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n today’s Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett and Jim Moore open up the show talking about the Randy Johnson debacle interview on both ROOT Sports and the Mariners radio broadcast.  The Big Unit went all in on his dislike for former owner Howard Lincoln and Puck and Jim were laughing hysterically about how it all went down.  Travis Fulton, from TravisFultonGolf.com, joins Puck and Jim to preview the U.S. Open.  Who does he like this week and does he think Oakmont is a fair test for the golfers or is it too tough?Puck and Jim wrap up the Randy Johnson conversation and they wonder if he’ll be allowed to speak next summer when his number is retired? Also, they touch in on the lack of effort being displayed by Randy Arozarena. John Canzano from JohnCanzano.com joins Puck to discuss latest news in the Pac-12 in regards to their new media rights deal and expansion.  Is UNLV still in play for the conference or is all attention now being turned to Texas State?  John tells Puck how the House settlement affects college football and specially Washington State and Oregon State.  Speaking of the Beavers, they are in the College World Series and they are joined by former Pac-12 members, Arizona and UCLA. Puck wraps up the show with, “Hey, What the Puck!?”   For the Mariners sake and for Randy Johnson, he hopes all parties can keep it cordial next summer and recognize what a great time it was for the M’s and Johnson. (1:00) Puck and Jim on the Randy Johnson TV and radio appearances (20:07) Travis Fulton, previews the U.S. Open (42:26) Puck and Jim finishing up thoughts on the Randy Johnson story and the lack of effort from Randy Arozarena (52:40) John Canzano on Pac-12 expansion and new media rights deal coming soon (1:21:30) “Hey, What the Puck!?”  

On today’s Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett welcomes weekly guests, Jim Duquette of MLB Network radio and his MLB Insider Ryan Divish, who is on one day earlier than normal because John Canzano will join Puck on Wednesday. Puck opens the show saying he was relieved not to have watched the Mariners game because of how it was so depressing.  Puck was coaching his Ballard All-Stars team and they scrimmaged Eastlake LL and Puck is convinced after watching them that they have a legitimate shot at Williamsport.  Jim Duquette, MLB Network Radio joins Puck to discuss the M’s offensive struggles, something we thought they would be like all season.  If the Mariners can’t catch the Astros this season will they ever?   Who are the sellers in baseball right now? Why doesn’t Arizona just consider themselves sellers now and move on.   Jim and Puck discuss who is the best team in the AL besides the Yankees and what about the NL, which is way more stacked than the American League.  Puck and Jim react to the Denzel Clarke catch for the A’s and they discuss whether or not that was the best catch in MLB history.  Jim had Justin Hollander on his show Sunday, what indication did he get how aggressive they will be at the deadline and will Harry Ford be dealt?Puck previews this weeks U.S. Open and Puck the Picker Majors pool, which is brought to you by Synthetic Turf Northwest as he playfully stalls because he can’t find the Ryan Divish interview he recorded earlier in the morning.  Puck also touches in on the Pac-12 news and the eight members signing a grant of rights deal and all reports indicate that a media deal is forthcoming. Once Puck gets done stalling and finally finds the recorded interview, MLB Insider Ryan Divish joins Puck from Havre, Montana, where he currently is on a sabbatical from covering the team to coach his stepsons baseball team.  Divish turned 50 last week and Puck wonders how the week has gone for him.  The Havre Northstars are on a heater right now and it’s all due to his coaching!   Puck and Divish talked at length about bunting because Divish actually used it to his advantage in a game and it’s funny because Divish hates bunting!  They recap the Monday Mariners game and discuss whether or not Jorge Polanco should have bunted in the 10th, the decision for Dylan Moore not to tag in the 11th and they chat about this offense being what they thought it would be when the season started.  They chat about the Mariners inability to evaluate major league positional talent properly, Puck has an unpopular opinion on Dom Canzone and Byrce Miller lands on the IL again.  Have the Mariners handled his IL situation properly?Puck wraps up the show with, “Hey, What the Puck!?”  Texas State doesn’t do it for me. Sorry. (1:00) Puck opens show on the M’s and a scrimmage for his Ballard LL vs. Eastlake LL (8:00) Jim Duquette, MLB Network Radio (42:12 ) MLB Insider, Ryan Divish (1:18:30) Puck on U.S. Open and Pac-12 media deal (1:20:00) “Hey, What the Puck!” 

