Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show - 5 On It: Will Cubs avoid reaching their historic 14-game losing streak of 1997?

Episode Date: May 27, 2026

Leila Rahimi and Mark Grote discussed a variety of sports topics in the 5 On It segment.

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. According to 104-3, the scores Bruce Levine, the Cubs had both an 11 and a 12-game losing streak in their brutal 20-21 season.

The Northsiders reached their single-season loss record of 14 games to begin the 1997 season. Will the Cubs reach any of these high-water marks during this current losing streak that is at 10 games, are we in danger of seeing them surpass the single season loss record of 14 games? So not to be that girl, but I have to. Are they high water marks? Low water marks, whatever.

Whatever you want to call it. They're marks. Maybe I can't think of... Skid marks. More like skid marks. Maybe my brain for adjectives is suffering because I'm suffering through bad baseball. Go, Ray. Go.

Don't stop now, boys. You know what? I can't believe I'm saying this. It ends today. I like that. It's Marshall's birthday. It's Pat Hughes's birthday. James and Tyone is facing his former team.

And I don't necessarily know that that matters because he's been giving up some home runs. But I just, this has got to stop. Or I don't know. Or else. And then I shake my hand at a cloud. That's where we are though.

And then tomorrow we're like, okay. There's no logical explanation for any of it. So it is just. Oh, there is. And that logical explanation was you should never let go. Kyle Schwarmer. Okay. Swarmer!

Layla, give me one person who makes the lineup make sense that the Cubs used to have. This is the worst release since Hedekhiarabu on Seinfeld. How could you get $5 million to Adecairabu? Oh yeah, they gave him money. That's right. I quote that line all of the time. You know I get everything a little wrong anyway when it comes to... It's right enough.

Lines and lyrics. Maybe those wrongs will make a right, and the Cubs will win today. Okay. You and I are actually fairly closely aligned. I'm just going to be a little more dramatic about it. I just banged my coffee. You be careful over there. Where's your vat?

I don't see the vat. The vat. I love Laila's vat. The vat. I make a vat of oatmeal. She does. Nobody makes better vats of oatmeal than Laila Rahimi. And I make oatmeal.

It's an oatmeal lifestyle. And maybe I put some sweetener in it, but usually it's cheesy. It's in protein powder. Because I'm a boring girl. So today is Jameson Tion. He has old Bubba Chandler. Old Bubba. You better watch out, Bubba Chandler.

Old cheddar big booty cheeseburger is going to be out to get you today. I kind of like the idea of the Cubs winning today because it is James and Tyone going back to Pittsburgh, the team which drafted him and James and Tyone I learned during the pregame show yesterday was Zach. He officially got his 10 years of MLB service. That is a big deal. in the industry to players. I don't know if you guys recall, but it was a very big deal for Kyle Hendricks. Yes.

And it changes how your pension is funded and how it is distributed for you. Now granted, these guys make some money. But it is a true individual mark that very much means something to players. Ian Hap got emotional talking about his 1,000, his 1,000th game played for the same reason. And the 10-year service time is something

where if I'm in a clubhouse, I will absolutely congratulate somebody, especially a guy like James and Tyone on 10 years. 100% will widely consider one of the best guys in that clubhouse. He has, he will have served his full contract, all of that after this year. And for pitchers to be able to do that even at the level he's at right now. It's an accomplishment. It really is. We could talk about the ups and downs of James and time, but he gave you, he has given,

he has fulfilled his contract relative to what starting pitchers are worth these. days, right? You might have to, we might have to do a James and Tyone. How many Bears for the 10 years of the summer time? And his wife is from Barrington. Oh, that's right. Yep. So there's a good time. Yeah, he does have a lot of appreciation for Chicago. So I love that idea. But, you know what I love even more of the idea of when I'm fantasizing? Well, there's always that. That's going to be with me forever. CBBC. Can't take that away from us. I like the better idea of the Cubs just going crazy against Skeens tomorrow.

Ham? Just doing him up because they have done him up before. What's the ham thing? So it's another hobby. It's something we could bring back when we revisit a big Javier bias moment in Cubs history. But it was a Javier's thing during an All-Star game. He brought, refresh me. I'm honestly.

