Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show - 5 On It: Who are Chicago's All-Star Game snubs?

Episode Date: July 6, 2026

It's time for five on it. Rahini Harrison Rooney. Bring you five topics on their minds today. On 104-3, the score. I got five on it. Number one. Now, here's question number one for five on it. And what was the most disappointing aspect of the Cubs' series loss to the NL Central rival Cardinals?

All right, it's on my mind and I can't get the song stuck out of my head. So I'm just going to call it Saturday's game, a.k.a. what I've described is the slog and the fog. Yes. It is referring to. a different song. But the important thing is the Cubs did not hit in the second game of the series. They got shut out three to nothing. And it was kind of a damper on July 4th as a whole. And I will not sit here and let you desecrate the United States of America. I can't even say

that seriously. But it was just a real clunker. The first two games were obviously a clunker. The 17-1 is just ridiculous. But at least it was somewhat absurd. Shody Minaga had a decent start. and then they just couldn't hit enough. And then they got shut out. They had five hits total. It was just a... It was a game that shouldn't have even been played. People couldn't find the ball.

Like, what else do you need to know about a game that shouldn't have happened? If it wasn't for that damn television. It was televised on Fox. I think they wanted it to happen. So that's why the game occurred. So that was disappointing. The pictures are interesting. But ultimately, I want a baseball game I can see.

The most disappointing to me was the fact that at the end of the day, the day's got in concerning the Cubs offense with the runners in scoring position, three for 24 for the series. It's not anything new. It's not anything fresh. It's just this is the way it goes with the Cubs offense. At the end of the day, the day's got to end. No, but that perfectly describes to me the Cubs offense and what your expectations are of this team.

the pitching isn't great. The offense is sporadic. And so our Cubs wins. That's what it is, Mark. I hate that we had to go back to Risp. I feel like every day for a while. Like maybe we may have broken the record for having to mention the Cubs not coming through with runners in scoring position.

So I kind of ignored that, although it's a great point. That might be the answer, but I have risk fatigue, okay? You 100% have risked. You didn't have wrist fatigue when the Padres were in town. You didn't have wrist fatigue when they were sweeping the Mets. That's very true. And that, which brings me to my answer for this question. And that is the Cubs Friday game where they lose 17 to 1.

I'm familiar with it. To the Cardinals, disappointing on a lot of levels. The main level is the David Peterson level because David Peterson had come here, had a nice start to his Cubs career against Milwaukee. I know he gave up the home run to Cheerio to start his life as a Cub. Cheerio. Cheerio. But he did get through that and he looked pretty good.

So I thought, okay, maybe the Cubs have something. And then against their rivals, he goes three and two-thirds, allows 10 runs, three home runs, and his ERA. Welcome to your 675 ERA. Is that all? Is that bad? That's all. And also, also, we have to play the relativity game because their previous game, which had been on Wednesday, They had Thursday off.

That was the Cubs 23 to 3 win over San Diego where Bueller, sick, Bueller party got crushed by the Cubs. So you can't do that. You can't win 23 to 3 and then lose 17 to 1. No, you can't do that. But you know what? In the spirit of Even Stephen and the Seinfeld episode about Even Stephen, that's why I was like, oh, well, at least they scored 23 the day before.

I guess. So I wasn't as upset about it. I was like, oh, that escalated quickly. But then again, so did yesterday. And I was like, I'll just wait for Saturday. So then wipe to me waiting for Saturday. And then I'm like, wait, what the hell is this? What's going?

Is it global warming? I can't even see the ball. What's happening? Is it raining? Is it not raining? I stayed inside. I didn't do any. My friends had plans.

I was going to meet them. We were going to hang out outside. None of that happened because of that stupid ass fog. PCA, the play in the sixth inning off the bat of Mason win, where he basically catches the ball. near the ground because he couldn't see the baseball. I can't even, I can't believe he had that. Yeah.