On today’s Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett and Jim Moore open up the show with Jim’s love for Murphy beds and their shared hatred for Heidi beds!   Puck had a busy weekend for 50 year old birthday parties and graduation parties.  Puck took his boat out and has a beef with his teenager daughter over the boat.  Jim reacts to Puck’s Sports Pit episode from last week with Steve Sandmeyer, Matt “Stretch” Johnson and Mitch Levy.  They chat about the M’s ending their losing streak and who they are betting on for this weeks U.S. Open.  Bill Krueger, Old School Baseball, joins Puck to discuss the Mariners offensive futility, the starting pitching needing more rehab starts in Tacoma and not at the majors. Comparing and contrasting Logan Evans and Emerson Hancock. George Kirby’s dominant performance and they are running out of words for Cal Raleigh.  Puck plays a portion of this weeks Sports Pit with Sandy and Stretch.  The full episode is available for Puck’s Posse members. You can join today at PuckSports.com.   Puck details his weekend full of birthday and graduation parties and a lethal concoction of Modelo, Prosecco and Tequila! Puck wraps up the show with, “Hey, What the Puck!”  Cal Raleigh should win the tiebreaker over Aaron Judge for the early AL MVP. (1:00) Puck and Jim (43:22) Bill Krueger (1:09:00) Sports Pit (1:34:34) “Hey, What the Puck!” 

Puck plays a portion of this weeks Sports Pit with Sandy and Stretch.  The full episode is available for Puck’s Posse members. You can join today at PuckSports.com.   Puck details his weekend full of birthday and graduation parties and a lethal concoction of Modelo, Prosecco and Tequila! 

On today’s Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett is joined by Jim Moore, Chris Egan from KING 5 and The Scout, an anonymous MLB scout.   Puck and Jim open up the show with Jim announcing he has a new job as a golf marshal, however, there is a catch and he’s not happy about it.  Jim is working at his other job on a Friday as a bag checker at a Bend concert venue and he’s never heard of Mumford & Sons.   Jim tells Puck that he has learned the identity of the person who wrote the nasty letter on his car and he now understands their anger.  Puck also details his night at Mike’s Chili Parlor where he celebrated the Pacers win and Jim takes a shot at the crowd size. Chris Egan, KING 5, pays his weekly Friday visit and they start off with Egan questioning Puck for watching the Finals.  Puck argues with Chris that’s it’s ok to have a sports hate.  Egan details a great story about a local kid named Ryan Carr and his connection to the Finals.  There was controversy involving the WIAA 3A baseball semifinals last week involving Puyallup and Lake Washington and Egan attempts to set the record straight about what happened, but Puck and Jim aren’t necessarily buying it.  Since Egan is a Puyallup Fair expert, Puck asks him if it’s ok to buy a hot tub from the fair.  Speaking of hot tubs, Egan shares a story about a plunge in a hot tub and it involves owls??  Lastly, Egan remembers his father in-law, who recently passed away.  The Scout, anonymous MLB scout visits Puck for his weekly chat and they discuss M’s struggling offense, Cole Young’s first week, emotions of a young player, Harry Ford as a prospect, Logan Gilbert’s rehab and should the M’s consider a 6-man rotation. Puck closes the show with, “Hey, What the Puck!?”  It’s not petty rooting against the Thunder, it’s called being a fan. (1:00) Puck and Jim (31:36) Chris Egan, KING 5 (1:03:31) The Scout (1:23:52) “Hey, What the Puck!?” 

