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Ian Furness 11/4 H3: M's new Manager Jason Kanzler meets the press, talkbacks, texts, Fact or Fiction and Softy. · The Ian Furness Show

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  Speaker 1: Now, from the Star Runnels Sports Desk, your 93.3 KKRFM
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  Speaker 2: as the Rockies. We are moments away, like literally seconds
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  Speaker 2: away from the Mariners news conference, introducing Jason Kanzler as
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  Speaker 2: their new manager. But big news coming out of Seahawks
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  Speaker 2: kick course. Sam Darnold will miss this week's game against
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  Speaker 2: the Arizona Cardinals. He is week to week. Quad and
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  Speaker 2: rib injuries are hoping Drew Locke can start. That's the expectation.
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  Speaker 2: But remember, he's been inactive the last two weeks with
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  Speaker 2: an elbow injury. Jalen Milrow is also there. They may
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  Speaker 2: even sign a third quarterback. That's according to head coach
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  Speaker 2: Mike McDonald. No other injury updates available as of now.
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  Speaker 2: Speaking of injuries, big news out of Los Angeles, the Rams.
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  Speaker 2: They lose starting cornerback Jalen Watson, the former Coogan Kansas
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  Speaker 2: City Chief. He is done for the year. Sean McVay,
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  Speaker 2: like literally a minute ago, said he's got shoulder surgery coming.
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  Speaker 2: He's done for the season. God, it's just guys just
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  Speaker 2: dropping all over the place. The Ravens don't have a
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  Speaker 2: quarterback because Tyler Huntley's out for the year. Lamar Jackson
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  Speaker 2: may be out for the year. They're reportedly trading for
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  Speaker 2: Jacoby Brissett.
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  Speaker 3: Really? Wow. Crazy.
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  Speaker 2: Kraken hosts Calgary tonight. Climate Pledge Arena, 7 o'clock, drop
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  Speaker 2: get to the second, third hour, I should say, of
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  Speaker 2: the show.
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  Speaker 3: Here we go.
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  Speaker 2: So we're literally just kind of waiting. We're in the
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  Speaker 2: waiting game right now. We're watching the feed and waiting
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  Speaker 2: for the Mariners news conference with Jason Kanzler to introduce
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  Speaker 2: the new Mariners. I can tell you this, according to
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  Speaker 2: people down there, he will wear number 18. That's the
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  Speaker 2: jersey number because, you know, managers wear the jerseys. Okay, quickly,
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  Speaker 2: who was the last Mariner to wear 18?
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  Speaker 4: Oh, gosh.
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  Speaker 2: This past season.
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  Speaker 5: Oh.
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  Speaker 2: Mitch Garver.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, he shows how much attention I paid to Mitch Garver.
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  Speaker 2: Mitch Garver. So this is the elite company he's in.
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  Speaker 2: This is how he killed time waiting for the news conference,
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  Speaker 2: by the way.
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  Speaker 4: Which is playing lovely jazz music right now.
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  Speaker 2: All I see it. I don't hear it, luckily for me, thankfully.
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  Speaker 2: Mitch Garver, Cade Marlowe. You say, I say, we all say, Kikuchi.
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  Speaker 2: You're supposed to sing it like Lisa Loeb.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Before that. Hisashi Iwakuma as well. How about that? Ryan
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  Speaker 2: Roland Smith. There's another 18 for your Mariner past. Eddie Guidardo. Oh, Eddie.
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  Speaker 6: Eddie.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, Eddie.
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  Speaker 2: Hyphen wore it as well.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, man.
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  Speaker 2: And my favorite of all. It should be Russ Davis
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  Speaker 2: or Billy Swift. Harold Reynolds wore it for one season
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  Speaker 2: before he switched to four. But my favorite is Al Martin.
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  Speaker 2: Remember Al Martin? He's a USC guy. You should remember
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  Speaker 2: Al Martin.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: He's the guy that faked his career.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so he'll wear number eight.
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  Speaker 4: The USC has a history of faking things.
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  Speaker 3: Sure.
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  Speaker 8: Pretty sure there was a couple people that played water
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  Speaker 8: polo that didn't really play water polo.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, really?
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  Speaker 9: Really.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, some people that rode that didn't really row. Remember
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  Speaker 8: that whole college scandal?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, was that Lori Loughlin and her kids, right?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, my coach is one of the coaches that was
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  Speaker 4: indicted in that.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, really?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, Yovan.
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  Speaker 2: Is he or she gone?
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  Speaker 4: He is gone, yes.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, last time I went down there, though, what, like
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  Speaker 4: five years ago maybe?
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  Speaker 3: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 4: And saw him.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 4: He had to sit up in the upper bleachers, and
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  Speaker 4: we all went and said hi.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, okay.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you've got to hang out with Lori Loughlin, though.
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  Speaker 2: That's cool.
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I think that's a win. All right. We've
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  Speaker 2: got the news conference starting. Alex Mayer is the PR
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  Speaker 2: guy for the Mariners. He's the voice you're going to
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  Speaker 2: hear right now. Let's go to that as we speak.
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  Speaker 4: I've still got music playing.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, you do?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe hit refresh, Ash.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: And you will see it. You will probably see it.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, now I've got an ad.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: And I've got three of those happening.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, that's good.