Ham is an acronym for hard as bleep. But you can go ham. And he was at the All-Star game. The year Baez was at the All-Star game. he did a pregame interview with Carl Ravich and he said he said something about you know we go ham and he was like very Carl Ravich is very confused to which bias then had to explain what ham meant but he couldn't really explain what ham because you can't you don't want to swear Carl's in too deep now he realized he was on a microphone that's right hobby realized he was on a live mic oh now that is now I'm remembering that so he his description was ham like ham

Havere, are you saying hands? Hem, like him. Like him. Like, you know, it makes more sense when you say ham. Like, hem. That is a situation I would also like to enter into the too many or how many bears category. I feel like it should happen.

Right, all that down. Just let's get, let's continue to fill the Google Doc for this reason. Fill the bucket. And people, hey, look, we also like if text or folks on Twitch, if you have it, how many bears question? We bank them. 312 644-67. We'll pick through them.

And if you've got a question, maybe you'll be chosen on a random Wednesday to receive bears from me. 815 says cubs are in a slag heap right now. They are. Slag heap is a very operable term. It's one of the worst slag heaps they've had. And again, I mean, the only other team that has had this scenario, two 10-plus game winning streaks and a 10-plus losing streak. your 2017 Dodgers, which went to the World Series and lost to the Cheaton Houston Astros.

So tomorrow, the Cubs will break there. Just went today. I'm tired of it. Okay. I'd be for you being right, but I think it's tomorrow. I don't think I'm right either. Number two. Does White Sox right hand of Sean Burke deserve the Mark Grody? He deserved better award for his effort. And last night's 5-3 lost to the twins in extra innings.

Point of order. I believe I coined this term. in honor of won Jesse Shultons, who at the time when he started for the White Sox, I think it was a couple years ago, he did deserve better because they lost, but it wasn't really his fault. So this is the Lela Rahimi he deserved it. No, it's the Jesse Shultons Memorial. I think he's still alive.

He deserved a better award. So I actually, Sean Burke did great, but you're also facing Joe May, who is Joe May. Why am I like this today? Who's old Joe May? Derek, the Derek guy? Yeah, I'm having issues with. my brain of the recall. Joe Ryan. It's not like me.

Many people. Yeah, I said Derek Lee instead of Derek Hill. Derek Lee is an unconscious. Like, we just say the name. And Derek Lee is going to come out. Yeah, he's good. So Joe Ryan was starting opposite Sean Burke. And I'm like, hey, why do you guys still have Joe Ryan, Minnesota Twins? Shouldn't you have traded him last year and you traded away your entire flipping team?

So Sean Burke did deserve better, but unfortunately his team did pretty well. It was one of those games where it was just exciting all the way around. There were some baseball happenings. You know, there was a comeback, but everybody just dueled each other, and then it went to 11 innings, and the dam broke. So I don't know. I think maybe not. I'm with you.

Like, I think it was all... It got pretty good. It was appropriate. It was all appropriate, I think. And anytime I see a pitcher with a seven by his name, I'm always impressed. Moreover, when I see a 100 by his name, as in Pitch's throne. that's really impressive in this day and age. It didn't used to be, but in the last seven to ten years,

it's very, maybe not even that long. It's very impressive to see a guy go seven innings, and that's exactly what Sean Burke did while allowing just two earn runs, eight strikeouts while we're at it to just two walks and three hits. So he was excellent, but I think it was appropriate. It was, it did feel like two different games. It was kind of boring from the White Sox perspective until the Morikami two-run game tying Homer in the eighth inning,

the Nico Nishita or the Riku Nishita. See, you're doing it now too. I see. Nico Horner Nishita. It's tough. It's tough out here. It's because of the Cups. It's all because of the Cubs.

Also, dare I say, did we see a pitcher's duel last night? I guess you could say that. I think we did. You're a little obsessed with Joe Ryan. With both guys go, I just don't know why he's still there. If I'm a GM, I would have traded for him already. I'd be like, oh, hey, twins. I see you're getting rid of your entire team here at the trade deadline.

what do you want for Joe Ryan? I could use that guy. 29 years old, been playing for five years. Absolutely. I point that out to say he's in his prime, folks. I don't know why he's still there. Well, honestly, that probably is somebody. The Cubs might be knock, knock, knock, or already have.

If I am, January, I've been on the phone about Joe Ryan. Right. I'm not giving up on Freddie Peralta either, and I'll never, ever give up on Yorda Alvarez. Hold on. That deadline is coming up. It's June 1st. Mm-hmm.

