PuckSports

On today’s Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett welcomes his Friday guests, Jim Moore, Chris Egan from King 5 and The Scout.  Puck and Jim open up the show touching in on the Mariners, the Ballard Beavers baseball team playing in the state semifinals, calling up Cole Young and Jim makes a case to call up Harry Ford as well. Chris Egan drops by and picks up on the train of calling up Young and Ford and says it’s time for both to come up to help out a struggling offense.  Charlie, Egans dog makes a surprise visit to the show.  The three have a good chat about a Seattle Times article on former Major League Baseball player Travis Snider, who has started a company to change the culture of youth sports and make it more about fun.  Before Egan departs he shares a new study on the three sports that are best for your physical and mental health…shocker, what is number one. Puck welcomes The Scout, an anonymous MLB scout who has spent the past 30 years covering the sport.  They start off their conversation talking about two high school baseball players that square off Friday in the 3A semifinals, Ballard vs. Mount Vernon.  Xaiver Neyens, who plays for Mount Vernon, will be a top 20 draft pick  and Truitt Madonna plays catcher for Ballard and is committed to UCLA and is expected to go somewhere between the 4-5th round.  The Scout has also spent the past week covering the Tacoma Rainiers and gives his thoughts on Cole Young and Harry Ford and when Mariners fans should expect to see them on the big league club.  The show wraps up with, “Hey, What the Puck!”  We could all still learn that youth sports and all sports is just about fun! (1:00) Puck and Jim (34:47) Chris Egan (1:03:41) The Scout (1:25:17) “Hey, What the Puck!” 

On Thursday’s Daily Puck Drop with Jason “Puck” Puckett he opens up recapping yesterday’s show and interview with Corey Widman, who’s son committed suicide, to discuss mental health during mental awareness month of May. Jim’s boys and Reese Widman were going to play junior college baseball together.  It was a very important and emotional interview and a must watch/listen if you are a parent. Puck welcomes Mike Garafolo from the NFL Network to the show.  Mike is in the car post a golf range session where he has swore off his 4-iron.  Once they get done talking about golf, Puck and Mike jump right into the Seahawks and the upcoming season and expectations of Sam Darnold.  What version of Sam Darnold will the Seahawks get this season? Darnold is clearly the key cog for the success of the team this year.  Speaking of quarterbacks, how will Caleb Williams deal with tough coaching from new coach Ben Johnson?  Stefon Diggs is catching heat from new coach Mike Vrabel over a pink substance and Mike wraps up his appearance detailing a golfer headed into the range with four Twisted Teas. Back to baseball as Puck brings on Brad Adam of ROOT Sports to talk all things baseball.  M’s are back home after a good road trip and have split their first two games against the Nationals.  George Kirby is back but in two starts he has not looked good.  The Nationals continue to reap the benefits of the Juan Soto trade.  Jorge Polanco has cooled way off. Is it regression or is he hurt?  Julio is having a great May and it appears he’s getting into summer form before his normal time.  Brad promotes another upcoming edition of his new golf show, “Fairways and Fastballs.”  Is it time for Cole Young to be brought up?  Sure feels like Young is on his way soon. Puck wraps up the show with “Hey, What the Puck!?”  It’s time for Cole Young! (1:00) Puck recaps Corey Widman interview (9:45) Mike Garafolo, NFL Network (30:52) Brad Adam, ROOT Sports (1:00:19) “Hey, What the Puck!” 

