WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.419 can get a little cranky when I talk about sports 00:00:02.419 --> 00:00:06.839 ball, but I'm doing it anyway. The Mariners have 00:00:06.839 --> 00:00:10.880 finally broken a terrible streak. They won the 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:15.960 American League West after a 21 -year failure 00:00:15.960 --> 00:00:21.379 to do so, okay? They also nailed down, not only 00:00:21.379 --> 00:00:23.559 did they win the American League West, they got 00:00:23.559 --> 00:00:26.079 the two seed, so they're actually on a buy this 00:00:26.079 --> 00:00:28.239 week. They get a whole week off to rest their 00:00:28.239 --> 00:00:31.079 pitcher's arms and be ready. Look, I know a lot 00:00:31.079 --> 00:00:32.820 of our audience is not into sports, but especially 00:00:32.820 --> 00:00:35.799 coming off our last topic, I think it's important 00:00:35.799 --> 00:00:39.979 in times like these to have a sense of civic 00:00:39.979 --> 00:00:43.679 cohesion, something civic that can bring us together. 00:00:44.200 --> 00:00:46.140 And I think that that togetherness could heal 00:00:46.140 --> 00:00:50.000 a whole crapload of the wounds we've suffered 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:57.899 in our communities, okay? can transcend race, 00:00:58.359 --> 00:01:01.859 ethnicity, sexuality, economic status, right? 00:01:02.060 --> 00:01:05.739 Because poor to rich, everybody, you know, loves 00:01:05.739 --> 00:01:10.000 it, okay? When I was a kid, I used to listen 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:13.540 to the radio and watch on my cheap little, like, 00:01:13.659 --> 00:01:17.299 remember the old TVs with the, okay, in my room, 00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:21.280 in my apartment when we were broke, right? Like, 00:01:21.420 --> 00:01:24.480 these things I think can bring communities together. 00:01:41.089 --> 00:01:57.400 Yeah, I... I mean, I'm pretty excited because 00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:03.900 I believe it was like a couple months ago. A 00:02:03.900 --> 00:02:07.480 friend of mine like came out from Colorado stayed 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:11.539 with us. They are way more into all sports balls 00:02:11.539 --> 00:02:14.379 in general, like if there's balls involved. Oh, 00:02:14.379 --> 00:02:16.580 no, that sounded bad. No, never scratch that 00:02:16.580 --> 00:02:23.139 if it's sports, they're interested. So they were 00:02:23.139 --> 00:02:27.800 like kind of just giving out like stats of stuff. 00:02:29.960 --> 00:02:32.120 Anyways, I was telling them about like I was 00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:35.340 reading about like this curse of Seattle, like, 00:02:35.340 --> 00:02:38.740 you know, the Seattle Mariners where, you know, 00:02:39.500 --> 00:02:41.639 I can't remember exactly the verbiage, but it 00:02:41.639 --> 00:02:45.000 was something like we're the oldest team that 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:47.939 hasn't done XYZ and number of years, whatever. 00:02:49.289 --> 00:02:51.310 So, yeah, we were just talking about this. So 00:02:51.310 --> 00:02:55.430 it's good that we are, you know, finally. I don't 00:02:55.430 --> 00:02:59.110 know, doing really, really well. And I believe 00:02:59.110 --> 00:03:01.490 wasn't there even a story about like some sort 00:03:01.490 --> 00:03:04.830 of like voodoo witch? Yes, it was an Etsy witch. 