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August 7, 2026 11 mins

Harold Reynolds joins the show to talk about what it means to make the top 50 list, his best memories from his time in Seattle, who he has been excited to hang out with and Griffey and his legacy.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:20):
All right, we're gonna do a little switcher root here
on the radio show. We've got a special guest joining
us right now. Softian Dick from Jimmy is across the
street from T Mobile Park. I think that's just an
our radio.

Speaker 3 (00:34):
Or whatever.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
But ask me for my favorite Harold Reynolds story.

Speaker 4 (00:38):
Go ahead, Dave, what is your favorite Harold story?

Speaker 2 (00:41):
Well, I was working as a server at Billy Mchall's
restaurant in Factoria and Harold Reynolds and Dave Winfield walked
in and they went across the street to Big Five
to buy a baseball bat and both these guys signed it.

Speaker 3 (00:51):
I still have the bat today.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
Every time HR comes on the show, I bring it up,
and I wonder if Harold even remotely remembers that from
like thirty years ago. He's joining us right now on
the radio show. HR it' Softie and Dick Faine. How
are you, man?

Speaker 5 (01:07):
Hey, good to hear from you guys. And do I
remember that? Na? Not really?

Speaker 3 (01:13):
Well, I still do and I still.

Speaker 5 (01:15):
Have to Yes, of course I remember that.

Speaker 3 (01:18):
Come on.

Speaker 5 (01:19):
It doesn't surprise me though.

Speaker 6 (01:20):
When Winfield came to town, I'd go eat with him
all the time, and that does not surprise me, So
that probably did happen.

Speaker 5 (01:26):
He's telling the truth, America.

Speaker 2 (01:28):
I swear to God, you know what a deck. I'll
go home, I'll take a picture of the bat, I'll
put it on Twitter. I was like seventeen years old, man.
But Hal Reynolds is with us, and I'm assuming that
you made the top fifty list and you're not just
here to hang out and watch some baseball. So congratulations,
my man. Tell me about what that means to you
to be honored like that by this franchise.

Speaker 7 (01:49):
Dude.

Speaker 5 (01:51):
Oh man, it's incredible.

Speaker 6 (01:54):
It really is just being a Northwest guy and the
time that I played is still that be honored. And
it's been, you know, thirty forty years since I've been
roaming around as a Mariner, So to still have that
stand in the minds of people really is quite an honor, and.

Speaker 4 (02:11):
This organization is pretty special at doing that, isn't it.

Speaker 7 (02:14):
I Mean they seem like they've always done a really
good job all the way back to when you were here,
of putting these type of events together.

Speaker 6 (02:21):
Yeah, they're they're phenomenal with their events. And you know,
last night we got a chance to have most of
the guys come back already and we spent time together,
get the chance to talk and shall share stories and
it was just really a unique time. But the Mariners
have always put these things together. I think they picked
the right people that just kind of made the evening

(02:44):
really flow.

Speaker 5 (02:44):
So it was a good time.

Speaker 2 (02:46):
Well, Harold Reynolds is with us on the radio show.
One of the if not the greatest second basement in
franchise history. Boone would have an argument with you, by
the way, we had who was just with us in
the last hour or so. But go back and talk
about those days at the Dome, man, and when you
guys finally broke through and got to five hundred. I remember,

(03:07):
you know, Alvin Davis, nobody can ever call me a
loser ever again because.

Speaker 3 (03:10):
We got to five hundred.

Speaker 2 (03:12):
What do you remember about those those early nineties late
eighties days with his team.

Speaker 5 (03:16):
Man, Yeah, it was tough, man, a lot of losing.

Speaker 6 (03:19):
But the thing about it was we were just growing
and developing, and you knew you were.

Speaker 5 (03:26):
Gonna win eventually.

Speaker 6 (03:27):
And the crazy thing about it is none of us
ever lost, whether it was in college or summer ball
or whatever.

Speaker 5 (03:34):
So to come and lose pro ball games, it was tough.
Even in the minor leagues.

Speaker 6 (03:38):
We whipped through the minor leagues, we beat everybody, and
to get to the big leagues and lose it, it
was kind of tough to handle.

Speaker 5 (03:45):
But eventually you broke through.

Speaker 6 (03:48):
And I'll never forget the excitement and enthusiasm and Alvin
and Dave Henderson and guys like that that were kind
of a year or two ahead of me.

Speaker 7 (04:00):
I remember when you guys first made got to five
hundred and Dave Valley cried on the postgame show. Yeah,
I'll always remember that. Dude said, we're winners. We're winners now.
And do you guys find a feel because you know,
three years after you left, I mean, they finally did it, right,
they finally cracked through in ninety five.