On today’s Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett welcomes his Thursday guests, Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network and Brad Adam of ROOT Sports. Mitch Levy, from the Mitch Unfiltered podcast joins Puck during the live show, but the “KJ-Arent’s” podcast is only available for Puck’s Posse members. You can join today at PuckSports.com to catch it in case you missed it during the live show. Puck opened up the show discussing the Mariners and their current miserable home stand and the offense has regressed to their old ways of striking out too much and not walking.  Jorge Polanco and Randy Arozarena are really struggling and the M’s need them to turn it around.  Mike Garafolo, NFL Network drops by from his new apartment as his current home is getting renovated and they chatted about the ridiculous notion that Sam Darnold could possibly not be the starting quarterback for the Seahawks, as head coach Mike Macdonald quickly shut that down. Mike also discusses how he feels Pete Carroll will do in Vegas, what coaches enter the season on the hot seat and what are the Steelers doing at the quarterback position?Before he heads out on television to wrap up the series against the Orioles, Brad Adam of ROOT Sports chats with Puck about the upcoming Mariners family trip that he is going on with his wife but they are leaving the kids behind and the kids are not happy about it.  The Mariners offense has hit a low point and frankly there are too many holes to fix and Brad and Puck wonder what the fix is.  The organization has pulled the ultimate troll job by having an “Aussie Night” to celebrate Ryan Rowland-Smith, plus the early Cole Young struggles and is it time for Harry Ford to come up?Puck wraps up the show with, “Hey, What the Puck!?”  Root on the Pacers starting tonight but prepare for yourself to be miserable Sonics fans. (1:00) Puck on the miserable M’s offense (8:22) Mike Garafolo (33:07 ) Brad Adam, ROOT Sports (57:54) “Hey, What the Puck!”  

On today’s Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett is joined by the Go-2-Guy, Jim Moore, MLB Insider Ryan Divish and this weeks edited version of the Sports Pit with Steve Sandmeyer, Matt “Stretch” Johnson that featured Mitch Levy. Puck and Jim start off talking about this weeks Sports Pit and Jim asks Puck about the golden shower line from this weeks Sports Pit and wonders if Puck is into that?   They briefly touch in on the Mariners loss to the Orioles on Tuesday and then pivot to Jim’s desire to have Jalen Milroe win the Seahawks starting quarterback job and then they close with whether or not it’s time for Harry Ford to be called up from Tacoma.  MLB Insider Ryan Divish joins the show and in the edited appearance, Puck and Divish start off talking again about the play of Cal Raleigh and stacking his numbers up against Aaron Judge for the AL MVP race.  Then Puck and Divish pivot to talking about Harry Ford and the recent article that Adam Jude of the Seattle Times put out discussing whether or not it’s time to call up Ford to backup Raleigh. What would help Ford’s development more, staying in Tacoma or being with the Mariners and working with Raleigh and Dan Wilson?  Full Ryan Divish podcast available for Puck’s Posse members at PuckSports.com! On this weeks Sports Pit, Puck provides a small snippet from Ep. 10 “What exactly is a golden shower?”  Mitch Levy joins Puck, Steve Sandmeyer and Matt “Stretch” Johnson on this weeks show.  The full podcast is available for Puck’s Posse members.  Sign up and join today at PuckSports.com.   They start off the show discussing how long they did the show for back on KJR.  It’s the first time the three have done a show together in 20 years!  Stretch details how he got the job to be Mitch’s producer and they laugh about past producers that Mitch ran through during his time at KJR including buying a car for a former producer who then turned around and sold the car.   They also chat about Jeff Nelson not being a fan of Mitch, plus, angering everyone at the station, especially those in sales! Puck closes the show with, “Hey, What the Puck!?”   NBA disaster idea for the All-Star game (1:00) Jim and Puck (50:00) MLB Insider Ryan Divish (1:05:01) Sports Pit with Steve Sandmeyer, Matt “Stretch” Johnson and Mitch Levy (1:29:40) “Hey, What the Puck!?”  

