Furness Show 5-6: Chris Crawford in for Ian, Mariners, NHL Draft Lottery, First Dates

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's start with another horrible, horrible, no good, smelly Mariner
loss three to two, in which your offense once again
doesn't show up and your star closer has another I
won't say meltdown, but doesn't get the job done. And
this is frustrating. And boy, you know, we talked about

(00:22):
yesterday a whole bunch about how you know, it felt
like a momentum change with the JP Crawford homer, and
we felt like things were gonna start going on that swing.

Speaker 2 (00:32):
And that's why Joshian mentioned it yesterday.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
One of my favorite quotes from Earl Weaver that momentum
is only as good as your next day starting pitcher,
and it wasn't the pitcher's fault. Can't blame any of
this on George Kirby. But the ultimate takeaway here is
baseball is not a game where you can just say
we got right from one moment. It can feel that way,
it can feel awesome, it can feel, you know, the

(00:55):
the highs that are so high, but the lows are
so low, and Anders Andes the lows from last night's
lost stuck with me for a little bit.

Speaker 3 (01:03):
Yeah, I know, it's almost like you know, when you're
playing a home game in a situation where you could
close it out if you will, or at least to
go back to extras. Yeah, that's stunk. And it was
a walk off potential situation, and those obviously are huge
momentum builders.

Speaker 4 (01:21):
Lights go off.

Speaker 3 (01:22):
We're getting good crowds down there at T Mobile Park,
and I think, you know, I do feel bad for Munnos.
I mean, I'm a SAP, so when I say I
feel bad, like, yeah, you didn't get the job done,
but I also feel bad for him and that that
really could have made a difference in the momentum. Especially,
I mean, this is the best team in baseball we're

(01:44):
talking about right now.

Speaker 4 (01:46):
Yeah, they're in the National.

Speaker 3 (01:47):
League, so it's I don't know, one of one, one
of the other, but sure, the momentum falls so fast,
especially with this fan base too, and you're going into
a day game where a lot of people won't be
able to attend.

Speaker 4 (02:03):
They you know, did people work and stuff.

Speaker 3 (02:06):
But when that momentum hits, some people go, I'm playing
hockey and I'm gonna get my butt down there.

Speaker 2 (02:11):
Anders you cover this team? I do you watch this team?

Speaker 5 (02:15):
I do?

Speaker 2 (02:16):
Would you have let Jose Ferrer pitch to Matt Olson.

Speaker 6 (02:20):
See, probably yes, But at the end of the day,
I feel like, you know, you should be able to
trust your closer in almost any situation. Yeah, so it's
a little bit different than the previous day. I made
the comparison last night on the Mariners postcast from the
previous day where Jose Ferre pitched the entire seventh inning,

(02:40):
they brought him out for the first out of the
eighth inning, which was Matt Olsen. It would have been
the entire eighth inning with Jose Ferrer bring him out
for the first out of the ninth inning, which happened
to me Matt Olsen. So it's not like direct comparisons
apples to Apple's sort of situation. The other thing I
would have done herby was at eighty eight pitches when

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they took him out after seven. Yeah, I would have
tried to squeeze one more ending out of him. Now,
this is the reasoning why is because a you have
a really short bullpen, you have your minus Gabe Spier
and minus Matt Brash. So in both the Ferreer and
Kirby's situations, I'm trying to squeeze every out of the

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pitchers that I trust in every situation, you don't have
the luxury to have a quick hook like and I
know in some cases if both those guys were healthy,
i'd feel differently. But knowing that you're so short in
the bullpen, I would have let Kirby go one more inning.
I would have had Farreer pitch the ninth and then
Munos any time after that that you would need him,

(03:43):
and then he kind of figured it out from there.
But to me, I think either one of those you
can make the argument for. But at the end of
the day, I'm not full on blaming Dan Wilson because
you should expect your closer to get guys out, period.

Speaker 1 (03:57):
So to Comadautch text line four nine four five, I
want to ask you guys two questions. Number one, was
it a mistake to not have Ferrer face matt Olsen
as Farrer did face matt Olsen in the situation last
night and it worked out pretty well. And as Greg
Bell pointed out that the numbers for matt Olsen against
Jose Ferrer are not good for Olsen, so that's some

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And also the concern with Andrece Munios because this is
now a your all star closer who has an ERA
of six who has had I believe, two blown saves
and three losses. And my biggest concern right now is
that he is just getting mollywopped against left handers. Left
Handers are just clobbering this dude right now, and that's

(04:40):
not good. You should be, as you said, anders, be
able to trust Andres Munnos to pitch in any situation.
And I want to get ahead of that real quick.
There is always a talking point from the old school
baseball guy that don't use closers in non saved situations.
Closers are just built to work in save situations. Number one,
nonsen number two, there are a number step back up

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the nonsense. Andres Munos has a fantastic track record in
non save situations. I believe a three point one point
one ERA compared to like the two point two whatever
that he has in save situations. Andres Munios has gotten
a job done until this year in non safe situations.
And you know, of course, these numbers are skewed by

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that five run outing against San Diego, and I will
still continue to say that's one of the flukiest five
runs that I've ever seen a pitcher give up. But
fifty five mile per hour double and an infield hit
from ty Rickey Henderson, France do not make me concerned
about Andre's Munos. But the results are the results. And
you're talking about a guy that you're relying on heavily,

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especially with no Brash, right, especially with no Gabe Spire.
You are relying on this guy to be dominant and
he has not been dominant for the majority of the year.
And I think it's worth even if it's not predictive,
which is something I've been saying an awful lot of
You have every right to be frustrated by the first
quarter of the season for Andres Munya.

Speaker 6 (06:06):
Yeah, I think so, mainly because you have high expectations
of him, and.

Speaker 4 (06:09):
I think he's at the bar pretty Highyah.

Speaker 6 (06:11):
Everyone wants to say, oh, you know, we need a
new closer, Like it's it's crazy how many fans of
MLB fan bases say that they think they need a
new closer. Yeah, I'd say like twenty five out of
the thirty teams.

Speaker 1 (06:23):
They're they're the offensive coordinator positions. Everybody blames the offensive
coordinator and what and yeah, also the setup guy is
the backup quarterback like let's see what he can do
in this situation type of thing as well.

Speaker 2 (06:36):
That's true, it's crazy, but no police continue.

Speaker 6 (06:39):
Yeah, no, I think that kind of just I don't think.
I'm not worried long term about Andres Munios, but I
am frustrated about what I've seen up until now. Is
kind of how I'm compartmentalizing this, because like, I still
trust him to be the best reliever on the Mariners.
He's I think, still that guy until you know, we

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see Matt Brash has been good this year. He's not
striking out as quite as many guys this year as
he normally does, right, but he's still been really good.
I'm not trying to take anything away from him. I've
you and I are on the Ferrera hype train, and
I really like him. Yeah, I you know, think he's
on the level even when gave Spires healthy that they're
about the same in terms of who I would trust

(07:23):
in a situation. So having two really good lefties again,
I'm not worried about the bullpen. We can kind of
continue to beat that drum a little bit. Sure, you're
gonna have days like you did yesterday, That's not why
you lost the game. No, the bullpen is not why
you lost the game.

Speaker 1 (07:38):
You lost the game because your offense outside of one
home run from Anders, and I've apparently packed the necessary
pot for him. While we were insulting his defense, by
the way, defense all we did. We didn't say anything
about the guy's plate skills.

Speaker 5 (07:52):
I said he should be a DH. That's a compliment to.

Speaker 1 (07:54):
His offense, literally designated hitter. You are designating him to hit.
It's the ultimate compliment to his offense. But it is
nice to see him driving the baseball. If you there's
some positives to take from this game, I think number one.
I thought George Kirby pitched well over his seven innings.
You mentioned the efficiency that he probably could have gone
another inning. Jose Ferrer looked great. By the way, go

(08:14):
look up Harry Ford's numbers in Triple A and compare
them to what Jose Ferrer is doing. The Mariners are
winning that trade by a considerable march well, especially if
you're looking at just this year exactly. And that's the
easiest of easy things. If you're looking for who's helping
the team most this year, it is obviously Jose Ferire,
no question about it. And then I thought that JP

(08:35):
Crawford driving the baseball. For JP Crawford is big because
he's going to have those walks still, because he has
such a keen eye, and because he's able to foul
off pitches and he's gonna make guys work, and he's
gonna have an high OBP. But you have a chance
for any even higher OBP if you give pitchers a
reason to not throw the ball in the middle part
of the plate. If you're driving the baseball like JP

(08:55):
Crawford has done over these last couple of games, that
can really change things. And it'll be interesting to see
when Brendan Donovan comes back where they put JP Crawford
in the lineup, Because I gotta be honest, I'd probably
leave Crawford at the top right now, and I would
probably move Donovanto the two hole. Julio three, Cal four,
Naylor five. That's probably what I would do. I'll be

(09:17):
very curious to see what they end up doing. I
haven't really heard anything on when they actually expect Donovan
to be back, because number one, I wouldn't believe him anyway.

Speaker 6 (09:27):
Number two, he did have a rehab assignment in Arkansas
last night. Okay, right, and he went one for four
the double or five three the double.

Speaker 1 (09:34):
Nice, so he gets to play with Zara Montism jealousy,
But I thought that he looked good. I thought Josh
Naylor had a really nice day at the plate, and
it was nice even though cal Rawly struggled. It was
nice to see him back in the lineup. It was
nice to see that he felt well enough to be
that designated hitter. Now, oh for four with three strikeouts.

(09:54):
Oof a goof, But at least you're seeing big Dumper
back in the lineup. I want to see the that
more often than not, even if there are some poor
games from him. But sixteen strikeouts in seven innings and look,
strikeouts are just outs. But what it shows you is
that the Mariners weren't catching bad breaks yesterday.

Speaker 2 (10:15):
They got dominated.

Speaker 1 (10:16):
And it's worth pointing out too that outside of the
top of the sixth inning on Monday, they were dominated
by a rookie pitcher as well. So the offense is
not clicking on all cylinders by any stretch of the imagination.

Speaker 6 (10:31):
No, and you're if we're looking at would I rather
things the Mariners score six runs and strikeout fifteen times,
or the Mariners score three runs and strikeout three times.
I would rather them score six runs and strike out
sixteen times. It's like like you're saying, sometimes there's occasions

(10:53):
where a strikeout is better than a groundout. Oh by
that multiple times? Actually, yeah, where that ends up being
the case. So I don't look at the strikeouts. But
it's more of what it shows the issues are at
this point in time. And I'm someone who's a very
process based view on the offense. Right, you're not always
going to have the best results, especially in baseball. We

(11:15):
talk about it all the time. I think when the
Mariners are walking a large amount of the time, it's
when their offense is playing well and it's not a
one to one like, oh okay, we just need to
get walks and will score runs. It's not like that.
But it's more what it shows their processes at the plate.

Speaker 7 (11:32):
Right.

Speaker 6 (11:33):
They're a much better team when they're not ultra aggressive
and they're not swinging at everything. And that's for whatever reason,
that's what they do against the ninety two mile an
hour sinkerballer pitchers that they face. That's why they don't
have success against those guys. For whatever reason, I feel like, oh,
this guy's gettable, let's swing at everything in the zone.
He doesn't have the stuff to overpower us and the

(11:57):
Bryce Elders of the world.

Speaker 2 (11:58):
Yeah seriously, Yeah.

Speaker 6 (12:00):
Because that's kind of who he is versus like they've
had a track record of success against the Trek Scoobles,
the Paul Skeins, the Garrett Crochets, like the top, top,
top bend starting pitchers. I think the reasoning is because
they're way more patient. Yeah, and they zone in a
little bit and just focus on hitting mistakes. I think
that's what this approach needs to be for every starting pitcher.

(12:20):
I don't know why it changes so much based off
of who you're facing. I realize you need to kind
of play the matchups a little bit, but that, in
my opinion, is why they're so They struggle so much
against those non like blow you away stuff guys.

Speaker 1 (12:37):
So, and the interesting thing about yesterday was, now, I
have to admit I watched this game at three point
thirty in the morning, so, and I was watching it
on one and a half speed because you know, I
can only watch the col Rawley commercials so many times. Yeah,
it's great, but I want to call up about eighteen
times I can only watch that a couple of times
before it gets a little old. But this was not

(12:57):
so sometimes Anderws you mentioned process, sometimes strikeouts, of the
process of being willing to take those pitches. Yes, in
the fact that you have a three ball count. It
felt like last night that it wasn't that. No, it
wasn't a case of them like getting ahead three to one. Oh,
and then they fouled the pitch off and they happened
to swing and miss at the next one. They were
down one two a lot, yeah, like two, one two,

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and then just got worked by a pitcher who was
having a great year in Bryce Elder, a great month
by what I'll say, He's all strike out that often against.

Speaker 2 (13:26):
Dude like that.

Speaker 1 (13:27):
And then the bullpen just dominated them too. Dylan Lee
struck him at I believe struck out the side. The
bats outside of Josh Naylor's single in the ninth inning
were pathetic, absolutely pathetic. And look, Robert Suarez maybe the
best setup man in baseball. Now that Ray sel Iglesias
is back and Ray sal Iglesias is a very good closer,

(13:47):
they have Atlanta's really good, like really really good, even
without Michael Harris and without Ronald Dacunia junior. You still
see a lineup that has so many guys with UH
slugging percentage is in the five hundred and in the
case of Matt Olsen, six hundred.

Speaker 2 (14:04):
Like they can really hit.

Speaker 1 (14:05):
They've always been good at pitching, even with all of
the injuries that they have. You know, I was looking
at the schedule and I was like, Oh, they don't
face Chris Sale. That's awesome, There's that doesn't matter. It
doesn't matter because and they're facing Martine Perez, who is
I believe that is Venezuelan for designated for assignment.

Speaker 6 (14:22):
I believe that's how that's the left handed Bryce Elder.

Speaker 1 (14:26):
It is the left It's very similar. It's the crafty lefty.
It is the guy who right he was hung around
for a very long time at a time was one
of the best pitching prospects and had some success with
the Rangers. But this is a guy who should be
able to get and I have very little confidence that
they actually will.

Speaker 2 (14:44):
And that's that's frustrating.

Speaker 6 (14:46):
It is frustrating, and just because, like I said, it's
for whatever reason, they have this ultra aggressive approach at
the plate against these types of guys and there's so
many like three pitch outs that they get and they
just make it so easy on the posing pictures. So
I want to see some patience. I want to see
some walks, and then I think the great example of

(15:08):
when they're better is against JR.