Like, he really should think he's magic at this point because that did not make any sense. Well, the last time that happened, it dropped, remember, when he didn't see it. He lost the ball in the lights. And that was when things were not going well for PCA. But that's the most PCA explanation ever. When the ball is visible, but the lights do make it really hard. When there's no obstacle, it's hard to catch a ball. But yet in fog where nobody can see anything, you catch the ball.

Yeah, that's the best way I can describe him. wizard sometimes. Sometimes. Number two. What was your biggest takeaway from the White Sox series split with the Guardians? I think it's ultimately the friends we made along the way. No, it's the fact that after two very dramatic games, they flipped their script. They were able to come back.

We mentioned the three to one win that was really important on Saturday on July 4th, America. And they come back and Sean Burke appropriately went out there and just shoved. I mean, 11 strikeouts to Burke's name. You know, he had just the one earned run given up. I know he had seven hits, but still, that's what happens when you throw strikes. You know you're going to have strikeouts and you're going to have hits. And the White Sox were able to win a low-scoring game and then ultimately split the series, which is all I could ask for.

Now was it circuitous to get there? Yes. But the Saturday win was really cool. So the White Sox, to me, after four games with the Guardians just reminded, reminded me that this this is going to be a haul for them to win this division. And it might be a hall for them

just to make the playoffs, but it's far from over, but they're right there. They're right there because they did go on the road in earnest, but they didn't lose a series on the road to the Guardians. After dropping the first two, mind you, and even though the Minnesota twins

are right there in the rearview mirror and, you know, how rearview mirrors work is objects in said mirror are closer than they appear. They're only four games back. The Tigers Seven games back This is going to be a haul But I'm

I'm so curious as to what all these teams do in the AL Central To get ready for the final stretch Right Because we're coming up on two-thirds of the season being done And I can't wait to see how that Goes into the trade deadline And so what happens of the last two months of the season Talking about August and September

It's going to be a fun time What if they're do nothing. When you say nothing, you mean don't make a single trade? Yep. Nah, that would be... That would be... That would be negligent.

I mean, I'm serious. I think it's a possibility. But they know they need more arms. You can't be in a race and not need more arms. Outside of Detroit selling scubel. I think there is a chance because of how wide open everything is that a lot of teams just hold. Oh, no, no.

I hear what you're saying about hold it, but I think the White Sox are still going to make an addition. Even if it's minor to their bullpen, they need more arms. You can't get through the major league season with what you have. Have you seen the Cubs lately? You need more. You're always going to need more. And for the White Sox, they've just been fortunate. Knock on wood. That their starting pitching has not been as decimated as some other teams and that their bullpen pieces have not. It's funny. Health-wise, they've held up pretty well. It's just the results that have been very shaky at times for the White Sox and their pitching. I think, And I know that both Sean Newcomb and Grant Taylor had their moments where they have struggled because both gave up game winning hits in the series.

But I think on the overall, they have a good thing starting to formulate now that Sir Anthony Dominguez has found his place or not found his place. But do you think he's done? I don't know. How many more bad appearances away is he from being DFA? Wow. Whoa. Wow. I mean, that's a plausible reality.

He can't pitch in low leverage. And guess what? There's going to be way more high leverage than low leverage from here on out for any team that's in the race that doesn't have the bona fide six plus inning starting pitching. What good are you if you're not helping us at any point in the game? But I think they might. My point is, is I hope they get some bullpen help because I think they have a nice thing going if they can get it to kick into gear in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings. Believe it or not, but they might need one more, one more in there to take the place. But my biggest takeaway from the series was I think you guys are both right.

Like coming back to win the second two games after two colossally dramatic, really awful losses for the White Sox that they win the next two games. But the bigger thing for me is it's so fun when it's White Sox and Guardians specifically for me. I don't know what most White Sox fans might say Minnesota is their most annoying rivalry, their most heated rivalry. But I would guess Cleveland is pretty close in that. And then to watch that game from the sixth inning on, yesterday, which was a one-run lead for the White Sox in a game that was nonstop for a while and not

pretty for a while, but then to see the bullpen and the managers go into true playoff mode was absolutely pleasing to watch for me. And it's fun when it's White Sox and Indians. What? Does it please you? It does please me. What? Greatly. You know what? The Guardians trolled the socks pretty bad when it was between those two teams for the A.L. Central. Don't you remember the clubhouse celebration in the

the Fire Tony chance and all that. Oh, yeah. No, that's what I mean. Oh, yeah. It gets ugly and there's many a names in Guardians and White Sox history that both teams would probably be like Hafner, you know, guys like that. Why are you to bring up Travis? I'm sorry. Naler? Naylor. Right.

