Softy & Dick Interviews

KJR baseball expert Chuck Powell joins the show to talk about the Mariners first half struggles, is this more frustrating that previous iterations of the Mariners?

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Bret Boone joins the show to talk Mariners after getting swept in Miami.

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Seattle Sounders FC Head Coach Brian Schmetzer joins Dick Fain and Jackson Felts to talk about the United States loss to Belgium in the World Cup on Monday, the overall tournament takeaways for the USA, Cristian Roldan picking up an injury while on duty with the team, the World Cup action in the entire tournament, and Portland coming up.

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University of Washington Athletic Director Pat Chun joins Dick Fain and Hugh Millen to discuss the impact of the World Cup on UW, the Huskies Women’s programs winning a Big Ten title, the state of the Men’s basketball program, the Brendan Sorsby gambling situation, the College Football Playoff, and the departure of announcer Tony Castricone.

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Jerry Brewer, award winning writer now with The Athletic, joins Dick Fain and Hugh Millen to talk about the United States loss on Monday to Belgium after a positive run through the World Cup until that point, the growth of soccer in the country and lack of the big moment by the USA to grow the game more, plus the problem with young talent.

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Legendary writer Larry Stone joins Dick Fain and Hugh Millen to discuss the World Cup in Seattle and across the country over the last month, the United States loss to Belgium that ended their tournament run, the Mariners turning away from the piggyback system with their pitching rotation, Bryan Woo’s up and down season, plus Cal Raleigh’s year.

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Petros Papadakis in Los Angeles joins Dick Fain to talk about his family restaurant in the San Pedro area, his interest in soccer coming from that neighborhood, the Seattle celebration of the World Cup with six games here, the intersection of politics and soccer once again rearing its head, plus LeBron James moving on from Los Angeles this year.

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Mike Florio from PFT and NBC joins Dick Fain and Hugh Millen to talk about the World Cup and USA’s loss to Belgium with unnecessary involvement from Donald Trump, the need for a superstar soccer player in the United States and how that kind of a player would develop in this country, the youth soccer system issues and interest in the sport.

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Mike DeCourcy from The Sporting News joins Dick Fain and Hugh Millen to talk about the United States not showing up to play against Belgium, the USA road in the tourney finishing in the Round of 16, what the run means for soccer in the country and the youth future with the sport across generations, and Christian Pulisic’s criticism for his efforts.

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Former Mariners pitcher and analyst Bill Krueger joins Dick Fain and Hugh Millen to talk about the M’s seeing pitching success right now after getting rid of the piggyback, what will happen next with the staff, Bryan Woo’s incredible numbers at home compared to his statistics on the road this year, and the futures for Kade Anderson and Ryan Sloan.

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