Speaker 2 (15:10):
Richie. Yeah.

Speaker 6 (15:11):
Now, in the first few innings, it took him a
while to get to that point, but they let him
be wild. And it wasn't like he was you know,
throwing you know, pass balls and wild pitches left and right. No,
it was it was like barely misses on the sinkerballer stuff.
And because he walked four straight guys, he was like,
all right, I need to get a get me over.

Speaker 5 (15:31):
And that's what look greatly. It's the Homer. That's a process. Yeah,
right there.

Speaker 6 (15:34):
So that's how you get pictures to change how they
do things, and then you pounce on those mistakes. That's
where I think the Mariner's offense is at its best.

Speaker 2 (15:43):
Yes, yes, one thousand percent.

Speaker 1 (15:45):
There's no doubt that this lineup is more talented than
previous iterations.

Speaker 2 (15:50):
But the process has to happen.

Speaker 1 (15:52):
You have to be able to make pictures work, and
that's what they were so good at in twenty twenty two.
Yes was making pitchers work and then beating the crap
out of bullpens. Well, now starters are getting them and
against bullpens, I just don't have any faith against them
because and the other thing here is and I will
admit Monday, I like the way Dan used the bench

(16:14):
I liked and Rob Refsnyder came up with a big
hit on Monday. Didn't score a run, but it should
have led to something. Unfortunately the guys behind him failed
and Connor Joe drew little a nice walk as well. Yesterday,
Rob ref Snyder comes up in a situation with a
chance to do damage and strikes out on three pitch.

Speaker 2 (16:31):
And I gotta tell you, I wasn't.

Speaker 1 (16:33):
Thinking all that much about the possibility of using fair
against Matt Olsen. But man, and maybe this is just
captain hindsight. The more I think about it, the more
it makes sense. Yeah, I mean, and ultimately I do
think that Andreas Munos is going to be fine. But
here's my one caveat about this. Every great reliever outside

(16:54):
of Mariano Rivera, you will find has one year. Yeah,
one year, or it's just not quite right. Billy Wagner
one of the probably the greatest left handed reliever of
all time. If there's someone I'm not thinking of, good
because I've made them not that old. He had a
year where he had an array above six. I don't

(17:15):
think my voice had to go that high for it.
But oh dude, I've got so much range I have.
I have more range in my voice than JP Crawford
does it short stuff.

Speaker 4 (17:24):
But boom.

Speaker 2 (17:28):
Wow. Ikes. Yeah, but maybe that's not Maybe this is
his one year. Maybe this is his one.

Speaker 1 (17:35):
Things don't go right, some bad luck here and there,
and the problem is this is probably the one year
they can't afford it because of what the bullpen looks
right now. Andrew's at some point we're gonna probably have
to do a show. I will get in to take
some time, and we will do something where we talk
about potential trade candidates for the bullpen, because this is.

Speaker 2 (17:57):
A year where there are some guys that I really like.

Speaker 5 (18:00):
Yeah, I just I think you have other needs.

Speaker 2 (18:04):
Sure you're gonna have to do other things too.

Speaker 4 (18:07):
Yeah, but yeah, it's like the attainability to give up what.

Speaker 2 (18:11):
You're willing to give up.

Speaker 1 (18:12):
And so here's one I'll spoil for you right now
Riley O'Brien and Saint Louis.

Speaker 2 (18:17):
I think he makes a ton of sense.

Speaker 5 (18:19):
He's a local guy.

Speaker 1 (18:20):
Uh No, honestly, I didn't even think about that, but
I like that portion of it too. But if you
take a look at that guy as Baseball savon page,
it is just chocked full of red and he's been fantastic,
really against everyone butt Seattle. Riley O'Brien's been great. But
that's not a guy who's going to cost you an
out rachelon prospect. That's not a guy who's going to
cost you any So you can still so, hey, what

(18:41):
would you what would be your number one thing that
you need to address Anders.

Speaker 6 (18:45):
I mean infield, infield defense, yeah, outfield defense, outfield, corner, outfield.
I'd love for either Randy or JP to be your
full time DH, like whatever makes that happen. I don't
think they'll ever make Randy the full time DH. He's
going to be the left fielder for this year. I
understand that I'm still not convinced on Canzon or Rayley.

(19:07):
I get that you can kind of plug and play
them in certain positions, but having a right field that
you can play there every day, it would be nice.
I just depending on you know, where things go. Third base,
like an actual third baseman. We may not see Colt
t Emerson this year. There's a chance that we may

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not see Colt Teperson. Everyone that's kind of relying on that.
He could, you know, come up and you know, be
good in Triple A enough to where he makes the jump. Sure,
but relying on that for a team that's trying to
win the World Series, I don't think is good enough.
So I'm leaving that option open as well. So third
base shortstop if again, if he doesn't, maybe a one

(19:50):
year plug because I still think that you could get
better there, sure, or even if you want, if you
feel okay about JP at shortstop, go get a DH
right DH corner outfeater type. There's there's other needs besides
bullpen for me.

Speaker 2 (20:03):
So we're going to talk about that.

Speaker 1 (20:04):
We're going to talk about the draft lottery, just not
going this the Krakens way whatsoever. We'll talk a little
bit of Seahawks, but coming up next there's a center
fielder who plays for the Seattle Mariners who's pretty good.
Who got to talk to two slightly above average radio hosts,
and we'll do that next Sports Radio ninety three point
three kids are.

Speaker 8 (20:24):
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Speaker 2 (20:44):
Chris Crawford in.

Speaker 1 (20:48):
A lot of texts coming in about the frustrating loss,
some really good questions here two five to three. My
problem is, why are we pitching to Matt Olsen? He
beat the Mariners now two games in his bat, not
necessarily winning the game, but definitely putting a stamp on it.
Anders from the two five to three. You're asking for
too much like it's Christmas time. Unfortunately it's not realistic
for the Mariners. Just we've seen the Mariners make some

(21:10):
fun moves, haven't we.

Speaker 3 (21:11):
I mean, I've enjoyed a lot of them. I mean
good vibes. Only last year was my favorite, I think,
But that's just me.

Speaker 9 (21:17):
You know.

Speaker 2 (21:17):
And there was that Joshua Naylor fella.

Speaker 4 (21:19):
Who brought over and then signed and.

Speaker 1 (21:22):
Resigned in Randy or Rose Arena. But I do get
it that we're still kind of waiting on them to
make that like the real big move, like the Yes,
the you know, a lot of people thought this move
was a mistake. I think the mistake was not making
more moves on top of it, but the Robinson Cano move,
that type of transactions. Yeah, we're still looking for something

(21:43):
like that. But you know, they've signed Julio Rodriguez to
a big extension. I will dump on the Mariners when
it is necessary to dump on them. I think they've
done a pretty good job with transactions, and I think
they're going to be really aggressive at the deadline this
year too. Yes, the American League is just so wide open.
It's such a great opportunity for you to add a

(22:07):
piece that can take you to something. You have never
ever been to the World Series. And I can't imagine
how many times I've said it. I'll say it one
more time, and I'll look at the YouTube camera and
say it. I demand that the Mariners go to the
World Series. It's not an expectation, it's not an ask.
I avoided a long flip in time. I'm forty three

(22:28):
years old. My grandma is going.

Speaker 2 (22:29):
To be ninety. She just turned ninety six.

Speaker 4 (22:32):
Excuse me, Happy birthday, Grandma, Happy birthday.

Speaker 10 (22:34):
You know.

Speaker 4 (22:34):
I love your grandma.

Speaker 2 (22:35):
Oh, she's just the best.

Speaker 1 (22:36):
The Mariners like her so much more than they like me.
It's crazy. If I ask for something, the Mariners would
ignore it. If I ask for anything for my grandma,
they respond like that, It's crazy. I love your grandma.
You're not watching YouTube, but you have no idea what
YouTube even is. But I demand they go to the
World Series, and I demand they make the type of
moves that get them there. One player who has a

(22:59):
shot to get them to the World Series is a
young man by the name of Julio Rodriguez. And Dick
Fine and Softy had a chance to talk to Julio,
and Dick asked Julio about how the beginning of the
year was on and then he has some really interesting
things to say about the career progression. So let's check
out that interview.

Speaker 11 (23:18):
Now, well, let's just talk about your start to the season,
because I mean, it's no surprise you have been a
second half hitter usually and you're out to your best
first two months that you've ever had. What has been
the difference in twenty twenty six so early in the
season at the.

Speaker 9 (23:33):
Dish, I mean, I just feel like you know, I
after some experience, you know, this is about my fifth year,
I feel like, you know, I know myself a little
bit better, and I'm being able to play better at
bats and you know, clean up some things that maybe
I used to do in the past, you know. So
I'm just thankful for that, and like you said, yeah,

(23:54):
this is like my best start and like hopefully we'll
continue to bill on and help the team win.

Speaker 10 (24:00):
Of us, Julio some details if you can't, I'm always
curious when you say you wanted to clean some stuff up,
share with us if you don't mind, maybe a couple
of things that you wanted to work on this offseason
that you already felt like you're you're starting to clean up.

Speaker 9 (24:14):
I just say, you like approach wise of the play
and like things like that, and that's that's probably like
the biggest one. It's just kind of understanding myself more
as a heater and understanding one of the other guys
on the on the other teams that go to do
to me, and it's kind of like build plans for that.
I feel like that's that's where you know, I've had
Sus says, well, you know, every every every every game

(24:35):
is a new game.

Speaker 11 (24:36):
Every game.

Speaker 9 (24:37):
You know, you always have to adjust. This is game
my adjustment. But I feel like, you know, understanding myself
better have definitely helped me out.

Speaker 11 (24:45):
Julio, at what point did you go from young buck
on this team that kind of looks up to the
veterans to one of those veteran leaders that other others
look to.

Speaker 9 (24:57):
I mean, I just I still feel young. You know,
I definitely have been around a little bit a little bit,
but I still feel young, and you know, I feel
like I'm transitioning still. Obviously we have the same younger
guys on the team, but we also have some older ones.
So I just got to continue to embrace the time
that I'm here and you're trying to support you know,
the younger, younger guys are coming in a little bit

(25:18):
more every time, and you know, I feel I'm in
that transitioning process still.

Speaker 7 (25:23):
Yeah.

Speaker 10 (25:24):
Well, I remember the last time, or maybe a couple
of times ago that we spoke, Julio and Julio Rodriguez
with us on the radio show that you you came
on the air with us and you said, look, guys,
I'm twenty three years old, right, I'm gonna twenty two
to twenty three years old.

Speaker 7 (25:36):
I'm just kind of getting going in this game.

Speaker 10 (25:39):
Do you still because you mentioned you still feel young,
do you still feel like there's a lot about this
game that you don't know yet that you have to
figure out how to do certain things and react in
certain situations or is that maybe now starting to be
behind you you think.

Speaker 9 (25:55):
I mean, I feel like that's something that you never
lived behind. Obviously definitely know my way around a little
bit better and all that, But I feel like this
game is always teaching you something and you can never
like have it all figure out. So I just feel
like I always say learning and keeping my mind open
to to two new things because this game. This is
the beauty of this game. He I was gising something

(26:17):
something new to learn and too and to kind of
evolve into.

Speaker 7 (26:23):
Julio Rodriguez joining us here on kJ R.

Speaker 11 (26:26):
Julio, one thing that really helped you guys advance in
the playoffs, You guys were really really clean defensively. Do
you feel like you've been as clean defensively thus far
this year?

Speaker 7 (26:35):
And if not, why do you think that?

Speaker 8 (26:37):
Is?

Speaker 9 (26:37):
I played the definitely that there's been like a lot
of players though maybe that we can have like done
better and things like that. But you know, I feel
as the team, you always go through two tough times.
You know, it could be like even I was like,
we're a really good offensive team too, and like sometimes
we go to some funds and you know, I feel
like I just got out side of baseball. But I

(26:58):
know that I know what this team is capable of,
and like I just know we're really good in both
ends of the of the play of the baseball game.

Speaker 7 (27:05):
Well, I I think I know the answer, Julio.

Speaker 10 (27:08):
I just want to hear you say it because it
gets me excited to hear you say it.

Speaker 7 (27:12):
What do you think this team is capable of? Honestly
tell us?

Speaker 9 (27:15):
I mean, I mean just definitely getting out of the way,
you know, I play. That's the quot that we all
have for these teams. Just kind of I feel like
last year we just one game out of the worst
series and they playing that you know, special game, and
just feel like that's what that's that's a mentality. For
this year, I feel like we were hungry and we
just want more for us.

Speaker 10 (27:36):
Yeah, well, I'm right there with you. It's been fifty
years for us, so we're starving to death over here, man.
And I got to ask you because that was hard
for me to get over as a fan. It was
hard for Dick. I know, it's hard for Mariner fans
to get over. That's something that stays with you, stays
with you for a while, right. It impacts your mood
obviously when you're at work. I mean, hell, Julio, we're
sitting here at Jimmy's that night watching Game seven, the

(27:58):
damn Seahawks are playing across the street.

Speaker 7 (28:00):
I had no desire to go in there. I mean,
I just went home.

Speaker 10 (28:03):
I wanted nothing else to do besides go home and
literally freaking cry like a baby after that night.

Speaker 7 (28:10):
How did you handle that? Man?

Speaker 10 (28:12):
How did you handle that Game seven loss?

Speaker 9 (28:17):
Just so like for me obviously, like it was tough.
It was tough to lose after you put so much
into it.

Speaker 2 (28:23):
Like a whole year and all that.

Speaker 9 (28:26):
But you know, I also understood that, you know, if
I actually want to want to continue to play in
the playoffs and you know, get to where I want
to get, like being part of this team, but I
just needed to get better, you know, And like I
started looking at things objectively and understood that you know
the year was over and that we got to you know,
get better and come back stronger this year to come

(28:48):
and receive these times. So that's kind of how I
took it and try to make the best out of
it and grow, because that's how that's how you can
do at that point after you lose, like that's all
you could really do. You learn from it and try
to get better for next year.

Speaker 11 (29:01):
What did that run do for the confidence of your
baseball team? Because you always thought that you could get
that far in the playoffs.

Speaker 7 (29:08):
You always thought you could be a World Series team.

Speaker 11 (29:10):
But now you know, beyond.

Speaker 5 (29:11):
A shadow of a doubt that you guys have.

