Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show - Transition: We're getting closer to the Cubs-White Sox spring training opener

Episode Date: February 18, 2026

Laurence Holmes and Russ Dorsey welcomed on Leila Rahimi and Marshall Harris for the daily transition segment.

Love him to death, man. He's a unique cat in the sense of, you know, he's like a mad scientist. Thanks to Kayla Williams and Max Crosby for giving everybody a podcast that had oodles of content. Thanks to Mike Florio. Thanks to Danny Parkins. Thanks to everybody who helped out with this show. Ray Diaz, Tyler Buterbaum, Mike the Sports Cloud who chimed in. We missed you.

Also, apparently one of the Cubs organist texted our show. so thanks for you chiming in. Thanks to Tyler Buterbaugh, as I mentioned, Brandon Friar, Carter O'Donnell, Jacob Stutz, Max Curtis, and thanks to Lawrence Hulles and Matt Spieie filling in for Speegs. Hello. You're doing us a good work because not only do we like to talk to you,

but I think you're helping Spig save his voice for the big game. Yeah, we kind of made a decision as a collective yesterday that might be a good idea for him to shut it down because his flight was like super late tonight too and then he's got to get up early there and he's got to go because I open clubhouse will probably be at like 8 a.m. And I'm like, dude, what are we doing? Like it's fine. Like Russ is here.

Hello. So Russ will come and hang out and then I said maybe get an earlier flight. Just get out of here and don't talk for a day. because what I didn't want to have happen is him get on the air on Saturday doing playbite. Exactly. So Friday is the first Cubs game that we will have in FM too. Cubs Sox. Crispy.

Cubs Sox Friday afternoon. Southside I want to know. And then we'll be on after that. So it'll be great. And then Saturday, Speeg's has got Cubs Rangers, which will also be her. and crystal clear FM quality. Right here on 104-3, the score. And someone asked the question yesterday,

and I think it was an excellent question by a text there. It was like, wait, so if you guys have 104-3 and 670 a.m., does that mean that you can split the signal? Yes, if there's a conflict with the Cubs and the Bulls, the Cubs will be on 104-3, and the Bulls will be on 670. See how that works. I think that's a fair split. Oh, yeah.

Yeah. Wow. You've been relegated to AM signal. Yeah. The Cubs deserve the crispy audio. Now the AM is just the downgrade, even though I can hear AM all the way downstate? All the way down state? Yeah, all the way down state.

I've never run out of AM signal. I can tell you that on 670 score. All the way down state, 38 states in Canada at night, the ionization of the atmosphere allows the signals to bounce a little bit further, farther. So, you know, you can hear in a lot of places. Like Carbondale. Have you been to Carbondale and still heard the score during the day? Edwardsville, Cairo. Carbondale is my measurement.

All the satellite come. Mount Vernon. Yeah, all those places. Effingham. Shout out to Effingham. Effingham is the big old cross down there. There's a huge cross on Effingham. I-57.

There's also an outlet mall. Okay. A lot of drives for the Dorsey family through Effingham. Expender over there. I got on the way to your college. On the way to college. Oh, my size 12. pick me up something. No.

No, I won't. Just said, no. No. I have no love. But no, it would be like bathroom break food. And that was always coming back how you knew, okay, we're three and a half hours from home. The giant cross. Giant cross.

Yeah. It still weirds me out that the signs start to say Memphis, like in town. I'm like Memphis. What the hell? Where am I going? You have the junction right there. Yep. You can choose your own adventure.

venture. It's great. I went, I actually drove. We had a... Brazil, like Canada. Like, what else are the signs going to say? We had tickets to a Tyson fight, the Tyson-Lewis fight in Memphis. And we got to like the end of the like the people who were giving us the tickets didn't give us the tickets until like Thursday. And the fight was Saturday. And so it was like, who's going to take these tickets? I was like, I'll go. I'll drive down there to Memphis and watch the fight. And that's when I got to see Hallie Berry up close. What a time.

Yes, Ray. Yes. She's as beautiful as you think. And even more. I was five feet from her. And it was the best day of my life. Yeah. It's worth that seven-hour drive.

We're all just sitting here. Like listening, dumbfounded. And the thing is, is that I was just kind of walking. And then I turned around. I was like, oh. I was like, that's Hallie Berry. Let me slow my walk up a little bit. Now she's engaged though.

Is she? Yeah. Again? Yeah, she's going to marry Van Hunt. Happily? She seems. You, Russ. Hey, Russ, she's been posting videos from the bed.

Oh, that's right. I did see a couple of them. With him in it? Or no. Yeah. Yeah. Like, they're both under the covers. Halling Barry.