Jose Ramirez. It's very fun when it's a White Sox Guardian. Remember that time? Oh, yeah. Down goes Anderson. Hey, this is a happy show with Happy Tides. They've won the last two games and they are in first place all the love. Someday you're going to have to face that Tim Anderson got knocked out.

I don't. I acknowledge history. It happened. By the way, this is just a totally random note since this got brought up on a random Google search recently. I saw that there has been a mural created in Cleveland of Jose Ramirez. Stop. Knocking down and knocking out Tim Anderson.

Where is the mural? In Cleveland. I don't know exactly where, but I can look that up again. Sorry, Marshall. That's where you need to face it. It'll be like a meditation. You could just go over there, sit down and deal with your feelings about that, Marshall. This is a fun show.

To this day, that interaction still doesn't make a lot of sense. I mean, I know how it happened, but the whole thing is absurd. Number three. This is five on it at 104.3, the score with Laylorah, Rahadie, Marshall Harris, and Mark Grody. Here's question number three. Who's the biggest all-star snub in Chicago? If there is a snub to be snubbed, it's not. Davis Martin. We know his body work, as we mentioned. He carried an ERA under two for the multitude of

the season so far and the majority of it. So I feel like Davis Martin is probably is probably the snub over several Toronto Blue Jays pitchers that got in. I know we touched on this earlier, but after thinking about it, I know we talked about the question, Marshall, before we got in today. And that was my thought. But as I said, as I said, said before, I feel like teams do get benefited the doubt here in these all-star processes for winning. And that seems to have taken place the default being the AL East and the default being the Blue Jays. At least, I feel like last year was coming into play for some of those selections too. So I wanted to say Coulson Montgomery because he's been so good this season. I really

did. But you start looking at it and like, even with this 2.6 war, his F-1, his F-1, is the 26th highest in baseball, straight up. Even with that, you look above him, you know who number two position player is in baseball in F. War? Bobby Witt, Jr. You know what position he plays? Shortstop. You know who was also above him at number seven in baseball in F. War?

Kevin McGonagall, Detroit Tigers. He plays shortstop. Kolsom Montgomery might be the third best shortstop in his division. Yeah. And so it's hard to call him. a snub straight up because even though he's been phenomenal both offensively and defensively with the pop and the glove, that 224 batting average is what really hurts him when you see that McGonicle is hitting 284 and Bobby Wood Jr. is hitting 290. If you could just get that

batting average up to 250, can you imagine how many more home runs he would have if he, you know, make contact and put the ball in play with a base hit result a quarter of the time? So it is Davis Martin, because Davis Martin has outperformed some of these pitchers, by war at least, and also by value to his team that is in first place. I think it is Davis Martin, who should have been a first-time all-star in Philadelphia right down the street from where he grew up. Unfortunately, Davis Martin, because he is a relative unknown to the national audience and the White Sox always seem to be an unknown until they're known by the national

media. The White Sox have just this very thin line when it comes to the benefit of the doubt for players. So I hate that it is that way. And we've been obviously following Davis-Martin's prowess all year. So I agree with you guys on that. 23 home runs from Montgomery. That does look pretty. But I will say, this is the first year in a while where I wasn't pounding the table for either side of town, especially the Cups. Like you really got to try hard to make a case for anybody else other than Pete Crowe Armstrong just because of some of the devastating inconsistencies that individual players have had on that team. So for the most part, I'm living a snub-free lifestyle.

