Mariners’ Historic AL West Title & Why Sports Matter - Error Code Show

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can get a little cranky when I talk about sports

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ball, but I'm doing it anyway. The Mariners have

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finally broken a terrible streak. They won the

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American League West after a 21 -year failure

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to do so, okay? They also nailed down, not only

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did they win the American League West, they got

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the two seed, so they're actually on a buy this

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week. They get a whole week off to rest their

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pitcher's arms and be ready. Look, I know a lot

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of our audience is not into sports, but especially

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coming off our last topic, I think it's important

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in times like these to have a sense of civic

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cohesion, something civic that can bring us together.

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And I think that that togetherness could heal

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a whole crapload of the wounds we've suffered

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in our communities, okay? can transcend race,

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ethnicity, sexuality, economic status, right?

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Because poor to rich, everybody, you know, loves

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it, okay? When I was a kid, I used to listen

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to the radio and watch on my cheap little, like,

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remember the old TVs with the, okay, in my room,

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in my apartment when we were broke, right? Like,

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these things I think can bring communities together.

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Yeah, I... I mean, I'm pretty excited because

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I believe it was like a couple months ago. A

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friend of mine like came out from Colorado stayed

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with us. They are way more into all sports balls

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in general, like if there's balls involved. Oh,

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no, that sounded bad. No, never scratch that

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if it's sports, they're interested. So they were

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like kind of just giving out like stats of stuff.

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Anyways, I was telling them about like I was

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reading about like this curse of Seattle, like,

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you know, the Seattle Mariners where, you know,

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I can't remember exactly the verbiage, but it

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was something like we're the oldest team that

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hasn't done XYZ and number of years, whatever.

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So, yeah, we were just talking about this. So

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it's good that we are, you know, finally. I don't

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know, doing really, really well. And I believe

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wasn't there even a story about like some sort

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of like voodoo witch? Yes, it was an Etsy witch.

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There was an Etsy witch. Somebody paid an Etsy

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witch to break their like losing streak that

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they were on. And from the time that the Etsy

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witch. Cast their spell they won like 13 in a

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row and they went like 14 of 16 in the next 16

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games because of the Etsy witch I You know and

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with the last game I went to with a friend of

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mine with a couple other friends of mine There

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were people with witch hats on and they were

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talking about the Etsy witch that shit happened

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I love it. I love like, I don't know, hearing

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these like little stories of like why, I don't

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know, like something happens in sports and it's

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like that's the new tradition. Like that's what

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you have to do every season. Like I love watching

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the ones like Cal Raleigh hit his 60th home run.

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Right. This guy caught it and he gave it to a

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little kid next to him. And the little kid gave

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the ball back to Cal. And so they set up a meet

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and greet for this like eight year old. Right.

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So that he could give. the ball, Cal Raleigh

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60th home run ball back to Cal so he could keep

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it. Cal game like signed bats, signed balls.

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They got to go in the clubhouse, right? Like.

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I like and again, this is where I do this. Also,

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do you think that it can help like help communities

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kind of come together for a little bit? Yeah,

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civic pride is something. I definitely do and.

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I even saw I think I believe it was King five

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could be wrong. The King five was talking about

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like the Mariners doing or wanting to do a survey

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to get people's opinions on removing like the

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kind of very churchy people that are yelling

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into the microphones that you'd like. Everyone's

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going to hell. Yeah. And I think that also kind

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of ties into it because when you go to a Mariners

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game or any sports event, You know, it's very

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true. It doesn't matter, like where you're coming

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from, what your religion is. You know, you're

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just there to watch a game and have fun, socialize,

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hang out with your friends like I think it does

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really kind of bridge the divide. And I think

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this is something that really kind of goes back

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dating back way, probably back to like the Coliseum

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days where, yeah, day to day, you might be Like,

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oh, we can't talk to, like, that person. But

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then, you know, at a baseball game, everyone's

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like the same. I don't know, drunken. Yeah. Yeah.

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And you're still high fiving the person next

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to you, no matter what, when Cal Raleigh hits

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another home run, you know. Yeah, like it is.

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And it's it's a fun interaction. And again, I

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like I remember when the Seahawks won the Super

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Bowl and the whole city out there for the parade.

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and just seeing how excited everybody was for

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this moment in time, right, to see something

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so cool happen. And as far as those statistics,

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yes, the Mariners are the only team that has

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never been to a World Series. They've never been

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to a World Series. They haven't. They were on

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the longest streak of not winning their division

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at 21 years. They've not finally broken that.

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Here's another interesting bit of trivia about

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this current Mariners team, their manager, Dan

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Wilson. Was the catcher the last three times

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the Mariners won the AL West in 1995 1997 and

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2001 dad Wilson who is currently their manager,

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right Was the catcher? Their director of hitting

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strategy at that right now is Edgar Martinez

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who was also on those three teams So there there

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a lot of their coaching staff has some experience

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with winning the al west um somebody in the chat

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saying a 40 -year -old drunk lady fluttered with

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me in a cracking game once see that's a fun story

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that's a great story okay this is why sports

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are fun okay it's a blast um you know so you

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know and as far as seattle seattle fans being

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crazy no i mean believe me if you've been to

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some other cities Seattle fans are downright

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tame compared to some other cities. You're not

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going to get the snot beaten out of you for wearing

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an opposing team's jersey in this town. There

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are sports stadiums in this country where that

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will happen to you. So take that for what it's

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worth. You know, yeah, I'm excited for Mariners

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playoff baseball. We finally know as of today

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who they're going to be playing next week. They

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are playing the Detroit Tigers in the American

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League divisional series. The Tigers beat the

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Guardians two games to one in the wild card round.

