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On today’s Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett is joined by Brad Adam of ROOT Sports and Mitch Levy from Mitch Unfiltered joins the live show.   Mike Garafolo, NFL Network, will join Puck on Friday’s show. Puck opens the show discussing the Mariners game, their recent poor play, Cal’s historic season and the inevitable heartbreak and anger tonight watching the Thunder win the NBA title. Brad Adam, ROOT Sports, joins Puck from Chicago and is eager to get this weeks show over so he can go play golf!  The M’s are off to a rough start in the month of June, but their pitching is getting healthier which is a good sign.  Puck wonders why J.P. Crawford had a day off Thursday and why Dylan Moore was hitting leadoff.  Even though they were facing Garrett Crochet, Puck still wanted to see Cole Young in the lineup.  The Rafael Devers trade sent shockwaves through the baseball world, why weren’t the Mariners involved?  How active will they be at the deadline and will they trade Harry Ford?  If they don’t trade Ford, can they please bring him up immediately to replace Mitch Garver.  M’s offense may be getting some help with the return of Luke Raley.  When Raley returns, who’s out?Mitch Levy, Mitch Unfiltered, joined Puck during the live show, but Puck only gives you a sneak preview of the episode, which airs in it’s entirety during the live show, but once it’s podcasted, it’s only for Puck’s Posse members.  Join today at PuckSports.com .  On this week’s show, Mitch tells a hilarious story about work getting in the way from him not being able to go with his late father to watch the Syracuse basketball team at the Final Four.  After Mitch departs, Puck wraps up the show with “Hey, What the Puck!?”  Heartbreak in the College World Series last night with the Arkansas team and in particular their left fielder, Charles Davalan.  (1:00) Puck on the M’s June, Cal’s historic season and the anger in anticipation of watching the Thunder win an NBA title (25:18) Brad Adam, ROOT Sports (53:00) Mitch Levy, Mitch Unfiltered (1:05:28) “Hey, What the Puck!?”  

On today’s Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett is riding solo because the Go-2-Guy Jim Moore canceled with no explanation and Puck is worried about him :) !   Not to worry, Puck’s weekly guest, MLB Insider Ryan Divish joins him from Havre, Montana where he currently is coaching his stepsons baseball team the Havre Northstars and taking a sabbatical from the paper.  Puck opens the show discussing last night’s Mariners win and gushes over the performance of Bryan Woo, the ongoing incredible season of Cal Raleigh and the recent surge from Cole Young.  Puck warns Sonics fans about Thursday because it’s going to be painful to watch Oklahoma City raise the NBA Championship trophy in Indiana.  It will be yet another twist of the knife for longtime fans to watch the former Super Sonics franchise win a title.  Puck moves on and welcomes Ryan Divish, MLB Insider to the show for his weekly chat talking all things Mariners baseball.  Divish opens up the segment discussing how he almost was thrown out of a game the other day after he threw his helmet in disgust over a call that was overturned.  Once Divish is done complaining about the umpire, he switches to the recent play of the Mariners and it appears they have righted the ship since coming back from their disastrous road trip.  They discuss the Mariners offense and reliance on the home run and how that at times can be problematic for the.  Puck and Divish have a deep dive into Julio Rodriguez and Divish, who has covered Julio since the day he broke into the majors, offers terrific insight into the young player who has the ability and has yet to reach his superstar potential.  Divish also explains why the Mariners were not in on the Rafael Devers trade talk.  Speaking of trades, what about Josh Naylor from Arizona?  Lastly, Cole Young starting to round into form.  Finally, Puck wraps up the show with, “Hey, What the Puck!?”  Why weren’t the Mariners more active in getting Rafael Devers from Boston?(1:00) Puck on Tuesday’s M’s win, the pitching of Bryan Woo, MVP season for Cal Raleigh and the OKC inevitable NBA championship (31:32) MLB Insider Ryan Divish (1:21:24) “Hey, What the Puck!” 