Speaker 4 (04:15):
You kind of almost feel like.

Speaker 7 (04:17):
A proud papa of those type teams, those mid nineties,
late nineties, early two thousands teams that you feel like
you kind of built those teams.

Speaker 6 (04:25):
Yeah, And I think that's the cool thing about this
weekend is you're being honored with guys that played on
those teams and they're the first one saying, hey, you
guys paved the way, and that always makes.

Speaker 5 (04:36):
You feel really good.

Speaker 6 (04:37):
I remember coming back ninety five to come watch the game.

Speaker 5 (04:40):
And the slide and just man, it was just.

Speaker 6 (04:43):
Like you wanted to be there, but you felt like
you were a part of it because those guys were
all on teams that you played on, and you watched
them develop and you watch them grow.

Speaker 5 (04:53):
It just was really cool.

Speaker 2 (04:55):
Harold Reynolds is with us and HR. I don't know
if you've seen the lineup or not tonight. Kyle Rawley's
hitting eighth. And if you would have told me back
in March. So we're playing a game against Tampa in
August and Ky Rawley's hitting eighth, I want to thought
you were nuts that we're thirty games out of first place. Dude,
what do you see going on with cal and what
do you see going on with this baseball team right now?

Speaker 3 (05:15):
Man?

Speaker 6 (05:16):
Yeah, I think one of the things hitting eighth for
him is gonna take the pressure off a little bit
of having to produce. He knows he's not hitting up
to his capability, but I think he's a little bit fatigued.

Speaker 5 (05:27):
He played a lot of baseball last year, from All.

Speaker 6 (05:31):
Star Game all the way around, home run derby catching
every game, hitting sixty home runs, and now the argument
you understand even more while we were screaming he should
be MVP with all the things that catcher takes on,
and I think he's taking that toll a little bit
this year with wear and tear. So hopefully backing him off,
hitting him aids and he starts to get hot right

(05:53):
when it counts, right here at the end in August
and on into September, and he can turn this whole
thing around and be able to to face with a
really good season if we're in the playoffs. If cal
Rawley leads us into the playoffs and plays great, will
anybody talk about the first three months of the year.

Speaker 5 (06:09):
Noah, I doubt it, And hopefully that's his perspective.

Speaker 3 (06:12):
Yep.

Speaker 7 (06:12):
Harold Reynolds joining us, Harry same coaching staff, mostly the
same team that was eight outs away from the World
Series last year. How explain to me how the same
clubhouse can be so alive one season and so dead
thus far this season.

Speaker 6 (06:31):
Well, hitting is contagious, and hitting brings the excitement. I know,
it's it's a pitching heavy organization.

Speaker 5 (06:38):
Guys are gonna pitch.

Speaker 6 (06:40):
You get excited, But how excited do you get in
the two to one game compared to ten to one.
And when everybody's hitting, everybody's excited, right, So we just
gotta start hitting. I mean that's the biggest thing, and
that will lift everybody's spirits because the pitching's going to
be there.

Speaker 5 (06:54):
But if you hit, then.

Speaker 6 (06:56):
Everybody in the clubhouse feels good about themselves instead of
just the five or six guys that are throwing.

Speaker 2 (07:01):
Great Harold Reynolds with us. Harold, you guys had to
get together. I think last night, I think you were there,
and I'm sure you were fired up to see everybody.

Speaker 3 (07:10):
But was there was there one or two.

Speaker 2 (07:12):
Guys on that top fifty list that were in town
last night that you hadn't seen in a while, that
you were looking forward to seeing and you did see
last night.

Speaker 5 (07:20):
Yeah.

Speaker 6 (07:20):
I'm held of secrecy too, because they have not all
been unveiled.

Speaker 5 (07:25):
Yet, so to speak.

Speaker 6 (07:26):
So you think you slick, you're not getting meet me.

Speaker 3 (07:31):
You know what, I wasn't even thinking like that.

Speaker 2 (07:33):
I was honestly just kind of wanting to know who
you went fanboy over last night.

Speaker 5 (07:38):
I'll tell you what.

Speaker 6 (07:39):
There was one conversation that went on between two guys
that we were all a bunch of us are standing there,
and one of the guys said that to the other man,
I have not seen you since you got traded. Wow,
that trade occurred over forty years ago.

Speaker 3 (07:54):
Wow.

Speaker 2 (07:55):
Okay with that now, we got to go back and
look at trades in the mid to early eighties, yes,
and figure out who the hell hr is talking about. Well,
I know that I know you and Griffy. You and
Griffy have always been tight, and I still remember the
role that you played and him coming back here right
the second time when I think you talked about his legacy, right,

(08:15):
and how much that meant to people in Seattle man,
And I mean as a fan, honestly, I just want
to say thanks for the role that you played in
getting him back, because there were fathers and sons and
mother and daughters that never got to watch him play
the first time around, that did the second time and
you played a role in that.