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  Speaker 10: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: That's good.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 8: Well, I just had that cool music happening for the
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  Speaker 8: longest time. I probably wasn't that far.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, there we go.
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  Speaker 4: I see him.
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  Speaker 3: There you are.
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  Speaker 2: Far away.
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  Speaker 3: Here we go. Our new manager.
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  Speaker 11: Justin will begin with an introduction followed by an intro
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  Speaker 11: from Jason. After Jason concludes, we will open to questions.
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  Speaker 11: Kate over there, Jordan over here will have the microphones.
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  Speaker 11: I will call on you and please specifically mention who
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  Speaker 11: you want to ask the question to. Without further ado,
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  Speaker 11: Justin Hollander. Thank you, everyone, for coming today. Really exciting
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  Speaker 11: day for us. Before we do the introduction, I just
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  Speaker 11: want to thank the number of people, so many people
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  Speaker 11: who were involved in this process who helped us lead
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  Speaker 11: us to Jason and make a great decision, we think,
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  Speaker 11: for the Mariners. Our baseball ops team, led by David Hessling,
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  Speaker 11: who put together what I thought was an unbelievably thorough
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  Speaker 11: and rigorous process that led.
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  Speaker 12: Us to this point. I want to thank the other
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  Speaker 12: people that we spoke to, both around the league as
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  Speaker 12: a resource and a reference, and other candidates. Really, everyone
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  Speaker 12: was so impressive in this process. Most of all, I
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  Speaker 12: want to thank Jason, his family, for trusting us through
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  Speaker 12: this process. Really excited day. I'm thrilled to announce Jason
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  Speaker 12: Kanzler as the next Major League Manager for the Seattle Mariners.
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  Speaker 3: I'll keep this quick.
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  Speaker 13: First and foremost, I want to thank my beautiful family.
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  Speaker 3: I love you guys.
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  Speaker 14: Thanks for being here.
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  Speaker 13: Obviously, I'd like to thank John and the rest of
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  Speaker 13: the ownership group, Jerry, Justin, Kevin, the city of Seattle,
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  Speaker 13: all the fans. I'm very excited to get going.
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  Speaker 2: Let's get this.
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  Speaker 11: We are now open to questions.
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  Speaker 3: Daniel, MLB.com.
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  Speaker 10: Jason, first of all, welcome to Seattle. Over the past
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  Speaker 10: couple weeks, we've read and heard so much about your
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  Speaker 10: very unique background, dating back to playing, obviously coaching in
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  Speaker 10: the minor side, and then to player development. But when
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  Speaker 10: along your journey did you know that you wanted to manage,
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  Speaker 10: and maybe why did you want to manage?
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  Speaker 13: I think I realized I wanted to manage during this process.
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  Speaker 3: This came about quickly, and I.
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  Speaker 13: Realized very quickly throughout it that managing a major league
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  Speaker 13: club is just the pinnacle of what I was already
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  Speaker 13: doing as a farm director. where I had to manage
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  Speaker 13: an entire minor league system. This is just at a
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  Speaker 13: way higher magnitude with brighter lights, with a third deck.
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  Speaker 13: But in the end, it's the same. I want to win.
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  Speaker 13: I want to develop people. I want to develop players.
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  Speaker 13: And I want to achieve something with a collective and
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  Speaker 13: a great group of people around me. And that's what
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  Speaker 13: this is going to be. Adam Jude, Seattle Times. Jason,
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  Speaker 13: welcome to Seattle. Why are you the right person to
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  Speaker 13: lead this team at this time? I bring a unique path,
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  Speaker 13: a unique set of skills and experiences. I am not
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  Speaker 13: the traditional path towards managing. I'm the right man because
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  Speaker 13: I believe that every player and every person can be better.
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  Speaker 15: And I think these players....
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  Speaker 13: So deeply want to be better and to grow and
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  Speaker 13: to win as a unit. And I'm excited to get
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  Speaker 13: that out of them. Shannon Dreher, Seattle Sports.
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  Speaker 16: Hi, Jason.
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  Speaker 17: We're going to get to know you a little bit more,
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  Speaker 17: but I'm really interested to learn what you've learned about
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  Speaker 17: the people that you're talking about and the players that
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  Speaker 17: you're talking about in this short time.
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  Speaker 13: So, Definitely in the early stages of getting to know
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  Speaker 13: all the players, but that is probably my top priority.
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  Speaker 13: I think building the relationships with the humans that I'm
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  Speaker 13: going to be around with every day is of the
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  Speaker 13: utmost importance. So I don't have a ton to share yet,
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  Speaker 13: although I have started to speak to quite a few
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  Speaker 13: of the players already, but I am deeply looking forward
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  Speaker 13: to getting to know these guys as people first.
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  Speaker 11: Ryan Divish, Seattle Times.
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  Speaker 18: Jerry, when we talked to you after the season, You
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  Speaker 18: mentioned experience was something you were looking for, but it
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  Speaker 18: wasn't a have to. Can you just walk us through
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  Speaker 18: the process and what led you to Jason? Because I
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  Speaker 18: know you guys had probably a list of 35 names
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  Speaker 18: at one point and how you arrived here.
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  Speaker 15: You know, I think Justin hit on it. The process
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  Speaker 15: was lengthy. It has been 30 days plus in the making.
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  Speaker 3: It was rigorous.
