- [Announcer] It's Call to the Bullpen where the Cubs deliver the advice you
never knew you needed until now.
Let's go to the bullpen where Kyle Schwarber and Ian Happ are waiting
for your questions.
- [Kyle] Bullpen.
- [Man 1] Hey Cubs.
I recently went on three dates with someone and I'm not really feeling it.
Is ghosting someone really that bad?
- [Ian] Ooh, the ghost. I don't like the ghost.
- The ghost is tough.
- I would say just tell.
- If I was being ghosted, it would really hurt my feelings.
- I would be upset. - I wouldn't feel good about myself.
- No, I would be upset. - I wouldn't feel good about myself.
- I need to know. - Yeah.
You need to know what the issue is.
- Yeah.
I want to be better.
Make me better.
- Make you better down the road.
It's just not going to work out, but make me better.
- Yeah.
Ghosting is bad.
Don't ghost.
Just tell them what's wrong.
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- [Woman] What do you guys think is a better first date, a movie, maybe dinner,
or what about a home-cooked meal?
- Good first date?
- I'm going to start by saying the home-cooked meal on the
first date, terrifying.
Nobody wants to come into your house for the first date.
You got to have a neutral meeting point.
- Yes. - So, I'm going to nix that one.
- It's tough because a home-cooked meal you're bringing someone into your
life already, one. - Yeah.
That's terrifying for me.
- Yeah. They're seeing your house.
- I'm not ready to be in your life.
It's a first date.
- [laughs] It's a first date.
- And then we had movie or dinner?
- Right. I like movie.
You can never go wrong with movie because then you don't really have to talk
to the person. [laughs] - No. And you can always do dinner after.
You could do dinner after.
- Yeah.
You can just feel it out, see how the car ride goes there.
If they sit in silence for two hours and then you're like, "Oh,
maybe we can go to dinner afterwards."
- Yeah.
And if it's terrible, right away, you're like movie is over I'm out.
- I take you home. - I'm out.
- I'll take you home. - Yeah. Yeah.
Movie is good.
If it goes well, take him to dinner.
When was the last time you were on a date?
- In eight years. - Yeah.
- I wouldn't say it was a first date, but my fiancée now, I tried to give
the first kiss.
We went on a couple of dates.
We just got back from the movies.
I'm super nervous. I'm sweating profusely.
And I go for the hip grab and I go like this in, and then she gives me the hug.
- Oh, no. - The hug.
I'm like, "Okay. Bye."
- Yeah. Yeah.
Then you're terrified.
- [makes sound] Scooted out of there. I was terrified.
And waited on the next date, I got the first kiss, but still terrified.
- And happy ending because now fiancée. - Exactly.
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- [Man 2] A guy next to me at work eats potato chips all day and drives me nuts.
Should I confront him, quit, try to get him fired?
- I do not like loud eaters. I'm not a fan of it.
- I happen to be one of the loud eaters.
So, good thing you don't sit next to me all the time.
- Yeah. I haven't had to confront you.
Personally, I would confront them and be really upset about their loud eating.
- I would just let it go.
If that's your biggest problem in the world, maybe try to move
on to something else. [laughs] - Then it's not that bad.
It's not that bad.
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- You want to say Bullpen this time?
- Yeah. Yeah. I'll answer it.
Bullpen.
- [Man 3] I was recently at a steakhouse and saw a group of my favorite
Cubs having dinner.
My buddy said it was okay to drop by and say hello after they finished,
but I'm not so sure.
Is it cool if we say hi or would you rather we didn't?
- Great question. I love that question.
- That is a great question.
- Dang it.
I like the question because that happens a lot.
- It happens a lot. - It does happen a lot.
- It's a frequent occurrence.
- And for me at least, I would like to enjoy my dinner,
enjoy the company that I'm with, and then, definitely afterward,
I'm more than willing to do that.
- There's two extremes. - Yeah.
- So, it's like people can come up and they can be too much and it's like I'm
just trying to have dinner with my family. - Yes.
- And then sometimes people are too shy. - Yes.
- But we like to interact with the fans.
We like to see people out.
If you ever see any Cubbies out, polite, wait until the end of dinner,
we would love to come and say hi and talk.
- Yeah.
You don't want to pull the one where you're walking down the road and someone
is sprinting and grabs your shoulder.
- Then you're scared. - Then I was scared.
- Then you think you're getting robbed. - My fist clamped a little bit.
- Yeah. Yeah.
- Thank you guys for all the great questions.
If you have any more questions, you guys know what to do.
- Call the bullpen.
Call to the bullpen?
Would you rather do call to the bullpen?
- No, I like call the bullpen.
- [Man 4] That was good, but… - I like call the bullpen.
- I know, but the series is called Call to the Bullpen.
- All right. - So make a call to the bullpen.
- Make a call. - Make a call to the bullpen.
- Make a call. - Make a call.
- Make a call to the bullpen.
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