Speaker 3 (08:33):
So thanks for that man.

Speaker 5 (08:34):
Well, nah, I appreciate it. Thank you. Hey.

Speaker 6 (08:37):
I was a fan at the time too, and I
was a fan and I played with him. So for
them to get a chance to see him play, it's
one of those moments that you talk about forever in history.
And that's what his generational player is. Really, he comes
around once every hundred years and you'll say I was
there win, and that's that's his impact on the game.

Speaker 5 (08:59):
And that's Ken Griffy Jr.

Speaker 4 (09:02):
Hey, Harry, before we let you go, you follow this
so closely.

Speaker 7 (09:05):
I mean, it really has not been able to be
worse for the Mariners. And yet they're only three games
out of the West. They're only game and a half
out of the Wildcard. Somehow, some way, how do you
handicap Well, see over the next forty five fifty games
in that in that West and in that Wildcard, and
what are the Mariners legitimate chances?

Speaker 5 (09:23):
Well, I think it's legit.

Speaker 6 (09:24):
I mean could be three out as poorly as they played,
so to speak, so far to this point gives you
a chance. The American League is wide open. Not just
the West, but the American League.

Speaker 5 (09:38):
Who would have thought the Boston.

Speaker 6 (09:40):
Red Sox fire a manager of the year of house
for they trade off players, they get rid of people,
there's all disarray, it's time out, firing the GM and
now they're about ready. They're knocking on the door to
pass the Yankees tonight.

Speaker 5 (09:55):
Who would have thought? So the game is crazy. All
of a sudden, the Tigers trade school and then one
game out. I mean, you just don't know.

Speaker 6 (10:02):
So the American League is wide open. And if the
Mariners start to hit, they're.

Speaker 5 (10:07):
Gonna win games. I'm just gonna tell you, we gotta
start hitting.

Speaker 3 (10:11):
No doubt.

Speaker 2 (10:12):
Hey, before you go hr real quick, are you worried
about a workstoppage?

Speaker 3 (10:16):
Man?

Speaker 6 (10:16):
Honestly, I think everybody's a little bit worried about it.
I think it's not gonna be as long as most
people might think. I just think that there's too many
great contracts out there for younger players.

Speaker 5 (10:29):
That's the key to me.

Speaker 6 (10:30):
And uh, it's hard for all the young guys that
assign these long term deals to walk away.

Speaker 5 (10:35):
So there's there's.

Speaker 6 (10:36):
Gotta be something done. They'll they'll get a deal done.
It's gonna take time, and you know it's gonna.

Speaker 5 (10:40):
Be forced down to that.

Speaker 6 (10:41):
You wish you could do it today, but it's not
gonna happen to us. Some pressure points, no doubt.

Speaker 2 (10:46):
Hey, Harold, great to hear your voice again. And I'm
gonna go home and get a picture of that bat.
It was the Billy McHale's in Factoria. You and Winfield
walked in. I think you had the onion loaf if
I'm not, If I'm not you remembering, but I still
got that bat, Dude, I still got it.

Speaker 3 (11:03):
Man.

Speaker 2 (11:03):
So hey, listen, great stuff. Congratulations bro, and we'll talk
down the road.

Speaker 1 (11:07):
Man.

Speaker 5 (11:07):
Appreciate it, dude, sounds good. Thank you guys, thank you for
having me. I appreciate it.

Speaker 2 (11:12):
You bet, Harold Reynolds. I'm telling you, that's an absolutely
true story, and I.

Speaker 4 (11:16):
Swear to guy you to tell that story a lot.

Speaker 2 (11:18):
Yeah, seventeen at Billy McHale's, the Big Five and him
and Big Five across the street, him and Dave Winfield
walk in, and I tell my manager, I gotta go
buy bat, and I ran across the street and all
they had is.

Speaker 3 (11:28):
Like this little little league bat and both those guys
signed it. Man.

Speaker 4 (11:31):
So awesome.

Speaker 2 (11:32):
I mean he was, you know, again before the Mariners
got really any good in the mid nine goals me
was one of the dudes, right, he was one of
the dudes. And I think a lot of people today
they just they they don't know what those times were like.
But it's about time that all of us know what
it's like to go to a god darned world series.

Speaker 3 (11:49):
All right, we're gonna break.

Speaker 2 (11:50):
How about we do some teestimonials next second, big thanks
to HR. We'll do testimonials and then chuck at five
twenty right here on ninety three three KJRFM
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