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  Speaker 15: We had conversations around the league. We got recommendations. We
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  Speaker 15: put together a long list of candidates. We reduced that
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  Speaker 15: list multiple times, narrowed it down to a short list.
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  Speaker 15: As you mentioned, experience is good. In this case, we
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  Speaker 15: didn't think it was good enough to dissuade us from
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  Speaker 15: all of the traits that Jason brings to the table.
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  Speaker 15: He checked almost every box that you could check in
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  Speaker 15: terms of career experiences, the uniqueness of his developmental path
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  Speaker 15: I think is going to go a long way with
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  Speaker 15: modern players. The way he communicates, as you see here
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  Speaker 15: today or you will in the time moving forward, it's
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  Speaker 15: very clear. You won't be confused as to what the
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  Speaker 15: directive is when you leave the station. And I think
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  Speaker 15: our players will pick up on that. At year's end,
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  Speaker 15: we had the opportunity to sit with our players one-on-ones,
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  Speaker 15: in some cases multiple players with Justin and I, et cetera.
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  Speaker 15: And we got a lot of feedback from our players,
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  Speaker 15: from what they observed throughout the season. I think I
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  Speaker 15: shared this with you at the end of the season.
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  Speaker 15: And all of the things that we talked about, the
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  Speaker 15: things that we aspired to have, Jason really hit on
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  Speaker 15: all of them without us asking him, can you do this?
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  Speaker 15: He showed us that he could do everything that we
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  Speaker 15: were trying to do to achieve the outcomes with our
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  Speaker 15: big league team. And we felt confident that he was
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  Speaker 15: the right guy. Nico with Como.
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  Speaker 3: Jason right in the middle here. Welcome.
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  Speaker 19: Nice to meet you.
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  Speaker 3: Nice to meet you.
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  Speaker 19: Curious, in your journey, whether it was your time in Houston,
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  Speaker 19: whether it was the time in Chicago, what your impression
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  Speaker 19: was of what's already been built here with the Mariners,
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  Speaker 19: the potential of this franchise with the talent moving forward,
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  Speaker 19: how exciting it is to try and have that talent
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  Speaker 19: meet its potential.
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  Speaker 13: Yeah, so I fondly remember coming here when I was
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  Speaker 13: with the team that shall not be named. And what
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  Speaker 13: distinctly stands out to me is this atmosphere is electric.
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  Speaker 13: I think maybe I'm but I remember I think that
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  Speaker 13: electric factory was even like a thing that was used.
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  Speaker 13: And I think one of the things that excites me
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  Speaker 13: among many things is that I would like to ride
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  Speaker 13: the lightning with this team and this city. Now, in
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  Speaker 13: terms of the players, I think it's extremely exciting. This
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  Speaker 13: is a young group.
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  Speaker 3: They are talented.
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  Speaker 13: This is a good team already, and they have the
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  Speaker 13: potential and the talent to be an excellent team.
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  Speaker 2: Mike Varel, Seattle Times.
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  Speaker 3: Jason, right here. Welcome.
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  Speaker 14: And when we spoke with Jerry after the season, he
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  Speaker 14: talked about a culture reset and how that was necessary.
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  Speaker 14: And that's a difficult word to define. I'm just curious
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  Speaker 14: how you define culture and how you go about instilling
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  Speaker 14: that and cultivating that, what it means to you.
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  Speaker 2: That's a big question.
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  Speaker 13: Culture is, in my opinion, it's all the things that
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  Speaker 13: you don't allow. It's all the things that don't happen.
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  Speaker 13: It's the things that you hold the line against. It's doing, obviously,
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  Speaker 13: the big things right. It's doing all of the little
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  Speaker 13: things right all of the time. But most importantly, it
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  Speaker 13: is not doing the wrong things as much as humanly possible.
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  Speaker 13: What we allow is what we stand for. And so
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  Speaker 13: that's what culture means to me.
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  Speaker 11: We'll go Curtis with Fox 13.
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  Speaker 12: Jerry, this is the first time you've had a manager
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  Speaker 12: search in over a decade.
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  Speaker 3: What changed about the process from when you.
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  Speaker 4: Why do I care? Working for UnitedHealthcare, I care because
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  Speaker 4: I want to make a difference. My members are.
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  Speaker 3: What that outlook was for you?
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  Speaker 15: Zoom exists now.
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  Speaker 20: I know that.
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  Speaker 15: What's changed? I don't know really that a whole lot
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  Speaker 15: has changed. We're still looking for good baseball people who
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  Speaker 15: can implement good programs, develop good systems, and You know,
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  Speaker 15: we had a great group back in 2015 interviewing for
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  Speaker 15: those jobs, some of whom have gone on to a
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  Speaker 15: ton of success in the big leagues. And we came
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  Speaker 15: out with what wound up being the second winningest manager
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  Speaker 15: in our club's history. So, you know, the easy answer
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  Speaker 15: is I hope it's at least another decade before we
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  Speaker 15: have to go through that again. But it's a good process.
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  Speaker 3: We advanced.
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  Speaker 15: We had far deeper questions to ask. We engaged far
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  Speaker 15: more of our baseball operations team in the process, and
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  Speaker 15: I think that was a good thing. And maybe as
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  Speaker 15: opposed to 2015, I know more about the Mariners now.
