You thought you were getting a break from us for a couple of weeks.
(And, honestly, we were looking forward to a break from you.)
But here we are.
This surprise episode has nothing to do with the Bears’ wild Saturday night win.
It also has absolutely nothing to do with the Cardinals trading Willson Contreras.
We just… missed you. Probably.
We do a quick hit on everything that’s happened over the last four days before we send you back into your holiday haze.
Short episode. Loose agenda. Zero promises.
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After just five days off, Team of Rivals accidentally launches an entirely new season — and immediately proves that, ten seasons in, we've learned nothing.
Pete, Ron, and Elliott are all back together for the Season 10 premiere, featuring:
A little Cubs and Cardinals talk (because not much has happened… yet)
A whole lot of Bears discussion after Chicago’s bounce-back win and ahead of a rematch with the Packers
A special in-person appearance from Ron’s son Braden, a lifelong Packers fan and walking indictment of Ron’s parenting skills.
Ron’s Soccer Minute
We regret nothing.
(Except most of it.)
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Ron’s off this week — courtesy of a shiny new promotion and actual responsibilities — so the Cardinals portion of the show is short, accurate, and probably the most honest segment we’ve ever done.
Pete and Elliott open with a Winter Meetings “recap” of St. Louis’s extremely quiet week before pivoting into all the Cubs news, rumors, almost-rumors, and projected hopes and dreams. Plus, the Bears did… well… things, so we talk about that too.
A quick, sarcastic wrap-up of the week in Chicago and St. Louis sports — minus Ron, but plus jokes about Ron.
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The hot stove is officially on fire and the free agent and trade markets are moving at warp speed. With the Winter Meetings just days away, chaos is inevitable, and we’re here to overreact properly.
This week on the Team of Rivals Podcast:
🔥 Fast-moving MLB free agency
🏨 Winter Meetings preview & bold predictions
🏈 The Bears head to Lambeau as the NFC’s #1 seed
⚽ The long-awaited return of Ron’s Soccer Minute
🎬 And if time permits, Pete's Movie Minute
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It’s Thanksgiving, which means we’re stuffing ourselves instead of the episode schedule. While we’re gone, enjoy one of our favorite episodes from earlier this season.
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In this fiery episode of the Team of Rivals Podcast, Ron, Elliott, and Pete tear into the latest MLB drama with all the fire and flair you’d expect. It kicks off with Ron going off on the Dodgers' controversial signing of Roki Sasaki, sparking a heated debate about the growing imbalance in the game. Ron’s so fed up with baseball’s direction, he might just quit being a fan altogether.
The guys then stumble upon a shocking discovery – another podcast using the Team of Rivals name! Naturally, they debate whether to send in the lawyers or just invite the copycats on for a showdown. They dive into the absurdity of not even Googling your podcast name before launching and the lengths people will go for some lazy branding.
Things take a turn when Pete rips into Cubs fans for rolling out the red carpet for Sammy Sosa’s return at this weekend’s Cubs Convention. Pete’s not having it, especially with Sammy’s nonstop thirst for attention – he’s fired up, to say the least.
The mood lightens as the trio shifts gears to honor the legendary Bob Uecker, sharing some of their favorite stories and clips from his career. Ueck’s humor and wit made him a beloved icon in the world of baseball broadcasting, and the guys give him the shout-out he deserves.
Finally, the guys wrap things up with a chat about the Chicago Bears’ coaching search, tossing around names like Mike McCarthy and wondering if the team can finally find a leader who’ll bring some much-needed success.
It's a jam-packed episode full of rants, laughs, and some seriously hot takes. You won’t want to miss it!
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The MLB offseason started last week with the Cardinals. This week, Ron puts Elliott and Pete in the hot seat as the Team turns its sights on running the Chicago Cubs. They'll discuss who stays, who goes, and how to join the upper echelon of the National League in 2026.
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The Cardinals’ offseason starts here. This week, Ron, Elliott, and Pete each take a turn running the St. Louis Cardinals — deciding who stays, who goes, and how to fix this roster once and for all.
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Finally! The 2025 season is over. The Dodgers are celebrating, individual awards are being handed out, and the Hot Stove is officially warming up. On this week's episode, Ron, Elliott, and Pete dive into their postseason takeaways, the award races, free-agent chaos, and trades that may or may not happen. Ron delivers his Soccer Minute, and Pete drops a turd in the pop culture punchbowl.
It's going to be a very, very long offseason.
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It’s late October, and while the Cubs and Cardinals are long gone, the Team of Rivals crew is still here (for some reason). Ron, Elliott, and Pete break down a marathon World Series game that the media dubbed “the greatest ever” (SPOILER: it wasn’t), rant about Shohei Ohtani worship, and debate how much money is too much for one roster. The guys also dive into MLB expansion rumors, realignment madness, and what thee upcoming salary cap fight could look like.
From there, it’s on to Bears football (and Caleb Williams' growing pains) and Ron’s Soccer Minute (featuring Liverpool’s suspicious stoppage time, and a look at Newcastle’s strong week and St. Louis City’s season finale).