Speaker 11 (29:13):
What it takes to go to the World Series.

Speaker 7 (29:15):
So what did that do for you last year?

Speaker 9 (29:18):
Oh, there's a lot of confirmation, you know. I feel like,
you know, like a lot of affirmation too, like we
can actually do it. You know, it was a reality
like were then you're seeing the playoffs, so like I
feel like annoying that and I kind of see it
become real and like get it all was getting.

Speaker 2 (29:32):
Closer and closer.

Speaker 9 (29:33):
I just feel like just just gives the team hungry.

Speaker 10 (29:37):
Julio Rodriguez always drake to hear your voice. We're across
the street at Jimmy's. Next time we're here, why don't
you come over and have a cocktail with us before
the game.

Speaker 7 (29:45):
Yeah, and we're talking person.

Speaker 10 (29:47):
All right, coffee done, but whatever you want, man, We
got some nice, nice new menu items here. Got a
nice new Ruben sandwich meatball sandwich for you. So we're
waiting for you. But hey, best of luck, thanks again
for doing and we'll talk to him.

Speaker 9 (30:02):
Ah there you see you.

Speaker 1 (30:04):
Thanks so much to Julio for joining Softy and Dick.
And you know, we've got a couple of minutes before break,
and I just got to react to one thing there.
How I got my introduction to Ian's show. I mentioned
with Greg the very first time I came on KJR
was I was working as a stringer for the News
Tribune and I covered the Lakes Bellerman football game. But

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the first time I ever came on Ian show was
after the Kevin Mather incident. And if you remember, Jess,
one of the most famous things, infamous things really that
came out of that interview was Mather's comments about Julio
Rodriguez and how he's a great player, but he needs
to work on his English. And if you listen to

(30:50):
that interview, Kevin, I hope you stubbed your toe while
you did it, Bud, because.

Speaker 2 (30:55):
Step on a step on a lego.

Speaker 1 (30:57):
That's that's as mean as I can go on air
without getting a nice little Reprimand that is a guy
who is just so impressive to me. Listening to him
talk and listening to One of the things I like
to do when I got to when I get to
listen to these interviews is listening to whether players are
actually listening when the host is talking, like listening to

(31:21):
what the media member is saying, because there's a lot
of guys in the media who will listen but just
for the last part to know what exactly they're supposed
to answer the question.

Speaker 2 (31:31):
But you could.

Speaker 1 (31:31):
Tell that dude was paying super close attention to those
questions from Softy and Dick and gave really thoughtful, articulate answers.
And I just grow more and more impressed with how
much he has grown. And I don't want to sound patronizing,
because sometimes it comes across as like, oh, Wow, a
Dominican guy can speak good English.

Speaker 2 (31:53):
Wow, I'm so impressed. No, that's not what this is.

Speaker 1 (31:56):
This is a young man who is growing not only
as a baseball player, but growing as a leader and
growing as a kind of a huge part of what
Seattle sports is going to be, and I really like
it will react to more of that.

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Sure?

Speaker 5 (33:11):
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No?

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Speaker 1 (33:38):
FM, Chris Crawford and for Ian Forness talked to a
bunch of Mariners.

Speaker 2 (33:46):
Apparently we apparently talked about him.

Speaker 5 (33:49):
We did.

Speaker 1 (33:49):
We had a little bit of a fun situation there.
We appreciate everyone being patient. That's what happens when you
ask chat g TBT to host of radio show.

Speaker 2 (33:58):
So that's that's that what you want.

Speaker 1 (34:00):
Yeah, I may I I am Alan Iverson, and that
is what happens. We're just talking about practice. We were
doing a practice radio show there. But appreciate the patients there.
I am growing less patient with the Kraken's bad luck
in the draft lottery, and for the fourth year in
a row, third year in a row, the Kraken do

(34:23):
not have a heck of a lot of luck. They
will be picking seventh in this year's draft. The first
pick belongs to the Toronto Maple Leafs, and boy, oh boy,
if you are a draft conspiracy theorist, this is one
that you should be paying attention to, not just because
of the fact that, hey, Toronto, huge market, but also

(34:46):
the Maple Leafs would not have gotten their first round
pick if it was not top five, so why not
make sure it's number one to get there. Picking second
will be the Nashville excuse me, the San Jose sh Sharks,
which is also bad news for the Seattle Kraken because
a team that they are in the same division of

(35:06):
is going to get one of the top two players
in the draft, assuming that they don't trade the pick
third Vancouver. So the good news is Vancouver, you know,
a huge rival of the Kraken, are not going to
get Gavin McKenna. They'll probably end up with it. Sounds
like this is a range where a lot of defensemen
are going to go based on mock drafts and some
people that I've talked to. I'm not as scared about

(35:28):
the Canucks getting a good defenseman as I am about
them getting a scorer like Gavin McKenna would be. And
then I don't remember four through six, but I do
know that not the Kraken. Yeah, and Andrews. We talked
about this.

Speaker 2 (35:43):
A little bit yesterday.

Speaker 5 (35:45):
We did.

Speaker 2 (35:47):
We did, Okay, we did and uh.

Speaker 1 (35:51):
We just talked but not for very long Okay, But
and this was something I was thinking about on my
drive up here. Hockey and basketball have a draft lot
for a reason, and the reason is is it can
impact your team, I think more than any other draft can,
because you take a look at the best players in
the NHL, and quite often if they're not the first pick,

(36:13):
they are very very high up there. Yet the best
players in hockey right now, Nathan McKinnon first overall pick,
Connor McDavid, first overall pick, Sidney Crosby first overall pick
had the Penguins in a dynasty adjacent spot for a
very long time.

Speaker 5 (36:30):
Now I'm curious.

Speaker 6 (36:31):
I want to look at the points leaders from this
year and I'm going to look at how many of them.

Speaker 2 (36:35):
Are those top picks. Yeah, there's got to be quite.

Speaker 5 (36:38):
A few regular season.

Speaker 1 (36:40):
Yeah, Macklin CELEBRINII. I don't remember, but he was certainly
up there. And a guy that was that very quickly
made an impact. But lots and lots of high impact
players that you get in with that first overall pick
or the potential to anyway, mcconnor, McDavid, it's Connor Big Guards,

(37:02):
Connor for real from pop Star.

Speaker 2 (37:04):
No not. Kutrov is a second round pick, second round pick. Wow.

Speaker 1 (37:08):
Well, and that shows you that it doesn't mean everything,
but you know, it certainly helps to get those up
erational on talents. And unfortunately, since getting the second overall
pick and what looks like anders a pretty weak overall
draft class with some guys who were taken after ben
years who, in hind and sight and a lot of hindsight,

(37:29):
maybe should have got ahead of them.

Speaker 2 (37:30):
Maybe one guy in Dallas in particular that.

Speaker 1 (37:33):
People talk about, but also a second round pick, by
the way, also a second round pick. It's not like
he went third or fourth or something like that. And
it's worth pointing out the first pick in that draft
is just an average hockey player. He's a good, okay defense,
he's an okay second pairing. It's not like he's this
is not Matthew Shaffer, but Matthew Shaeffer was another immediate
impact player for the Islanders.

Speaker 6 (37:55):
Yeah, when you look at bad luck, I don't even
look at just the draft lottery. I look at the
years the Kracken have had a top five pick, the
right Been two years. Those are probably the two weakest
drafts in the last ten years. Maybe, Yeah, especially at
the top. When you look at the twenty twenty one draft,
which is the Kracken's first draft, that's when they have

(38:16):
drafted Matta Been. Here's second overall, the first overall pick,
the player you just mentioned, Owen Power, pretty average defenseman.
And then the year after that, Shane Wright picked fourth overall,
who was most likely the consensus number one overall pick.
So he kind of fell into the krakens Lap right
obviously hasn't turned into much your ice left coffee. He's
been pretty good. But other than that, it's it's guys

(38:38):
that haven't made like full on first overall pick impacts
like you've seen the last three years.

Speaker 2 (38:45):
Was Kneeback in the same draft as Shane Wright.

Speaker 6 (38:48):
Niemits I believe he was Simon Nimitz. Yes, anyway, Nemets, Yeah,
it was the same.

Speaker 1 (38:59):
So you know that would be a guy that in
hindsight probably should have gone to get ahead of Shane Wright,
but he was and he did.

Speaker 2 (39:05):
That's right.

Speaker 1 (39:06):
So you know what I basically meant there but just
didn't put eloquently is like, you know, there have been
some guys who were drafted ahead of players that have
done well. But then I think your overall point about
having the high draft picks in those years where the
classes just haven't been all that great. And I will
point out this year it's bad luck to not have
the high pick because a lot of people think this

(39:27):
is a two person draft.

Speaker 5 (39:29):
Ooh see, I've heard four person drafts.

Speaker 1 (39:30):
Okay, four person so either way though, not how to
wear the cracking are picking. Yeah, And here's the other
thing that's worth pointing out. The Seattle Kraken are a
roster that is full of based on my eye sight,
based on the talks I've had with you and Ian
and Mike Benton and you know some other smart hockey folks,
this is a roster full of guys that you really

(39:53):
love on your third line role players, A lot of
really good role players that you would want on your
roster but don't want eating your roster.

Speaker 5 (40:01):
The comparison that I make is the twenty twenty one s.

Speaker 1 (40:05):
That I just I'm so glad that you brought that up,
because we talked about that a little bit off air yesterday.

Speaker 12 (40:10):
Their best player was Mitch Hannigher Yeah yeah, and good
team sure, like that was their absolute ceiling and missing
the playoffs, right, but if they had kept that same
core together with I guess that was Kyle seekers last
year who had a good year that year, JP Crawford
when he was still good at shortstop and just a

(40:31):
bunch of kind of not much because that was before
Julio came up the next year that was and that
was Cal's first year before he was really that like
sure big time player, Mark Goo Gonzalez was one of your.

Speaker 5 (40:41):
Best pitchers that year.

Speaker 6 (40:42):
It was like, definitely like players that you like, but
no one that really elevates your ceiling.

Speaker 5 (40:48):
And that's what the crack And have been for their
entire existence.

Speaker 2 (40:50):
They really have.

Speaker 1 (40:51):
And you know, the playoff run in that second season
was awesome. It's something that I will remember forever because
you know, not only getting past the Avalanche, who were
such a wagon in the regular season, but then taking
the Stars to seven games. That was a lot of fun,
but it was unsustainable fun, right because there were just
so many guys who scored twenty goals that we just

(41:13):
knew weren't going to do that again. And you know,
the roster is aged poorly. It is aged poorly. But
what I wanted to bring up is the Krack can
have the assets to either.

Speaker 2 (41:26):
Look at move making a move.

Speaker 1 (41:27):
So if you consider this a four person draft, I
want to point out the Krack can not only have
the seventh pick in this draft, they have the twenty
sixth pick in this draft because of the trade with
Tampa Bay that sat Yanni Gord and Olive bork Strand
to Tampa Bay. They also have an extra first round
pick in twenty twenty seven that is lottery protected but

(41:48):
still likely to be there. They have two extra second
round picks in twenty twenty seven because of the brand
Tanov Brandon Tanev trade and Mason marchmant. I'm not a
huge Brandon Tannev guy. I don't really mind not being
able to pronounce.

Speaker 2 (42:04):
His name all that well.

Speaker 1 (42:05):
But they have the assets to go move up if
they wanted to, or they have the assets. If people
do like this draft class more to go make that
move for a star player. So I want I do
a little exercise with you Anders. Obviously the number one
name that could be available in trade talks is Austin Matthews.

Speaker 2 (42:28):
That could.

Speaker 1 (42:29):
I wonder how much getting the first pick helps or
hurts the chances. Well, what do you think. Do you
think it's more likely that they would look at moving
at Austin Matthews knowing that you're going to get a
potential top star, or do you look at seeing getting
a guy like Gavin McKenna to be a top six
forward for you pretty dang soon and say, oh, we

(42:51):
don't maybe have as long of a rebuild as we think.

Speaker 2 (42:54):
Which one is more likely?

Speaker 6 (42:58):
If this was almost anyone else but Toronto, I would
say it's more likely because they just even when they
were in the playoffs, they you could tell they were
had a low ceiling. They had great players, but they
just never looked like a Cup contending team, and then
last year their bottom completely fell out with injuries. If

(43:19):
I'm the Toronto Maple Leafs, I'm thinking, Okay, let's take
a step back here, let's build this thing a little
bit from the ground up. If we're gonna trade Austin Matthews,
now's the time to do it. And you can get
some assets that kind of make us a more sustainable
contender for a long period of time. But I honestly

(43:39):
don't believe they're gonna do that. I think they're gonna
double down. And because they're the Toronto maple Leice and
they think they're God's gift to hockey, they they're like, oh,
we just lucked into a great player that we can
add to our star players. And even if it doesn't
make a ton of sense, you could absolutely shore up
your goaltending situation. You could show up your defense situation,

(44:00):
which is a big issue for them. Uh and and
trading Austin Matthews, I feel like that would be the
way to go. But I just don't think that that's
what they will do. So I honestly think it's more
likely that he stays, even though he says there's a
good chance that he gets traded, but big caveat. Even
if he does, I no chance he comes to Seattle.

(44:23):
I don't think even if the Kraken offered by far
the best deal. That's it's not something because I don't
know if he has a no move clause. I believe
he does.

Speaker 1 (44:31):
I'm sure he does, it's and if not, that's the
type of guy who says, yeah, trade for me. Do
you remember what happens with Eric Lindross. Yeah, like watch
watch me destroy your organization really quick.

Speaker 5 (44:42):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (44:43):
But that's the type of guy. It's not even worth
mentioning that you would move the seventh pick for that.

Speaker 6 (44:48):
Absolutely, yes, absolutely, if he was open to trade and
wanted to come play here.

Speaker 5 (44:52):
Correct, that's an easy, easy, easy yes.

Speaker 1 (44:54):
That's also an easy yes for moving twenty six, for
moving the second move in a first round pick.

Speaker 5 (45:00):
I literally moved the number one overall pick off the
crack and got it.

Speaker 2 (45:03):
I think so as well. That's just that type of player. Okay.

Speaker 1 (45:07):
So I have a list here from Bleacher Report of
the top NHL trade candidates, and I want to know
whether or not you'd be willing to move the number
seven pick for him. And I'm going to go in
reverse order. Okay, Okay, so number nine on that list,
usually you want this thing actually pulled up, Elias Peterson,

(45:27):
You moving the number seven pick for last Patterson, Elias Potterson,
are you moving the number seven pick for him?