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  Speaker 15: You know, when we went through the process that brought
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  Speaker 15: Scott's service to the Mariners, I'd been with the Mariners
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  Speaker 15: for about a month and a half, you know, And
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  Speaker 15: now I have a greater understanding of how this organization works,
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  Speaker 15: its systems, its programs, and what types of traits we
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  Speaker 15: thought would be the best fit to put in place
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  Speaker 15: to lead our team. And that's what led us to Jason.
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  Speaker 11: We'll go to Maz Vida, then back to Daniel.
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  Speaker 21: Yeah, Jason Maz Vida, Cascadia Sports. Hey, I'm paraphrasing a
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  Speaker 21: little bit here. You talked about building a collective. Can
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  Speaker 21: you talk about in that process how important to have
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  Speaker 21: connection with the players is?
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  Speaker 13: It's important to have connection with the players. It's most
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  Speaker 13: important to have connection throughout the entire thing. The entire
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  Speaker 13: organization needs to be connected towards the common goal, which
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  Speaker 13: is to win the World Series and win many of them.
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  Speaker 13: I like to think that the sign of things going
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  Speaker 13: well is when people start using the word we way
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  Speaker 13: more than we or me or I. When the group
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  Speaker 13: starts talking in we, then I know that things are
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  Speaker 13: going well.
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  Speaker 3: Daniel?
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  Speaker 10: Justin, you mentioned that the list was obviously very robust
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  Speaker 10: at the outset. When did Jason get on your radar
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  Speaker 10: and how did he get on your radar? And what
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  Speaker 10: can you kind of recall about some of those early correspondences?
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  Speaker 12: Yeah, so we interviewed Jason in 2021 for our hitting
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  Speaker 12: coach job. We could not pry him away from the
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  Speaker 12: organization that shall not be named. But it was one
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  Speaker 12: of the most, if not the most impressive interviews that
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  Speaker 12: I think all of us had ever been a part of. Um,
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  Speaker 12: and when you have someone that's like your, your white whale,
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  Speaker 12: someone that you, you really excited to get to work
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  Speaker 12: with someday, you don't just end the process and throw
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  Speaker 12: their name out the window and never think about them again. Um,
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  Speaker 12: so his name had come up over the years in
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  Speaker 12: different contexts. How can we find a way to get
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  Speaker 12: to work with cans.
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  Speaker 3: At some point?
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  Speaker 12: Um, and when we started this process, it was just
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  Speaker 12: a name that got added to the pool really with
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  Speaker 12: no expectation that we would lead to this point. Um,
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  Speaker 12: and to Jason's credit, I think he left us no
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  Speaker 12: choice throughout the process. It was just, round after round,
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  Speaker 12: conversation after conversation, he dominated the process to the degree
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  Speaker 12: that I think we would have been foolish to take
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  Speaker 12: all the hard work and throw it out the window
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  Speaker 12: and not choose him.
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  Speaker 3: Mike Benton, KJR.
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  Speaker 7: Jason, welcome to Seattle and thank you for doing this here.
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  Speaker 7: You mentioned hold the line and culture as a big
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  Speaker 7: part of this. What's your view on the meaning of
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  Speaker 7: accountability and the right things that you want to stand
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  Speaker 7: for and the wrong things that you want to avoid
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  Speaker 7: in the clubhouse?
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  Speaker 3: Sure.
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  Speaker 13: My view is that it requires clarity. People need to
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  Speaker 13: understand what they're accountable for before you can hold accountability. Uh,
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  Speaker 13: so it starts with clarity, um, simplicity, even when the
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  Speaker 13: things we're talking about might be complex, um, they need
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  Speaker 13: to be understood. Um, when people understand what the goal
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  Speaker 13: is and they have a clear path to get there
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  Speaker 13: and they understand how to get there, um, then the,
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  Speaker 13: all the stuff in between somewhat takes care of itself. Um,
• 16:19
  Speaker 13: And it makes these conversations way easier. It makes the
• 16:21
  Speaker 13: hard conversations much, much easier. And in that respect, holding
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  Speaker 13: people accountable and the idea of accountability, period, it somewhat.
• 16:32
  Speaker 3: Takes care of itself.
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  Speaker 13: Now, I'm not saying it's hands off, but it starts
• 16:36
  Speaker 13: with clarity and understanding what we're trying to do.
• 16:40
  Speaker 3: Jake with Cairo. Hey, Jason, over here.
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  Speaker 22: You know, like you said, you've had a different path
• 16:44
  Speaker 22: to becoming a manager in this league. I mean, in
• 16:47
  Speaker 22: your experience in baseball, even before then you were a
• 16:49
  Speaker 22: high school physics and chemistry teacher, just what is some
• 16:51
  Speaker 22: of that experience helped you with your development and your
• 16:56
  Speaker 22: growth into becoming this position and how those lessons helped
• 16:59
  Speaker 22: you prepare for this job?
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  Speaker 13: I think like everyone, um, all the experiences that you
• 17:05
  Speaker 13: go through in life prepare you for the next steps. Um, yeah, I,
• 17:09
  Speaker 13: I taught physics and chemistry in high school.
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  Speaker 3: Um, It is a.
