Rain Delay Theater

The guys get in a quick trip to the Southside to see Sox/Royals and run into Chris and, of course, the Gray Grapher. And you know when the Gray Grapher is at the Rate - the whole scene revolves around him! Jack and Jeremy wrestle it out in a sea of auto-seeking male humanity and come away with a few graphs, albeit with some smudging. The guys each face a tough snub and have to wear it, a vendor caws like a bird, and an idiot places a bet on Drew Romo. All this and more on Rain Delay Theater!

Jack and Jeremy return this week to share a mixed bag of solo and duo graphing experiences with one common theme…the Gray Grapher. The guys also encounter a gloating tween, a straw hat-clad grapher, and a man with an international message for Chris Valaika!

The Southside was calling Jack and Jeremy as they head down for their first White Sox game of the 2026 season and it did not disappoint! The Gray Grapher leads to charge for autographs during BP. It was a mass of humanity but many graphs were acquired…even with the help of a Rate Field security guard. Jeremy shames a player to sign for the kids and Jack finally wins Bobby Wilson’s War! The guys also deal with a very Italian man behind them, take in a Murakami home run, and see the major league debut of The Great Cornholio! Check it out on this week’s ep!

This week the lowly NY Mets come to town to try to boost the Cubs' spirits with poor competition! Luckily for Jack and Jeremy, there are autographs to be had! This episode feature some podcast favorites with our buddy Chris and the Gray Grapher extending a front of the line invite to Jack! The Gray Grapher is in rare form this week, dogging graphing kids to stay in school and much more! Lots of odd fan interactions during BP and at the Mets bus - tune in for an episode as wild as the Big Apple itself!

This week, Jack and Jeremy do their annual over/under predictions for the 2026 season! How long will Michael Conforto and Dustin Kelly stick with the Cubs? How many things does Pat Murphy have in his pockets? And how many Omogrosso sighting will there be? In pod-related over/unders, we get predictions about Cable Guy faux pas, which RDT guy has to deal with the most freaks, and how many grapher in-fights will happen this year! Tune in for all the rest!

77 degrees in March and the Cubs are at home?!? Sign me up! That’s what the guys were thinking for this week’s episode of the pod. Beautiful weather for this one as the guys catch Mike Trout for the first time at Wrigley in their Graphing Era. Jeremy gets lippy with a beer buyer, Jack gets trapped by the Anthem, and the guys are sandbagged by Mike Lout! Also, our security guard friend plays show and tell and the guys get another crack at Mike Maddux. See how it all turns out in this week’s episode!

Baseball season has begun and Jack and Jeremy catch their first game of 2026 - Cubs vs Nats! The graphing season starts off with some ups and downs - a surprising first auto and the always unpopular “personalized” auto - yikes! Jeremy has to navigate a minefield of discarded Hershey’s Kisses wrappers around his seat and Jack is bummed about a guy flipping the bird. This ep is packed with all your Rain Delay faves - going berserk about fans standing in the walkway, a Nats employee who messed up the autograph opportunities, and someone saying something stupid to Nico Hoerner. The guys are SO back!

Jack and Jeremy check in on the eve of Opening Day to give their picks for World Series, MVP, Cy Young, and ROY. The guys also talk about Opening Day memories and Jack talks NCAA hoops!

Spring is in the air which means the Chicago Sports Spectacular returns to Rosemont, IL and so do Jack and Jeremy! The guys take in the semi-annual card show and snag some autographs. Hear about a couple fun exchanges with Kevin Mitchell and Denny McLain as well as some run-ins with card shop owners, social media personalities, and friends! This is all if Jack and Jeremy can get through the front door, which wasn't easy!

This week the guys are running down the WBC rosters, searching for some long-forgotten major leaguers - this was almost as fun as the non-roster invitee lists! Some great former players hanging around to rep their countries or on the coaching staffs!

Jack and Jeremy run down each team's coaching staffs and set their sights on graphing targets for the upcoming season. But to kick things off, the guys talk about the clip of Shia LaBeouf ripping Mike Piazza for not signing autographs - a topic the Rain Delay boys can definitely relate to!

This week, Jack and Jeremy catch up on the recent White Sox gaffes of misspelled nameplates and mistaken switch hitters. The guys also talk about the Phillies/Nick Castellanos divorce, Topps Series 1 baseball cards, and the March Chicago Sports Spectacular! This is the most beautiful podcast these ears have ever heard...c'mon Dad...

The time has come for pitchers, catchers, and bums to report to Spring Training - Jack and Jeremy run down this year's non-roster invitees! Also, the RDT guys headed out to the DePaul/St. John's game in search of Rick Pitino for graphing purposes!

Jack and Jeremy are fresh off SoxFest Live - the Chicago White Sox fan fest to bring you all the exciting details! The guys are joined by friend of show Chris at the Ramova Theater in Bridgeport to take in the festivities, trying to learn the ropes of this unconventional "fan fest" and attempt to eek out some autographs in the process. The guys have a long overdue conversation with Len Kasper, almost fall asleep during the Chris Getz segment, and roast Omogrosso! Plus, Jeremy talks a big game when attempting to get Shane Smith's autograph and Jack gets lost in the shuffle trying to get to Miguel Vargas. Tune in for all the antics!

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.