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This week, Pete joined Ron and the Gateway Sports crew for a no-spin, big-picture look at the Cardinals’ decline — and what it’ll take to fix it. Not just 2025, but the multi-year slide of what was once one of baseball’s model franchises.
From ownership priorities to player development to the culture around the team, this isn’t your typical postmortem — it’s a candid, long-form conversation about how the Cardinals got here and what it’s going to take to climb back.
Derek King, Rodney Knuppel, and Don Glenn, each bring their own sharp takes and deep frustrations to the table.
Topics include:
The slow erosion since 2015 — and whether the Goldschmidt/Pujols years just masked the problem
How much blame falls on ownership’s focus outside baseball
Chaim Bloom’s timeline for showing results
Oli Marmol’s uncertain future
Roster direction and the lessons of holding on too long
The meaning (and limits) of “The Cardinal Way” in 2025 and beyond
It’s an honest, unfiltered look at where the franchise stands — and whether the next decade can bring the Cardinals back to their standard of sustained success.
🎙️ Originally streamed live with Gateway Sports on October 19, 2025.
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The 2025 Cubs are done, but the offseason chaos is just getting started! Mike Shildt becomes the eighth managerial opening, free agency is heating up, and Kyle Tucker’s future is still a mystery. (Actually, it's not.)
Meanwhile, the Bears continue their heart-attack streak, the Cardinals stay… well, the Cardinals, and the 2025 Gold Glove finalists are announced.
Join Ron, Elliott, and Pete as they break down the madness, and celebrate another week of sports chaos with sarcasm, hot takes, and just a touch of optimism.
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The Team was going to record late on a Sunday, but then we didn't. Ron explains why we're recording Monday instead.
The Cubs can’t seem to score more than three runs in a postseason game, but somehow they took down the Padres in the Wild Card. Now they face the Brewers in the NLDS, and Elliott was there in person for Game 1 — which we suspect is why the Cubs embarrassed themselves.
Ron breaks down all the soccer you didn’t ask for but secretly love: St. Louis City vs. Austin, Newcastle vs. Nottingham Forest, and whatever else he’s decided counts as “important” Premier League drama.
Join Pete, Ron, and Permanent Occasional Guest Host Elliott as they deliver Cubs survival mode, Cardinals consolation prizes, and the kind of sarcasm that makes this podcast a weekly necessity.
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It’s International Podcast Day, and we’re celebrating in style! The Cubs are back in the playoffs, facing the Padres for the first time in 40 years, and the ghosts of 1984 are haunting Wrigley like it’s Halloween. Meanwhile, the Cardinals’ season mercifully ended in a brutal sweep at Wrigley, the Bears simultaneously traumatize and inspire the faithful, and both Newcastle and City lost in jaw-dropping fashion.
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The Cubs are limping into October. The Bears exact revenge on Matt Eberflus. St. Louis City keeps winning whenever Ron isn’t watching. Newcastle United hands Ron the result he hates most: a nil-nil draw. Meanwhile, the Cardinals are already planning for 2026.
Join Ron, Elliott, and Pete for all the chaos, snark, and sports analysis you didn’t know you needed.
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Anthony Rizzo threw himself the retirement party of the century, and the guys can’t help but linger on Cubs talk longer than usual. Eventually, they pivot to St. Louis, where Masyn Winn has shut it down after a second torn meniscus.
Ron delivers his first completely positive Soccer Minute of the season: new Newcastle kicks, wins for both the Magpies and City, and even a Messi sighting as Charlotte knocked off Miami.
To wrap it all up, the crew forces themselves to relive Sunday’s disaster in Detroit, where the Bears flat-out forgot to play the second half.
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Pete spent the day doing some investigative journalism. He made calls, pulled records, and chased down leads no one else had the courage — or the free time — to chase.
Something is clearly wrong. Since the All-Star Break, every team ToR follows has decided to embrace mediocrity — at best! — as a lifestyle choice. This weak, the Team discusses the Cubs dropping out of the NL Central race, the Cardinals’ tragic number reducing to four, CITY hovering dangerously close to the Wooden Spoon, and Newcastle drawing Leeds, not to mention the Bears spending Monday's fourth quarter collapsing as performance art.
Because after careful research, meticulous analysis, and hours of reflection, Pete finally uncovered the root cause of all this misery.
It’s Ron’s fault.
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The Cubs are still babying Cade Horton like it’s 2023, the Cardinals are drawing 17,002 fans (and somehow still announcing it proudly), and the Bears are trying to convince us that “cautious optimism” counts as progress.
This week, Ron, Elliott, and Pete stumble into another rundown-less episode that covers everything from baffling roster decisions and dwindling St. Louis attendance to NFL opening week and ESPN trying to ruin RedZone with commercials. Ron sneaks in a very extended Soccer Minute, Elliott gets exposed as the world’s least subtle hacker, and Pete dreams of an emergency podcast the day the Cubs finally trade “You Suck”.
In other words, it’s another week of chaos, sarcasm, and sports therapy.