They're letting you know what time it is. Allent Barry. Hallie Barry. They're like, we're doing some girl folk stuff, but we thought y'all should know we're doing some girl folk stuff. But why are the need to broadcast, though? I don't know, man. Who are they trying to prove it?

She has to do that because there have been some relationships with her that haven't worked very well. Yes. Yo, you're doing shade right now. I think we can all be honest, too. And so, you know, so she wanted to let you know that she was in love. I don't know if it's the brothers anymore. My apartment complex in Cincinnati sits upon a hill, Mount, Adams, if you're ever in Cincinnati, you know where Mount Adams is.

And I was maybe four units down from the David Justice house that he owned in Mount Adams, or him and Hallie Berry when they were together. That was several people ago. But yeah, I was always like, I hope I see Ali Berry one day. Never saw her. I don't think Hallie was coming to Cincinnati. I don't think that would have been one of the places she stopped. Wait, is this she from like something?

Yeah, she's like that. She's from, like, Neptune or something to quote high fidelity. She's from Cleveland. So you might see a Hallie Berry. What the last time, Hallie was in Cleveland? If she got family there, she might be visiting the fam. I. No?

I'm putting the over under at seven years, maybe 10 years since Hallie's been to Cleveland. I go over. I go over. I think if we put it at 20, I'd still probably take it over. I think I'll take you under on 20 years. The way you pause. Cleveland is cool. I never heard anybody say I'm going to Cleveland on vacation.

Joaquin is right. What if it's Hallie? What if she's the one going to Cleveland on vacation? I'll go to Cleveland for Halley, but that's it. I was just in Cleveland last summer, and it was cool. What brought you there? National Association of Black Journal's Convention. It's a good time, I heard.

I was on one leg, so it wasn't the greatest time, but yeah. You did spend a lot of 2025 injured. You were injured a lot in 2020. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. running. I'm back running. I'm on my

Russell Dorsey. Yeah, man. It's been good out there. It's warm. I walked from my place here with no jacket, short sleep. This is the first time in 2026. That the guns are out? Yes. Yes. Do you have a concealed carry?

No. Okay. They're not concealed. Breaking laws. I am breaking the law. I was hoping he would just conceal them. No. I've been concealing them. All he needs is a void. I've been wearing a lot of hoodies. He doesn't need the CCL.

He just needs a foist because the guns are right there. I see them. It's a beautiful day in the city of Chicago. Like, beautiful day. Yes, Ray. Russell Dorsey, do you have any plans on going into a jewel shirtless this summer? And you thought you really, to this day, think you were in the right, right? I didn't think it was that big of a deal because I was just grabbing a water, but whatever.

To be fair, I think that will dilute the judgment a bit when you know that the errand takes like very little time. The jewel is very close to my house and so I'm like, let me grab water and then go home. And I was not going to be in there longer than 45 seconds. I was thinking about the solution to that problem the other day because we had talked about it. I feel like that gas station right there, you would have been able to pull that off. Gas station, yes. I guess my issue is I clearly look like a runner

Like it's not like I'm just out here With no clothes on Maybe you're homeless, I don't know With the little Runner's belt The runner's belt Oh okay okay And compression leggings on

And I had my AISC AX AX AX Aux Aux It's not like you're in like Dress slacks with no show

Like something's happening The shades on You know what we call that Sports Peacons That's what he was doing. Shirtless, all the athletic gear on. Like, I'm out here, guys. Hey, man, it ain't tricking if you got it.

Go ahead and do your work, man. But I didn't get a water, so I just had to go home. Did you have water at home? Yes. Okay. That's what's funny about the story to me. But it was like, it wasn't bottled. I was looking for a bottle of water.

Particular brand? No. Saratoga. Something sparkling, maybe. Dunk your head into some ice water. Are you like little bubbles? A little bottles? Bowles are once in a while.

See, that's why I love when y'all are together. Because luxury knows luxury. No. Game recognized game. Y'all look real familiar to me right now. I just end up with like the bubbly waters. It's not fancy. I'm Chicago Taft guy.

Long time. Flirts. Lawrence refuses to acknowledge his luxury. I think about the high school you went to. I'm just a poor black man from Chicago South Side. That is not true anymore. Yeah. I don't think that can apply to you right now.

It's still true. I am the son of public school teachers. I'm also the son of a public school teacher. My mom is a librarian. Same ilk. All three of y'all. See? See, I'm just trying to make it.

Marshall, your mom are a doctor, right? She's retired. Uh-huh. See? She's not a real doctor. She's a doctor of physical therapy. Don't do that. Don't do your mom like that.

