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Around the Bases 2.21: Wrigley Walk-Offs and Who Gets Evicted: A Sports and Pop Culture Roundup

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Justin Turner hit his first regular-season career walk-off homer on the first pitch.

1. Around the Bases: Pop Culture and Sports Podcast centers on a Cubs, Mets, and reality-TV roundup built around a Wrigley Field trip and several TV updates. 2. Charlie Seymour and Tim Sternberg host the episode, and they matter because they are the voices trading Cubs memories, Mets frustration, and Big Brother strategy. 3. The episode asks what baseball teams, collectibles, and summer TV still have to say in mid-August, with the hook coming from a Wrigley walk-off and a crowded National card show. 4. Charlie says he traveled to Chicago with Erica to see Dylan, and he frames the trip around a Cubs game that ended with a bottom-nine walk-off homer. 5. Tim identifies Justin Turner as the hitter and says it was his first regular-season career walk-off homer after 17 years. 6. Nicholas Pepin from Pop Culture Roulette also drove from Wisconsin to the game, and the hosts call out the reunion at Wrigley Field. 7. Tim points out that he is 2-0 at Wrigley with two Cubs walk-offs, including a previous year’s walk-off base hit against the Cardinals. 8. The baseball conversation shifts to the Mets’ losing streak, Steve Cohen’s public confidence, and the Brewers’ refusal to lose. 9. Charlie and Tim compare standings scenarios, including the Cubs, Mets, Padres, Phillies, Dodgers, Reds, and a possible wildcard path. 10. They note specific dates and math, including August 12, roughly 40 games left, five Cubs games against Milwaukee, and seven Mets games left with the Phillies. 11. One of the sharper baseball points is Charlie’s insistence that the Brewers were more dangerous than the Cardinals early in the season. 12. Another recurring insight is that both hosts would rather reach the playoffs as a wild card than miss out entirely, even if a division title remains possible. 13. The episode also spends time on the National in Rosemont, where Charlie and Tim describe long lines, heavy traffic, and a packed convention floor. 14. Tim highlights Sammy Sosa as the most nostalgic autograph he picked up and says Sammy laughed, waved him around the table, and allowed a selfie. 15. They also mention getting cards and autographs from Matt Shaw, Nico Hoerner, Kyle Tucker, Michael Busch, and Matt Mervis. 16. A Tops Q&A at the convention ends with all three of them receiving an autographed Roki Sasaki Dodgers rookie card numbered to 50, which Tim describes as a national exclusive. 17. Charlie’s comic-book grading story adds another collectibles thread, including Amazing Spider-Man 252 and the first appearance of Spider-Man’s black costume in that series. 18. The episode keeps a loose, conversational energy, with the hosts interrupting each other, joking about “growth,” and shifting quickly between sports, cards, and television. 19. Listeners who like Cubs baseball, Mets playoff math, and reality-TV strategy will get the most out of it. 20. Listeners who want a tightly edited, single-topic episode will probably skip it.

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A Cubs game, Tops Q&A chatter, and warm banter keep the episode easy to settle into.

This Around the Bases episode follows Charlie Seymour and Tim Sternberg on a Chicago Cubs outing that ends with Justin Turner’s first-pitch, walk-off homer.

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You want a Cubs win story with card-show luck and loose, conversational banter.

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