Speaker 5 (45:33):
See this is a hot take.

Speaker 6 (45:34):
I would, Okay, that is a I don't know if
that's a hot take actually, but I know there's a
lot of people that are not fans of him, both
in Vancouver and in Seattle. But I still believe that
he is the type of player A that needs a
change of scenery and B it's something you do not have,

(45:54):
and that's high end scoring. And I would be willing
to take a chance on that, even if it means,
you know, it's very unlikely the number seven overall pick
comes and changes this franchise is like outlook, you know
what I mean. But there is a better chance that
Elias Petterson comes and changes this franchise's outlook than the
number seven pick.

Speaker 1 (46:14):
I'm not even going to try to pronounce his name
because I know Anders Is going to give me crap
for it. But number eight on that list is Mika
Ze for the New York.

Speaker 6 (46:24):
I absolutely would. Yes, that is a much easier yes.
And again probably he has a no move clause so
he would want to come here, But I absolutely would.
He had a fantastic here last year. A little on
the older side, So that's the only thing that really
gives me the minus. But I've always loved watching him
play hockey. He would be a great fit for this
team as well, because it's kind of the exact type

(46:44):
of player they need a one se that can go
both ways. He played on the penalty kill as well.
It kind of moves everyone down a spot to where
they should be. And he has the high end scoring
and he's he shoots the freaking tuck and you someone
like a Mitch Marner. While he would be by far
the best player in Seattle, that the fit doesn't really

(47:06):
fit because finishers exactly, and that's what Mika's avantage that is.
So I'm all I would be all in on that. Again,
he would want to come here.

Speaker 1 (47:12):
He would only if he's willing to come here. He
would ultimately be maybe number one on my list because
of what you were just talking about. Yeah, but it
also having another two way center, I think is something
that Seattle really needs because it takes some of that
pressure off of Matty Bin years. I want to see
him spend less time focusing on defense and more time

(47:33):
focusing on offense. I think you're gonna get much more
production from him if he has more focus on that
and if he's not easily the best defensive center on
the roster as well. So that's a nice little two
way thing that you can get there about brock Boster.

Speaker 5 (47:47):
Brock Besser.

Speaker 2 (47:48):
No, it's brock Boster, That's what I said, And it's
brock Boster.

Speaker 5 (47:52):
I'm just helping you out.

Speaker 6 (47:53):
No, this one's questionable because he has struggled the last
couple of years. Yes, it was an almost fifty goal
scorer two seasons ago, but if we're talking fit, that's
the type of player that you need. He's a shoot
first guy, asked questions later, a winger, which I think

(48:13):
the can need more of. But I prove I probably
still would. But that's on the edge because uh, I
don't know. I still believe the upside is there, but
it's not as high as the other two guys.

Speaker 2 (48:25):
I also wonder if the Canucks would ask for more
for a move between the two, just because of there's
some indivision stuff that still happens with Hotckey.

Speaker 6 (48:34):
Sure, but so you think they'd ask for more for
Brockbaster than Elias Petterson.

Speaker 5 (48:38):
Probably not, I think I don't.

Speaker 6 (48:40):
I think you might be right in assuming that they would,
because Elias Petterson's contract is a kind of an albatross.

Speaker 2 (48:46):
Yeah, that's a good point.

Speaker 1 (48:48):
Number six Rasmus rist to lane line in Rasmus Ristelakian.

Speaker 6 (48:57):
No defensive defenseman. It's notly not the type of player
they need, so I wouldn't do it.

Speaker 2 (49:02):
Number five is Jordan Beddington moving on.

Speaker 5 (49:04):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (49:05):
Number four is Matthew Nice. And to me, this is
an easyes for me because it also feels like something
somewhat realistic because I can see Toronto selling high on
this guy, yes, easier than I can see them moving.

Speaker 7 (49:18):
Now.

Speaker 2 (49:18):
I will tell you this.

Speaker 1 (49:19):
Not on this list is William Nilander, who would be
very high on my list if they actually do the
rebuild here. But I could see them moving a guy
like Matthew Nies selling high on that type of player.

Speaker 6 (49:32):
This falls into the Brock Besser category for me, okay,
because if you look at Besser's last two seasons production,
it's because he hasn't had a lot of great players
around and Vancouver's kind of started their rebuild now. Matthew
Nice has played with high end players the last couple
of years. That's why his numbers look a lot better
than Brock Besser's sure, so if you put if you
swap those two players, I think the production is about

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the same. I think he would kind of have a
tough time being away from William Neelander, John Tavares, Austin Matthews.
Similar to Brock Besser took a downturn once all the
good players on his team left fair So I still
believe in the high end talent, but I have questions
whether he is the type of guy that changes everyone

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else around him. Which is the type of player the
krack and need they would be, it would be I
think he's similar to Bobby McMahon in terms of what
he would bring to this one.

Speaker 1 (50:24):
Well, and then I was going to say the Bobby
McMahon example is the hey getting out now. He was
good with Toronto, yeah before, and I think he was
very The numbers suggest tell you how productive he was
once you make that move, and I think there's still
more upside and nice because of the fact that he
hasn't had to be prior to the last couple of
years of twenty to twenty three minute type of guy.
So I think there's maybe a little bit more hockey

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there to be played. Yep, maybe that makes more sense
with the twenty sixth pick than with the seventh pick.
I would, but then Toronto may not be interested in
that sort of thing, So it just really depends on
how much.

Speaker 6 (50:56):
He probably would still do it, sure, but I don't
I'm not as high on him as a lot of
other people are.

Speaker 1 (51:02):
Okay, Number three, Simone Nimic. We talked about a defenseman.
I just don't think that's a great fit. He's a
good player, good player, good player. Number two guy who's
been mentioned in Seattle a little bit more his teammate
Jordan Cairou, but Robert Thomas of the Saint Louis Blues probably.

Speaker 5 (51:20):
I think it's an easy yes.

Speaker 6 (51:22):
Now, the profile of player for talking Elias Petterson or Mikasavanajad,
those guys are sealing razors for sure, but it also
has a higher level of higher risk of flaming out
with those two guys, sure than it does with Jordan
Cairo and Robert Thomas.

Speaker 2 (51:37):
I think that was a good point.

Speaker 6 (51:38):
Those guys would come in and give you, like if
we're talking grades, like you have a chance of either
getting an A or A plus with Elias Peterson and
meek as Avantage that you also have the reality of
maybe being a c in terms of the return you get.
I think you're gonna get B B plus with Robert
Thomas Jordan Cairo easily. And what you said about needing
a two way center, I agree with Robert Thomas, would

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absolutely do that. Jordan Kyrie is a little more on
the scoring side of things, so that's I probably lean
Jordan Kyrou if I'm choosing between those two guys, but
either one of them, I would do it.

Speaker 1 (52:08):
And then number one on the list is a guy
that because of previous stuff, I don't think he's willing
to come here. Okay, but it is another New York
Ranger and it's Vincent Troichek. Ooh, you will want to
move number seven for Vincent Troicheck if he's willing to
come to Seattle.

Speaker 5 (52:22):
Umm, I would be willing to do it.

Speaker 6 (52:25):
But he's thirty two or thirty two, yeah, so I
guess he's very similar to Meeka's avantage At, but again
doesn't have the high end talent that Mika's Avantajead does.
I like him as a player, I really really do,
and I think his production is transferable to almost any team.
I just don't know if I probably would still move

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the seven pick. Yes, my I would have other players
ahead of him for doing it, but I still would
move that if that was the best option.

Speaker 1 (52:54):
So all those players good players. Yeah, guys who would
be on the first line for the Kraken, the guys
who would be expected. I think all of those guys
outside of the one defenseman that we actually talked about
to score the most points for them.

Speaker 6 (53:07):
Right, and that's to be I'm so glad you brought
that up, would be on the Krakens first line. That
is the number one thing that I think they need
this year. And I'm not talking bringing back Bobby McMahon
because he would be on your first line.

Speaker 5 (53:20):
Someone. You need to have a different top line than
you did last year.

Speaker 2 (53:23):
I totally agree. Like whether it's at.

Speaker 6 (53:25):
Right wing for Jordan every to move him down, whether
it's at center for Mattey Veneers to move him down,
or whether it's at left for Bobby McMahon to move
him down, right, I think you need to have a
different top line than you did last year. And that
kind of would be because I believe in the rest
of the rosters is in a decent place right and
I believe in the structure.

Speaker 5 (53:42):
I believe in the goaltending.

Speaker 6 (53:43):
I think the defenseman corps is good, but you need
someone else to kind of slott into that top line.

Speaker 1 (53:49):
And ultimately that is great. Ultimately making a move like
that would I think put them in much stronger position
for the postseason. But it doesn't move the needle. We're
not talking about the crack and being Cup contenders. And
that's why yesterday is so disappointing, because sure, there's only
a seven point five percent chance, but there was the

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seven point five percent chance of you getting into that
position to pick up the guy that puts you into
not Cup contention right away, but like Cup contention for
a while, like the Gavin McKenna or the Ivan Stenberg's.
Are those type of guys that could be difference makers
that sell jerseys to and let's be honest, that all

(54:32):
matters too. They're not gonna get a guy like that.

Speaker 6 (54:36):
Let me push back a little bit, Please do, because
I think it's kind of a slippery slope with the Kraken.
They're in this place where I believe the foundations of
the roster are there and if they were to bring
in one or two of those guys that we just
listed off, I think it changes kind of the grand
scheme of their franchise even more so than a pick.

Speaker 1 (54:59):
So one or two some of those guys. I agree
with you there, But can they do that? They could,
I don't know if they will.

Speaker 2 (55:05):
Okay, that's fair.

Speaker 6 (55:07):
They've been pretty gun shy in giving away first round picks,
especially in the top ten. Sure, and you know, kind
of going forward a little bit, but it's one of
those things where if you do that, have a successful season,
make the playoffs, kind of you know, show that there's
some juice in this franchise. Yeah, more guys will want

(55:27):
to come here. It's kind of going to generate more
name in the hockey sphere. Like Brandon Montors talked about
that before when he was choosing his free agent destination.
He didn't know anything about Seattle and he's like, why
does no one know about this place? It's true, they
do everything top class in the organization in terms of
the facilities and the travel and the you know, kind
of helping out the families and all that stuff that

(55:48):
matters to hockey players, but they just don't know about Seattle,
so that just having one, you know, of those bigger
and talent guys come in and show that this team
can be successful, which I think, honestly, that's why it's
so frustrating where they've been is because they're I think
they're one of those big time players away from being

(56:09):
in that category. It's not like this team is flaming out.
And I'll give you the Connor Berdard example. Everyone thought
he would be a franchise changing player. They still are
the one of the worst teams in the NHL, which
I still think they're going to be good next year,
of course, but it's not as easy as just hang
one overall pick and all of a sudden that things
are hunky dory.

Speaker 2 (56:27):
Now that's a really good point.

Speaker 1 (56:29):
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Speaker 1 (56:57):
FM Chris for nass.

Speaker 2 (57:03):
A lot of fun texts there.

Speaker 1 (57:04):
And by the way, four nine, four or five to one,
what would you be willing to move the number seven
pick for? Would you would prefer to see it moved
up for that second or third pick? The number one
pick is not available, that ain't happening, but would you
prefer to see it move? For a veteran player, do
you want to see the Kraken in rebuild mode which
is a nice way of saying tanking, or do you

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want to see them go get a guy and make
a playoff run. So we were having a pretty interesting
conversation before the show. We were talking about places to
go to brunch, places that can be you know, fun,
little places to go.

Speaker 2 (57:41):
Anders, you're gonna be going to brunch and then going Sunday. Yes, yeah,
my wife's first Mother's Day. Oh that's the best.

Speaker 6 (57:47):
It's gonna be fun. I have a lot of pressure
on me right now. I'm excited to see what happens.

Speaker 2 (57:53):
A lot of pressure.

Speaker 1 (57:54):
But I have faith in you, and I have faith
that the little guy is gonna be awesome and it's
going to be a wonderful little event. But I was
talking to Andrews about some nice restaurants around town, and
there are just so many nice restaurants.

Speaker 5 (58:10):
In underrated restaurants in Seattle, way underrated.

Speaker 1 (58:13):
And the thing that's underrated is like any type of
food you can go get in Seattle, there's wide range,
wide range, great Italian, great Mexican, great, great steakhouses, like
some of the very very best.

Speaker 2 (58:27):
Ol goatcha, are you listening? Are you hearing me? The
sponsorship has to happen.

Speaker 1 (58:32):
But I talked to Andrews about the best restaurant that
I've been into Ben TuS in Seattle is a place
called canleass And if you're not familiar with Canos, it
is a very hointy toity place. It is a place
that costs a lot of money. It was a one
cent a lifetime thing for me, for sure. But just

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this beautiful view over Aurora Avenue of the Water, one
of the best wine lists in the country.

Speaker 5 (58:59):
Nice.

Speaker 1 (59:00):
Our friend JESSEVN McIntyre happened to chime in while we
were talking about it. I went on a first date
there and I was so shocked. First of all, Jessamine,
this speaks to the quality that jessse beIN provides You're
not just taking anybody to a freakin' a five star

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restaurant for this type of thing.

Speaker 2 (59:24):
But four nine four or five one Tacoma Dodge text line.

Speaker 1 (59:27):
I got to know the best and worst first dates
that you guys have had because Jess and I wish
she was here to defend herself, but she's working on
about a billion other things right now. Said that it
was very awkward for that first date to be at
candless because it created created a lot of I mean,

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that's a lot for a first date.

Speaker 2 (59:50):
That is a lot.

Speaker 5 (59:51):
And then anders, Yeah, you told me I might have
won up to her.

Speaker 2 (59:55):
You one up to her. Where did you take your
wife on your third date? Third date?

Speaker 6 (59:58):
Yeah, all right, I took her to a wedding, but
as a plus one.

Speaker 1 (01:00:05):
Well sure it'd be weird if you wedding crash data. Yeah.

