Daily Puck Drop, Mon., June 16 - Has Julio underachieved?

On today’s Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett is joined by Jim Moore, Bill Krueger and WIAA executive director Mick Hoffman.  Jim is at a golf course in Toppenish, Washington as he is making his way up to Seattle and he’s making friends with the construction workers at the golf course.  They discuss J.J. Spaun’s incredible win at Oakmont, the frustration of Sam Burns and the brutal nature of the U.S. Open.  They also discuss the M’s sweep of Cleveland, Puck taking his baseball team to the game on Saturday, the expectations of Julio Rodriguez and they chat about Seattle University legend Johnny O’Brien, who passed away this weekend at the age of 94. 

Bill Krueger, former Mariners pitcher and host of the Old School Baseball podcast joins Puck every Monday.  They discuss what changed in the Cleveland series, teams pitching Cal Raleigh differently, the batting setup of Julio vs. J.P. , Julio expectations/underachievement and what makes Emerson Hancock so good. 

Puck then welcomes Mick Hoffman the executive director of the WIAA, who discusses the recent sanctions levied to the Roosevelt High School football team based on recruiting violations.  What led to the punishment and how common is what Roosevlet did in high school sports?  Puck and Mick also touch in on the lighting controversy that caused the 3A baseball consolation games to be cancelled because according to some the stadium in Yakima was not suitable for a championship venue. 

The show wraps up with, “Hey, What the Puck!?”  

(1:00) Puck and Jim 

(42:42) Bill Krueger, Old School Baseball

(1:13:55) Mick Hoffman, WIAA executive director 

(1:41:54) “Hey, What the Puck!?”