00:03:05.229 --> 00:03:08.250 There was an Etsy witch. Somebody paid an Etsy 00:03:08.250 --> 00:03:11.129 witch to break their like losing streak that 00:03:11.129 --> 00:03:13.849 they were on. And from the time that the Etsy 00:03:13.849 --> 00:03:18.770 witch. Cast their spell they won like 13 in a 00:03:18.770 --> 00:03:23.050 row and they went like 14 of 16 in the next 16 00:03:23.050 --> 00:03:30.030 games because of the Etsy witch I You know and 00:03:30.030 --> 00:03:31.930 with the last game I went to with a friend of 00:03:31.930 --> 00:03:33.870 mine with a couple other friends of mine There 00:03:33.870 --> 00:03:36.030 were people with witch hats on and they were 00:03:36.030 --> 00:03:39.750 talking about the Etsy witch that shit happened 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:46.360 I love it. I love like, I don't know, hearing 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:50.400 these like little stories of like why, I don't 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:52.800 know, like something happens in sports and it's 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:54.680 like that's the new tradition. Like that's what 00:03:54.680 --> 00:03:57.280 you have to do every season. Like I love watching 00:03:57.280 --> 00:03:59.860 the ones like Cal Raleigh hit his 60th home run. 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:02.180 Right. This guy caught it and he gave it to a 00:04:02.180 --> 00:04:04.960 little kid next to him. And the little kid gave 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:07.680 the ball back to Cal. And so they set up a meet 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:10.319 and greet for this like eight year old. Right. 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:13.300 So that he could give. the ball, Cal Raleigh 00:04:13.300 --> 00:04:15.520 60th home run ball back to Cal so he could keep 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:18.360 it. Cal game like signed bats, signed balls. 00:04:18.620 --> 00:04:22.120 They got to go in the clubhouse, right? Like. 00:04:22.959 --> 00:04:26.160 I like and again, this is where I do this. Also, 00:04:26.420 --> 00:04:29.399 do you think that it can help like help communities 00:04:29.399 --> 00:04:34.480 kind of come together for a little bit? Yeah, 00:04:35.100 --> 00:04:39.259 civic pride is something. I definitely do and. 00:04:40.259 --> 00:04:43.060 I even saw I think I believe it was King five 00:04:43.060 --> 00:04:46.740 could be wrong. The King five was talking about 00:04:46.740 --> 00:04:50.079 like the Mariners doing or wanting to do a survey 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:54.000 to get people's opinions on removing like the 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:56.779 kind of very churchy people that are yelling 00:04:56.779 --> 00:04:58.920 into the microphones that you'd like. Everyone's 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:03.160 going to hell. Yeah. And I think that also kind 00:05:03.160 --> 00:05:05.319 of ties into it because when you go to a Mariners 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:09.040 game or any sports event, You know, it's very 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:11.420 true. It doesn't matter, like where you're coming 00:05:11.420 --> 00:05:15.500 from, what your religion is. You know, you're 00:05:15.500 --> 00:05:18.939 just there to watch a game and have fun, socialize, 00:05:19.019 --> 00:05:22.000 hang out with your friends like I think it does 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:24.519 really kind of bridge the divide. And I think 00:05:24.519 --> 00:05:27.139 this is something that really kind of goes back 00:05:27.139 --> 00:05:31.319 dating back way, probably back to like the Coliseum 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:35.329 days where, yeah, day to day, you might be Like, 00:05:35.449 --> 00:05:37.230 oh, we can't talk to, like, that person. But 00:05:37.230 --> 00:05:40.889 then, you know, at a baseball game, everyone's 00:05:40.889 --> 00:05:46.569 like the same. I don't know, drunken. Yeah. Yeah. 00:05:46.970 --> 00:05:49.089 And you're still high fiving the person next 00:05:49.089 --> 00:05:50.750 to you, no matter what, when Cal Raleigh hits 00:05:50.750 --> 00:05:54.730 another home run, you know. Yeah, like it is. 00:05:54.790 --> 00:05:57.829 And it's it's a fun interaction. And again, I 00:05:57.829 --> 00:05:59.769 like I remember when the Seahawks won the Super 00:05:59.769 --> 00:06:02.930 Bowl and the whole city out there for the parade. 