That's disrespectful. She has a doctorate. She is there for a doctor. She can afford the graduate. Don't tell you know how not right it is to say your mama don't have a, she's not a real doctor. I'm saying she's not a doctor in that she could, hey, Marks. She's a doctor in the fact that she has a doctorate. Let me explain something to y'all.

They call her doctor. When I was growing up and my mom had gotten, finished her DPT. I got your back, Mrs. Harris. Listen, listen, I would be like, yo, something's wrong on my shoulder. And she'd be like, oh, you should probably go to the doctor. I was like, aren't you a doctor? So she did this to herself. Every time I had something like spraying ankle, whatever, it was like, she was like, yeah, you probably should go to the doctor for that.

I was like, aren't you a doctor? She said, I'm the kind of doctor that once the doctor tells you what's wrong, I can tell you how to get it better. That is true. Still a doctor, though. Because he's a physical therapist. So, yeah. I mean, it's the truth, though. But yeah, you know, it's, you're out here and you're just trying to make it.

Could she get you a prescription if you needed one? No, not like she couldn't write a prescription. Okay. She can give me a prescription, like, what exercises to do to heal. Exactly. Thank you. So now you're with me. No, I'm not disrespecting your mom.

I'm not disrespect to my mom either. I'm just telling you how my mom used to do me. And I was like, then you're not a real doctor. She did that to herself. I don't like that. I wish I would. Yeah, I don't like that. I'm not going to go to all those X-P years of school to have somebody tell me I'm not a real doctor.

Hands and feet put on you. Didn't people try to do this with Jill Biden? Yes. Differently. Differently. It was differently. Yeah. I, but she has a doctor in physical therapy.

If something is wrong with you and a doctor tells you what's wrong with you, she can get you fixed up. But if you don't know what's wrong with you, she can't like... She is a doctor of physical therapy. Exactly. She's just physical therapist. She's a fancy physical therapist. No, no, no, no.

She is a doctor. She has finished the requisite education to be called doctor. And I call her Dr. Harris often. Just not on the 50,000-watt radio station. Well. Which they can hear down there, by the way. I think she told you that to keep you humble or something, and you just always... My mama, doctor.

You know what I mean? Oh, because I never said my mama, doctor. No. Okay, that's fair. You don't. That's fair. I don't. Because, like, I could see a parent downplaying their job to a child to make them not cocky about it.

Like, I could see parents doing that. Never cocky about anything. No, but that's my point, is that I think, like, that may have been the intent. I wish I would, man. I'm trying to build a bridge here. Yeah, she's just not a... 7-63, you're right. I'm sorry, 703, you're right.

She's not a medical doctor, that's it. She's still a doctor, though. That's what I was saying! But she's not a medical. My point was, and Russ kind of got to the crux of this, she's not a medical doctor. So when I need her to do doctor things, she's never available to do the doctor things I need her to do.

Word choice is important. And I will tell you that in higher ed, this comes up a lot. There are some people who don't believe people with EDD degrees are doctors, even though they're doctors. Like PhDs look down at EDDs, for example, and that's like a thing. Like if you have a doctorate in education, you should be referred to as doctor, but there are a lot of people who are like, well, I have a PhD.

That's different. The requirements are a little bit different to. PhD people yet? Not that I've been looking at any programs. Act like that? Because I think that's ridiculous. I think if you're a medical doctor and for someone to be called doctor,

yes, that's your title. You earned your doctorate. I agree with all of that. But there's a difference between a medical doctor, someone who can help me with my immediate medical problem and someone who cannot. My mother could not help me with my immediate medical problem. But Marshall, like the same thing is true for doctors and dentists.

The DDS versus the... Mm-hmm. The MD where people like, you can't call yourself doctor. You're a dentist. It's like, I call my dentist's doctor if they got a DDS. That's fair. My friend who's a dentist reminds me of the medical school bills

she had to pay. 100%. I do also want to point out, isn't there a jurist doctor as well? Yes, lawyers are doctors. Oh, my sister's a doctor then? She is? So you'd only want to know how have a doctorate, huh?

My brother doesn't have a doctorate. No, we're talking about you right now. You said you're the only one. I'm just letting you know. Neither my brother nor my father are doctors. Why are you looking at me like that, Rush? Because. I felt the disapproval in my soul.

Marshall, you're doing all this work for University of Chicago? I feel like maybe a couple of credits. Get an honorary or something. That's the only way I can get into the university. I'm just saying a couple credits here and there. Sweat equity plays. Sweat equity plays. You're doing work for the university.

Important thing is when people are like, oh, you're not a doctor or a lawyer or whatever people holding high esteem these days. I was like, yeah, I went to school for free, though. Let's not ever get it twisted. That's a free with me. So if you go to school for, for free on an academic scholarship, even if it is just a quote-unquote state school, more power to you.

