Fly the W

About Fly the W

Dustin Rhoades and Paul Crawly Dzien bring you passionate, engaging Cubs talk. From game breakdowns to series previews to interviews with players, coaches and analysts, they zero in on the most compelling Cubs topics of conversation each week.

Publisher

Blue Wire, Dustin Rhoades, Paul Crawly Dzien

Category

sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 May 2022

Latest episode

15 May 2026

Latest episodes

85 of 1,453 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   15 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Cubs Offense has Disappeared

   In Episode 361, Crawly and Dustin recap the Cubs’ series loss against the Braves that saw the Cubs offense struggle mightily, especially with runners in scoring position, Shota Imanaga continues to dominate, and Ben Brown emerging as a possible front line starter, the guys are joined by Josh Nelson, host of the Sox Machine podcast, to preview the Crosstown Classic between the Cubs and White Sox at the South Side including pitching matchups, off season moves, and which players are hot and which are not, plus they discuss all the latest news from the Cubs and MLB including an injury update on Caleb Thielbar, the Cubs sign a couple of bullpen arms in Liam Hendriks and Caleb Tyler Ferguson, Jason Heyward takes a front office job with the Dodgers, and much more.

2. 

   15 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Cubs salvage finale vs Braves

   Crawly and Dustin recap the Cubs’ series loss against the Braves that saw the Cubs offense struggle mightily, especially with runners in scoring position, Shota Imanaga continues to dominate, and Ben Brown emerging as a possible front line starter.

3. 

   15 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Crosstown Classic Preview with Josh Nelson from Sox Machine

   Crawly and Dustin are joined by Josh Nelson, host of the Sox Machine podcast, to preview the Crosstown Classic between the Cubs and White Sox at the South Side including pitching matchups, off season moves, and which players are hot and which are not.

Inside a recent episode

The Cubs Offense has Disappeared

Published 15 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I can't say how big it is that they're able to prevent the sweep and you know, have a happy plane ride back to Chicago before the crosstown classic starts up again. Let's take a look at the three keys to this game. Number one, Ben Brown cool under pressure. You got this young kid going up against the veteran Chris sale. You need this win. Otherwise you get swept like we just talked about. And what does Ben Brown do? He goes four innings, gives up one hit, one walk, seven case. The curve ball was absolutely wicked. And I think the thing that impresses me the most about what we've seen, it's only been two starts, but just in general, Ben Brown this year, I feel like a lot of times when something would go wrong last season, Ben would kind of have some problems between the ears and let it spiral out of control. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.4 / 5

55 ratings

Spotify

4.6 / 5

22 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 63 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

91

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

89

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