On today’s Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett and Jim Moore are back after several days off!  Jim has a new mic and sounds great!, But, has a funky background and Jim shares another technology frustration. However, his son Mikey saves the saves the day!  Puck and Jim talk a little baseball before they welcome Corey Widman to the show to tell the story of his son, Reese, who took his own life back in 2023.  Reese and Jim’s boys were going to play college baseball together at Pierce Community College and Corey joined Puck and Jim to raise awareness of mental health since May is Mental Awareness month. Very powerful story from Corey on what to look for if your child is depressed and letting them know that it’s ok to ask for help.  After Jim and Puck say goodbye to Corey, they recap their conversation with him and offer their thoughts and feelings as parents.   Jim exits the show and Puck welcomes Ryan Divish to the show.  Divish and Puck have yet another appreciation show over the play of Cal Raleigh, who is every teams dream of a catcher. Puck wants to know why Dan Wilson didn’t let Logan Evans finish the game on Tuesday. Plus, will the M’s move to a six-man rotation?Puck wraps up the show with, “Hey, What the Puck!?”  It’s hard being a parent and it’s even harder being a kid these days. Check in with them as much as you can. (1:00) Puck and Jim (27:19) Corey Widman with Puck and Jim (49:44) Puck and Jim react to Corey Widman interview (1:07:14) MLB Insider Ryan Divish (1:24:32) “Hey, What the Puck!?” 

On today’s Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett welcomes his Thursday guests, Mike Garafolo from the NFL Network, Brad Adams, ROOT Sports and Mitchy “The Kid!” Puck opens up the show discussing the Mariners and their series win vs. the White Sox and he looks ahead to their upcoming series against the Astros.  George Kirby is back! Mike Garafolo, NFL Network, drops by and they get off the beaten path with Garafolo describing what the Wing Bowl was in Philadelphia when he worked at WIP Sports Radio. A debauchery that the station put on every year.  They transition into the NFL not banning the Tush Push, Brock Purdy’s new deal and the passing of Colts owner Jim Irsay. Brad Adam, ROOT Sports dials in from Houston as the M’s and Astros get set for their four-game series.  Brad was almost late to the show because he was running around muggy Houston looking for coffee and….banana bread.  M’s are coming off another series win vs. the White Sox.  George Kirby returns right in time for the Mariners.  They discuss the dominance of Andres Munoz, the struggles of the Astros/Yordan Alvarez, Cal Raleigh’s talk with Bryan Woo, Polanco health, and Ryan Rowland-Smith and his accent. “Hey, What the Puck!?”  The Mariners need to slay the dragon that are the Houston Astros. (1:00) Puck on the M’s and Astros (10:00) Mike Garafolo, NFL Network (33:50) Brad Adam, ROOT Sports (1:04:46) “Hey, What the Puck!?” 

On Wednesday’s Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett and the Go-2-Guy, Jim Moore, open up the show and spend the majority of their episode talking about KJR and the disaster of their new midday host who replaced Puck and Jim and his rant about Mariners broadcaster Ryan Rowland-Smith.  Puck and Jim unleash their feelings how they are sympathetic to their former co-workers, but not toward management that decided to make a series of ill fated moves that ended their show.  Karma is a bitch and management is getting what they deserved. Puck plays a portion of his weekly appearance with his MLB Insider Ryan Divish, who is taking a leave of absence from covering the Mariners on a daily basis to coach his stepsons travel ball team.  The full show is available for Puck’s Posse members. Visit PuckSports.com to join and listen and watch the whole episode.  On the shortened show, Divish and Puck talk about the play of Leodys Taveras and the expected return of Luke Raley and Victor Robles.  Divish evaluates the play of Ben Williamson.  Cole Young is tearing up AAA Tacoma, will he force the Mariners hand soon to call him up?“Hey, What the Puck!?”  Karma always wins. Treat people without respect and you get what you deserve. (1:00) Puck and Jim (58:06) MLB Insider Ryan Divish (1:23:54) “Hey, What the Puck!?”  

Puck  plays an edited version of this weeks Sports Pit with Steve Sandmeyer and Matt “Stretch” Johnson.  Puck, Sandy and Stretch talk about their favorite batting stance as kids and that led Sandy to tell a great all-time classic story about his time as a clubhouse attendant at the Kingdome and an encounter with George Brett.  They also laughed as Sandy talked about Reggie Jackson and what a jerk he was to his buddy who was also a “clubby” at the same time as Sandy.  