Because I know way too many people in way too much debt right now and no way to get out of it because they pay too much for their college education. It's true. Yeah, whoever's, I can't read the number on the text line, but the words you're looking for is physician. Okay, yeah. Are y'all haters about abolishing debt? Oh, no.

I'm here for it. Yeah. No, because I did things because I went to school for way cheap. No, I don't care. Like, it's better this way. I'd rather people be able to go to college for free instead of being like, well, I had to pay some money. I understand how people say, well, I suffer so you have to suffer. But it's the wrong attitude ultimately.

It's a terrible attitude. Because that just holds everybody back. Yep. That's how I feel. That doesn't diminish your qualifications or your sacrifice. It just prevents others from being qualified or your... getting ahead as well. Like their success shouldn't come at my,

the price I had to pay for something. I love this text. I call everyone doctor, like the mayor from do the right thing. That's good. I like that. I like that. And we've got Dr. MBA and Dr. TikTok on our show.

Wait, who's Dr. MBA? Tanny. I didn't know that. Yeah, he's also Captain White Sox. Oh, I did know that. The Captain White Sox thing I know. You know what? Every time Tanny talks White Sox,

Sox, I feel the pain. I'm like, oh, yeah. I sent Tanny a St. Patrick's Day White Sox Cap, he's like, no, I'm good. I'm like, oh, man. Not even the giveaway? You rejected it? I just sent him like the link. I was like, man, this just feels like it's totally you. And he's like, nope, I'm good.

I'm like, oh, okay. Well, that's a thing. He'll feel differently after the Sox are 1 and 0 in Cactus League play on. They've already won a Cactus League championship in the last few years. No one care. How does Ricky feel about the socks this year? He is cautiously optimistic. He appreciates that I've talked about the White Sox more on the score in the last two weeks than I had all of 2025.

How does Russell feel about the White Sox? Their goals should be 2025 Marlins. 79 wins. That's your target. If you're going to tell me 79 wins, I'm going to tell you 82. No, you won't. I just did. 82.

Three more. But you overshoot your goals all the time. It's so lofty. three more. It's so lofty. You said Muna Takamara Kami's going to hit 40 homers. I hope he does. You said the Pittsburgh Steelers were going to win the Super Bowl.

He said the Bulls were going to win 46 games. That might be the craziest games. He said that Pittsburgh Sealing. Marshall, you're right. 45 games. I don't know if the Bulls are going to win five games the rest of the year. If that happens, then Bulls have had a successful second half to the season. I don't know that it would be enough, even that number, enough to tanks.

They can't get some bottom. They can't get to the bottom, but they can increase their odds because it is a lottery. The kings have 12 wins. The kings have lost 14 games in a row. With like real dudes. Well, having the Bulls lost six? Yes. They're halfway there.

I don't know, man. That Nets record is pretty bad, too. It's really bad. It's a problem. Here's what we're going to do on the show today. None of that? Aw. Well, so listen, Cam Smith is going to be on the show today at 425,

but we didn't bring him on to talk about the Bulls. We've, and Russ deserves a lot of credit for kind of getting us on this road. On Friday, we kind of started talking romantically about Chicago basketball. And we were like, we've got a lot of friends that we should just put on that loves Chicago basketball. And Cam is one of those people. Like, Cam's got stories. So we are going to, people need to recognize. Like, his basketball bona fides are through the roof, including his high school basketball. Bonafides that led him to camp with Chris Paul and LeBron James. So we're going to talk about like Chicago basketball with him and we had an incredible

conversation with Antoine Walker yesterday. I highly recommend anyone who loves Chicago basketball at all. The names that were dropped in that segment were elite and you will have a wonderful time listening to Bigfellow talk about all sorts of stuff. So Cam Smith's going to join us. at 425. This works out great for Russ. Our buddy Stephen Nelson is going to join us at 3 o'clock, and Nellie was at NBA All-Star, plus he's a broadcaster for the Dodgers and a White Sox

fan. So we can talk to him about all sorts of stuff today at 3 o'clock. When we come back, ordinarily, I am the wet blanket on this show. I've got Hubs' wet blanket, and I throw it out. but I said to the team today because Russ was like, you know we just need to have some fun with this Tony Clark thing, right? And so that's what we're going to do. We're going to do the serious part. Just a little bit.

We're going to do the serious part. Like it's outrageous, but yes, we have to get to the serious part. We are going to do that. But Russ has a PSA for everyone that he will share after Tanny's open, which is must listening and is next here on the school. And this segment is brought to by Ollie's Bargain Outlet.