can get a little cranky when I talk about sports
ball, but I'm doing it anyway. The Mariners have
finally broken a terrible streak. They won the
American League West after a 21 -year failure
to do so, okay? They also nailed down, not only
did they win the American League West, they got
the two seed, so they're actually on a buy this
week. They get a whole week off to rest their
pitcher's arms and be ready. Look, I know a lot
of our audience is not into sports, but especially
coming off our last topic, I think it's important
in times like these to have a sense of civic
cohesion, something civic that can bring us together.
And I think that that togetherness could heal
a whole crapload of the wounds we've suffered
in our communities, okay? can transcend race,
ethnicity, sexuality, economic status, right?
Because poor to rich, everybody, you know, loves
it, okay? When I was a kid, I used to listen
to the radio and watch on my cheap little, like,
remember the old TVs with the, okay, in my room,
in my apartment when we were broke, right? Like,
these things I think can bring communities together.
Yeah, I... I mean, I'm pretty excited because
I believe it was like a couple months ago. A
friend of mine like came out from Colorado stayed
with us. They are way more into all sports balls
in general, like if there's balls involved. Oh,
no, that sounded bad. No, never scratch that
if it's sports, they're interested. So they were
like kind of just giving out like stats of stuff.
Anyways, I was telling them about like I was
reading about like this curse of Seattle, like,
you know, the Seattle Mariners where, you know,
I can't remember exactly the verbiage, but it
was something like we're the oldest team that
hasn't done XYZ and number of years, whatever.
So, yeah, we were just talking about this. So
it's good that we are, you know, finally. I don't
know, doing really, really well. And I believe
wasn't there even a story about like some sort
of like voodoo witch? Yes, it was an Etsy witch.
There was an Etsy witch. Somebody paid an Etsy
witch to break their like losing streak that
they were on. And from the time that the Etsy
witch. Cast their spell they won like 13 in a
row and they went like 14 of 16 in the next 16
games because of the Etsy witch I You know and
with the last game I went to with a friend of
mine with a couple other friends of mine There
were people with witch hats on and they were
talking about the Etsy witch that shit happened
I love it. I love like, I don't know, hearing
these like little stories of like why, I don't
know, like something happens in sports and it's
like that's the new tradition. Like that's what
you have to do every season. Like I love watching
the ones like Cal Raleigh hit his 60th home run.
Right. This guy caught it and he gave it to a
little kid next to him. And the little kid gave
the ball back to Cal. And so they set up a meet
and greet for this like eight year old. Right.
So that he could give. the ball, Cal Raleigh
60th home run ball back to Cal so he could keep
it. Cal game like signed bats, signed balls.
They got to go in the clubhouse, right? Like.
I like and again, this is where I do this. Also,
do you think that it can help like help communities
kind of come together for a little bit? Yeah,
civic pride is something. I definitely do and.
I even saw I think I believe it was King five
could be wrong. The King five was talking about
like the Mariners doing or wanting to do a survey
to get people's opinions on removing like the
kind of very churchy people that are yelling
into the microphones that you'd like. Everyone's
going to hell. Yeah. And I think that also kind
of ties into it because when you go to a Mariners
game or any sports event, You know, it's very
true. It doesn't matter, like where you're coming
from, what your religion is. You know, you're
just there to watch a game and have fun, socialize,
hang out with your friends like I think it does
really kind of bridge the divide. And I think
this is something that really kind of goes back
dating back way, probably back to like the Coliseum
days where, yeah, day to day, you might be Like,
oh, we can't talk to, like, that person. But
then, you know, at a baseball game, everyone's
like the same. I don't know, drunken. Yeah. Yeah.
And you're still high fiving the person next
to you, no matter what, when Cal Raleigh hits
another home run, you know. Yeah, like it is.
And it's it's a fun interaction. And again, I
like I remember when the Seahawks won the Super
Bowl and the whole city out there for the parade.
and just seeing how excited everybody was for
this moment in time, right, to see something
so cool happen. And as far as those statistics,
yes, the Mariners are the only team that has
never been to a World Series. They've never been
to a World Series. They haven't. They were on
the longest streak of not winning their division
at 21 years. They've not finally broken that.
Here's another interesting bit of trivia about
this current Mariners team, their manager, Dan
Wilson. Was the catcher the last three times
the Mariners won the AL West in 1995 1997 and
2001 dad Wilson who is currently their manager,
right Was the catcher? Their director of hitting
strategy at that right now is Edgar Martinez
who was also on those three teams So there there
a lot of their coaching staff has some experience
with winning the al west um somebody in the chat
saying a 40 -year -old drunk lady fluttered with
me in a cracking game once see that's a fun story
that's a great story okay this is why sports
are fun okay it's a blast um you know so you
know and as far as seattle seattle fans being
crazy no i mean believe me if you've been to
some other cities Seattle fans are downright
tame compared to some other cities. You're not
going to get the snot beaten out of you for wearing
an opposing team's jersey in this town. There
are sports stadiums in this country where that
will happen to you. So take that for what it's
worth. You know, yeah, I'm excited for Mariners
playoff baseball. We finally know as of today
who they're going to be playing next week. They
are playing the Detroit Tigers in the American
League divisional series. The Tigers beat the
Guardians two games to one in the wild card round.
