗

Team of Rivals Podcast

Spring Training is in full swing, and the Team of Rivals Podcast is back with all the takes you didn’t know you needed. This week we cover: • This year’s Cardinals Hall of Fame ballot — who joins Albert and Yadi in September? • Pete Crow-Armstrong’s debut as a villain in Dodgers territory • What to do with a potentially “empty” Soldier Field • ABS first impressions Plus, Ron delivers his always-inevitable Soccer Minute, and Elliott… quietly disappears once the recording light goes off. 📺 Watch the Livestream: | | | 📌 Follow: @TeamOfRivalsPod | Elliott | Ron | ...

𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐃𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬? | 𝐒𝟏𝟎𝐄𝟎𝟖

Team of Rivals Podcast

Baseball is back. The Cubs and Cardinals will throw their first pitches in anger tomorrow, optimism is in the air, and we are all pretending that whatever happens in Arizona and Florida over the next six weeks will not emotionally ruin our summers. Tonight on the Team of Rivals Podcast: ⚾ FINALLY, baseball returns tomorrow 👨‍👦 A completely normal and healthy discussion about our love for large adult sons (Pozo/MoBaller edition) 🏟️ The Chicago Bears advance the ball to "the half-yard-line" of their increasingly likely move to Northwest Indiana ⚽ Ron might get aggressively...

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Team of Rivals Podcast

This week is a buffet episode. Will we talk about PECOTA projections and why spreadsheets continue to attack your favorite team? Probably. Will we mock “best shape of my life” season in Spring Training? Feels inevitable. Nick Castellanos? Kris Bryant’s annual injury update? The Chicago stadium saga now featuring Iowa? The preseason #8 Bears? Newcastle winning while Thomas Frank… does not? All possible. None promised. This is that time of year where optimism is undefeated, renderings look incredible, power rankings mean everything, and we convince ourselves it’s different this time....

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