Jake Arrieta & John Lackey on no-hitters, beer fridges & more Cubs World Series tales | Ross & Rizzo

On this episode of The Lovable Reunion, David Ross and Anthony Rizzo are joined by former Chicago Cubs pitchers Jake Arrieta and John Lackey. They discuss Arrieta and Lackey’s MLB careers, the evolution of pitchers in baseball, how the 2015 Cubs set the stage for their World Series championship one year later in 2016, the wild Cubs-Pirates 2015 Wild Card game, facing the Dodgers and Giants in the 2016 postseason, coming back from down 3-1 against the Cleveland Indians, and more incredible stories from their time as teammates. 00:00 - Lackey’s lessons from 3 World Series teams 02:30 - Are MLB careers shortening? 04:30 - Arrieta’s path to Cubs 08:30 - Cubs’ 2015 ascension 11:30 - Arrieta’s historic Pirates performance 19:50 - MLB pitcher routine 22:00 - How Lackey got to Cubs 24:45 - Building the Cubs culture 32:12 - When did the guys think Cubs were good 34:00 - Lester & Lackey fighting over team bill 35:00 - Lackey’s championship team traits 37:16 - Arrieta’s no-hitter 44:17 - Lackey’s beer fridge 46:50 - Pebble Beach & Kenny Chesney vacation 50:20 - Rossy FLIPPED OUT on bench 52:40 - Arrieta’s HR off Bumgarner & Giants series 58:30 - Beating Dodgers & getting to World Series 01:03:43 - Thought process down 3-1 01:06:18 - Arrieta’s World Series wins 01:08:43 - Game 7 01:09:50 - Rajai Davis HR & Rain Delay 01:13:47 - Celebration after World Series 01:17:13 - What Jake & John are most proud of 01:19:09 - Arrieta almost left baseball 01:20:17 - The importance of perspective 01:23:45 - How pitching has changed 01:27:11 - Final thoughts All lines provided by ‪@hardrockbet‬ Follow The Lovable Reunion on social:   / lovablereunion     / lovablereunion   https://x.com/LovableReunion   / @lovablereunion   #mlb #chicagocubs #baseball