- [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 Pen where Ian Happ and Justin Steele are already loose.
- [Justin] Bullpen.
- [Woman 1] Hey, guys.
On my first date with my Southern boyfriend, I told him I loved country music.
Thing is, I hate country music.
I just wanted to have a common interest.
Now, he wants to take me to a concert on my birthday.
Should I fess up or live a life full of music I can't stand?
- [Ian] [vocalization] I think honesty is the best policy.
- I agree with that.
- You don't want to be listening to country for the rest of your life if you hate it,
then you got to tell him the truth.
- Yeah.
I mean, I think she should have started with the truth, now she's kind of in a hole, and now, you
know, he's probably fired up.
- You know, I think he'll find another country-loving girl if she doesn't...
- Yeah.
I mean, I...
- If he's over it, then he's over it.
- Maybe go to the concert and see if you like it?
Like, maybe you'll have a change of... - Give it a chance.
- Yeah.
Maybe you'll have a change of heart.
- An achy breaky heart.
- [vocalization]
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Bullpen.
- [Man 1] Hey, guys.
I've been single for two years and I'm anxious to get back into the dating pool.
Do you think I should focus on improving my appearance or my personality?
- I'm going to say personality because your looks are your looks.
If you're on a date with somebody, they're already into the looks a little bit, you know,
to go on the date. - A good point. It's a good point.
So I think at that point, you've got to sell them on the personality.
- Here's a hot take.
Did they say two years without a significant other there, maybe there's some personality issues.
- Yeah.
Maybe.
- Maybe you got to look inward, or maybe you've got to find a match
with another bad personality.
- You've got to have a personality with the man in the mirror before you have a personality
with somebody else.
- That is so true.
Can we put that on t-shirt?
- We can.
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Bullpen.
- [Woman 2] Hey there.
My friend wants to be an influencer.
She's been at it for two years, and only has a few followers.
Do I tell her to move on or do I just let her go with the flow?
- Is it actually three followers, like a few?
- Yeah. - Because then definitely give it up.
- Yeah, you definitely call it quits. - Call it quits.
- You got to say something at that point.
It depends, like, is it good content?
Like, I mean, if one of my friends were trying to be a content creator, and they were just posting bad
content like I wasn't even enjoying it as a friend,
I would let them know. - Say, "Maybe give it up."
- Yeah.
There's an influencer funnel as there is with baseball.
The top influencer's doing really well, down here with a few followers,
I don't think it's really paying off for you.
- I agree.
Think you hit the nail on the head there with a hammer.
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Bullpen.
- [Man 2] Hey, guys.
My best friend has gone overboard with crypto.
He's lost a lot of money so far, and I think he's crazy.
It's true some people have gotten rich off it, but not him.
Should I sit him down and level with him, or should I just let him have his fun?
- The crypto game.
- Crypto.
- What do you got on the crypto game?
- Not a whole lot, honestly.
- Do you know the Doge?
- I know what it is.
- Blockchain?
- Heard of it.
- Sounds like this friend is buying the high and selling the low, which is about the opposite of what
you want to do.
- I would say, for scenarios like this, stock market, crypto, and stuff, for every one person that hits
it big, there's probably a thousand losing.
- Yeah. I think you got to sit him down.
I think you got to say, "Hey, man, maybe get in a few mutual funds, huh, and start slow.
This has been "Talking Crypto" with The Cubbies.
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- Guys, those questions were great.
Next time when life throws you a curveball, you'll know what to do.
- Make a call to the Bullpen.
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