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The Cardinals keep finding new ways to lose, from a fan base running out of patience to players losing their minds (looking at you, Willson). Meanwhile, the Cubs try to claw their way back into the NL Central race, but not without Elliott and Pete’s usual mix of drama, anxiety, and over-analysis. The Team also debates rumored MLB expansion cities (spoiler: Nashville comes up, because of course it does). And finally, Ron delivers another extended Soccer Minute with double the heartbreak, as both Newcastle and City lose late, but in very different ways. Maybe it’s Ron…?
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Buckle up, Cubs and Cardinals fans: this week’s episode is super-sized!
The Team starts with Cubs fans’ full-blown panic (and blame-casting) over Kyle Tucker’s injury drama. Elliott and Pete take solace in Chicago’s five-game series win over the Brewers, which sparks just enough hope to be dangerous. Meanwhile, the Cardinals continue their 2025 masterclass in how not to run a baseball organization, before the guys pivot to MLB’s future expansion and the inevitable realignment that follows.
From there, it’s football and fútbol: the Bears’ opening drive against Buffalo gets some love, and Ron’s Soccer Minute goes way over time as Pete joins in to dissect Newcastle’s scoreless draw with Aston Villa and St. Louis City’s latest stumble against the Fire.
Finally, the show closes with a pop culture double feature: Elliott makes amends for skipping Tuesday’s show with a Music Minute review of the Nine Inch Nails concert, and Pete delivers his own Movie Minute after a personal hot streak at the theaters.
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Elliott lives up to his “Occasional” title and misses this week's show, but it doesn't really matter because technical issues with Rumble killed the stream before it even started.
The Cardinals won the weekend, the Cubs keep circling the drain, and the Brewers are on a heater that makes the division race feel like a bad joke. Two weeks ago, Pete and Elliott thought they still had a shot; now they’re Googling “wild card magic number” like it’s a life raft. Pete rants about Jeff Pico’s 1988 debut versus Cade Horton’s August 6 gem in his 14th MLB start. Ron’s Soccer Minute becomes a full segment as he and Pete dig into the bleak road ahead for Ron's Newcastle fandom, proving that when baseball’s this depressing, we’ll cling to any sport that isn’t actively hurting us.
No livestream this week, but we usually do so on YouTube, Rumble, Facebook, or X. Tuesdays at 8 PM (ish) Central Time.
This week's episode is half baseball, half Star Wars, and somehow, all relevant.
Pete finally binged Andor, so naturally we spent half the episode spiraling into galactic politics, moral ambiguity, and why Syril Karn is the worst.
Also: Too-soon deadline analyses, Cubs fan anxiety, and Ron coming to grips with his soccer choices.
You’ve been warned.
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On this Deadline Day/Birthday double feature, the Team of Rivals Podcast sifts through the debris of a trade deadline that left Cubs and Cardinals fans equally underwhelmed, and Elliott spending his 45th birthday watching the Cubs make exactly the kind of moves that scream "we tried… sort of." Pete and Elliott break down Jed Hoyer’s conservative approach, the failure to land a starting pitcher, and whether the front office overplayed its hand in regards to Mackenzie Gore. Ron joins mid-show to commiserate about the Cardinals’ refusal to go all-in (or all-out) as John Mozeliak stops short of a full teardown one final time. The guys compare strategies across the league, marvel at the Padres’ all-gas-no-brakes philosophy, and begrudgingly praise the Twins for executing a real reset. Plus: Elliott battles connection demons, Ron locks down the podcast's official Premier League club, and Pete tries to make sense of a deadline that felt more like a detour.
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This week, we remember Cubs legend Ryne Sandberg and reflect on the grace and grit that made him unforgettable, both on the field and in his iconic 2005 Hall of Fame speech. Then we dissect Elliott’s shocking (and possibly permanent?) extension, brace for Thursday’s trade deadline chaos, and dive into Bryce Harper’s public challenge to Rob Manfred, which spirals into a full-blown salary cap (and floor) debate. Finally, Ron tries to sell Pete on adopting Newcastle United as the official Premier League club of a podcast that absolutely did not request one.
Ryno's Hall of Fame Speech: youtu.be/RuxyTRfqCJU
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Last week’s hot takes did not hold up well, and the Team of Rivals crew is back to clean up the mess, or at least laugh at it.
The show kicks off with a sincere and emotional tribute to Ryne Sandberg following the news about his health, before veering straight into the most unexpected detour of the week: Ozzy Osbourne. Yes, really.
From there, it's open season on the St. Louis Cardinals, who returned from the All-Star Break and promptly forgot how to play baseball. Ron, Elliott, and Pete dig into the collapse, the front office’s all-too-familiar paralysis, and whether there's any hope left for 2025.
The Cubs aren’t exactly thriving either, with a starting rotation held together by prayers and chewing gum. Can they find stability before the trade deadline, or is this just another chapter in a very forgettable season?
Also up for debate:
It’s classic ToR: half therapy session, half roast, and just the right amount of chaos.
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Ron and Elliott gave it their best shot with a midseason assessment of the Cubs and Cards, but let’s be honest, you’re really here for Pete's response. He recorded in the car on the way to his dad’s, so the sound might be garbage, but hey… you get what you pay for.
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