In this episode, I spoke to my good friend Sam Presley (Twitter: @slamuelpres) about his favorite team, the Mariners. We discussed Jon Miller and Dave Niehaus as announcers; the Mariners trend over the last few decades; Sam’s first memories at the King Dome; Jay Buhner’s impact on the team and the turf; the Mariners’ amazing 1995 run to the playoffs; Sam’s admiration for Hall of Fame DH Edgar Martinez; the impact of Ichiro’s signing in 2001 on the franchise; the promise of the 2002 season before Moneyball happened; the promise of the Mariners’ prospects and GM Jerry Dipoto’s vision for the franchise; how the evolution of baseball toward the home run, strikeout, and walk has created market inefficiencies for certain skill sets and made it difficult to watch in its current state; Sam’s outlook on the Mariners for the current season; how COVID will affect the validity of this season; how a society that is fully functioning is the one that deserves sports; named Kyle Lewis and Jered Kelenic as feared players for Giants’ fans in their 4 games vs. the Mariners; Sam names which prospects he expects to get MLB appearances this year out of the great crop of youngsters in the organization; Sam’s analysis of Dipoto’s view on pitchers and how Logan Gilbert and George Kirby fit that mold; how pitchers’ strength could be built up as the season goes on, and famous creative uses of pitchers in postseason situations; some fun baseball stories of the recent past; some memories of our classmate Patrick Wisdom; and finally a hope for the future of baseball in Seattle.