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:08.680 and just seeing how excited everybody was for 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:12.540 this moment in time, right, to see something 00:06:12.540 --> 00:06:15.860 so cool happen. And as far as those statistics, 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:17.779 yes, the Mariners are the only team that has 00:06:17.779 --> 00:06:20.160 never been to a World Series. They've never been 00:06:20.160 --> 00:06:22.660 to a World Series. They haven't. They were on 00:06:22.660 --> 00:06:24.579 the longest streak of not winning their division 00:06:24.579 --> 00:06:26.819 at 21 years. They've not finally broken that. 00:06:27.220 --> 00:06:28.959 Here's another interesting bit of trivia about 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:32.000 this current Mariners team, their manager, Dan 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:36.970 Wilson. Was the catcher the last three times 00:06:36.970 --> 00:06:42.089 the Mariners won the AL West in 1995 1997 and 00:06:42.089 --> 00:06:44.629 2001 dad Wilson who is currently their manager, 00:06:44.629 --> 00:06:49.970 right Was the catcher? Their director of hitting 00:06:49.970 --> 00:06:52.470 strategy at that right now is Edgar Martinez 00:06:52.470 --> 00:06:56.970 who was also on those three teams So there there 00:06:56.970 --> 00:07:00.029 a lot of their coaching staff has some experience 00:07:00.029 --> 00:07:02.810 with winning the al west um somebody in the chat 00:07:02.810 --> 00:07:04.250 saying a 40 -year -old drunk lady fluttered with 00:07:04.250 --> 00:07:07.389 me in a cracking game once see that's a fun story 00:07:07.389 --> 00:07:11.850 that's a great story okay this is why sports 00:07:11.850 --> 00:07:22.350 are fun okay it's a blast um you know so you 00:07:22.350 --> 00:07:24.269 know and as far as seattle seattle fans being 00:07:24.269 --> 00:07:26.629 crazy no i mean believe me if you've been to 00:07:26.629 --> 00:07:29.860 some other cities Seattle fans are downright 00:07:29.860 --> 00:07:32.819 tame compared to some other cities. You're not 00:07:32.819 --> 00:07:35.560 going to get the snot beaten out of you for wearing 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:37.939 an opposing team's jersey in this town. There 00:07:37.939 --> 00:07:39.939 are sports stadiums in this country where that 00:07:39.939 --> 00:07:44.620 will happen to you. So take that for what it's 00:07:44.620 --> 00:07:50.579 worth. You know, yeah, I'm excited for Mariners 00:07:50.579 --> 00:07:53.639 playoff baseball. We finally know as of today 00:07:53.639 --> 00:07:56.120 who they're going to be playing next week. They 00:07:56.120 --> 00:07:58.480 are playing the Detroit Tigers in the American 00:07:58.480 --> 00:08:01.259 League divisional series. The Tigers beat the 00:08:01.259 --> 00:08:04.000 Guardians two games to one in the wild card round. 00:08:04.139 --> 00:08:08.040 And so Saturday and last I checked, let's check 00:08:08.040 --> 00:08:15.959 again. Bingo, we finally got our schedule because 00:08:15.959 --> 00:08:18.319 it was all entirely based on who won between 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:23.560 the the Red Sox and the Yankees. But we actually 00:08:23.560 --> 00:08:38.039 have a schedule now. So the Detroit Tigers. Will 00:08:38.039 --> 00:08:42.919 play. Yeah, there it is. So the Tigers and Mariners 00:08:42.919 --> 00:08:46.940 will clash at five thirty eight Pacific time 00:08:46.940 --> 00:08:52.070 on Fox Sports one. Saturday night at T -Mobile 00:08:52.070 --> 00:08:54.690 Park. So, you can watch it on Fox Sports 1, which 00:08:54.690 --> 00:08:59.070 I think is a free streaming app. Yeah, 530 PM 00:08:59.070 --> 00:09:06.070 Eastern Saturday. That's what we get. So, are 00:09:06.070 --> 00:09:08.370 you going to watch Playoff Baseball? I know you 00:09:08.370 --> 00:09:10.190 and I had a good time at a baseball game. You 00:09:10.190 --> 00:09:13.970 enjoy going to games, but I normally don't watch 00:09:13.970 --> 00:09:15.470 because there's so many Major League Baseball 00:09:15.470 --> 00:09:17.809 games. There's so many, but it is the playoffs. 