And so Saturday and last I checked, let's check
again. Bingo, we finally got our schedule because
it was all entirely based on who won between
the the Red Sox and the Yankees. But we actually
have a schedule now. So the Detroit Tigers. Will
play. Yeah, there it is. So the Tigers and Mariners
will clash at five thirty eight Pacific time
on Fox Sports one. Saturday night at T -Mobile
Park. So, you can watch it on Fox Sports 1, which
I think is a free streaming app. Yeah, 530 PM
Eastern Saturday. That's what we get. So, are
you going to watch Playoff Baseball? I know you
and I had a good time at a baseball game. You
enjoy going to games, but I normally don't watch
because there's so many Major League Baseball
games. There's so many, but it is the playoffs.
And so, I am more apt to watch now during the
playoffs. So leave it on the background, maybe
I will say like this, this game specifically
on Saturday, my family were huge Tigers fans.
Oh, really? And myself. Yeah. So. It's almost
actually, so I think the weekend after this,
some of my family is coming into town and I wish
it was like next weekend because I would definitely
go to this game and maybe try to like take them
or like us all go to this game. But yeah, Tiger
fans. I've never been to a tiger game, but like
that's something that they're like, oh, like
every I don't know. Every year we would always
go to like a tiger's baseball game, blah, blah,
blah, blah, blah. And this weekend really sucks
for me. I have a final that I have to do. Oh,
so I leave it on the back. I'm really sure. I'm
not sure. Radio, man. Get rigorous on the radio.
you're right. You're final. Okay. So, to answer
somebody's question in the chat and again, we're
we're not here to make fun of people who don't
follow sports ball very often but here's what
I'm going to do. I'm going to show you. So, this
is the 2025 postseason bracket. As you can see
here, you have the first round which the Mariners
were not required to participate in because we
were cool. Um so, Detroit, Cleveland, Red Sox
Yankees. Uh Detroit beat Cleveland in three,
right? Okay. And so now, you have this here.
Detroit versus Seattle and then New York Yankees
versus the Blue Jays. So let's focus here This
is a five game set five So they one team and
somebody will has to win three Whoever wins three
goes to this bracket right here Which is the
American League championship series to play the
winner of this one? And then the winner of that
will go here to this lovely World Series and
then in the National League similar situation
over here I actually think the Mariners have
a pretty reasonable path to get to the World
Series, right? The Tigers are okay, but they're
not unbeatable, and the Mariners have beat them
this season. They played them during the regular
season. They're currently, of the six games they
played against the Tigers, they won four, okay?
Somebody in the chat is saying, I want to see
my Mariners go against my Cubs. Boy, that'd be,
that's tough right there. So for the schedule,
I'm going to go back here. Game one, two and
three are like those have to happen because that's
the fastest you can get through them. They can
do up to five. Game one is Saturday, October
4th at five thirty eight. Game two. Oh, this
is my my PSA for all my Seattle peeps. Don't
go anywhere near downtown on Sunday. There is
a Seahawks game. and a Mariners game directly
after it. And there's a Sounders game in town
this weekend too. I think on Friday. I would
just avoid that if you don't have to be down
there. If I was rich, I would totally go to a
Seahawks game first and then go to the Mariners
game for the playoffs. That'd be great. I'm not
rich. Jay, do you have a million dollars? No.
Sunday, they will play the Tigers at home at
five oh three and then they go on the road for
two games. And then if they're if a game five
is necessary, they come back to Seattle on Friday.
So Saturday, Sunday, they get Monday off. They
get they play Tuesday, Wednesday, they get Thursday
off and then they play Friday. And that's again,
if a game five is necessary, the fastest this
could be over is Tuesday. And then you go to
the next. line in the bracket. Obviously, I'm
rooting for the Mariners. I'm a team. I grew
up here. Alright. Definitely sports bar fodder
for me. Yeah, don't even get on I -5. Ichiro
was actually out at their scrimmage this week
practicing with the team. Okay, he came because
they were doing scrimmages this week to practice
and they actually gave 10 fans tickets They let
5 ,000 people into safe or in a T -mobile park
to watch the Mariners practice and prep for the
playoff games But yeah each row was out there
in full uniform out there practicing with the
team just to help out so So there you go Yeah,
I'm looking forward to it How many games to the
World Series? The fastest they could get there
is seven games. Three in the ALDS and four in
the ALCS which is a seven game set. So the fastest
they could get it is if they sweep the Tigers
and they sweep either the Blue Jays or the Yankees.
I personally think I'd rather see them play the
Yankees. for two reasons. One, I think the Yankees
are the weaker team and I hate the Yankees and
I would love to see the Mariners beat the crap
out of the Yankees to make it to the World Series
because fuck the Yankees. Anyway, that's our
sports ball talk for today. That will probably
be the last sports topic we do for like two months
unless they win the World Series. The end.