On this weeks Sports Pit, Puck provides a small snippet from Ep. 10 “What exactly is a golden shower?”  Mitch Levy joins Puck, Steve Sandmeyer and Matt “Stretch” Johnson on this weeks show.  The full podcast is available for Puck’s Posse members.  Sign up and join today at PuckSports.com.   They start off the show discussing how long they did the show for back on KJR.  It’s the first time the three have done a show together in 20 years!  Stretch details how he got the job to be Mitch’s producer and they laugh about past producers that Mitch ran through during his time at KJR including buying a car for a former producer who then turned around and sold the car.   They also chat about Jeff Nelson not being a fan of Mitch, plus, 

On today’s Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett welcomes Jim Duquette of MLB Network Radio and John Canzano from JohnCanzano.com, his regular Tuesday guests.  Puck opens up the show touching in on the start of the Mariners and Orioles series and discusses the parallels between the two franchises and the risk you run into in  Baltimore’s case of not investing in the team in the offseason.  New Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold had a rough first OTA practice open to the media.  Puck can already sense the nervousness from Seahawks fans.  Jim Duquette, MLB Network radio drops by to discuss the MVP case for Cal Raleigh and the historic season he is on.  Jim gives his thoughts on the call up of Cole Young and what he can provide the team.  Jim also discusses the Orioles and what has led to their disaster of a season.  The trade deadline is approaching and Puck brings up two names for Jim to get his thoughts on , Ryan O’Hearn of the Orioles and Josh Naylor from Arizona.  John Canzano pays his regular visit and the two right away get into the impact of AI on sports journalism.  How much more of an impact will it have?  There was a Monday rumor about Texas State joining the Pac-12.  John gives Puck is reaction and they both agree they would be lukewarm on adding them to the conference.  Puck and John get into a long discussion about the success of the Oregon State baseball program and what has led to their long dominance in the sport.  John reacts to the news that the College Football Hall of Fame has lowered their win threshold down for coaches and it now makes Mike Leach eligible to go in which is obviously a no brainer.  Lastly, Puck and John talk about the impact that Inside the NBA had on sports television and will it have continued success at ESPN?Puck wraps up the show with, “Hey, What the Puck!?”  Puck is begging for ESPN not to ruin Inside the NBA, the greatest sports TV show ever created.  (1:00) Puck on M’s / Orioles and Sam Darnold OTA’s (12:02) Jim Duquette, MLB Network Radio (36:25) John Canzano (1:13:32) “Hey, What the Puck!?”  

On today’s Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett welcomes the Go-2-Guy to the show for his Monday appearance.  Also joining Puck on Monday is Adam Jude of the Seattle Times, who is covering the Mariners this summer as Ryan Divish takes his sabbatical.  Jim and Puck jump right into the past weekend with Jim detailing his work as a security bag checker at a concert venue in Bend, Oregon.  Rumors are swirling that Texas State will be joining the Pac-12 has their 8th member. It’s a move that does not excite Puck and Jim.  Jim also details all the paraphernalia that he confiscated at the concurrent including pocket knives and a vile of cocaine!  They also chat about the Cole Young debut, the WIAA decision to cancel the baseball consolation games, Puyallup High School complaints, OKC Hate watch party  and the dominance of Scottie Scheffler. Adam Jude of the Seattle Times, joins Puck to discuss all things baseball and they start with the announcement that the organization will retire the number 51 for Randy Johnson next summer. Adam shares his thoughts on the debut of Cole Young. Will Harry Ford follow and would that be the right decision to bring him up this season?  Puck wraps up the show with, “Hey, What the Puck!?”  Puck revisits the WIAA decision to cancel the baseball consolation games. (1:00) Jim and Puck (59:30) Adam Jude, Seattle Times (1:19:26) “Hey, What the Puck!?”