Speaker 6 (01:00:11):
But like the thing about it was like, Okay, I'm thinking,
you know, I have this wedding coming up, I'm thinking
about things to do with uh, you know, to take
her out, you know, and have some fun. It's sure
trying to show that I have some versatility instead of
just you know, the casual dinner date. You know, I uh,
I have this wedding coming up, like, hey, that's perfect opportunity,

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you know what I mean. And I kind of put
out in my head that are blocked out of my
head that this was involving my entire family. Entire family.
It's not just like one of my friend's weddings that
you know, we don't know one there and it's just
a pretty casual situation. No, it's it's my aunt getting married.
Uh and literally my entire mom's side of the family

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was there. She and she's an Irish Catholic, so she
has five siblings, grandparents, a bunch of cousins. Everywhere you're
you're meeting the whole family. Augustina on our third date.
So I kind of threw into the fire a little
bit on that one, especially someone who had been in
America for let's I think about just six weeks at
that point. So but she handled herself very well. She

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was the star of the show. Even the bride said
she was the star of the show. And obviously it
all worked out because you know, we're married now we
have our wonderful little Austin.

Speaker 1 (01:01:29):
So so here's what I'll say, high risk Kyrieward, very
high risky reward because you know, and you know what
on a third day too, it's not like it's like,
you know, you couldn't Did you know you were going
to marry her?

Speaker 5 (01:01:42):
Uh? I think so?

Speaker 6 (01:01:44):
Yeah, by that point it wasn't a I mean it
was hard because well, we're going to get into my
relationship history here.

Speaker 5 (01:01:52):
Yeah, why not?

Speaker 6 (01:01:54):
She was visiting as an au pair, right, So she
had told me pretty quickly that hey, I'm only here
for a year, so don't get too attached.

Speaker 2 (01:02:01):
Wow, funny how that works exactly.

Speaker 6 (01:02:04):
So like in my head, I'm just like, let's take
her around town and do some stuff, you know.

Speaker 1 (01:02:07):
So for every Ross and Emily, there is a Anders
and Augustina's true, that's true.

Speaker 7 (01:02:13):
So I was.

Speaker 1 (01:02:14):
I've been thinking about this too. The high reward part
is you get to see like every part of you
in that type of thing, Like you get you see
you how you handle social situations. Hopefully she saw you dancing,
she got a chance to see.

Speaker 4 (01:02:30):
Well.

Speaker 6 (01:02:31):
The reception was just in my aunt's house, so it's
pretty like I said, it basically was like a giant
family dinner, but.

Speaker 1 (01:02:36):
More a little more intimate. Yeah, okay, yeah, well it
was bigger, sure, you know what I mean for more formal. Yeah,
that's a better word for it. Yeah, that's an interesting
one and third date though, that's that's taken bold, That's
that's bold.

Speaker 2 (01:02:50):
Man.

Speaker 6 (01:02:51):
She makes fun of me for every single time. She's like, oh, yeah,
that's nothing compared to me. When I had my third
day with Anders, he took me to meet his entire family, Like, yeah,
I know I always bad, but I also don't.

Speaker 5 (01:03:01):
At the same time, we.

Speaker 1 (01:03:02):
Have some great texts that I can't rate to read
already at two twenty for sure? Do you have a
most awkward first date?

Speaker 13 (01:03:11):
Uh?

Speaker 5 (01:03:11):
Oh, I don't think so. I have only strong game,
Chris Croffords, only strong game.

Speaker 2 (01:03:16):
Strong game.

Speaker 5 (01:03:17):
Yeah, even if it's awkward, I find a way to
make it fun.

Speaker 1 (01:03:19):
Well that's good, right, like, and that's ultimately what it's
supposed to be. And I think you know, that's one
of these things these dating apps have kind of, I
don't want to say ruined, but have changed a little bit.

Speaker 5 (01:03:31):
Funny because you know how me and Augustina met how
on the dating apps?

Speaker 2 (01:03:34):
Well how about that exactly?

Speaker 1 (01:03:36):
We won't say which one because they're not sponsoring the show,
but it is help us out you got to help
us out. But you know, it is interesting though, because
it is a way to get to know somebody a
little bit, even though you just really never know them
until you get them in person, right, You just never
truly know. But I got to tell you here in
a first date at Canless is just absolutely insane.

Speaker 5 (01:04:00):
Yeah, I've never been there, but I've seen the pictures.

Speaker 2 (01:04:01):
Oh it's so gorgeous.

Speaker 5 (01:04:02):
It looks amazing.

Speaker 6 (01:04:03):
But also I feel like that's like I don't know
what the guy was thinking in that situation, like, wow,
first date. Yeah, I mean, did you know she was
the one without even knowing? Like what's going on there?

Speaker 1 (01:04:14):
It's interesting because we don't wasn't Mike, because we didn't
hear about a second day?

Speaker 5 (01:04:19):
That's true, that's fair.

Speaker 2 (01:04:20):
Four nine four or five one is a wedding? A
good date?

Speaker 7 (01:04:24):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (01:04:24):
Number one okay, and number two. I want to hear
about those awkward first.

Speaker 5 (01:04:27):
Dates or your best first date, Like what's your go
to first date spot?

Speaker 1 (01:04:30):
Oh boy, you know there's this place called the International
House of Pancakes that just has.

Speaker 2 (01:04:36):
A really good men. We'll talk a little bit more
about that and some other stuff.

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Speaker 1 (01:05:31):
Why Chris Crawford in for I in Furness hockey game
last night that I was really looking forward to that
kind of turned into a little bit of a dundy.
The colorad Avalanche S beat the Minnesota Wild five to
two to take a two game to nothing lead, and Anders,
you can vouch for this. I did predict that the

(01:05:51):
Wild would win this series.

Speaker 5 (01:05:53):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:05:54):
I don't think the Wild are going to win this
series anymore.

Speaker 6 (01:05:57):
I mean, they lost both games at Colorado, so they
easily win both games at home.

Speaker 1 (01:06:01):
They say it's not a series until the road team wins, right, So,
but I will tell you this, they just looked like
so much better of a hockey team last night and
did and you know what, that's not even an insult
to Minnesota. It's a huge compliment to how deep Colorado is.
They just have Nathan McKinnon is just such a superstar,

(01:06:21):
it really is, because you have one of the two
or three best centers in hockey, maybe the best defenseman
in hockey, and a whole heck of a lot around
those guys as well.

Speaker 5 (01:06:36):
And Minnesota's good.

Speaker 2 (01:06:37):
Minnesota's good.

Speaker 1 (01:06:39):
The big thing here, of course, And we talked about
it yesterday, the switch to gold, to the switch of
the goalies. And I don't think that guphisin was bad. No,
I think you probably got to stick with Gustafson in
Game three now probably yes, yeah, yes, yeah, And it
could work out. It could work out. And being in

(01:06:59):
Minnesota's really gonna help there.

Speaker 5 (01:07:01):
But Colorraade is such a hard team to be at home.
For whatever reason.

Speaker 2 (01:07:04):
I think it's altitude doesn't hurt at.

Speaker 6 (01:07:07):
No matter what sport it is, Colorado always has, or
Colorado or Denver or whatever always has such a big
home field advantager, home court advantager, like it's I don't
know what it is. In basketball, the Nuggets are always
known for being one of the best home teams. Same
thing with the Broncos. And football, and same thing for
whatever reason with Colorado Rockies, even though they suck, sure

(01:07:31):
they end up being much better at home than they
are on the road.

Speaker 1 (01:07:34):
And what they do too is those teams you pay
for that trip to Colorado for a while, right because
you just there's no adjusting to that altitude, right, There
just is no adjusting to that altitude. But man, oh man,
I just think Colorado right now looks. I mean, the
Kings were not a legitimate playoff team, so I don't

(01:07:55):
want to take too much out of that, no, but
what they've done over these like winning all three of
these are both of these games by three goals, you know, yeah,
it's that's really impressive. I hope Minnesota comes out fighting,
and I think they will. You know, even in the loss,
you got to see that Caprizovo was able to score
a goal. And there's some really good hockey players on Minnesota.

(01:08:16):
But I just think Colorado might be just a little
too good for these teams right now. And also it's
feasible Minnesota is like a year away. Like I could
see that Minnesota is maybe a team that I would
expect them to be better next year.

Speaker 2 (01:08:31):
Ye Like, if you're somebody who does the betting.

Speaker 1 (01:08:34):
I would be in on the Wild, depending on what
the odds are, of course, but I can see the
Wild being one of the favorites next year, of course,
depending on how the roster looks too.

Speaker 6 (01:08:42):
I have a question for you. Sure, I think the
Wild are a better team than the Stars, but I
think the Stars are a better matchup for the Avalanche.

Speaker 2 (01:08:51):
You agree, totally agree, totally agree.

Speaker 1 (01:08:53):
And some of that it's based on playoff experience too,
you know, just the fact that they have been there
for a very long time and that matters that ultimately.
I think that's the main reason why the Stars were
able to win that series against the Krack in a
couple of years ago, because there were so many guys
who had been there before, and the Kraken outside of

(01:09:15):
Groob Hour really hadn't. There was so little playoff experience.
But I don't want to spend too much time talking
about something that happened four years ago. But I loved it,
and I what's what I want to see the Krack
and do again Eastern Conference. I still feel like so
that series starts today, right, we got Buffalo against Montreal.
That's going to be a really interesting series to watch,

(01:09:37):
and one way or another, we're going to have a
surprise team in the Eastern Conference finals and that's always fun.

Speaker 6 (01:09:43):
Yeah yeah, I mean, is Buffalo still surprises play so
coming into the year, okay, yeah, And you know what
every series Buffalo wins now is a little bit of
a surprise.

Speaker 1 (01:09:55):
They hadn't done it since two thousand and seven, so like,
but you're right, the Sabers have easily been the best
team uh in the Eastern Conference to me, like for
the overwhelming majority of the year too. And you know,
if you're a Kraken fan, that's something that you can
take a look at and say, there's our building block,

(01:10:16):
there's our reason for hope. Buffalo Buffalo, I think, right,
Because would you say Buffalo has a traditional superstar.

Speaker 6 (01:10:24):
I'd think they have two of them, two of them,
Tje Thompson and Rasmustolian.

Speaker 1 (01:10:28):
But would you put them in the same skill level
as a Nathan McKinnon or no, No.

Speaker 6 (01:10:34):
But it's miles ahead of what the Crack can have,
like not even close. They're not even close. There's no
one that touches those guys.

Speaker 2 (01:10:43):
That's fair, that's fair.

Speaker 1 (01:10:45):
I mean, yeah, yeah, but you know, maybe Berkeley Catton
can be that guy.

Speaker 6 (01:10:51):
I mean, I'm tired of hoping that.

Speaker 2 (01:10:54):
That's a great point.

Speaker 6 (01:10:55):
We wanted mant e Veneers to be that guy. He
hasn't hasn't been replicated his rookie year. Nope, right, just
has never been good. No. And I know Berkerfatt just
had his first year, so I think he has the
best chance out of all three of those guys.

Speaker 5 (01:11:06):
Yeah, I don't know. We'll see.

Speaker 2 (01:11:08):
It's gonna be interesting to watch. Who are you rooting? Oh,
you're rooting for Buffalo.

Speaker 6 (01:11:12):
For sure, Buffalo for sure, and then Minnesota on the
other side. I really hope they make it a series
at least.

Speaker 1 (01:11:17):
That is a a TV rating, one that I don't
think Gary Bettman would enjoy all that much.

Speaker 2 (01:11:23):
But at the same time.

Speaker 5 (01:11:24):
Those two teams are fun.

Speaker 2 (01:11:25):
They're fun to watch. They are fun to watch.

Speaker 1 (01:11:27):
Like, while I have mentioned that I am kind of
rooting for the Hurricanes to have their success, and Andrews
has given a big thumbs up and a smiley face
and offering me fifty thousand.

Speaker 6 (01:11:36):
For those of you who are looking, I'm gonna wait
for this camera to switch to me.

Speaker 5 (01:11:39):
It is a thumbs down. Now, there you go.

Speaker 1 (01:11:42):
It's better than the motion you were making the other
day when I was talking very true.

Speaker 2 (01:11:46):
Carol had hurricanes.

Speaker 5 (01:11:47):
Yeah, I mooned you.

Speaker 1 (01:11:48):
But I would have no. Yeah, you sure did, very
translucent attack.

Speaker 2 (01:11:55):
I boy. I would love to see Buffalo make it
to the Stanley Cup finals.

Speaker 5 (01:11:59):
Yeah, it'd be fun.

Speaker 1 (01:12:00):
Just would be imagine if you got a Buffalo Sabers
Stanley Cup Final and then you've got a Buffalo Bills
playing the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl, Like, just
what kind of crazy that'd be fun you could have
in there. I would root for them to lose said
Super Bowl very badly, but i'd like to see him back.
I would like to see him go for instead of

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one for the thumb, one for the AFC Consolation Prize for.

Speaker 2 (01:12:25):
The Buffalo Bills exactly.

Speaker 5 (01:12:26):
That's a good point.

Speaker 1 (01:12:27):
Yeah, No, it would be because they went to four
straight and they lost all four, So it would be
that that pinky I suppose I think you go in
reverse order for the.

Speaker 6 (01:12:35):
Well, if I'm losing, me put it this way. Yeah,
the Seahawks are gonna lose to anyone. Buffalo, it's Buffalo. Yeah,
I'd be the most okay with that.

Speaker 1 (01:12:42):
I a thousand percent agree with that. Hey, that's a
perfect segue because you're going to be the most okay
with the Buffalo Bills losing to the Seahawks, or if
the Seahawks losing to the Buffalo Bills.

Speaker 6 (01:12:53):
None, not like Okay, let me put I'm not okay
with it, but I'm the most okay.

Speaker 1 (01:12:58):
It's the result that you would mind the most bearable, bearable.
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Speaker 1 (01:14:48):
Chris Crawford in for Ian Furness. I love this song
so much, such a huge part of my childhood. Seeing
these highlights from from Mike Jackson, Mike what the heck
was his name? Tom Jackson and Chris Berman getting old?
I'm getting old, but seeing these highlights and this music

(01:15:09):
behind it, back back back man really brings me back.
You know what, The puns that dude made were awesome.

Speaker 5 (01:15:19):
He was fun.

Speaker 2 (01:15:20):
He was fun.

Speaker 1 (01:15:21):
There are some highlights that suggest that Chris Berman maybe
wasn't always the nicest human being in the whole world.

Speaker 2 (01:15:26):
But you know what, none of us are.