Enjoy this weeks Sports Pit, limited version with Puck, Steve Sandmeyer and Matt "Stretch" Johnson. Full version available for Puck's Posse members. You can join today to listen to the full episode at PuckSports.com. The boys spend a lot of time on this weeks show discussing Julio Rodriguez and whether the Seattle sports community is too unfair with him or the criticism leveled at him is fair. 

On today’s Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett is joined by Jim Duquette, MLB Network radio, John Canzano and he plays a portion of this weeks Sports Pit with Steve Sandmeyer and Matt “Stretch” Johnson.  Puck opens the show discussing the Mariners offense rearing its ugly head again in a 2-0 loss to the Red Sox.  Puck also touches in on Julio Rodriguez and the response to yesterday’s show with Bill Krueger, who said Julio is a very good player but he’s yet to be a great player.  Jim Duquette, MLB Network radio jumps on the show for his weekly segment and discusses Logan Gilbert’s performance on Monday, plus, he gives his opinion on what the national view of Julio Rodriguez looks like, the latest on All-Star voting, fallout from the Rafael Devers trade and Shohei Ohtani made his pitching debut. John Canzano joins Puck for his weekly visit to discuss the Pac-12 zeroing in on Texas State to join the conference. Should fans be excited for the Bobcats to join?  Does Sacramento State have a future in the Pac-12?  Why did UNLV cool on the conference?  WSU eliminated big portions of their Track & Field program. It's a sign of things to come.  John gives his prediction how long it will be before college football pulls away from the NCAA.Puck then plays a portion of this weeks Sports Pit with Steve Sandmeyer and Matt “Stretch” Johnson.  The boys spend a lot of time on this weeks show discussing Julio Rodriguez and whether the Seattle sports community is too unfair with him or the criticism leveled at him is fair.   If you want to listen to the whole show, go to PuckSports.com and sign up to become a Puck’s Posse member. Puck wraps up the show with, “Hey, What the Puck!?”  WSU gutting their Track & Field team was inevitable and more is to come which is sad. (1:00) Puck on last night’s M’s game (10:34) Jim Duquette, MLB Network Radio (36:20) John Canzano, JohnCanzano.com (1:04:31) Sports Pit with Steve Sandmeyer & Matt “Stretch” Johnson (1:24:00) “Hey, What the Puck!?”  

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!?”  

On today’s Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett is joined by Jim Moore and Chris Egan from KING 5.  Puck and Jim open the show up with the Go-2-Guy once again doing the show from his brand new He-Shed. They run into some technical issues, but Jim quickly pivots and they chat about the carnage taking place at the U.S. Open and they briefly touch in on the M’s and why his mom, who’s in town, still likes Dylan Moore. Chris Egan, KING 5, joins Puck and Jim and they joke about Billy Joe Hobert playing at Puyallup, when he actually lived in Orting.  That discussion leads them to pivot to the sanctions placed on the Roosevelt High School football program for recruiting violations.  They discuss what took place and the current state of high school sports and the desire for parents and school administrators to win at all costs. Puck then welcomes The Scout to the show for his weekly visit.  The Scout  currently works for a major league baseball team and has been covering the sport for the past 30 years.  They chat about the college baseball world series, the sustained success of Oregon State and The Scout recently got down scouting the Everrett Aquasox. Puck concludes the show with “Hey, What the Puck!?”  Happy father’s day to all Dad’s! Sunday is our day. Take it all in. (1:00) Puck and Jim (30:00) Chris Egan, KING 5 with Puck and Jim (1:08:32) The Scout (1:33:16) “Hey, What the Puck!” 

The Daily Puck Drop LIVE show was interrupted by an outage on the Google Cloud that effected Streamyard, which I use to do the live show. Thus, at this moment I can't access the audio. I'm hoping that it will be available later once the system is corrected. My apologies.  If you head to my YouTube page (PuckSports) I uploaded my weekly conversation with Brad Adam of ROOT Sports, which we recorded this morning.  Also, I uploaded the video of this weeks Sports Pit with Steve Sandmeyer and Matt "Stretch" Johnson and it's unlocked and free for everyone to watch. In addition, this is the audio from this weeks Sports Pit. Enjoy and sorry for the issues - Puck 

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!”