Ivy Envy Podcast

On this bonus episode (and the last episode of Season 4 for the Ivy Envy Podcast), Joe Martin talks with me about the new spring training facility that the Cubs are building in Mesa, Arizona. The Cubs have now played their last home Spring Training game at Hohokam Stadium...

Andy, Corey and Kurt sit behind the mics as the Chicago Cubs pitchers and catchers have reported to Mesa and have begun workouts. Next week, we are scheduled to have Tim Sheridan from Boys Of Spring on the podcast to talk about what he is seeing at Fitch Park...

Andy and Corey wrap up Spring Training and discuss what we learned from Spring Training 2012. Stolen bases encourage, while errors continue to concern. Randy Wells heads to Iowa and we talk about that move. We welcome Joe Martin on the podcast to tell us about what he saw during the full day he s...

Andy and Corey look at vastly improved statistical categories for the Cubs and consider whether we should be encouraged by these numbers. We discuss more of the changes this team is experiencing, mainly transforming from a home run reliant team to a small-ball team that is aggressive on the base-pa...

Andy and Corey discuss the three games of Spring Training that we've heard, but not seen. We consider the reasons that Soriano sees himself someone that leads by example and how the rest of us see him. While there aren't many position battles this year in Mesa, we briefly discuss Blake DeWitt and...

We have something different for you on this episode. Andy and Kurt were unavailable, so Corey speaks with our eyes and ears in Mesa, Joe Martin. Joe has jumped on board to help us with Spring Training coverage. He talks about the overall vibe of Spring training and how things are different with a...

Andy and Corey talk about the site's game chat for this upcoming season.  We make note that Todd Wellemeyer was signed by the Cubs and if you Google Image Search "Szczur" as in Matt Szczur, you get some interesting results...