On Tuesday’s Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett is joined by his regular guests, Jim Duquette, MLB Network Radio, John Canzano from JohnCanzano.com and Puck plays an edited version of this weeks Sports Pit with Steve Sandmeyer and Matt “Stretch” Johnson. Puck opens up Tuesday with praise for Luis Castillo in the opener against the Chicago White Sox.  Puck also talks about the 3-for-4 night from Ben Williamson. Jim Duquette, MLB Network Radio drops by to chat with Puck about the play of the Mariners and discusses being able to evaluate today’s players with your eyes and not just rely on statistics.   Jim praises the play of Andres Munoz and calls him one of the most underrated players in the game.  How did Juan Soto’s return to Yankee Stadium go?  Jim had a front row seat as he works for the New York Mets broadcast team.  Jim also notes what a great weekend it was for baseball with the “rivalry weekend” and a number of division races have great rivalries associated wit them and it has a chance to be great summer for baseball.   Puck and Jim wrap up discusses Pete Rose and whether or not he’ll get into the Hall of Fame and what is wrong with the L.A. Dodgers and their development of starting pitchers. John Canzano, JohnCanzano.com, chats with Puck about whether or not he feels Pete Rose should get in.  John is a voter for the Hall of Fame.  Mediation is underway between the Pac-12 and the Mountain West.  How long will it last and what does it mean for UNLV in terms of joining the conference?  John discusses that the conference needs expansion to be resolved by July 1, 2025.   The White House is exploring setting up a commission to address college football. Does John think that’s a good idea?   Puck and John discuss a follow up story that John did on a very impressive 17 year old umpire from Oregon. It’s a must listen.  John finishes with that he doesn’t think Blazer fans should close the door on Phil Knight buying the team. Puck then plays an edited version of this weeks Sports Pit with Steve Sandmeyer and Matt “Stretch” Johnson.  Puck, Sandy and Stretch talk about their favorite batting stance as kids and that led Sandy to tell a great all-time classic story about his time as a clubhouse attendant at the Kingdome and an encounter with George Brett.  They also laughed as Sandy talked about Reggie Jackson and what a jerk he was to his buddy who was also a “clubby” at the same time as Sandy.  Puck wraps up the show with, “Hey, What the Puck!?”  Angel Reese is not in the same stratosphere as Caitlyn Clark. (1:00) Puck on the M’s win, Luis Castillo and Ben Williamson (10:30) Jim Duquette, MLB Network Radio (35:40) John Canzano (1:03:55) Sports Pit *Edited (1:24:07) “Hey, What the Puck!?”  

On today’s Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett is joined by by the Go-2-Guy, Jim Moore and former Mariners pitcher and host of the “Old School Baseball” podcast Bill Krueger. Puck starts off the show busting Jim’s chops because he can’t figure out his microphone settings and Puck is begging him to take it to a computer store.  Jim and Puck spend much of their show discussing the Mariners and their sweep of the San Diego Padres.  Jim argues and for good reason that Bryan Woo is now pitching like the ace of the staff and what makes the Mariners so dangerous is if they can get into the postseason their pitching can be so dominant.  Puck is heading down to Bend this weekend for a baseball tournament and is annoyed with Jim that he won’t be there this weekend.  They react to Scottie Scheffler winning the PGA Championship and what makes him so likable.   Puck celebrates the Ballard High School baseball and softball team for winning the Metro Championships in the same year!  The Denver Nuggets couldn’t help out Seattle and take out Oklahoma City.  Puck feels it’s inevitable that OKC wins the NBA championship and he can’t stand to think of the reality of that happening.  Bill Krueger, host of the “Old School Baseball” podcast joins Puck for his weekly visit talking Mariners baseball.  How did the M’s go from going 1-5 on their last home stand to sweeping the Padres in San Diego?  Bill spends a lot of time talking about the Sunday performance of Bryan Woo and the overall performance of Woo for the season.  Why his mechanics and delivery make him so consistent and talented.   Puck wraps up the show with “Hey, What the Puck?!”  The Mariners proved this weekend they could be dangerous in the playoffs (1:00) Puck and Jim (56:22) Bill Krueger (1:22:51) “Hey, What the Puck!?” 