00:09:18.429 --> 00:09:22.490 And so, I am more apt to watch now during the 00:09:22.490 --> 00:09:33.590 playoffs. So leave it on the background, maybe 00:09:33.590 --> 00:09:38.789 I will say like this, this game specifically 00:09:38.789 --> 00:09:46.669 on Saturday, my family were huge Tigers fans. 00:09:48.079 --> 00:09:54.419 Oh, really? And myself. Yeah. So. It's almost 00:09:54.419 --> 00:09:56.899 actually, so I think the weekend after this, 00:09:57.320 --> 00:10:01.340 some of my family is coming into town and I wish 00:10:01.340 --> 00:10:03.320 it was like next weekend because I would definitely 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:07.220 go to this game and maybe try to like take them 00:10:07.220 --> 00:10:11.519 or like us all go to this game. But yeah, Tiger 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:14.769 fans. I've never been to a tiger game, but like 00:10:14.769 --> 00:10:16.509 that's something that they're like, oh, like 00:10:16.509 --> 00:10:18.870 every I don't know. Every year we would always 00:10:18.870 --> 00:10:21.769 go to like a tiger's baseball game, blah, blah, 00:10:21.850 --> 00:10:25.649 blah, blah, blah. And this weekend really sucks 00:10:25.649 --> 00:10:32.269 for me. I have a final that I have to do. Oh, 00:10:32.570 --> 00:10:34.809 so I leave it on the back. I'm really sure. I'm 00:10:34.809 --> 00:10:38.149 not sure. Radio, man. Get rigorous on the radio. 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:41.100 you're right. You're final. Okay. So, to answer 00:10:41.100 --> 00:10:42.860 somebody's question in the chat and again, we're 00:10:42.860 --> 00:10:44.679 we're not here to make fun of people who don't 00:10:44.679 --> 00:10:47.559 follow sports ball very often but here's what 00:10:47.559 --> 00:10:49.379 I'm going to do. I'm going to show you. So, this 00:10:49.379 --> 00:10:52.179 is the 2025 postseason bracket. As you can see 00:10:52.179 --> 00:10:54.200 here, you have the first round which the Mariners 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:56.539 were not required to participate in because we 00:10:56.539 --> 00:10:59.960 were cool. Um so, Detroit, Cleveland, Red Sox 00:10:59.960 --> 00:11:03.440 Yankees. Uh Detroit beat Cleveland in three, 00:11:03.779 --> 00:11:07.759 right? Okay. And so now, you have this here. 00:11:07.529 --> 00:11:10.750 Detroit versus Seattle and then New York Yankees 00:11:10.750 --> 00:11:13.029 versus the Blue Jays. So let's focus here This 00:11:13.029 --> 00:11:17.509 is a five game set five So they one team and 00:11:17.509 --> 00:11:21.070 somebody will has to win three Whoever wins three 00:11:21.070 --> 00:11:23.070 goes to this bracket right here Which is the 00:11:23.070 --> 00:11:24.629 American League championship series to play the 00:11:24.629 --> 00:11:26.549 winner of this one? And then the winner of that 00:11:26.549 --> 00:11:28.789 will go here to this lovely World Series and 00:11:28.789 --> 00:11:30.590 then in the National League similar situation 00:11:30.590 --> 00:11:34.710 over here I actually think the Mariners have 00:11:34.710 --> 00:11:37.250 a pretty reasonable path to get to the World 00:11:37.250 --> 00:11:41.649 Series, right? The Tigers are okay, but they're 00:11:41.649 --> 00:11:44.450 not unbeatable, and the Mariners have beat them 00:11:44.450 --> 00:11:46.470 this season. They played them during the regular 00:11:46.470 --> 00:11:49.210 season. They're currently, of the six games they 00:11:49.210 --> 00:11:52.750 played against the Tigers, they won four, okay? 00:11:53.710 --> 00:11:54.909 Somebody in the chat is saying, I want to see 00:11:54.909 --> 00:11:58.269 my Mariners go against my Cubs. Boy, that'd be, 00:11:58.409 --> 00:12:03.100 that's tough right there. So for the schedule, 00:12:03.940 --> 00:12:07.379 I'm going to go back here. Game one, two and 00:12:07.379 --> 00:12:09.919 three are like those have to happen because that's 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:11.259 