• 17:13
  Speaker 13: Very small taste of what it's like to stand in
• 17:16
  Speaker 13: front of a group of players. Um, it is similar
• 17:20
  Speaker 13: to coaching. In fact, coaching is just a different form
• 17:22
  Speaker 13: of teaching. Um, and it is probably the backbone of
• 17:27
  Speaker 13: how I construct the way I approach developing anyone.
• 17:31
  Speaker 16: So Bucky Jacobson, Jason, um, Analytics, obviously, a big part
• 17:37
  Speaker 16: of the game. So is the gut feel of managing
• 17:40
  Speaker 16: a ball club. I'm just curious your philosophy on how
• 17:43
  Speaker 16: you obviously use the tool necessary that is all the
• 17:46
  Speaker 16: numbers that come with analytics, but also how you feel
• 17:49
  Speaker 16: about the gut instinct that you're going to use managing.
• 17:52
  Speaker 13: How I feel about my gut feel? So we are
• 17:57
  Speaker 13: in an age of baseball where information is incredibly abundant
• 18:01
  Speaker 13: and I think we would be fools not to use
• 18:04
  Speaker 13: good information for our advantage, and we will use good
• 18:07
  Speaker 13: information to our advantage. In terms of gut feel, I
• 18:11
  Speaker 13: think there will be situations where there is not a
• 18:14
  Speaker 13: clear right or wrong decision objectively, and that is where
• 18:20
  Speaker 13: understanding all the players, understanding the nuance, understanding the context
• 18:23
  Speaker 13: comes into play, and it does matter. My gut feel
• 18:27
  Speaker 13: will not be the only gut feel that is considered
• 18:30
  Speaker 13: in those situations. This is a group effort. I'm going
• 18:32
  Speaker 13: to lean heavily on my staff, on the players, on
• 18:35
  Speaker 13: the organization. But in the end, when those sorts of
• 18:37
  Speaker 13: decisions have to be made, I am comfortable using the
• 18:41
  Speaker 13: gut feel.
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: Josh Kirshenbaum, MLB.
• 18:46
  Speaker 20: Jason, Jerry mentioned looking for a modern day manager for
• 18:51
  Speaker 20: a modern team. Over the course of your journey, how
• 18:53
  Speaker 20: would you say you've seen the role of manager change?
• 18:57
  Speaker 20: And maybe who are some managers or coaches that you
• 19:00
  Speaker 20: really kind of learned from on this journey for where
• 19:02
  Speaker 20: you're at now?
• 19:05
  Speaker 13: The role of manager, I think, is actually fairly context dependent.
• 19:09
  Speaker 13: There have been, there are managers right now that are,
• 19:12
  Speaker 13: we'll say, more traditional. There are managers that are much
• 19:16
  Speaker 13: more progressive. Neither is right nor wrong.
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: It just is.
• 19:19
  Speaker 15: I have got to.
• 19:21
  Speaker 13: Work under Dusty Baker, an incredible manager. I've gotten to watch,
• 19:26
  Speaker 13: I've got to watch Craig Council manage. These are two
• 19:29
  Speaker 13: vastly different styles and different people. And that's, that's a
• 19:32
  Speaker 13: good thing. Different is not bad. Different is different. So
• 19:37
  Speaker 13: the evolution of a manager, I think really the only
• 19:41
  Speaker 13: thing that has changed is the situation around managing, which
• 19:44
  Speaker 13: is there's new information. Players are more aware of things.
• 19:49
  Speaker 13: Front offices are bigger. The fans are more aware of things.
• 19:52
  Speaker 13: So in the end, you have to lead a group
• 19:55
  Speaker 13: of people towards a common goal. And the way you
• 19:57
  Speaker 13: do that is personal to you. And you have to
• 20:00
  Speaker 13: be authentic to that as a manager.
• 20:03
  Speaker 11: Angie, Mariners broadcaster.
• 20:04
  Speaker 4: Right here.
• 20:06
  Speaker 11: That's okay.
• 20:08
  Speaker 4: Jason, I.
• 20:10
  Speaker 11: Hear you saying kind of the best coaches are the
• 20:12
  Speaker 11: best thieves that you've taken from a lot of different people.
• 20:16
  Speaker 4: How much do you know about the staff, your staff
• 20:18
  Speaker 4: that's in place?
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: And then is your phone on.
• 20:21
  Speaker 4: Fire with everybody who wants to now be a part
• 20:25
  Speaker 4: of your staff?
• 20:27
  Speaker 13: I am getting to know the staff as quickly as possible.
• 20:30
  Speaker 13: Quite a few of them were part of the interview process.
• 20:34
  Speaker 13: And we have continued these conversations rapidly as this has progressed.
• 20:39
  Speaker 13: It is extremely important that I get to know them
• 20:42
  Speaker 13: as best as possible. They're in the trenches with me
• 20:44
  Speaker 13: and the players every day. And I really look forward
• 20:48
  Speaker 13: to learning them more and also learning the staff that
• 20:51
  Speaker 13: we bring in more. Yes, my phone is on fire.
• 20:54
  Speaker 13: I turned it off so that it wouldn't actually catch fire.
• 21:00
  Speaker 11: Terran Roundtable Sports.
