Rain Delay Theater

It’s that time of year for the Worst of Fame 2026 voting! Jack and Jeremy look at the retired players from 2020 and see who stumbled their way into the WOF. Some obvious names cement their spot, some surprise candidates emerge, and some guys painfully just miss the cut! Tune in to find out who! The guys also preview their upcoming excusion to the White Sox fest. And Jeremy pays tribute to Terry Boers at the top of the show.

The mega-sized Cubs Convention recap is here!!! While the guys wait in line for their first autographs, Jeremy strikes a deal that will change the course of the weekend for the podcast! The RDT guys knock out two GIANT white whales at the con and scoop up a bunch more in the process. The guys run into several pod regulars and some new oddballs! There's lots of unexpected line movements that cost the guys a lot of hardship. And Jeremy has a run-in with the same a-hole security guard who cost people Kyle Tucker's autograph last year! Sit back, relax, and strap it down for this deluxe edition of Rain Delay Theater!

The 2026 Cubs Convention is upon us and Jeremy and Jack rundown the full agenda. The guys talk about autograph targets and what weirdos they expect to see from the Extended Cubs Universe. The guys also reflect upon 300 episodes of the podcast and the worst night in Wisconsin sports fans lives as the Cubs sign Alex Bregman and the Bears come from behind for the 2nd time vs. the Packers!

It's the big 300th episode!!! Can you believe it?!? To honor the occasion, Jack and Jeremy talk to their friend - actor and baseball fan Paul Turner! Jack and Jeremy met working on a play that Paul directed back in 2011 and the guys reminisce about that experience. Paul also tells some funny tales of being a kid growing up as a Cardinals fan. Stay tuned for Paul's story about attending the 1982 NLCS! It's been a blast bringing you 300 episodes of the podcast, we thank you all for listening all these years! Paul is a funny guy and we thought it'd be fun to have him on for the big 300! We hope you all enjoy!

To get into the spirit, Jack and Jeremy recall some of their favorite holiday movies and recast some of the parts with baseball players and personalities. Which player can play Kevin McCallister from Home Alone, who can pull off John McClane from Die Hard - why are there so many Irish Christmas movie characters?!? Find out this week on Rain Delay Theater! And Happy Holidays from Jack and Jeremy!

This week, Jack and Jeremy talk about the Netflix documentary "Who Killed the Montreal Expos?" As the title of our episode would suggest, the guys take multiple shots at Jeffrey Loria and David Samson. If you haven't seen the doc yet, you might want to watch it first before listening to the episode, but there's not really anything you can spoil about the story. The guys also discuss Sox Fest 2026 and their prospects of attending and seeing the Gray Grapher there.

The guys cover a slew of topics, closely to loosely baseball-related - from an oddly-named Stranger Things character, to that ridiculous White Sox prospect jersey we saw in 2019, to an epic story about Jeremy and a package. Plus a follow up on the Rizzo autograph story from last week.

Jack and Jeremy are back from the Chicago Sports Spectacular in Rosemont and they have tales to tell! The guys debrief with a local card shop owner about an embarrassing video that hit social media, Jeremy has a few awkward exchanges with a young grapher and his dad, and Jack pays the price for not carrying cash. The guys rip more cards and, would you believe it, Jack pulls more triple digit value cards. Plus, Jeremy gives his recap of Saturday and Sunday with getting autographs from John Cusack and Anthony Rizzo!

Jack and Jeremy are back this week to talk about the MLB award winners, new manager and coaching hires, Jeremy's Joey Cora and Lance Johnson signing, the HOF ballot, and the upcoming Chicago Sports Spectacular card show this weekend in Rosemont, IL! Jack hatches a plan to try to track down Rizzo and Ross, Jeremy talks about his mom meeting Mike Singletary, and the guys go on and on about all the players they want to get at the card show. Catch back up with the pod this week!

The World Series is over. The Dodgers won. See last week's episode to see how we feel about that. But that also means it's our 2025 Over/Unders Recap. Did Dansby Swanson hit the over on home runs? Did White Sox fans hit the over for bums cheered for? How many times did the Gray Grapher get jealous about an autograph? All those answers await here in the ep! Oh and the guys do actually talk about the World Series too...

The World Series is here and since no one is actually rooting for the Dodgers, Jack and Jeremy decide to rank the entire roster from least to most hated. Does Jeremy create a number higher than 1 for Ohtani? How much does Jack resent the Dodgers for the NLCS ouster? And how does one actually pick a singular most hated Dodgers in such a group of strong candidates? Tune in to find out!

It's that time of year again to look back at the goofs, jerks, and buffoons of graphing as Jack and Jeremy give out the 2025 Bus Awards. Which new graphers step up to the plate, which classic knuckleheads get recognition, and which players are awarded for their bad behavior - find out in this episode! The guys also talk about the Brewers elimination and the uninspiring Kurt Suzuki hire.

Well, the NLDS is over, the Brewers are moving on, and Jack and Jeremy have ended their communication blackout in order to bring you this episode. The guys talk about the series, the ups and downs, the Cubs shortcomings, and the Brewers flying the L. Jeremy also recaps his afternoon at locker clean out with an all-star lineup of graphing regulars.

Jack and Jeremy are here to talk about playoff baseball - specifically Cubs and Brewers. They dissect the Cubs meltdown and the Brewers big win. We also hear Jeremy’s thoughts about TBS announcer Alex Faust, getting some unexpected Wild Card tickets from someone in the graphing world, and the Mets bus during the last Wrigley Field regular season homestand. Plus, Jeremy tells the full story of getting Green Day drummer Tre Cool’s autograph outside the park. Lastly, we give an update on the JEJ/Anthony fake autograph saga - you’ll want to tune in just for those juicy details alone!

The regular season may be over, but Jack and Jeremy have one more game to talk about - it's Part Two of the Tampa Bay Rays in Chicago series - North Side edition. The Gray Grapher graces us with his antics for one last time in 2025. From the moment he raced through security with his grandson, to story he told about pissing off Nicky Lopez, to the accusations of fake autographs from the Wrigley grapher kids - it's all here, to tide us over until next spring. Plus a few goofs from Jeremy, Jack, and the usual annoying fans, enjoy the finale of the 2025 baseball regular season!

Jeremy comes to you solo to preview the MLB playoffs and give you his thoughts about the Cubs chances. He also talks about some troubling corndogs he saw and getting a punk rock icon's autograph at Wrigley!

The season is winding down but one more trip to the southside was in order as the guys were joined by their pal Chris to see the White Sox vs. the Rays. The trio endure a graphing war zone which included the likes of the Gray Grapher, Chris spots a 1st round draft pick, Jeremy sells out for a HOFer, and a whimper of French meows surround the group.

This week, the guys ask for a little extra from Ricky Gutierrez, mistake an Apple TV announcer for a beat reporter, get spilled on, and have another issue with nachos - listen to see which of these acts are attributed to which Rain Delay Theater dude. And at the bus, the guys have weird interactions with an umpire and another Nats coach. Fun times!

Well the guys finally made it to a Braves game! But not without some ticket snafus and weather concerns leading up to it! Hear about the obstacles Jeremy encountered leading up to the game. The guys also rant about a loudmouth finance bro behind them, a fake Pedro Martinez, and a majorly delayed Atlanta Braves bus.

Jack and Jeremy come at you this week with recaps of their Seattle and Boston trips respectively. Jeremy touches on his stop at a Maine roadside lobster shack, his thoughts on the baseball's most beloved stadium, and an intense exchange between himself and a Pirates relief pitcher atop the Green Monster. Jack talk about handmade cheese, museum lingo, and a shady rideshare driver.