We go over another mock draft and it leads to a debate between Brock and Salk on whether the Seahawks should take a wide receiver in the first round or not. Then, Brock's college football partner and Tigers play by play announcer, Jason Benetti joins us to discuss tonight's Tigers Mariners game. Plus, Lyle reviews the Pearl Jam album Ten in Lyle Learns.
Brock goes through his first NFL Draft profile, his first of 15, in which he dives in on on Iowa linebacker Jay Higgins at No. 15. After that, Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times hops on to discuss the Mariners first weekend of games, the infield defense, the new philosophy and more.
Brock and Salk both go through the weekend of Mariners baseball and discuss how crucial Julio Rodriguez's home run on Sunday was. They then chalk up what they learned about the Mariners through four early games. In Blue 88, topics include a spring number Brock saw over the weekend regarding the Seahawks, what he took away from a conversation with Tom Cable and who ranked No. 16 on his Top 15 NFL Draft profiles list.
The Mariners split the first series of the year with the A's, but it wasn't pretty. Salk goes through it all to start the show. Then, everyone goes Around The Weekend with stories from the Mariners, March Madness and the torpedo bats.
Shannon Drayer joins the show to discuss the M's late game heroics to win opening night. Then, in Need to Know, we discuss the M's win, opening night festvitities, the Kraken's setting a franchise record for goals in a period and the latest on NBA expansion from Adam Silver. Plus, we take your calls as we do every Friday.
Salk looks at all of the aggressive playstyle that the Mariners displayed in game one and wonders how much of a trend that will truly be and how well it will work. Afterwards, they bring on Gee Scott for his weekly appearance and get into talking about the Mariners along with his son Gee Scott Jr. having a fantastic pro day.
Opening Day was vindicating for Jerry Dipoto and Salk breaks down why. Brock then hops on to share all of his thoughts on Opening Day and what really jumped out to him. In Blue 88, Brock dives in on a trend that is developing more for draft prospects, how Deion Sanders may be a trend setter and why he believes the criticisms of the Seahawks free agent acquisitons fall short.
The Mariners come away with an Opening Night over the A's and Salk opens the show by recapping the entire scene. Then, they re-air their conversation with Mariners bench coach Manny Acta to discuss what has him excited for the season, his expectations for Julio Rodriguez this year and plenty more.
We hear from someone who wants a Salk intervention, Maura's inner voice and a strong warning for Brock in Here's the Thing. Then, Manny Acta joins us to talk about his move from third base coach to bench coach, what's been different this spring and what opening day means to him.
Brock and Salk highlight their number one most intriguing Mariner ahead of Opening Day in Julio Rodriguez. Afterwards, they welcome on Mariners broadcaster Rick Rizzs to hear all of his excitement and stories ahead of Mariners Opening Day.