• 21:02
  Speaker 23: Jason, welcome to Seattle. With that team that shall not
• 21:05
  Speaker 23: be mentioned in 22, you had that experience of coaching
• 21:09
  Speaker 23: a roster that was on the balance of veterans but
• 21:12
  Speaker 23: also a lot of young players. For this team, you'll
• 21:16
  Speaker 23: be their third manager. Other players on the roster have
• 21:19
  Speaker 23: a month of MLB experience. What was your biggest takeaway
• 21:22
  Speaker 23: from that experience in 22 that can be transposed to
• 21:24
  Speaker 23: this team now?
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: Sure.
• 21:26
  Speaker 13: Even the best, most veteran players... want to be better
• 21:30
  Speaker 13: and they want to win and they want to find
• 21:32
  Speaker 13: the edge. Their status or their tenure does not matter.
• 21:38
  Speaker 13: These guys are competitors. Professional baseball players are competitors. I
• 21:41
  Speaker 13: know that this group of players are competitors. So what
• 21:45
  Speaker 13: I'm going to take from that team is what I learned,
• 21:49
  Speaker 13: which is even the best players want to be better
• 21:52
  Speaker 13: and they want to win. And when you rally behind
• 21:55
  Speaker 13: a common goal and a common vision, it doesn't matter
• 21:59
  Speaker 13: what your status is. You will just do the right
• 22:01
  Speaker 13: things and do them often.
• 22:03
  Speaker 11: Back to Shannon, then Jude.
• 22:05
  Speaker 17: How did you watch the game for the two years
• 22:07
  Speaker 17: that you were with the team that we're not naming
• 22:10
  Speaker 17: right now?
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: From the dugout.
• 22:15
  Speaker 3: It was offensive-minded.
• 22:17
  Speaker 13: I was part of the hitting operation, so it was
• 22:19
  Speaker 13: definitely more offensively-minded. I was thinking about some of the
• 22:24
  Speaker 13: in-game decisions, like pinch-hitting situations, but a lot more on
• 22:28
  Speaker 13: the operational, I need to prepare a hitter to pinch
• 22:31
  Speaker 13: hit than necessarily we are going to pinch hit this guy.
• 22:37
  Speaker 13: It's going to be different than how I watch the
• 22:39
  Speaker 13: game now, I'll tell you that. I'm going to have
• 22:42
  Speaker 13: to watch all of the game, fully, completely, no matter what.
• 22:48
  Speaker 13: But when you work on the offensive side, it doesn't
• 22:51
  Speaker 13: mean that you're devoid of the defensive side, especially the
• 22:54
  Speaker 13: pitching side, because part of being on the offensive side
• 22:58
  Speaker 13: of the ball is understanding the opposing pitchers. So, you know,
• 23:02
  Speaker 13: the things that maybe might seem foreign to me are
• 23:05
  Speaker 13: not that foreign. Um, and baseball is baseball and I've
• 23:07
  Speaker 13: been in it for a fair amount of time now.
• 23:10
  Speaker 13: I know not as long as a lot of people, but, um,
• 23:13
  Speaker 13: I'll be watching intently no matter what.
• 23:17
  Speaker 7: Justin, just how much did Jason's background in player development
• 23:21
  Speaker 7: factor into this decision and how can that help a
• 23:23
  Speaker 7: major league roster?
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: It's a big factor.
• 23:25
  Speaker 12: Um, I think, When you go through a process like this,
• 23:29
  Speaker 12: you learn a lot about other people. You also learn
• 23:30
  Speaker 12: a lot about yourself and what you believe in as
• 23:33
  Speaker 12: an organization. We need to be better about connecting what
• 23:37
  Speaker 12: we believe in organizationally to what we do in the
• 23:39
  Speaker 12: big leagues. I think that's something that was identified by Jerry, myself,
• 23:43
  Speaker 12: our baseball operations staff, and most importantly, our players. As
• 23:45
  Speaker 12: we went through the end of the season, we also
• 23:48
  Speaker 12: need to push ourselves to try new things that maybe
• 23:51
  Speaker 12: hadn't been on our radar. So finding someone with Jason's
• 23:54
  Speaker 12: skill set that can develop while we're in the big leagues,
• 23:58
  Speaker 12: that can connect an organization from top to bottom was
• 24:00
  Speaker 12: a huge part of this. He was by far the
• 24:04
  Speaker 12: most impressive candidate when we talked to people about where
• 24:08
  Speaker 12: development starts and stops and really believe that he's going
• 24:12
  Speaker 12: to help drive our staff, which will help drive our
• 24:14
  Speaker 12: players to reach the absolute apex of their potential.
• 24:19
  Speaker 18: Jason, players often just say, what's your base, Paul? But
• 24:22
  Speaker 18: The Mariners have kind of talked postseason about maybe losing
• 24:25
  Speaker 18: a little bit of their identity, whether it was on
• 24:27
  Speaker 18: the defensive end or pitching-wise. A team you manage, what
• 24:30
  Speaker 18: is it going to look like? What is the baseball
• 24:32
  Speaker 18: that you want? What is the team identity that you
• 24:34
  Speaker 18: want when a Mariners team steps on the field, whether
• 24:37
  Speaker 18: it's spring training or a game?
• 24:39
  Speaker 13: Yeah, that's a tough one. I'm not here to impose
• 24:44
  Speaker 13: an identity on this team. The identity of the team
• 24:47
  Speaker 13: will surface organically. My role in that is making sure
• 24:52
  Speaker 13: that I'm facilitating the best possible version of that identity. However,
• 24:59
  Speaker 13: the brand of baseball that I'd like to see and
• 25:02
  Speaker 13: be manifest in this identity is something akin to step
• 25:07
  Speaker 13: on their throats.