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And so Saturday and last I checked, let's check

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again. Bingo, we finally got our schedule because

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it was all entirely based on who won between

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the the Red Sox and the Yankees. But we actually

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have a schedule now. So the Detroit Tigers. Will

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play. Yeah, there it is. So the Tigers and Mariners

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will clash at five thirty eight Pacific time

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on Fox Sports one. Saturday night at T -Mobile

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Park. So, you can watch it on Fox Sports 1, which

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I think is a free streaming app. Yeah, 530 PM

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Eastern Saturday. That's what we get. So, are

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you going to watch Playoff Baseball? I know you

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and I had a good time at a baseball game. You

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enjoy going to games, but I normally don't watch

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because there's so many Major League Baseball

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games. There's so many, but it is the playoffs.

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And so, I am more apt to watch now during the

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playoffs. So leave it on the background, maybe

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I will say like this, this game specifically

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on Saturday, my family were huge Tigers fans.

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Oh, really? And myself. Yeah. So. It's almost

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actually, so I think the weekend after this,

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some of my family is coming into town and I wish

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it was like next weekend because I would definitely

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go to this game and maybe try to like take them

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or like us all go to this game. But yeah, Tiger

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fans. I've never been to a tiger game, but like

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that's something that they're like, oh, like

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every I don't know. Every year we would always

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go to like a tiger's baseball game, blah, blah,

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blah, blah, blah. And this weekend really sucks

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for me. I have a final that I have to do. Oh,

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so I leave it on the back. I'm really sure. I'm

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not sure. Radio, man. Get rigorous on the radio.

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you're right. You're final. Okay. So, to answer

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somebody's question in the chat and again, we're

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we're not here to make fun of people who don't

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follow sports ball very often but here's what

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I'm going to do. I'm going to show you. So, this

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is the 2025 postseason bracket. As you can see

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here, you have the first round which the Mariners

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were not required to participate in because we

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were cool. Um so, Detroit, Cleveland, Red Sox

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Yankees. Uh Detroit beat Cleveland in three,

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right? Okay. And so now, you have this here.

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Detroit versus Seattle and then New York Yankees

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versus the Blue Jays. So let's focus here This

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is a five game set five So they one team and

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somebody will has to win three Whoever wins three

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goes to this bracket right here Which is the

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American League championship series to play the

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winner of this one? And then the winner of that

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will go here to this lovely World Series and

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then in the National League similar situation

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over here I actually think the Mariners have

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a pretty reasonable path to get to the World

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Series, right? The Tigers are okay, but they're

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not unbeatable, and the Mariners have beat them

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this season. They played them during the regular

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season. They're currently, of the six games they

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played against the Tigers, they won four, okay?

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Somebody in the chat is saying, I want to see

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my Mariners go against my Cubs. Boy, that'd be,

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that's tough right there. So for the schedule,

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I'm going to go back here. Game one, two and

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three are like those have to happen because that's

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the fastest you can get through them. They can

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do up to five. Game one is Saturday, October

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4th at five thirty eight. Game two. Oh, this

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is my my PSA for all my Seattle peeps. Don't

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go anywhere near downtown on Sunday. There is

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a Seahawks game. and a Mariners game directly

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after it. And there's a Sounders game in town

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this weekend too. I think on Friday. I would

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just avoid that if you don't have to be down

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there. If I was rich, I would totally go to a

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Seahawks game first and then go to the Mariners

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game for the playoffs. That'd be great. I'm not

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rich. Jay, do you have a million dollars? No.

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Sunday, they will play the Tigers at home at

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five oh three and then they go on the road for

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two games. And then if they're if a game five

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is necessary, they come back to Seattle on Friday.

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So Saturday, Sunday, they get Monday off. They

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get they play Tuesday, Wednesday, they get Thursday

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off and then they play Friday. And that's again,

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if a game five is necessary, the fastest this

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could be over is Tuesday. And then you go to

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the next. line in the bracket. Obviously, I'm

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rooting for the Mariners. I'm a team. I grew

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up here. Alright. Definitely sports bar fodder

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for me. Yeah, don't even get on I -5. Ichiro

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was actually out at their scrimmage this week

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practicing with the team. Okay, he came because

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they were doing scrimmages this week to practice

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and they actually gave 10 fans tickets They let

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5 ,000 people into safe or in a T -mobile park

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to watch the Mariners practice and prep for the

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playoff games But yeah each row was out there

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in full uniform out there practicing with the

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team just to help out so So there you go Yeah,

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I'm looking forward to it How many games to the

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World Series? The fastest they could get there

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is seven games. Three in the ALDS and four in

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the ALCS which is a seven game set. So the fastest

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they could get it is if they sweep the Tigers

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and they sweep either the Blue Jays or the Yankees.

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I personally think I'd rather see them play the

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Yankees. for two reasons. One, I think the Yankees

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are the weaker team and I hate the Yankees and

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I would love to see the Mariners beat the crap

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out of the Yankees to make it to the World Series

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because fuck the Yankees. Anyway, that's our

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sports ball talk for today. That will probably

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be the last sports topic we do for like two months

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unless they win the World Series. The end.