That's the Mets Critical Mass deadline that we all just have. Text your buddy Brett Boone about it and see what he thinks. I got you. He's texted me back again, by the way. Would you like an update from the Booner? Oh, here, let's see. Oh, this is not a very... I wrote to him after he said,

maybe I spoke too soon with the Cubs. Yikes, I wrote back. We are baffled. He wrote back, and this is a little disappointing. Baseball is crazy. That's not an answer, Brett. I need better from you than baseball is crazy. rational observations right now. Don't go 110 games left on the schedule with me, Brett Boone.

How dare you become rational Carson Kelly? Yeah, exactly. The rational, very intelligent, very engaging Carson Kelly. You can hold two beers at the same time and smoke a cigar. And he pops up on television. King stuff, Carson Kelly. Go off. Five on it. Number three. It's five on it on 104. 104.3, the score with Lela Rahimi and Mark Grody. Here's question number three. I'm going to read this description exactly as Yahoo SportsRod. Ryan Young wrote it. After closing out the eighth inning of the Brewer's 6-0-0-0 win over the Cardinals Milwaukee reliever, Abner Uribe, quote, turned and made three massive crotch-ch-chop gestures while facing the St. Louis dugout. Here's what Brewers' manager, Pat Murphy, had to say about Uribe's crotch-ch-chop

celebration after the game. That's unacceptable. Yeah, it's just unacceptable. Pat. I don't know what got over him. He's been an emotional guy, but that kind of thing. That's just not how we do things, and I was embarrassed by it. And, you know, why are we doing it?

It's a 6-0-0 game. What are we doing? There must be something deeper that I don't know about. I love the kid. Believe me, I love the kid. There's so much good in this kid. He's been so great for us in so many ways, but that's unacceptable. It's Brewers Manager.

Pat Murphy Clearly disappointed In Abner, Yerebe. On a scale of 1 to 10 on the inappropriate meter, trademark, where would you rate Yerebe's Crotch Chopped Celebration? Not inappropriate.

It's like a four. And I will turn to the great Philosopher's Key and Peel. Drops back. Yes. He floats one into the end zone and McRingleberry pose it down. He's got it.

Oh, my God. Gosh, for his second touchdown of the day for this rookie, he has got to be feeling great about himself. A lot of confidence. I'll tell you, man, he's. Oh, see, now there's two pumps. Yeah, he's really testing the boundaries, and he's clearly gotten the ref's attention here. A third pump will draw a flag no matter what. See, oh, he just did it again.

Now, what is that, the second time? Now you have to flag him on it. Yeah, he had to. You know, Bill, it's just frustrating seeing young players without the ability to restrain themselves. Oh, it really is. And then you know what happened? Rico Dowdell appropriately did it. Adam Bean mentioned it on the air.

It was a beautiful moment. It really was. So do we think Pat Murphy would have been fine with two pumps? As opposed to three, like McRingleberry. They were really demonstrative. And my favorite part was that they were directed right at the Cardinals' dugout. Which, frankly, that's how I feel about them, too. Well, let's not forget the Yahoo sports writer Ryan Young describing the crotch chops as massive.

They were massive. He really put his body into it. And yes, it was six to nothing. Put your back in. do it. I'm sorry, I give funny points here. And the enemy of my enemy is my friend. So therefore, not inappropriate Abner Uribe.

Maybe it's a four, maybe in the Layla book. It's just not that big of a deal. And it was funny. I love. But I'm an observer and I'm not Pat Murphy. I'm not his boss. Right. Pat's a little older.

Doesn't know what's going on. Don't understand what the... He's socially graceful. Right. And he's right. Like they're up that probably shouldn't be going on. I love that. Anytime key and peel can be referenced here.

It's beautiful. I, for some reason, you guys, you know who I thought of here? I thought of Sir Mix a lot because there was three gyre. Double up, uh, double up, uh, uh, or Ice Cube as I just did put your back into it. I'm with you though, Leila. For the most, I'll go five though. I'll go a little higher. We're not the ones to judge.

We're like funny points. Right, right. But we're not in a, like we laugh at this. There has to be a little decorum. though still and a little respect. So I'll just, you know, I'll just to respect Pat Murphy, I'll go five to your four.

Watch the video and I dare you to not laugh. It's funny. It really is. Number four. TARPS Off has become a thing at ballparks around MLB. Fans take off their shirts and twist them around like a helicopter. There's even an X account dedicated to tracking where the tarps have come off at baseball games at TARPS off. BB. The tarps off celebration began in mid-May at a St. Louis Cardinals game.