Number four. According to USA Today's Bob Nightingale, seven umpires have accepted a buyout from MLB. Here's the list. C.B. Buckner, my cousin, Las Diaz. Brian O'nora, Lance Barksdale, Marvin Hudson, Tony Randall, and Andy Fletcher. Two-part question here. Will you miss C.B. Buckner?

And who's the most famous MLB umpire after he retires? Okay, the famous MLB umpire question is big. Because a lot of the guys that you knew, like Joe West, for example, retired years ago, or say Angel Hernandez, retired, CB might be the next dude just because he frustrates you so much. Although I don't hate on CB the same way other people do. I know the history of calls is erratic. Las Diaz has had some fun. Like, Las Diaz has gone out there and, like,

salsa danced with the Philly Fanatic. So he's in on a bit. But these are some big names. Charlie Rundazo has been a part of thousands of games at this point. So some of these names are much more notable than others. I think the point, though, is maybe with ABS, the idea of a famous umpire kind of goes by the wayside of it.

You don't see as much of the arguments. and the discussion. Umpires are part of the character of baseball. But I'm a big believer if nobody goes to see the Ump show. Yeah, but we all recognize all these names. They're part of the fabric. You tend to recognize the bad elms. Because you're mad at them.

Yes. Listen, CB Buckner. Wagner? I think we can. That's my answer, by the way. It's Wagner. That was my answer. I think we can agree that C.B. Buckner is famous because he's a bad umpire.

He's ranked 91 out of 91 ump. according to umpire auditor like the end of the day day's got it. He should have gotten the Wegener tree. What are you doing, Buckner? I mean, he has, hasn't him and Lou gotten into it,

Pinella? I know he did when he was with the, probably he's gotten into it. He's still getting into it with Dutch renters. I think him and Lou with the Mariners got into it a bit. Probably. According to umpire scorecards who rate umpires, this is who.

This is the most famous umpire should be. Okay. And the fact that he's not famous tells you everything you need to know. Pat Hoburg. He's 35 years old. He is the highest rated home plate umpire enjoying a 96.1% accuracy rate on his balls and calls and strikes calls. Like 96.1%.

But you don't know about him because guess what? He ain't the one out here having to throw people out for making bad calls. And actually, ABS has helped umpiring overall. I think it's been great. I think when we had that discussion with Ian Hap about how the umpires are using it to get better, this is all a great story and a long overdue story for baseball. But Pat Hohberg is my guy. Yeah, Mark Wager's my guy.

It just had to be. What are you doing, Wigner? Wander! Didn't? If my brain is not failing me right now, didn't Hawk Heraldson get called into Jerry Rinesdorf's office over that? And he kind of just did a little fake. slap on the wrist thing.

Oh, I don't remember that. I think maybe. Yeah, I don't know about this either. I might be conflating the story. So, but there was something, something like that. But the Mark Wagner thing was just hilarious. So I go him. Shout out, though, to your uncle,

Las Diaz. And for real, real, Tony Randazzo, I believe is the uncle of our old friend Wayne Rangazzo. I was curious if he was related to the dazzler. They are related. Because technically they would both be dazzlers. Absolutely. They're both that.

There might be like three Randazzo's in baseball, I think. What about how? Hunter Wendlestead. He's the dude who he ejected Aaron Boone when a fan was yelling. And Harry Wendelstead was his pops, I think, who was Harry Wendlestead, the one that called the, that screwed the Cubs out of the, was it the Milpapa's perfect game? Boy, I'm coming up with all sorts of half statements here right now. Adventures in sports. Yeah, absolutely. But yeah, I got to go, I got to go Wagner.

Shout out Dazzlers. Yeah, shout out to Wayne Randazzo. If you're a Randazzo, shout out. Yeah. Number five. All right. Last question on five on. What did you do on the 4th of July?

