I just heard Dan talk about how one of his "sources" with the Cubs felt the best bat amongst the young players belongs to Schwarber. He said the guy gave him a three word response about his bat and it was "Babe F'ing Ruth."

First of all, it's no secret that the team is very high on him, including Theo. I apologize for not recalling exactly who said it, but one host-might have been Murph- mentioned that Theo feels most high on Schwarber's future than those of Bryant, Soler, and Baez.

In my opinion, this isn't a "source" type of thing where someone who feels Schwarber has the best bat needs to be protected because this opinion is controversial or will create some sort of issue amongst coaches, players, etc.

I'm getting tired of all these hosts, particularly Bernstein and Boers referencing their "sources" and what is supposedly going on behind the scenes in many instances. The stories and information being tossed about doesn't seem to be coming true.

And, it's not just them. I heard a sports host on WGN said sources told him the Bears did not tell Brandon Marshall he couldn't continue to do his Showtime anymore. Lo and behold, the team put out a kibosh on all players from doing shows or interviews unless it was league mandated.

Everyone's got sources, but it seems that people keep throwing things out there to see what sticks in an effort to say "I told you so". However, if it doesn't come to fruition, I don't hear too many apologizing for their misinformation.

I'm gonna go way out on a limb and say Schwarber won't be as good as Ruth.

It's become much worse in the last year or so, but this show, in particular, can't have a conversation anymore about referencing a source for supposed inside information and/or to validate their points. I think most people just don't find it believable that Boers, who doesn't leave his house, and hasn't covered any of these teams in around 2 decades has impeccable sources. I think Bernstein uses himself as the source of his inside information, the validation of his own opinions, and most of his inside information is pretty obvious and/or can't be disproven because it's not specific.

Goff learned from his masters when he reported "James to the Bulls" after a bouncer of a club told him so.

Drinky did the same when he said "Cutler will have surgery on ankle, out for the year" after his ankle doctor speculated it could be the case.

Bouncers and their personal doctors. That's what Bernstein's boys consider sources.

I'm gonna go way out on a limb and say Schwarber won't be as good as Ruth.

It's become much worse in the last year or so, but this show, in particular, can't have a conversation anymore about referencing a source for supposed inside information and/or to validate their points. I think most people just don't find it believable that Boers, who doesn't leave his house, and hasn't covered any of these teams in around 2 decades has impeccable sources. I think Bernstein uses himself as the source of his inside information, the validation of his own opinions, and most of his inside information is pretty obvious and/or can't be disproven because it's not specific.

Sir gets shit and deservedly so, but he is the only one out there properly doing his job.

He attends games, he goes to pre season, he occasionally hits practices. When he tells you about a player, it is a first hand account, not some dubious source.

The only ones who dont do the job are BB. Mully, Hanley, Spiegs, Goff all attend events, go to practices , talk to "REAL" people.

...and regarding Schwarber, doesn't this just feel like a pump and dump. It seems pretty clear he is an AL guy so the Cubs leak disinformation of an outrageous variety to their known mouthpiece who they know will report it on all social media. Suddenly, everyone is talking about Sid Finch. It seemed like the Yankees used to do this every year with their prospects.

I don't know about Spiegs but you are correct. I stand corrected.

I turned them off when every statement became "My Bulls guy" told me, as if all these 'Sources" are dieing to call BB to tell them things. lol

In the attempt to be the smarter station, BB became the show of IDIOTS

Boers/Bernstein is the most negative sports show in the city. I have a hard time believing that they are seen as a place to drop relevant information. It's pretty close to using Jay Mariotti to feed information in a column.

Sir gets shit and deservedly so, but he is the only one out there properly doing his job.

He attends games, he goes to pre season, he occasionally hits practices. When he tells you about a player, it is a first hand account, not some dubious source.

...and regarding Schwarber, doesn't this just feel like a pump and dump. It seems pretty clear he is an AL guy so the Cubs leak disinformation of an outrageous variety to their known mouthpiece who they know will report it on all social media. Suddenly, everyone is talking about Sid Finch. It seemed like the Yankees used to do this every year with their prospects.

The only ones who dont do the job are BB. Mully, Hanley, Spiegs, Goff all attend events, go to practices , talk to "REAL" people.

Multiple people from each team call them all the time with information!