• 25:08
  Speaker 3: We want to win.
• 25:09
  Speaker 13: We want to beat the other team. But we have
• 25:11
  Speaker 13: to do it in whatever way possible, not some broad
• 25:15
  Speaker 13: sweeping methodology. We have to use the individuals and their
• 25:19
  Speaker 13: strengths to win and beat the opponent.
• 25:23
  Speaker 11: Shane Lance, Associated Press.
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: All right, we can jump out now. This is 49451,
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: your thoughts on the news conference. We'll get those in
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: a second.
• 25:34
  Speaker 4: I don't know if I even have thoughts on it.
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: I don't either.
• 25:36
  Speaker 4: I don't either. I'm not even feeling like, woo!
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: I'm just feeling like, huh? I'll wrap it up with this.
• 25:44
  Speaker 2: First of all, I do appreciate his sense of humor
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: because I'm sure it was intentionally said on Divish's question.
• 25:49
  Speaker 2: That's a tough one. I'm sure that was said.
• 25:51
  Speaker 3: No, I kid. I kid.
• 25:53
  Speaker 4: I wish it was.
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: I don't think necessarily that Mike McDonald won his news conference.
• 25:59
  Speaker 5: No.
• 26:00
  Speaker 2: I was there.
• 26:01
  Speaker 4: I mean, we already knew more about who we were getting.
• 26:04
  Speaker 2: And that's the difference. When we got Mike McDonald in Seattle,
• 26:08
  Speaker 2: I remember sitting out there at the VMAC. In fact,
• 26:10
  Speaker 2: we had him. I did the first interview with him afterwards.
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: He came in the side room. We talked to him.
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: And I was like, eh, okay. Just kind of a
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: football nerd. Kind of uncomfortable. And wasn't what he is
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: now on the podium. So I don't care about that
• 26:25
  Speaker 2: as much, but I know a lot of you guys do,
• 26:28
  Speaker 2: and I'm just looking at the text. I'm looking at
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: the chat on the YouTube feed and everything else, and
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: let's just give the guy a chance. I mean, it's
• 26:34
  Speaker 2: a very, I would say, underwhelming introduction. Underwhelming is probably
• 26:39
  Speaker 2: the easiest word I can think of. Not trying to
• 26:42
  Speaker 2: be negative. At the same time, he may end up
• 26:46
  Speaker 2: taking this team to a World Series, and we don't
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: know right now.
• 26:49
  Speaker 5: Right.
• 26:49
  Speaker 4: I mean, you're not going to gain anything From his
• 26:53
  Speaker 4: press conference.
• 26:53
  Speaker 8: Because here's the thing, too, is if he said all
• 26:55
  Speaker 8: the right answers, all those comments in the YouTube section
• 26:58
  Speaker 8: would have said, he's just saying what he knows we
• 27:01
  Speaker 8: want to hear.
• 27:01
  Speaker 5: Right.
• 27:02
  Speaker 4: There's no winning.
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: No. There's a lot there. There's a lot there, and
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: we'll dissect it later. Let's give the guy a chance,
• 27:10
  Speaker 2: see what he says, see what he does. But it's
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: somewhat underwhelming. You know, somewhat underwhelming. We'll get your thoughts next.
• 27:16
  Speaker 3: 93.3 KTRFM.
• 27:33
  Speaker 5: I'm amazed Sam Darnold didn't have a cracked skull the
• 27:37
  Speaker 5: way he was getting crushed behind that line. And now
• 27:41
  Speaker 5: we've got Drew Locke with a bomb elbow. How much
• 27:46
  Speaker 5: better news can we have this week? We get our
• 27:49
  Speaker 5: asses tatered on Monday Night Football. And now we're going
• 27:53
  Speaker 5: to go into Sunday with God knows what at quarterback.
• 27:57
  Speaker 3: For God's sakes.
• 27:58
  Speaker 2: And now we've got a.
• 27:59
  Speaker 5: High school baseball coach managing the Mariners.
• 28:04
  Speaker 24: When asked, when did you know you wanted to be
• 28:06
  Speaker 24: a manager, he said, during this process? That doesn't exactly
• 28:13
  Speaker 24: instill me with confidence. I mean, he sounds like a
• 28:16
  Speaker 24: guy in high school answering questions for his first job interview.
• 28:21
  Speaker 2: I have no idea how this guy's going to lead
• 28:24
  Speaker 2: the Mariners.
• 28:27
  Speaker 9: Hey, Jason Kanzler here. Just wrapped up my interview. Again,
• 28:32
  Speaker 9: I worked under Dusty Baker, great manager. Craig Council, great manager.
• 28:37
  Speaker 9: Even though I have zero experience and didn't even play t-ball.
• 28:41
  Speaker 9: My phone's blowing up, you know.
• 28:43
  Speaker 2: It's on fire.
• 28:43
  Speaker 9: I had to turn it off so it didn't catch fire.
• 28:46
  Speaker 9: That was a joke written by Jerry DePoto. And he
• 28:49
  Speaker 9: gave me the analytics on that joke. And analytics is
• 28:52
  Speaker 9: what we're going to strive for.