Speaker 1 (01:15:28):
I can show you highlights of every single person in
the world and show you their low moments. And Chris
Berman did a really nice job for a really nice
time or very long time. So, speaking of nice moments,
the Seattle Seahawks winning the super Bowl, that was a
pretty nice moment. Yes, I had a pretty good time
watching him out there. Still can't believe I got to
go to the game. Yeah, it's still one of the

(01:15:49):
coolest things that I've ever gotten to do. And yeah,
you know what, I'm jealous of most of the things
in your life, Anders, so you could be jealous of
the one thing in my life. I had a blast.
And the fun thing that comes with winning the Super
Bowl is that you get normally the first game of
the year on a Thursday. This year, it's gonna be

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on a Wednesday because of Australia. And there's a couple
of things there. Number one, not only is the game
on a Wednesday, because it's between the San Francisco forty
nine ers in Los Angeles Rams.

Speaker 7 (01:16:24):
Yep.

Speaker 1 (01:16:25):
The two teams that I think would make the most
sense for them to play in the first game of
the season are completely off the board.

Speaker 2 (01:16:33):
It's just gone. Are you disappointed by that?

Speaker 5 (01:16:36):
No, I don't think. To be honest, I'm not a
huge fan of scheduled talk in general.

Speaker 2 (01:16:42):
Oh well, this is gonna suck.

Speaker 6 (01:16:44):
Great, But if I'm forced to play the game a
little bit, sure. I don't think you have to start
off the season against a division rival. I think you
can kind of save those for you know, a big,
big game in terms of the matchup can be a
different time of This doesn't have to be the first game.
The first game is going to be a big game anyway.
I haven't actually looked what divisions are they playing this

(01:17:05):
year besides obviously the NFC West.

Speaker 2 (01:17:08):
So I'll read you what their home schedule is going
to be.

Speaker 5 (01:17:10):
Okay, not in order, obviously, this is in order.

Speaker 2 (01:17:13):
Of the division.

Speaker 1 (01:17:14):
Opponents we know will be the Arizona Cardinals, the Los
Angeles Rams in the San Francisco forty nine ers.

Speaker 5 (01:17:19):
So what other divisions in football are we playing?

Speaker 1 (01:17:23):
Let me just read the schedule part because this will
kind of tell you. Okay, okay, sorry, that's not a
way ruder than it was supposed to be. I hate
you Dallas, New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs. So they
Los Angeles Chargers, Chicago Bears, New England Patriots are your
home opponents next year, Okay, okay, on the road Arizona,

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Los Angeles and San Francisco, and then Philadelphia and Washington.
So they played the NFC East. The reason why I
want to do that is because I didn't know.

Speaker 6 (01:17:52):
I think that was the case, but I didn't want
to toss you fully under the bus den.

Speaker 1 (01:17:56):
We're in Los Angeles on the road as well, Carolina,
and that's it. So looking at that, I will rule
out right now they will not play the Arizona Cardinals
the first week of this t after how poor that
Super Bowl went, I don't think they're going to play
the Patriots in the first game of the season.

Speaker 5 (01:18:14):
I could see it.

Speaker 1 (01:18:15):
It's feasible because it will be huge television ratings anytime
you have the Patriots and you have the Super Bowl champion.
But I feel like they may have felt that game
wasn't competitive enough. And competitively, I just like to add
extra syllables to words. It's a lot of fun. I
get paid by syllable. That's how this works. It's a
lot of fun. So that really leaves and we know

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it won't be San Francisco and Los Angeles because they're
going to be playing in Australia, like we talked about.
So your realistic options for the home game are the
Chicago Bears, the Patriots, I guess, the Chargers, the Dallas Cowboys,
the Kansas.

Speaker 5 (01:18:57):
City Chiefs Chiefs.

Speaker 1 (01:18:58):
So if the Chiefs have Patrick Mahomes healthy, I think
that's what the game is going to be.

Speaker 5 (01:19:05):
Yep, Kenneth Walker against his former team.

Speaker 1 (01:19:07):
And to be fair, we have one week until the
schedule comes out, so they don't know. But there I
guarantee you someone's talking to Kansas City right now about like, Hey,
what's going on?

Speaker 2 (01:19:18):
What's going on?

Speaker 1 (01:19:20):
I'm going to predict that the game is against the Bears.
I think that you have a team that went got
very close to going to the NFC Championship, that has
a star young quarterback who is becoming more and more
popular in the league in a massive market. So you
get the Super Bowl champion against number three Chicago Bears.

(01:19:41):
But that's not the game I want. I want the
game against the Chargers and Jim Harbaugh. I think that's
the most fascinating style matchup, and I think it's the
most fun to have a potential game against one of
the most hated Seattle people in Isn't.

Speaker 4 (01:20:00):
That kind of gone with Pete going?

Speaker 3 (01:20:02):
Though?

Speaker 1 (01:20:02):
I don't know if it is or not. I know
there are a lot of people who still really don't
like that guy. I know there are now.

Speaker 4 (01:20:08):
I thought he kind of became funny after a while.

Speaker 2 (01:20:11):
Well, you know, it helps him.

Speaker 1 (01:20:13):
Not being in your division, that certainly helps, and being
completely out of your sport helped, I think a little
bit too.

Speaker 2 (01:20:20):
But I know a lot of Husky fans who don't
like Jim Harbai either.

Speaker 5 (01:20:23):
Really.

Speaker 2 (01:20:23):
Oh yeah, well, the guy who coached.

Speaker 3 (01:20:26):
The h the championship, that that little event, well that's fair, Yeah,
that's fair, But it was the team.

Speaker 2 (01:20:36):
It's fair. It's fair.

Speaker 1 (01:20:37):
And but I just think and it would be a
fun little I like the idea of a non conference
game to open the year. I like the idea of
playing against because I think it's more fun when the
division rivalry games are happening later in the year, when
teams are either at their best or at their worst,
and you kind of get the most realistic version. Some

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text are saying they already announced that it's going it'd.

Speaker 2 (01:21:00):
Be the Bears. They didn't. I didn't think so.

Speaker 5 (01:21:03):
No, a lot of people.

Speaker 4 (01:21:05):
It's one person is saying it over all.

Speaker 5 (01:21:07):
Actually, okay, well, look they have not officially announced to you.

Speaker 7 (01:21:10):
Now.

Speaker 1 (01:21:11):
It is interesting that that text is coming from an
Adam shift shaft shifter area. Oh so you know it
could be No, but I think that that would be
the most fun. Man, if Patrick Mahomes is healthy, they
really would love to have that game.

Speaker 7 (01:21:27):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:21:28):
And Kenneth Walker, like you mentioned, going up against his
one of the greatest tight ends to ever play the
game as well. I could also see Dallas. They love
to put Dallas in these types of games.

Speaker 5 (01:21:41):
I could see it.

Speaker 6 (01:21:42):
You have DeMarcus Lawrence and Dante Fowler former Dallas cow
I'm just thinking about revenge.

Speaker 2 (01:21:48):
I love revenge stuff and is.

Speaker 6 (01:21:50):
A former staffer on the Cowboys, so that that's another
kind of connection that you can draw there. Plus, everyone
is enamored for whatever reason with the Cowboys draft, and
it's like, Okay, let's put them up to the test
against the Super Bowl championship one. Yeah, see what it's like. Yeah, yeah,
I could see Dallas for sure.

Speaker 1 (01:22:08):
For sure. But ultimately I do think it's going to
be the Bears. I just I think if they had
their druthers and if it wasn't for this Australia game,
Seahawks Rams, if I could bet on it would have
been that first game, like just because they have been
such a long term rivalry, you know, San Francisco I
think would be in that conversation as well.

Speaker 2 (01:22:27):
For sure.

Speaker 6 (01:22:28):
I'm sorry they did that last year, though I don't
know if they would do the same first game of
the season Tiers in a round.

Speaker 2 (01:22:33):
Oh, that's a good point. That's a good point.

Speaker 1 (01:22:36):
Yeah, because the Seahawks did open against the forty nine ers.

Speaker 2 (01:22:39):
And lost and lost.

Speaker 6 (01:22:41):
By the way, who at that point in the season,
who thought the Seahwks would win the Super Bowl?

Speaker 1 (01:22:44):
I will tell you we went Live un Lockdown after
that game, and we were not talking about, well, they're
still the Super Bowl favorites.

Speaker 2 (01:22:51):
I guarantee we weren't having that conversa.

Speaker 5 (01:22:53):
We were.

Speaker 1 (01:22:54):
We were having a lot of conversations about the cornerback.
We were having a lot of conversations about if this
offense was gonna be able to score enough points and
everything worked out pretty okay. And ultimately I get why
people don't like schedule talk because you just don't know,
especially in the sport like the NFL. Just how many
times have we seen teams who look like they are

(01:23:16):
not going to be contenders that end up doing what
they do? Most people had the Seahawks finishing fourth into
division last year that I talked to so and we
have also seen those teams that I always think back to.
Do you guys remember when the Eagles signed like seven
marquee free agents and everybody was just talking about them
being like a potential fifteen to one team back then

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and they sucked out loud. We see this in the NFL,
I think more than any other sport because injuries and
cohesion play as much of a factor as anything else.
But it's still kind of fun to see these schedules
that come out too.

Speaker 3 (01:23:54):
Yeah, I mean also, which tickets are you gonna buy? Like,
if you're not a season ticket holder, which only a
select for you are in a market as big as Seattle,
you know, who do.

Speaker 4 (01:24:03):
You want to see?

Speaker 3 (01:24:04):
Maybe you have a favorite player who doesn't play for
your team. Maybe you know you want to experience seeing
greatness if there's X y Z player coming to your
city and there is no load management in the NFL,
so they will be playing if healthy. And so I
do like I like that aspect of people marking their

(01:24:26):
calendars for something.

Speaker 4 (01:24:27):
And also there's a lot.

Speaker 3 (01:24:28):
Of people might not be Seahawks fans in this town
because Seattle is a very transient city. There's a lot
of tracks I should say transplants here from other markets.
So I think it creates a lot of fun for
a lot of different reasons. And then we also get
to get our sharpies out and start, you know, deciding

(01:24:49):
which ones we go win lost when when you.

Speaker 5 (01:24:55):
Now, that's when I like scheduled talk.

Speaker 1 (01:24:57):
Yeah, we had fun doing that with Robs last year.
And you know what, shout out to Rob rang for
not only being an awesome scout, an awesome guest human everything.

Speaker 10 (01:25:08):
Dude.

Speaker 2 (01:25:09):
It's good at his work because.

Speaker 1 (01:25:10):
That dude, I believe he predicted fourteen to three when
we were doing our schedules stuff. That's really impressive. He
didn't get every game right, but he's got it.

Speaker 6 (01:25:20):
He thought they were Super Bowl like contenders, like from
the beginning of the season.

Speaker 1 (01:25:24):
And that's not a case of Rob rang being a
homer the opposite. He will be as honest with you
about what's happening with that team as anybody. It is
interesting to looking at like it's very easy to predict
some of these games being Sunday night football, Monday night
football games. The Giants game at home, I will almost
guarantee is either Sunday night or Monday night, like just

(01:25:46):
because really they love putting those two teams from across
that have bigger markets like on that game, and we've
seen Seahawks Giants on a Monday night football game before.
That's when Devin Witherspoon made his really his announcement to
the league with that interception of if I believe it
was Eli Manning at that point, so you know, no,

(01:26:07):
it couldn't have been Eli Manning.

Speaker 2 (01:26:08):
Who was that?

Speaker 5 (01:26:09):
Daniel Jones Danny Dimes, Danny Dimes, same player.

Speaker 6 (01:26:12):
But also I thought that was that was a Sunday game,
just a regular Sunday game a couple of years ago.

Speaker 1 (01:26:16):
I'm pretty sure was Monday Night because I seem to
remember Joe Buck announced it that thing.

Speaker 5 (01:26:21):
Was that before he moved to ESPN. I think so, No,
I don't know, Well.

Speaker 2 (01:26:25):
There you go, there you go.

Speaker 1 (01:26:26):
Anyway, you could definitely picture a game against the Eagles
on primetime. You can picture games the Patriots game.

Speaker 2 (01:26:34):
Now.

Speaker 1 (01:26:34):
The other thing is CBS will try to protect some
of these games and they'll say, hey, we want this
game to be protected at the four or five thing.
That's something just you know about this better than anybody.
They protect these games like the NBC and those guys
get their choices a little bit, but CBS and Fox

(01:26:54):
are where the money ultimately comes in. And if they
text them text them, I picture it like, hey you
up that type of thing. No, it's usually a pretty
nighe conversation that says, look, we need these Marquee games.

Speaker 2 (01:27:06):
To be on at one oh five and four oh five.

Speaker 1 (01:27:08):
Oh yeah, so some of those games will get protected.
I will set the over under though, for Seahawks at
four and a half primetime games.

Speaker 4 (01:27:17):
Yeah. Yeah, I think they're gonna max out this year.

Speaker 3 (01:27:19):
I mean, why why wouldn't you, especially because I don't
think we had the same exodus as we did after
they won the twenty Well it was the twenty thirteen season,
but there's twenty fourteen Super Bowl.

Speaker 4 (01:27:32):
Forty eight in New York.

Speaker 3 (01:27:35):
There's a lot more retention here than I have seen
in the past. Plus I'm really excited to see what
Dante Fowler Junior still has left in the tank. And
so just because they're they're so young, what are they
the second youngest team in the league. I mean, obviously,
if we're talking about last year's team, they are one

(01:27:55):
of the youngest rosters in the league, which is why
they have the ability to keep all of them.

Speaker 9 (01:28:02):
That.

Speaker 3 (01:28:02):
I think it's going to be pretty high and and
they're fun.

Speaker 4 (01:28:06):
They're fun.

Speaker 3 (01:28:06):
That the Sam Darnold resurgence, going from Jets cast off
to Vikings reject which is ridiculous. I have Viking fan
friends who are not happy about watching this, and then
all of a sudden he comes here and goes, yeah,
I can play. Yeah, Like he's so chill too, He's
like the coolest dude.

Speaker 4 (01:28:27):
Can you played for the Jets.

Speaker 6 (01:28:29):
I have kind of a different view on the at
least the national narrative around the Sea. The reasoning why
is because everyone coming out of the draft, they're not
hyping the Seahawks, hyping the Rams like they think oh
Rams are the best team in the NFL.

Speaker 4 (01:28:43):
I see that, though.

Speaker 6 (01:28:44):
But a team that just won the Super Bowl, like
you said, yes, that is returning almost everyone by most evaluations,
had a very very good NFL draft, and it was
already a young team to begin with, why aren't you
hyping that team?

