Brock and Salk

The Seahawks defense is playing tremendously, so Brock and Salk discuss what has made them successful so far. They also go through what some of the Mariners priorities will be this winter to try and improve the team even more and get them back to being in a pennant chase next year. In Blue 88, topics include Sam Darnold, Coby Bryant and what the Seahawks could do at the trade deadline.

Salk opens the show by talking further on how how people may be feeling now two days after the Mariners Game 7 loss along with the bullpen decisions that got made in the contest. Afterwards, they re-air their conversation with Jeff Passan of ESPN to hear his insight on the end of the Mariners season, the Game 7 loss, their outlook moving forward and more.

We dicsuss Jeff Passan's reaction to the decision to go to Bazardo in the 7th inning last night and the optimism that he left us with at the end of his interview last hour. Then, Mike Macdonald joins the show to discuss the Seahawks win over the Texans last night. He discusses how well the defense played, Leonard Williams' instincts, Josh Jobe's growth, the importance of Jarran Reed to what they do, and why Jaxon Smith-Njigba is so difficult to cover.

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Why aren't the Mariners in the World Series today? Brock and Salk discuss it all and what went wrong in Game 7. They then go through a few of the in-game decisions in Game 7 featuring which ones the believe went right and which ones they believe didn't. In Blue 88, Brock dives into the most encouraging and discouraging stat from the Seahawks win over the Texans, Nick Emmanwori and Sam Darnold.

The Mariners lose Game 7 of the ALCS in heartbreaking fashion as their season comes to an end, and Salk discusses to open the show. Then, they take callers after the Game 7 loss to get their thoughts on everything that happened. 

We discuss John Smoltz's comments about which team can appply the most pressure in tonight's game 7. Then, M's broadcaster Aaron Goldsmith joins the show to discuss whether Cal or Geno had the bigger home run on Friday, which team has more unique ways to approach tonight's game, what to expect from George Kirby and how Dan Wilson might approach the lineup and rotation decisions tonight.

With Game 7 set for tonight, Brock and Salk talk through how the Mariners could shape up their lineup and pitching staff in the all-or-nothing contest. Later, John Smoltz of FOX Sports joins the show to help preview Game 7, what he'll be watching for in the matchup and what has stood out to him in the series so far.

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The Mariners are set for an all-or-nothing Game 7 of the ALCS and Salk starts to prepare everyone for it. Then, they go Around The Weekend with headlines from the Mariners, Dodgers and the NFL.