the fastest you can get through them. They can 00:12:11.259 --> 00:12:14.220 do up to five. Game one is Saturday, October 00:12:14.220 --> 00:12:17.799 4th at five thirty eight. Game two. Oh, this 00:12:17.799 --> 00:12:20.279 is my my PSA for all my Seattle peeps. Don't 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:25.139 go anywhere near downtown on Sunday. There is 00:12:25.139 --> 00:12:29.179 a Seahawks game. and a Mariners game directly 00:12:29.179 --> 00:12:31.940 after it. And there's a Sounders game in town 00:12:31.940 --> 00:12:35.879 this weekend too. I think on Friday. I would 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:40.340 just avoid that if you don't have to be down 00:12:40.340 --> 00:12:44.600 there. If I was rich, I would totally go to a 00:12:44.600 --> 00:12:46.419 Seahawks game first and then go to the Mariners 00:12:46.419 --> 00:12:49.000 game for the playoffs. That'd be great. I'm not 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:53.840 rich. Jay, do you have a million dollars? No. 00:12:55.620 --> 00:12:58.980 Sunday, they will play the Tigers at home at 00:12:58.980 --> 00:13:01.240 five oh three and then they go on the road for 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:03.399 two games. And then if they're if a game five 00:13:03.399 --> 00:13:06.799 is necessary, they come back to Seattle on Friday. 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:11.320 So Saturday, Sunday, they get Monday off. They 00:13:11.320 --> 00:13:13.600 get they play Tuesday, Wednesday, they get Thursday 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:15.919 off and then they play Friday. And that's again, 00:13:15.940 --> 00:13:20.139 if a game five is necessary, the fastest this 00:13:20.139 --> 00:13:24.299 could be over is Tuesday. And then you go to 00:13:24.299 --> 00:13:29.659 the next. line in the bracket. Obviously, I'm 00:13:29.659 --> 00:13:33.519 rooting for the Mariners. I'm a team. I grew 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:39.799 up here. Alright. Definitely sports bar fodder 00:13:39.799 --> 00:13:42.659 for me. Yeah, don't even get on I -5. Ichiro 00:13:42.659 --> 00:13:45.139 was actually out at their scrimmage this week 00:13:45.139 --> 00:13:48.929 practicing with the team. Okay, he came because 00:13:48.929 --> 00:13:50.669 they were doing scrimmages this week to practice 00:13:50.669 --> 00:13:53.470 and they actually gave 10 fans tickets They let 00:13:53.470 --> 00:13:56.029 5 ,000 people into safe or in a T -mobile park 00:13:56.029 --> 00:13:58.409 to watch the Mariners practice and prep for the 00:13:58.409 --> 00:14:00.309 playoff games But yeah each row was out there 00:14:00.309 --> 00:14:03.870 in full uniform out there practicing with the 00:14:03.870 --> 00:14:15.169 team just to help out so So there you go Yeah, 00:14:15.450 --> 00:14:19.600 I'm looking forward to it How many games to the 00:14:19.600 --> 00:14:21.779 World Series? The fastest they could get there 00:14:21.779 --> 00:14:27.139 is seven games. Three in the ALDS and four in 00:14:27.139 --> 00:14:31.240 the ALCS which is a seven game set. So the fastest 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:34.460 they could get it is if they sweep the Tigers 00:14:34.460 --> 00:14:37.559 and they sweep either the Blue Jays or the Yankees. 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:41.340 I personally think I'd rather see them play the 00:14:41.340 --> 00:14:44.429 Yankees. for two reasons. One, I think the Yankees 00:14:44.429 --> 00:14:46.830 are the weaker team and I hate the Yankees and 00:14:46.830 --> 00:14:48.649 I would love to see the Mariners beat the crap 00:14:48.649 --> 00:14:50.450 out of the Yankees to make it to the World Series 00:14:50.450 --> 00:14:55.009 because fuck the Yankees. Anyway, that's our 00:14:55.009 --> 00:14:57.029 sports ball talk for today. That will probably 00:14:57.029 --> 00:14:59.169 be the last sports topic we do for like two months 00:14:59.169 --> 00:15:01.029 unless they win the World Series. The end.