Well, on the 3rd of July, I went to five bars in two hours. It sounds drunker than it was. So we had the pub crawl. Oh, yeah. So we gave away five pairs of tickets to the Cubs and Gardnals game the next day and got to give out like free Budweiser all these bars around town. So we were at Navy Pier. Then we went over to Crossroads and West Loop. Then we went to the rabbit hole.

then we went to the reveler off North Damon, and that was really cool. I'd never been to that bar. And then we went to Gaslight. And Gaslight had a great crowd, and people really do win. We gave out tickets to every single one. The hard part was getting from point A to B in 15 minutes time.

We did not make it from Billy Goat to Crossroads in 15 minutes. But that was the only one. Every other one, we made time. That sounds very chaotic. Here's what I did on Fourth of July, guys. You're like, free tickets and beer. Bye! On the Fourth of July,

I went to play basketball for the first time in about seven months. I was going to say. Maybe a year. It might have been a year. Is that the United Senator performance that we had? Yeah, that's the last time I play basketball. So I guess that's more than seven months.

Seriously? Yeah, that's the last time I played basketball. Same. I had a friend in town who was staying with me, so I got, we went and played basketball. We're both of an elderly age, but we survived. I know that friend. He is not elderly and ever are you?

Bill. Yeah, Bill's 15. Henry? So yeah. Henry Melton? To be out here playing with a bunch of 30-somethings, it was a different thing. Okay. So that's not Henry Mel.

Including Jamal Collier, who I had to guard, which was not fun. Because he's young. He's got young legs, and he likes to run up and down the court. So, Amal? So, yeah, that's how we started our day. Then we came home. And I was so thankful. I've never been more thankful for rain.

Because rain means rest. And I got to sit inside and we watched, what did we watch Superman? Because he couldn't remember if he'd watch Superman. So we watched Superman. And then That seems like a very you and Bill Act. And then we went outside and

did some other stuff. I can't remember what we did. Did some other stuff? Yeah. You guys play catch or something? Did it rain again? Did you blow off some M80s? Maybe some Roman candles.

I know you got tricks up your sleeve. We went, oh no, we went and watched that was soccer, Argentina and Cape Friday, right? That was an incredible game. Yeah, I watched that at recess with the big TVs. That was Friday. Was that Friday? I could see I got my days conflated.

That was Friday because I was trying to keep an eye on it at the reveler when I was there as part of the middle of our bar crawl. Maybe I remember what we did Thursday or Saturday. Saturday I waited for the rain and then it finally happened and then I just sat inside the whole day. I got stuff done at my house. I did laundry because I always do it on the weekends. Oh no, we went to Bevats.

That's what we did. Because I was wondering if it was open or not. He wanted to go to a steakhouse. Always a fine choice. Did you go on the dark part, the downstairs? No. No, we did not. We waited for a table for about 30 minutes, and then we got sat at a table and we ate and then met some of my friends.

I was outside because I was showing someone around. Did not want to be outside. He knew it too. He was like, because he sent me a text yesterday after he was on his plane. Thanks for going out because I know you didn't want to go out. I kind of altered my plans too because I was going to go to Lincolnshire to see my buddy. Car. Maybe.

But then because of the weather, I got a little bit freaked down. Oh, Hermus? Yeah. I decided to stay local and we ended up going to, it was a very nice dinner at Weber Grill. Right downtown. Got myself some, I got the pork chops. I recommend the pork chops at Weber Grill. We also, you know, since it was 4th of July, got the bread service.

Really good. Treat yourself. Absolutely. Because they just don't. Not like the old days where they just put the bread on the table for you at these restaurants. This is in the Texas Roadhouse, Grotty. Right, where the bread comes with it. Oh, I can make a meal out of the roll.

Are you kidding? Yeah. They went there for a niece's birthday recently. Very good choice. This is a red lobster. Oh, that'd be fine with me too. Who didn't have the red lobster biscuits? Gabe.

Yeah. Gabe is, this doesn't have a lot of world to experience. Poor Gabe. That's one of the funniest lines that has ever been uttered on the show. Or Gabe. Next, I'm Rahimi Harrison Grotie. Marshall brought up a good point.

And then Bruce Levine brought up a good point. And then we realized, is there still room for more white, socks as part of All-Star Weekend. Let's discuss next.