Brock and Salk

Salk crowsn this week's Trash Takes winner, we discuss the many reasons to still feel very positive about the Mariners and Maura answers your fantasy football questions.

The hour starts with listener voicemails for Here's The Thing. Later, Kevin Burkhardt of FOX Sports joins the show to discuss the Mariners, the ALCS, the MLB playoffs and more.

George Kirby stayed in the game for awhile in Game 3 despite giving up a handful of runs, so Brock and Salk debate if he was left in the game too long or not. They also discuss if Game 3 is at all predictive of the future of this ALCS or not. In Blue 88, Brock dives in on the football IQ of JSN, a Seahawks PFF grade that jumped out and which former UW QB's situation is comparable to Demond Williams and UW playing Michigan at The Big House.

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We react to AJ Hinch and Brent Rooker on MLB Network talking about the difficulties in facing the M's. Then, Alex Rodriguez joins the show to discuss why he's been so confident in the M's this season, who Jorge Polanco reminds him of, the most difficult part of closing out the ALCS, Julio Rodriguez's growth this year and whether he always felt Dan Wilson would become a manager or not.

Brock and Salk react to some sound from their Jeff Passan conversation from yesterday and dive into what the Mariners have to do to win their next two games. Then, Joel Klatt of FOX Sports stops by for his weekly segment and share his insight on the Seahawks, Sam Darnold, JSN, UW Football and more.

The Mariners are now in a position where they have gone from needing to have gritty resillience to killer instinct due to their 2-0 ALCS lead. And Brock and Salk talk through how they don't think that will be a huge issue for them. They also play sound from both Toronto and from Craig Carton once again regarding the Mariners and how people are starting to finally learn about them (or, at least some of them are). In Blue 88, topics include the Seahawks offensive line struggles, a Sam Darnold stat that Brock is confident that he thrives in and what Mark Schlereth took away from Mike Macdonald.

Craig Carton, formerly of WFAN, has a take on the Mariners and Bryce Miller that is truly awful. And Salk reacts to it. Afterwards, they re-air their conversation with Jeff Passan of ESPN to discuss the Mariners playoff run, the first two games of the ALCS, Jorge Polanco and more.

Shannon Drayer joins the show to discuss how the M's have been able to overcome the exhaustion of hitting the road after a 15 inning game, the latest on Bryan Woo and whether she can think of a defining moment this season that most represents what this team is about. Then, Daniel Jeremiah joins us to explain why he believes the Seahawks are a top two team in the NFC, why watching Seattle's offense is like a symphony, what he saw from their defensive front last week and why he still believes they can figure out the run game.

The hour starts with Joe Davis of FOX SPorts joining the show, who is broadcasting the ALCS, to discuss the first two games of the series and what has impressed him about the Mariners. After that, Jeff Passan of ESPN jumps on for his weekly appearance in which they talk through a variety of Mariners topics including Jorge Polanco, the pitching staff and plenty more.

The baseball world is now really be paying attention to the Mariners and Brock and Salk discuss why. They then go through some Mariners Takeaways from Game 2 of the ALCS. In Blue 88, Brock takes a look at a Mike Macdonald quote from Monday that stood out to him, Chris and Kyle Long really understanding Seahawks football and where the NFL needs to see the pendulum swing.

The Mariners are up 2-0 in the ALCS after taking both games in Toronto and Salk discusses if any of this is truly shocking or not. Then, they re-air their conversation with Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald after a road win over the Jaguars in which he discusses what stood out, standout performers and plenty more.

We discuss Logan Gilbert being names the ALCS game two starter for the M's. Then, Mike Macdonald joins Brock and Salk to break down yesterday's win over the Jaguars. He discusses the improvement in tackling, how they got som much defensive pressure, why Jaxon Smith Njigba has been so incredibly consistent, why they've had Sam Darnold under center so much this season and the struggles in the run game.

Dan Wilson may have managed his best game of the year in Game 5 of the ALDS and Brock and Salk discuss why he out managed AJ Hinch in that contest. After that, they go through all of their Mariners and Seahawks takeaways from the weekend.

It was arguably the greatest collective weekend in Seattle sports history, so Brock and Salk go through a bunch of it. They then highlight three reasons in which Mariners fans played such a big part in the team's Game 5 win in the ALDS. In Blue 88, topics include Sam Darnold's deep ball passing, the Seahawks pass rush group on Sunday and Demond Williams.

The Mariners won one of the greatest baseball games in recent memory in Game 5 of the ALDS and Salk goes through a bunch of what made the game and experience so amazing. Then, he takes callers to hear what jumped out to them most throughout the Seattle sports weekend.

We dive deeper into some of our favorite things we heard from our guests this week in For You: In Review. Then, we discuss Kirby getting the game five start, the Phillies being eliminated on a throwing error in the 11th, the Seahawks injury report, the Giants upsetting the Eagles last night and the Kraken beating the Ducks in their season opener in Need to Know. Plus, we take your calls on game five.

AJ Pierzynski of FOX Sports (who has been broadcasting the Mariners-Tigers ALDS) joins the show to share his insight ahead of Game 5 and what has jumped out to him in the series so far. After that, Gee Scott stops by for his weekly appearance.

George Kirby will get the ball in Game 5 for the Mariners, but how long will he go? Who else will pitch? Will any starters pitch out of the bullpen? Brock and Salk discuss. Mariners Insider Shannon Drayer then joins the show to share her thoughts on Game 5, who could be available, the key to beating Tarik Skubal and more. In Blue 88, topics include what the Jaguars will present defensively to the Seahawks that's different than the other teams they've faced, one Seahawk who could be playing for his short term and long term career on Sunday and Jedd Fisch rumors about taking the UCLA job.

The Mariners are set to play one of the biggest games in franchise history tonight, and Salk starts to get people ready for it. Then, they re-air their conversation with Daniel Jeremiah of the NFL Network who discusses the Seahawks, Sam Darnold and plenty more.