Dave 'Softy' Mahler and Dick Fain

Dick Fain is at Jimmy's today before the Sounders friendly against Dortmund. He's joined this afternoon by Donald Watts. Edgar Martinez is about to finally be inducted into the Hall of Fame. He is probably the most revered Mariner of all time. Yes, Junior was a better player, one of the best in history, but Edgar, on top of being an incredible in hos own right, never left the city. We haven't had a chance to get Don's thoughts on all of the NBA free agencies moves and offseason trades yet. There's no better time than the present.

There's just a few hours left to get your picks in for KJR's Major Golf Challenge. To help you win this weekend, PGATour.com's fantasy golf expert, Rob Bolton. Petros Papadakis joins us for his weekly conversation courtesy of the 520 Bar and Grill. This week: Chris Petersen's attitude away from the media, Ryan Leaf's new gig at ESPN, and Jake Browning's Husky legacy. Textimonials answer the question, Griffey or Edgar?

Our game-by-game look at each Husky opponent this upcoming football season continues. Today, we've made it to week 7, the Arizona Wildcats, with voice of the Wildcats Brian Jeffries. Corey Brock is back in the States after spending some time in the Dominican Republic finding out about the M's' international signings. He spends some time talking about the development of the prospects in the Mariners system. So when will these guys start making an impact on the Big League team? Jaylen Nowell and Matisse Thybulle are up in the NBA now. How will their game translate to the next level? Donald Watts breaks it down, plus a look at the 2019-2020 Husky basketball roster. The makeup of the team is quite a bit different than it's been over the last few years. Don explains what that means for the team.

Mike Gastineau is filling again for Softy one again today. It was close, but despite poorly-timed ferry maintenance, and ever-worsening Seattle traffic, he managed to make it here on time. Yesterday, we challenged Kevin Pelton to use the word shrapnel on TV. Did he do it? ESPN have released their future power rankings looking at the next three NFL seasons, ranking each team in five categories. Seahawks came in at #5 overall. #1 was.... the Colts? Golden Tate, in an interview with a Detroit media outlet, said Matt Stafford was the best quarterback he'd ever played with. Really? Better than Wilson? What an odd thing to say.

The Athletic has been taking a decade-by-decade look at college football. The best teams of the 1990's? Yes, the '91 Dawgs were on there, but where was Don James on the list of best coaches? Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News talks all things Pac-12 after a couple of weeks on vacation. Textimonials react to the first two hours of the show.

We continue our game-by-game look at the upcoming Husky football season with Game 6 against the Stanford Cardinal. Could this be the Dawgs' first loss? We discuss the matchup with Todd Husak. All of the best sound from around sports on Fun with Audio; including the Busch brothers battling it out, Giannis with a message, and more Rough N' Rowdy sound. Brian Schmetzer discusses the win over Atlanta, tomorrow's friendly, and the big match against Portland. We play another round of You Don't Know Dick!

Softy is off again this week, so the Gas Man joins us once again today. There was a point in time when tennis captured more attention, but there's no argument that some of the great players in the history of the game are playing right now. Two of those players on the men's side, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic faced off in an epic match yesterday lasting nearly five hours. That is, to put it bluntly, a lot of tennis to ask someone to watch, but Dick was lucky enough to tune in right at the tiebreaker. The M's are back in action after the All Star break, and things aren't going well. It's not just that they're losing, it's that they aren't even trying, playing with, to quote Ryan Divish, "disregard for sense and purpose." Meanwhile, the Angels got the feel-good story on Friday night in the first home game since the passing of Tyler Skaggs. It was fifty years ago this week that man first landed on the moon. Gas remembers where he was when it happened.

The landscape of the NBA has completely changed thanks to a number of free agency signings and trades. Who are the top teams in the league heading into next season? Kevin Pelton of ESPN goes through all of it with us. Michael-Shawn Dugar, covering the Seahawks for The Athletic, discusses his most recent articles on the team; including a look at what happened with Malik McDowell, players that need to step up in order for the team to defeat the Rams, and more. On Textimonials, who is to blame for the state of this Mariners team?

We continue our look at each of the Dawgs' opponents this upcoming season, week by week. Today, Inside USC's Scott Wolf looks at... USC; they play Washington in Week 5. What's it going to take for Clay Helton to get the boot? We examine the expectations of Jacob Eason. Is there any real reason for concern? Dick Fain names his top ten favorite fantasy football team names of 2019: the top five are plays on songs. We round out the show discussing the latest Husky uniforms.

Mike Gastineau is filling in for Softy as his vacation continues, bringing a more balanced and laid back approach to sports. Those of us who grew up in Seattle spend a lot of time reflecting fondly on the 1995 Mariners team, but many people don't get why we celebrate a team that didn't even make the World Series. It would be nice if the team could give us some new fond memories. The Thunder are unraveling, and nothing could make us in Seattle happier. It's been an underwhelming decade for a team with so much talent, but the same could be said for the Sonics in the 1990's. The Oakland A's took out a front page ad in the Perth, Australia newspaper, but it didn't go as planned.