Softy & Dick Interviews

Joel Dahmen, professional golfer from Clarkston, Washington, joins Dave Softy Mahler and Dick Fain to talk about the World Cup so far and games in Seattle, watching the M’s from afar despite frustrations, Wyndham Clark winning the U.S. Open last week, a PGA event potentially coming to the Seattle area, and his new Junior Golf Invitational event.

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Fox Soccer Host Rob Stone joins Dave Softy Mahler to reflect on the atmosphere in Seattle last week when the World Cup saw the United States play Argentina and his moment with the crowd, the current Team USA run with hopes of making it deeper into the knockout round, who the U.S. could face, and if Christian Pulisic should play today.

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Bret Boone, former Mariners All Star, joins Dave Softy Mahler and Dick Fain to discuss the M’s struggles of late and what kind of trade(s) they need to make at the deadline, a bad defensive play, game, and season for the team, the experiment of Rob Refsnyder and why he continues to hit at all, and the piggyback pitching rotation hitting a new guy.

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Jerry Brewer of The Athletic joins Dave Softy Mahler and Dick Fain to talk about news on the Dianna Russinin situation, the ongoing World Cup successes, Seattle Stadium getting ranked #1, the Pride Match in Seattle, the goals for the event with soccer in this country, the Heat trading for Giannis, the Portland NBA arena situation, and the WNBA.

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Anthony Beyrouti, the King from Venue Kings, joins Dave Softy Mahler to talk about the prices of World Cup tickets including overall sales for games, the timing of selling World Cup tickets, the upcoming Round of 16 game in Seattle that will likely feature the United States, the USMNT game in Santa Clara next week, and where the prices are headed.

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Larry Stone, legendary writer in Seattle, joins Dave Softy Mahler and Dick Fain to talk about the Mariners rough game in Pittsburgh today including the defensive issues both today and this season, then piggyback starting rotation setup and the plan for using it with Logan Gilbert this week, how 2026 will end, the need for bullpen arms, and more.

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Petros Papadakis in Los Angeles joins Dave Softy Mahler to talk about drugs, the lack of drug use, and their history with drugs, then they discuss the Brendan Sorsby situation and what will happen next now that the NFL is not having a Supplemental Draft coming up this year, plus the new NCAA five in five rule and how it relates to the ages of teams.

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Mike Florio of PFT and NBC joins Dave Softy Mahler and Dick Fain to talk about the Brendan Sorsby situation with the NFL not having a Supplemental Draft, what comes next, if Sorsby will ever get a shot in the pros, the latest with Dianna Russini and the investigation including a traffic stop, and Brandon Aiyuk wanting out of San Francisco.

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Tony Castricone, former radio voice of Washington Huskies Athletics, joins Dave Softy Mahler and Dick Fain to discuss his decision to leave Montlake to be the radio voice of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, including his time at UW, interacting with fans, replacing a legend in Tampa, why this job was the right next step for his family, plus his favorite call.

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Seattle Sounders FC Head Coach Brian Schmetzer joins Dave Softy Mahler and Dick Fain to talk about the action in the World Cup so far and stars shining brightly with big goals, the United States win in Seattle over Australia last week and the atmosphere that fans created in and outside of the stadium, plus USA’s next game and road ahead in it.

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