Speaker 4 (01:28:59):
Sorry?

Speaker 5 (01:28:59):
No, you again?

Speaker 6 (01:29:00):
And I think the big reason is because they don't
really have the marquee names that everyone knows. They don't
have the Micah Parsons, they don't have the the Matthew Stafford's,
the Pukakuas, the Devonte Adams.

Speaker 2 (01:29:15):
That's question.

Speaker 6 (01:29:16):
But in general, yeah, no, I know what you're saying,
And a lot of it has to do with Alaska South.
We already know that, sure, But I think in general,
like the way the Seahawks have built their roster, it's
the reason that they've been successful is because they're built
on their depth and that they have very few actual holes.
But at the same time, you don't have like a
superstar MVP level quarterback. You don't have, you know, I

(01:29:39):
mean jays Ends the closest thing to that winning Offensive
Player of the Year last year, So I guess that's
like one example that kicks in that category. But even
on the defense, you don't have the Richard Shermans, the
the cam Chancellors, and the Earl Thomases. In terms of personality, right,
I know, Devin Witherspoon gets a lot of you know,
hype for who he is, but I don't think he's
become a national star yet.

Speaker 3 (01:30:01):
He gets hype when you're paying attention to It's like
when the camera's on, then that broadcast will hype him out.
But I think you're right about not having that marquee name,
but probably helps him be successful.

Speaker 6 (01:30:13):
I think it's great. I love kind of flying under
the radar. We did that all last year and not
all this long way to say, I think they have
less primetime games than what you said. I think maybe
having three, maybe four. Okay, so what kind of stuit
ends up happening?

Speaker 1 (01:30:27):
So would you bet on the Rams having more primetime
games than would absolutely?

Speaker 5 (01:30:30):
Yes, Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:30:31):
One of the other reasons that I think you have
a really good point is also because the Rams are
a couple of plays away. If I'm being in the
same as deck spot and they were, Yeah, I know,
but it's not just that they were so injured towards
the end of the season as well. And I mean,
if Zach Charbonney doesn't be polite and pick up a

(01:30:52):
ball with his foot in the end zone, it's we're
looking at a completely different playoffs and are as well. Yeah,
so I think that people look at them as maybe
they this is not me, this is people the you
figured with people out there might look at the Rams.

Speaker 4 (01:31:10):
They're also in Los Angeles.

Speaker 3 (01:31:11):
But the Rams as would have been the better team
had it not been for some key injuries, not just
at towards the end of the season, but well throughout
the season.

Speaker 6 (01:31:20):
And I totally agree with That's how a lot of
people view last season. And it's so weird to me
because didn't the Rams lose a game in between the
Thursday night game and the last game of the season.

Speaker 5 (01:31:30):
Yes, I believe they lost to like the Cardinals or something.

Speaker 2 (01:31:33):
It might have been the Panthers.

Speaker 5 (01:31:34):
Yeah, it was the Panthers.

Speaker 6 (01:31:35):
You're right, yeah, and like guys beat the freaking Panthers.

Speaker 5 (01:31:39):
Don't worry about us. A play that was the right
coal by.

Speaker 2 (01:31:42):
The wayst.

Speaker 7 (01:31:44):
They had.

Speaker 2 (01:31:44):
They had lots of chances.

Speaker 6 (01:31:46):
And the Seahawks would have kicked your ass in your
own place anyway. All right, You stop telling me that
there's a chance that the that the Rams were the
better team last year.

Speaker 7 (01:31:54):
No, they were absolutely not.

Speaker 1 (01:31:56):
Well, and it's crazy for those who believe in the Seahawks.
You've got for a defending champion that brings back as
much as they do. There are really strong betting odds
for the Seahawks. They are not the favorites to.

Speaker 5 (01:32:09):
Win the season.

Speaker 1 (01:32:09):
I mean, why well, because of everything just just laid
out right. And here's the other thing about the primetime thing,
because the Rams have a little bit of drama with
them because of the fact that they are the team
that plays in the second biggest market in the sport.
You wouldn't know it from their home games, but you
do have a very large market there. They probably do

(01:32:31):
end up getting more primetime games. And you know, one
of those games for sure between the Seahawks and Rams
will be in primetime. I hope one of those games
is in another Thursday night game. I hate Thursday night
football and I hate seeing good teams play on Thursday
night football. It's just is not for me. But four
nine four or five to one? Do you care who
the Seahawks play in the first game? And if you

(01:32:51):
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Speaker 8 (01:33:05):
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Speaker 1 (01:33:22):
Chris Crawford and for Ian Furness, joined by my good
buddies Jessamin and Anderson. There's a little bit of a
rhyme scheme to your guys's name that I did not
think about until.

Speaker 2 (01:33:32):
I just said it.

Speaker 4 (01:33:32):
When you say it in full, yeah.

Speaker 5 (01:33:34):
Justin and Anderson, Yes, and then and Jess.

Speaker 4 (01:33:36):
Anderson, jess oh yeah, just Urs Mac Anders.

Speaker 3 (01:33:41):
That sounds like a plate at a restaurant, does Mac, Anders,
what what's your heritage? Anders?

Speaker 1 (01:33:50):
Uh?

Speaker 5 (01:33:50):
Scandinavian?

Speaker 4 (01:33:51):
Scandinavian? What's the dish?

Speaker 5 (01:33:54):
I don't even know. I'm not I'm not good at
honoring my haritage. I'm Scottish as well. What's a Scottish?

Speaker 4 (01:34:00):
Okay? Uh? So mac and whiskey.

Speaker 3 (01:34:05):
Here?

Speaker 4 (01:34:05):
It sounds about right.

Speaker 1 (01:34:07):
How could you look at that man? He's the most
Scandinavian looking person I think I've.

Speaker 6 (01:34:12):
E I don't assume, I mean, I'm my Scottish is
coming out recently.

Speaker 7 (01:34:17):
Okay.

Speaker 6 (01:34:17):
I used to look much more Scandinavian. I was like
bleach blonde hair when I.

Speaker 9 (01:34:20):
Was a kid.

Speaker 1 (01:34:22):
So glad you said the word scott. I have to
talk for the next hour and a half about Scotch
broom and what we need to do to destroy it.
Do you guys have bad Scotch broom here as we do?

Speaker 3 (01:34:32):
You're talking about on a Cracker text line four to
come with Dodge.

Speaker 1 (01:34:42):
It's the most diabolical noxious weed that you see on
the highway, that yellow plant that you see on the
freeway if you're driving more closer to south.

Speaker 4 (01:34:53):
And like a yes, oh, I always thought that was
forth scythia. That's what we had when I was growing
up in New York.

Speaker 1 (01:34:59):
Scotch broom and so many of us are so allergic
to this stupid weed. Guys, I'm gonna I will text
out something where we're going to meet and get the
pitchfork so that we can kill it and make sure
it never comes back again.

Speaker 4 (01:35:13):
Is Itasi?

Speaker 1 (01:35:14):
It's super invasive, okay, and it just destroys my eyes.
I just man, I look like I go to a
Snoop Dogg concert after after dealing with a lot of the.

Speaker 2 (01:35:26):
Tocause.

Speaker 3 (01:35:26):
It's just go to a Snoop Dogg concert. We don't
have your fun, and then you just go.

Speaker 2 (01:35:32):
Wrote the world doesn't test. I'll just tell you that much.

Speaker 1 (01:35:36):
A lot of texts talking about, uh, the scheduling, but
of course we were talking about the date stuff. Somebody
I almost don't want to give out the area code
said that the first date showed up seven months pregnant
and then ordered a beverage that you don't necessarily picture

(01:35:57):
a seven months.

Speaker 4 (01:35:58):
Oh yeah, those are all the flags.

Speaker 2 (01:36:01):
Yeah, that's every red flag.

Speaker 9 (01:36:06):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (01:36:07):
We talked a bunch about the Mariner's unfortunate loss yesterday
two five three. Why are they even pitching to Matt Olsen.
I mean, I'm not intentionally walking to go ahead run
in that situation around him. I would definitely pitch around
him the unintentional intentional walk. If Matt Olson wants to
beat himself, I don't hate it.

Speaker 5 (01:36:25):
I think that's a lot easier said than done.

Speaker 1 (01:36:27):
Sure, Captain hindsight too, you know what I mean, because
you just never know.

Speaker 5 (01:36:32):
Who's after him in the order. Oh boy, Michael Harris.

Speaker 2 (01:36:36):
I know, because I think Michael Harris is out right now.

Speaker 5 (01:36:39):
Didn't he play yesterday? But he did?

Speaker 2 (01:36:41):
I don't remember, okay very much.

Speaker 1 (01:36:43):
Four to five blind date that led to a girl
taller than me and I'm six foot three.

Speaker 8 (01:36:47):
Wow.

Speaker 1 (01:36:48):
They had fun in the back of a camera and
went to Red Robin and some other stuff.

Speaker 2 (01:36:53):
Four two five let's trade lives.

Speaker 4 (01:36:55):
I'm also like, how do you fit in the back.

Speaker 5 (01:36:57):
Of the people that are six three or taller? That's
what I mean. Yeah, I'm like, you need a flatbed man.

Speaker 1 (01:37:05):
Text from the five three Oh, they want to know
how they get dates for a first sena canlass Jess
Like that's the cheese. That's not the easiest thing to
do either, So like, did he have reservations already?

Speaker 2 (01:37:17):
Booked or how did.

Speaker 4 (01:37:18):
This all happen? I don't know.

Speaker 3 (01:37:19):
I didn't I had never been there before and so
I didn't know of its posterity and everything. I it Also,
I mean, if you know where Candless is, it's like
right by the Aurora Bridge, so it doesn't necessarily scream.
It's not on the top of Newcastle or something where,
so it doesn't scream su Yeah. Well, and it's secluded,

(01:37:41):
but it doesn't red flag you if that was a
little too too much. But the guy was clearly clearly loaded,
Like I saw his watch, I didn't see his car.
I went on my own.

Speaker 5 (01:37:54):
Then what do you mean.

Speaker 7 (01:37:59):
Youn't say though you never specified?

Speaker 4 (01:38:02):
This sounds like ten It was over ten years ago.

Speaker 3 (01:38:05):
Okay, I was young. I had a little more bad
but those days and maybe I could pull him a little.
Uh not the worst first date. It was just too intimidated.
Like if that's what you're leading with, what are you expecting.

Speaker 6 (01:38:17):
Yeah, I didn't mean that in terms of like, wow,
what you described made it not Mike. It's because you
hadn't specified if it was or not. That's no, no, no, no, okay, Mike.

Speaker 2 (01:38:27):
I actually think you're great.

Speaker 4 (01:38:29):
Mike is my people. He is on my type of guy.

Speaker 1 (01:38:33):
Okay, my type of guy is Keith Miller, and he
says one word to guarantee a successful mother's day bronchanders.

Speaker 2 (01:38:39):
Okay, mimosas must be plural.

Speaker 6 (01:38:43):
Unfortunately, my wife is unable to still with the uh
she is feeding my specific way that I didn't want to.

Speaker 5 (01:38:53):
Yeah, I don't know why.

Speaker 2 (01:38:54):
I'd probably I could say it too, Yeah.

Speaker 4 (01:38:58):
It just seems too personal.

Speaker 1 (01:39:00):
They say that when you're in that stage, you're eating
for two.

Speaker 2 (01:39:04):
Yeah, Andrews, you could drink for two.

Speaker 5 (01:39:05):
I totally can't. A great excuse.

Speaker 3 (01:39:08):
Also, there's a little thing called a pumping' domes. Oh yeah. Also,
actually beer is good for that.

Speaker 6 (01:39:18):
Yes, apparently she was suggested to have non alcoholic beer
because like the way or the or something whatever, something
is actually good for your flactation. Anyways, before we talk
about more breast feeding, I do have two talkbacks for
you great people. Please let's let's hear from them.

Speaker 7 (01:39:38):
Maller here baby checking in.

Speaker 13 (01:39:39):
Boy, didn't know my guy Crawford to be back on
the after yesterday talking about Turban's biceps and dry SAPs.
Then I'm talking about down here fricking motlag walking these dogs,
baby and talking about dog poop and if.

Speaker 7 (01:39:52):
It catches on fire, I don't know, man, are you
kidding me?

Speaker 13 (01:39:56):
We just need to do anything spark this Mariner's offense,
whether it's drive, sap, dog poop or anything else.

Speaker 7 (01:40:01):
Baby, go dog may.

Speaker 1 (01:40:05):
I still don't believe that Softy picks up the dog poop.
I just don't believe. Oh, I believe that he has
three dogs. I also believe he has somebody hired to
do it for him. He just doesn't want to mention
it on the air. That he's so affluent that he
can just do whatever the hell he wants, and he
gets that stuff doing. There's no way that Softy is
actually picking up the dog boop.

Speaker 3 (01:40:26):
I think I've actually been on the phone with him
while he was on a walk with at least one
of the dogs. I think he's just gonna send us video,
and I think he had to do it while I
was on the phone, so that is like actual proof
that he picked it up.

Speaker 5 (01:40:40):
I have yet to receive such video.

Speaker 1 (01:40:42):
Yeah me either. Thank god text for the two six. First,
thanks for talking hockey. I could talk hockey all day. Look,
other players and the overall impression of this franchise is
they don't want to pay and be part of the
superstar level of commitment. It takes financially, and people don't
think we are all in the feeling. They care more
about booie and feel good anything inclusive night is more

(01:41:02):
important to this organization. First of all, I don't agree
with that. I will just say that right now. I
think winning is important to this the prayer level mentality
that's some seventeen year old one hundred and sixty eight
pound is someone we're really excited about. He also mentions
to ericson k not being available for Minnesota.

Speaker 2 (01:41:17):
Is a huge piece of it. I just don't know
if that's very anders.

Speaker 1 (01:41:21):
I get the perception, but I just don't feel like
that's an accurate description of Krackinghawkey.

Speaker 6 (01:41:27):
No, and a lot of people say this about the
Mariners too. Sure they care more about bobbleheads. People don't
realize that they separate those two things. There's the people
who are in charge of the baseball operations, and then
there's people that are in charge of the business operations. Right,
it is the people in charge of the business operations
to do everything they can, whether the team's good or

(01:41:48):
not to try and get people in the ballpark. I
think the Mariners are exceptional at that now on the
outside looking in, if you look at it under one
big umbrella, like you can see, oh, they're better at
the business operations a lot of the time than they
are at the baseball operations.

