Mike Salk

It's Friday so Salk takes your calls on everything from the M's needing George Kirby and Kyle Lewis to turn this season around to a German listener pumping us up for the Seahawks game in Munich this fall. Then, Brock Huard joins Salk to discuss his favorite current Seattle athlete and who wins in the proposed race between DK Metcalf and Tyreek Hill. Plus, an earlier conversation with Stacy Rost sparks a ranking of artificial fruit flavors.

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It seems like most of the voices in the national media is taking their shots at the QB situation with the Seahawks from Mike Florio, Marcus Spears, RG III and even Richard Sherman on his podcast. How does this make Seahawks fans feel? Stacy Rost joins Salk in place of Gee Scott and gets into a long discussion about Pop Tarts and the artificial banana flavor before giving her thoughts on the Seahawks draft.

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Salk is having a tough time with Matt Brash being sent to AAA, but not because of his tough start, but because of him going to the bullpen and weighs through the Pros & Cons of the decision and admits that he's been wrong before on this type of demotion (Jonathan Papelbon). This is the challenge with the team essentially declaring to "win now" with their offseason acquisitions. Salk runs Justin & Maura through some Rapid Fire Seattle Sports questions before talking about rookie camp with Brock Huard. 

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Salk starts the show with a story about his doctor's appointment and how he refused to get weighed and somehow shrunk nearly a whole inch. The Mariners drop another loss last night and continue their rough offensive streak. Salk wants to see Robbie Ray look like the former Cy Young winner that he was last year. We heard from Jerry Dipoto yesterday that some roster moves would be made and we learned that mostly meant to the pitching staff.

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Jerry Dipoto confirmed that roster moves are coming today. It would be understandable if Brash and/or Kelenic are sent down to try and get right. Then, Brock Huard reacts to Richard Sherman's comments on the Seahawks draft and suggests his own reason why they drafted the way they did. Plus, our Ranked today is in honor of the Sounders becoming the first MLS team to win the Concacaf Champions League.

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What's the deal with umpires/referees these days? After the weirdest interaction in the history of baseball between Madison Bumgarner and first-base umpire Dan Bellino, Salk wonders what has happened recently to make us so aware of officiating. Our weekly chat with Mariners President of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto confirmed that roster moves are coming today and Salk wonders if it could be Brash or Kelenic with Steven Souza rumored to be on his way to the big league club.

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Salk wonders why most people seem happy with the Seahawks draft picks and thinks that seems like something has driven Pete & John into a 'back to basics' mentality... but what caused it? Jody Allen? Losing record? Losing Russ? Jeff Passan joins the show for his weekly appearance and has to defend himself after the statements he made about the M's success last week and explain some umpire woes. Brock Huard reacts to Richard Sherman's comments and suggests his own reason why the Seahawks drafted the way they did.

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Salk starts the show by congratulating the Seattle Sounders FC and their fans for a huge win at home last night and advancing to the FIFA Club World Cup which turns into a conversation about the 'community' that sports provides for a city. Maura found some clips the Richard Sherman Podcast where he forgets Drew Lock's name, but thinks what the Seahawks did in the draft was "pretty good" and that they didn't make "cute" picks.

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M's bench coach Manny Acta joins Salk to discuss what he's seeing from the M's when it comes to the offensive slump, what it was like being away from the team when he dealt with COVID, and what's impressed him most about Julio Rodriguez. Brock Huard's daily visit covers the Seahawks QB options and their scheduled trip to Germany. Plus, an edition of Ranked that honors the invention of the phonograph.

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With some of the struggles we've seen from young players on the Mariners, Salk asks how patient the team should be now that they're in "win" mode and should not be patient. Michael Bumpus makes his weekly appearance with Salk to talk about the Seahawks draft picks before we play a clip from Wyman & Bob's "What If Wednesday" show about the Seahawks wanting Deebo when they drafted LJ Collier. 

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