On Friday’s Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett welcomes his Friday guests, Jim Moore, Chris Egan from KING 5 and The Scout.  Puck and Jim open up talking nonsense like usual.  Puck explains to Jim what the Vedder Cup is and Jim is not interested. Jim wants to buy an electric bike and that leads Puck down a rant on E-Bikes…they aren’t bikes, they are motorcycles! Puck and Jim then welcome Chris Egan from KING 5 to the show and Egan reacts right away to Jim’s story about going to Wrigley Field.  Like Jim, Egan had no clue what the Vedder Cup is, but is excited to see what the Mariners do in San Diego.  Egan is optimistic about the upcoming Seahawks season and thinks they have a great shot at going 12-5.  The boys chat about the Seahawks cracking down on Seahawks fans selling their tickets to opposing fans. Egan and Jim like the idea, but Puck has an issue with it and doesn’t like what they are doing.  Egan went to Arizona last weekend to move his college son out and was horrified at what he saw in his apartment.  After Puck says goodbye to Egan and Jim, he welcomes in “The Scout”, an anonymous MLB scout who joins Puck every Friday to get the inside scoop on the Mariners.  This week they talk about the recent struggles of Ben Williamson, the red hot play of Cole Young in Tacoma, what does he look for right away in a prospect, Bryan Woo and his dominating fastball, he builds his perfect player with current MLB players and they wrap up discussing the upcoming MLB draft where the Mariners have the third overall selection and the The Scout details all the promising talent in the Northwest that can be drafted in the first round. Puck wraps up the show with, “Hey, What the Puck!?”  Puck reacts to the Seattle Seahawks and their new ticket policy. (1:00) Puck and Jim (32:08) Puck, Jim and Chris Egan (1:05:25) “The Scout” (1:29:53) “Hey, What the Puck!?” 

On today’s Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett welcomes his regular Thursday guests, Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network, Brad Adam from ROOT Sports and his new feature, Mitchy “The Kid”, Mitch Levy from the “Mitch Unfiltered” podcast, which is only available in the live show, but if you missed it you can find it on Puck’s Posse Patreon page. Sign up and join today at PuckSports.com. Puck starts off the show discussing the Mariners disaster of a home stand in which they struck out 66 times on their way to a 1-5 record.  Panic is starting to set in for some Mariners fans who think this is the beginning of the end for the team. Puck tries to squash the panic but acknowledges the angst. Mike Garafolo, NFL Network stops by to discuss the release of the NFL schedule and will the Colts get reprimanded for making light of Tyreke’s Hill arrest.  The prime time schedule on Christmas and Thanksgiving is terrific and might be the best lineup they have ever had. Mike also pivots for a minute and shares his love for baseball! Before he departs for San Diego, Brad Adam of ROOT Sports jumps on to discuss the 1-5 home stand and who do we blame?  Puck sarcastically blames one person in particular.  Is the offense about to regress?   Bryce Miller is headed to the IL, but help is on the way with George Kirby and Logan Gilbert.  Does Brad agree not going to Andres Munoz in Wednesday’s game to face Aaron Judge?  Puck argues they should have walked Judge and taken their chances with Cody Bellinger.  Puck wraps up the show with, “Hey, What the Puck!?”  The Cougars make a splash with a new media partner (1:00) Puck on the Mariners and their recent struggles (23:38) Mike Garafolo, NFL Network (48:24) Brad Adam, ROOT Sports (1:21:22) “Hey, What the Puck!?”