Brock and Salk

Lyle Goldstein and TJ Mathewson of the Marine Layer Podcast (filling in for Brock and Salk) talk through what jumped out to them in the Mariners series in Houston, resulting in a series loss but a 6-4 road trip. Then, they re-air Brock and Salk's conversation with Mariners hitting coach Kevin Seitzer in which he breaks down what has stood out offensively with a variety of Mariners bats.

Salk's daughter Cecily joins us to rank her favorite pump up songs before hockey. Then, we dicuss the M's loss to the Astros, the latest on Julio and Woo and another change to the college football playoffs in Need to Know. Plus, we take your calls, as we do every Friday.

Mariners Insider Shannon Drayer is on the show to start the hour to share a bunch of injury updates along with George Kirby's first start and some other topics as well. Afterwards, Gee Scott stops by for his weekly appearance.

Salk discusses how much a hitting coach truly means to a baseball team and how much it has potentially changed over the years, tying it back to what Kevin Seitzer has done with the Mariners so far. Then, Kevin Seitzer joins the show to discuss the success and progress of Cal Raleigh, Randy Arozarena and several other players. In Blue 88, topics include Geno Smith vs Sam Darnold, the changes to the College Football Playoff and Jim Irsay.

Salk opens the show by reading some texts on the text line, including from some fans who have questions about Donovan Solano. He responds to them as a result. Later, they re-air their conversation with former Seahawks wide receiver Bryan Walters regarding the new look of the Seahawks, stories from his playing career and more.

Lyle made fun of Brock's fake post mishap yesterday on social media without tagging him. They hash it out. Then, we discuss whether the M's will still need Julio Rodriguez to hit another gear in order to mantain their success this season and we take a look at Elijah Arroyo's fit in the Seahawks offense and what it means for Noah Fant.

The hour starts with listening to fan voicemails for Here's The Thing. Later, former Seahawks wide receiver Bryan Walters joins the show to share his thoughts on the revamped Seahawks, stories from his playing career and more.

Brock and Salk noticed something that stood out from their conversation with Ryan Rowland-Smith yesterday about the team chemistry and discuss how much that has mattered. Former Mariner Harold Reynolds, now of MLB Network, also joins the show to discuss Cal Raleigh, what has surprised him about the Mariners so far and more. In Blue 88, Brock dives in on Jalen Milroe's rookie contract, Jim Irsay and which Seahawks would be best in the 2026 Olympics.

The show starts by reading a message regarding a pretty wild opinion on Tyler Lockett, and Salk reacts to it. After that, they re-air their conversation with Mariners analyst Ryan Rowland-Smtih to discuss the current state of the Mariners, his playing and broadcasting career, along with more as well.

We discuss the breaking news that George Kirby will make his season debut tomorrow in Houston. Then, we talk about the tush push ban being defeated at the NFL owner's meetings and Lyle's parents choose their favorites between Brock and Salk. Plus, Salk crowns a new winner for Trash Takes.