Speaker 5 (01:42:03):
So that's why it has that.

Speaker 6 (01:42:04):
But it just means those people are really good at
their jobs, right, And baseball, when you're not successful, it
looks it has that kind of uh. The same for hockey,
it has that kind of perception that that's what you
care about more. No, you're you're no matter what, if
you're good or bad, you're trying to get people in
the building.

Speaker 3 (01:42:18):
That's a really good distinction to make too, because when
people say things like that, there you're more about this
than you are about that.

Speaker 4 (01:42:26):
No, those are two separate things, very separate.

Speaker 3 (01:42:28):
Yeah, Hotalks from Heaven is not taking from Julio's retention.

Speaker 6 (01:42:32):
That's not Jerry Depoto being like, oh we suck right now,
like we need to distract the people and from hot
Talks from Heaven. But so they don't see that we
are playing so poorly.

Speaker 4 (01:42:40):
Sure, question about that.

Speaker 3 (01:42:42):
Did you guys believe the the April Fool's joke because
I did about canceling Hot Talks from heaven.

Speaker 4 (01:42:49):
They were going to make it.

Speaker 2 (01:42:50):
Like yes from something.

Speaker 3 (01:42:54):
They said it was like some sort of like FDA problem,
and I was like, Oh, we're gonna yeah, crushed for
this because that's the most seattle thing ever, and then
it was fake.

Speaker 4 (01:43:06):
The sausages still fall from.

Speaker 1 (01:43:08):
The sausages still fall from the sky, as God intended.
Two six Scotch Broom is the Bane of My Youth.
Walked down a path on my way home that had
those bushes on both sides, eyes water, it sneeze like crazy,
and went home and really.

Speaker 2 (01:43:20):
Bad Shane needs to use Agent orange on that bush.

Speaker 1 (01:43:23):
You're gosh damn right. It is just the worst. And
I have a couple that are growing right behind my
house and I can't get too close to it because
it's just destroying me. But if I don't take it out,
it's going to destroy me. So I'm just it's about
me taking that hit of whether or not I'm going
to deal with.

Speaker 4 (01:43:43):
That gas mask and a bee keeper's costume.

Speaker 2 (01:43:46):
Oh, it's the absolute worst.

Speaker 1 (01:43:48):
A lot of people follow and anderstrain of thought from
the four two five they say exactly that, following indistrative thought,
Hawks are a big contender to be flexed to primetime.

Speaker 2 (01:43:56):
Late season if playing okay. That's another thing that you
have to keep saying with this stuff. The flexing really
does matter.

Speaker 1 (01:44:03):
That's way late and the Seahawks will be eleven and
zero by the time. That is something that can happen.
A lot of people praise in Julio Rodriguez from that,
and uh, I gloss the text here, but it was
from the two oh six that we are lucky to
have somebody in this city like Julio Rodriguez, and I
just can't agree with.

Speaker 6 (01:44:24):
Was there a special reasoning why didn't do something in
the game that I didn't see.

Speaker 1 (01:44:28):
We got a chance to play the interview that he
had with with Softy and Dick today.

Speaker 2 (01:44:33):
He's an awesome dude.

Speaker 1 (01:44:34):
And again I keep coming back to how I got
started with this show is me and Nathan reacting to
Kevin Mathers' comments and listening to Kevin mather say those
abhorrent things for no reason whatsoever.

Speaker 2 (01:44:49):
That's what's in your brain, and that's you.

Speaker 1 (01:44:51):
Know, Kevin mather was the mouthpiece there were other people
thinking similar things, but I'm sure glad that Mariners the
right thing and made sure that guy was.

Speaker 4 (01:45:01):
Going to be powered.

Speaker 6 (01:45:02):
I have one more talk back, please that we can
end the segment with how about that, and then we
can get out.

Speaker 2 (01:45:06):
Of Here's good.

Speaker 14 (01:45:08):
Hey guys, Seattle sports guy here with another update on
your Seattle sports logan Gilbert giving up three home runs
in an INNY, which if this was hockey that would
be a hat trick, which Dan Wilson thought was a
good thing in baseball that should have related to a
pitching change. Also, shout out to the molliwalk crew on Monday.
It was kind of nice year in a segment without.

Speaker 2 (01:45:29):
An angry Canadian. Great job, Crawford.

Speaker 5 (01:45:33):
I'll check in later this week.

Speaker 7 (01:45:35):
Boys.

Speaker 2 (01:45:36):
Thank you.

Speaker 4 (01:45:37):
That was crazy also very consistent, so yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:45:44):
We'll say more nice things about me next.

Speaker 8 (01:45:51):
From the R and R Foundation Specialist Broadcast Studio. Now
back to Ian Forness powered My Seattle Closest sports book,
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Speaker 1 (01:46:07):
Chris Crawford in for Ian Forness. This was fun and
I got to do this three days in a row.
And I just want to say every time I get
to do this, and I will keep get saying it
as long as they keep inviting.

Speaker 2 (01:46:19):
Me back, which who the heck knows, Like we'll see.

Speaker 1 (01:46:22):
But I have so much fun doing this, and I'm
so appreciative to Ian for giving the blessing. I'm appreciative
for Jess and Anders being so good at their jobs.
I'm appreciative that the show after this isn't very good,
So I don't sound all that bad, like that's kind
of nice. The show before is really good, that's problem.
Like the lead in is maybe better than this one,

(01:46:43):
and that's a problem, but not when he and his
hosted though.

Speaker 2 (01:46:46):
There's nobody better than that guy.

Speaker 1 (01:46:47):
If I'm being honest, Well, you know what the thing
is is that he's just not as angry as people
would like to believe. Just one of the nicest human
beings really does Hey, speaking of in Julio Rodriguez just
hit a four hundred and thirty six foot home.

Speaker 5 (01:47:03):
Yeah they did.

Speaker 2 (01:47:04):
Let's go.

Speaker 4 (01:47:05):
I would like to say, I'm good luck you are
and give me a spark.

Speaker 1 (01:47:09):
You know, we had a little bit of an issue
that may have prevented us talking about listening to us
talk about this, but tell the story again about getting
to talk to Julio Rodriguez and just what a not
only is this guy a superstar on the field, why
he's a superstar off it too.

Speaker 4 (01:47:25):
Yeah, exactly.

Speaker 3 (01:47:26):
And I actually did a lot of research on into
his foundation this summer because I wanted to find out
or I'm sorry, this winter because he went home and
did a lot of work, you know, building fields where
you know, it's called the No Limits Foundation, okay, and

(01:47:47):
so you know, empowering underprivileged youth is what their their
their motto is.

Speaker 4 (01:47:53):
But he went home and.

Speaker 3 (01:47:54):
Built a whole, you know, a field for kids that
don't have the funding in an area that is very
very short of funds. And I had been trying I
host Seattle Voice on the weekends, and I was like, oh, man,
I'd love to feature him on that, and they were like,
he is, that's where he is right now, that is
the only thing. He's focusing on his family and doing

(01:48:18):
all that, and so I just I wanted to say
that because I knew a lot about it. That's how
he spent his time in the off season. So one,
there's that, and two, I'm a faceless member of the media.
And there's people that are in that clubhouse all the time,
and every year at some point he is able to
jump on the radio. And the way I try to

(01:48:40):
make it easy for the guys I show up, I
put them on my phone and they call into two
people that they can't even see. You know, there's countless
amounts of people trying to get, you know, a piece
of him every single day. Right, So if it's someone
that he can't see, some guys would be like, no,
I don't know who that Like, I don't know you,
and you know you're not doing this in person. So

(01:49:01):
I had asked him on Friday if he I know
he likes the second day of the series to do
these interviews.

Speaker 4 (01:49:08):
Hey, if I show up, you know, like you've done
in the.

Speaker 3 (01:49:11):
Past, I could put you on my phone, you can call,
you know, just talk to the guys as Softy and
Dick who he joined yesterday. And you know he asked
for after batting practice. Batting practice was at three fifty five,
So I said, okay, I'll record Dan Wilson. I'll be
standing right in a dugout and for Julio, you'll wait
two hours like I don't care when he's taking VP.

(01:49:32):
If he could do it, then I'll wait. And so
I'm recording Dan Wilson, who spoke at three, and Julio
apparently took early VP in the indoor cages and just
came out and there's all of the media there too,
because everyone's listening to Dan Wilson. So he walked through everyone,
tapped me on the shoulder and said, can we do

(01:49:52):
it right now? And unbelievably, it was the best timing
ever because it got to be right in the beginning
of Softy and Dick's show and we got to hear
from him right away, and he gave a marvelous interview. Yeah,
and I thought the questions were great about the evolution
of his career too, and he was so honest about it.

Speaker 1 (01:50:11):
And I again, I just love so much how much
you can tell Julio is listening, not just during that interview,
but understanding how much that means to, you know, becoming
a bigger part of the Seattle culture. And man, I'm
telling you, baseball players are creatures of habit. They do

(01:50:31):
not like to break what they're doing, and if they
don't have to do a media thing, quite often they
just flat out don't do it. It's one hundred and
sixty two game season. If I don't have an actual
obligation here before the game or after the game, I'm
going to use my free time to work on staying healthy,
you know, sitting maybe go and get a hot dog

(01:50:53):
from heaven. You know, that's that's more important maybe to
a guy, some of these guys, but you just tell
it matters so much to a guy like Julio. And again,
it's why those callous comments from Kevin Mather will always
stick with me, because they were just so unnecessary, so
completely out of to use the baseball term left field,
and man, oh man, I am just so glad I

(01:51:16):
get to watch Julio Rodriguez played baseball here for another
decade or taste.

Speaker 3 (01:51:21):
Yeah, yeah, of all the things that you could say
about a guy, it's still I think I'd like black
that out. I obviously remembered it when you brought it
up by those mother comments. I of all the things
that you could say about someone, Yeah, and you know,
obviously he doesn't even know him, and fortunately he didn't

(01:51:41):
get the chance to.

Speaker 4 (01:51:42):
Get to know him that well.

Speaker 3 (01:51:43):
Now, But yeah, I just I just watched the way
he brings joy to the field, and I mean, I
still remember his little hidden ball trick sure that he did,
which was just so funny, just big old smile, looked
like you know, he had let it go over the
fence to home run.

Speaker 14 (01:52:02):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:52:02):
Yeah, he held it up afterwards like that is a superstar.

Speaker 7 (01:52:07):
It is.

Speaker 1 (01:52:08):
And honestly, his reaction to me, how he's reacted when
other dudes have robbed him of Homer's speaks to it.
Because I think some people get frustrated that he still
smiles when something like that happens, and they think, oh,
that means he's not competitive, that he doesn't really care. No,
it's somebody who appreciates the craft. It's somebody anybody who
heard the scream from Julio Rodriguez after Game seven that

(01:52:31):
doubts how competitive this dude is. That scream will live
in my head forever. Anders and I had to go
live about forty five seconds after that scream became public,
and boy, that was hard. That's still one of the
hardest things I've ever had to do, anders is going
live after that Game seven.

Speaker 6 (01:52:48):
It was very hard because I had just finished hosting
a Kraken game and then I watched literally on the
TV that you're looking at now, the entirety of Game seven.
Oh yeah, the entirety of Game seven, and then popped
into a studio and went live afterwards, and I was
just I was exhausted, I was devastated, and.

Speaker 5 (01:53:07):
Yeah, it wasn't very good. It was really I don't
know how he got to this point.

Speaker 1 (01:53:11):
Well, no, it was just just the fact that you know,
how we reacted to that is people watching. Imagine how
a player we could react and imagine how a player
could shun away from that type of thing and just
want to be cold and calculated and stuff. But you
still get the fun version of Julio Rodriguez, and you
know the fact that he's having the best start to

(01:53:33):
a season. It's not the numbers we want, you know,
Julio Rodriguez, we want to be in closer to that
eight hundred and eight fifty ops at least. But this
sure beats what we've seen from him in the past. Yeah,
it certainly beats what we've seen from him in the past.
And I'm I'm just thrilled that we get somebody like
Julio Rodriguez.

Speaker 6 (01:53:50):
Yeah, and for those who maybe are a little put
off by the joy that he plays with. I could
somewhat understand that if the type of player that you
are drawn to is more like the Josh Naylor type
that the grind, I'm just gonna look angry all the time.

Speaker 5 (01:54:04):
I'm like, it's my job, sure, like cool.

Speaker 6 (01:54:06):
I understand that. But also that doesn't mean that Julio
is any less competitive, none of those types of guys, right.

Speaker 1 (01:54:12):
No, And it's weird how people pick and choose with
this stuff, because aging myself, one of the biggest complaints
about King Grify Junr was he never ran out a
ground ball ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, you know who,
I've never seen even kind of try to run out
of ground ball Josh Flipp and Naylor like he might
as well just walk and do like a pimp cane

(01:54:34):
and take it with him and like stretch to first
base because there's no chance he's gonna beat it out.
I totally agree. No, No, I totally agree with what
you're saying. Right now, there's somebody giving me not nice
things in the back, and I see, oh, okay, he's
just it's just weird how people pick and choose that stuff,
because it's you'd think it would bother people that Josh

(01:54:54):
Naylor doesn't run out ground balls.

Speaker 2 (01:54:56):
If it bothers you, that can grify Jr.

Speaker 5 (01:54:58):
Who always runs out ground balls.

Speaker 1 (01:55:00):
Rodriguez, he sure does because he has a chance to
beat it out. Yeah that's fair, is fair. So once again,
thank you guys so much for listening over these three days.
I hope I get to do it again soon, but
never please.

Speaker 3 (01:55:12):
And coming up next, don't forget softy, Yeah we have.
Let's see Mike Florio coming on at three ten, Petro
set four, which is always a who because it's like
two softies talking to each other, and then Larry Stone
at five.

Speaker 4 (01:55:26):
So just letting you know what you have to look
forward to.

Speaker 3 (01:55:30):
Also, by the way, from Donnie Roberts, Vinegar Kills, Scotch.

Speaker 2 (01:55:33):
Broom, I'm gonna buy a lot of vinegar pretty soon.

Speaker 1 (01:55:36):
There he goes, Stay tuned for that. Next Sports Radio
ninety three point three Kids airfif

Speaker 4 (01:55:39):
For the mild mannered and marginally objectionable in forness, this
is paddle Day saying so long everyone,

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