And last night, according to multiple accounts on social media, a tarps-off section formed at the White Sox game at Rate Field. Are we ready for a summer of tarps-off bros in Chicago? Okay. And I know I just made light of the rivalry nature of St. Louis and Milwaukee and us. in Chicago, but I see no problem with this. I like it when people join together to be happy about something. So, I don't know, you guys, if you want to do that, go get weird. I can't stop you. You seem to be having a good time enjoying a baseball game. There are worse things in the world right now. But Wrigley has its own traditions, like the Cupsnake and the bleachers. I don't know how

they fail, because I feel like you have to, you have to ask the fans in the bleachers themselves. those who know and go there and live that life, whether or not they want to participate in something that originated in St. Louis. Excuse me. Excuse me. Excuse me. Excuse me. This did not start in St. Louis. Cubs fans in the bleachers have been taking their... I have been sitting in the bleachers since the 80s. But where you swing in the shirt?

Swinging the shirt. Everybody was standing together. They're yelling and they're twisting the shirts constantly. The shirts off and the bleachers have been going on. Like, people are older than me probably who were there at games in the 70s. You could probably tell me that there were shirts off. That's the original. The bleacher bums were the original.

Take your shirts off. So I don't want to hear people from St. Louis being like the Chicago stole her idea. Riggily has been shirtless for decades already. So of course they could pull it off. They've already been there, done that. I mean, I myself am keeping my shirt on. I just feel like that's good business. Now, that would be the next level if we could get the women to take

their shirts off at Wrigley Field. That is Mark Grady asking that question. Oh, that wasn't you. Not Laila Rahimi. Number five. Okay. A video is going viral of Bryce Harper brushing his teeth. And in this video, Harper begins his toothbrushing routine by squeezing the toothpaste into his mouth directly from the tooth instead of onto a toothbrush.

So I asked the question, not including Bryce Harper, of course. Who does that? Psychos. What the heck are we doing? Bryce Harper, I always knew you were a little wired differently. Like, we knew that. We knew that Bryce Harper was not your average dude. But this is an extreme, just blank you to society and norms.

What is this is? Rink on Will Levis with the mayo and coffee and eating banana with the peel. There's something very rebellious about this, and I can't put my finger on why. But especially because I feel like Bryce Harper, is not, he's like a, he, I feel like he will question if the order or like question the idea of something, but I don't feel like he's purposefully rebellious like that. It just is what he is. That's just right. Like he's, he's rebellious against like the score of a

baseball game, you know, he's like, I'll hit a home run, we'll see about that. But I feel like in this nature, this is this is unhinged. I feel like this is his you know, screw you to the man, if you will. That's right. I do my toothpaste different. I go toothpaste first. I will admit, because I said to you guys backstage, I think I probably have done that before. And now I remember having done it a couple times in my life

when you get to the end of the toothpaste and you don't have the backup. And you're trying to get every, have you ever cut open your toothpaste tube? Every single container of a tube I have, whether it's sunscreen, makeup. I cut everything up it. Scrap it, right.

So I leave no prisoners. I think I might have sucked some about out at the top just to get the little bit that was left in there before. So I'm a little weird too. Okay. So everybody on our text line is correct. is the DX move. I don't even know that I could say that

I'm here. The DX move is probably the best description for all the wrestling fans. Right, what actually happened. But for the non-wrestling fans, massive crotch chop had to be the description. And then 630 with a very important message. Don't forget sunscreen if you go tarps off.

Safety first. Sunscreen every day, people. That's what they say. Even here, even in the winter, I still wear at least SPF 30. I do. I was recently at the skin doctor just getting the routine checkup

and they said, yeah, you should wear 30 every day. Yeah, and everybody's like, oh, lay that. How do you, like, look relatively young for my age, and I haven't had any Botox or anything yet. I will. I'm just cheap and lazy. 30. Copper tongue. Sunscreen.

Yep. So, yeah. I mean, if you're going to, if you're going to crotch chop to it responsibly, but also if you're going to tarps off, wear sunscreen. Kids. That's to the kids. Too late for some people. For the kids, sunscreen.

We have an actually football important topic coming up. and you are the one who asked J.T. Barrett about it regarding Caleb Williams. For the record, the topic we're doing, I did not ask. I think Weeter was actually in on this one. Well, he's your partner for the Tim North podcast. Always happy to give him credit. So T.T.N. asked the question. Yes. But you asked us to do the segment and you farmed the information. That is true. So I feel like we should do that. The concept of Caleb Williams doing less next.