• 28:53
  Speaker 2: I'm really excited. Go M's. The text line is less
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: than positive at 49451. I could imagine. It's underwhelming. That's
• 29:10
  Speaker 2: probably the nice thing. Again, if he wins, none of
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: this will matter. None of this will matter. Initial impression.
• 29:20
  Speaker 2: The initial impression for fans is really bad.
• 29:25
  Speaker 5: But.
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: He just was boring.
• 29:31
  Speaker 8: That's all.
• 29:33
  Speaker 2: I mean, that's not a negative thing. It doesn't mean
• 29:35
  Speaker 2: he can't manage.
• 29:36
  Speaker 8: No, I will say, I mean, based off just the
• 29:38
  Speaker 8: announcement yesterday and what we heard, I was already mad
• 29:40
  Speaker 8: about that. I don't know that there's anything he could
• 29:43
  Speaker 8: have gone into this press conference saying that would have
• 29:46
  Speaker 8: made anybody happy, because even if he'd said all the
• 29:47
  Speaker 8: right answers, everyone would have just assumed he's a guy
• 29:50
  Speaker 8: with all the right answers.
• 29:51
  Speaker 2: I said this yesterday. I think Pat Murphy could resign
• 29:54
  Speaker 2: from the Brewers and he'd get hired and people would
• 29:57
  Speaker 2: rip him out.
• 29:58
  Speaker 3: That's how it is.
• 29:59
  Speaker 2: But it was underwhelming. It was boring. He doesn't It
• 30:05
  Speaker 2: just was that. It felt like Dan 3.0. Yeah, it
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: was not.
• 30:09
  Speaker 8: There was no part of it that was like, wow, yes,
• 30:11
  Speaker 8: can't wait. It was like, okay, I guess this is.
• 30:14
  Speaker 2: Where, okay, sure. But I said it before, I'll say
• 30:17
  Speaker 2: it again. Mike McDonald's first news conference, he's like, okay,
• 30:20
  Speaker 2: I'm going to walk away. Now, the difference is he
• 30:22
  Speaker 2: had a resume in the NFL. Like he was thought
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: to be the best defensive coordinator in the league and
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: was one of the top two or three guys with
• 30:29
  Speaker 2: Ben Johnson that people was trying to hire. It's still different.
• 30:32
  Speaker 2: Baseball is just different. I'll leave it at that.
• 30:35
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 30:35
  Speaker 2: But yeah, people, my, my word is underwhelming. I see
• 30:40
  Speaker 2: a lot of years on the text line and it's
• 30:41
  Speaker 2: way worse than that. But if he's, if we're talking
• 30:44
  Speaker 2: about something special next October, do you really care? The
• 30:47
  Speaker 2: answer is no.
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  Speaker 5: Nope.
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• 33:29
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  Speaker 4: That's going to be tough.
• 33:40
  Speaker 2: This is a hard thing about this game. This is
• 33:42
  Speaker 2: a game that we all root against both teams. But unfortunately,
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: you can't have ties in college football anymore. That doesn't exist.
• 33:48
  Speaker 4: I'd love it if they both lost.
• 33:49
  Speaker 2: But I'm going to go Notre Dame minus seven. Facts, 4-9-4-5-1.
• 33:52
  Speaker 2: If you want to take the U, Miami 8-0, ranked
• 33:54
  Speaker 2: number one in the college football playoff. Miami's not playing
• 33:57
  Speaker 2: for as much either. Let's just also point that out.
• 33:59
  Speaker 2: They're going to go to the college football playoff.
• 34:01
  Speaker 4: And they just came out as the number ones. I mean,
• 34:03
  Speaker 4: they're feeling good.
• 34:04
  Speaker 2: They're feeling good. Notre Dame's desperate. Miami's not. Miami's best player. Well,
• 34:09
  Speaker 2: he's still their best player. Do you know Ments has
• 34:11
  Speaker 2: got 25 touchdowns and one interception?
• 34:13
  Speaker 4: That's decent.
• 34:14
  Speaker 7: It's good.
• 34:15
  Speaker 2: It's good. but 13 of those touchdowns have gone to Mensah.
• 34:19
  Speaker 2: So do the math. If he's hurt, that's not good. 49451, fact. 49451, fact. Fact, fact, fact.
• 34:25
  Speaker 2: CJ Carr and the Irish will win that game, and
• 34:28
  Speaker 2: they'll win it by more than a touchdown. $ 1, 000 weekly price,
• 34:32
  Speaker 2: $ 10, 000 grand prize. What was the deal earlier that we
• 34:34
  Speaker 2: had to mention?
• 34:36
  Speaker 4: Oh, yes.
• 34:36
  Speaker 8: So during Greg's show, yes, he accidentally made a pick
• 34:39
  Speaker 8: that had already been done. Anyone who texted in fact
• 34:42
  Speaker 8: or fiction, regardless if it was for Greg's, First pick
• 34:45
  Speaker 8: or the pick he changed it to, you're good.
• 34:48
  Speaker 4: It counts as a point. You're fine. So don't worry
• 34:51
  Speaker 4: about it. Greg did not screw you over. You're just fine.
• 34:53
  Speaker 2: Is that the first time we've had a screw-up this year,
• 34:58
  Speaker 2: I think?
• 34:59
  Speaker 4: I believe so.
• 35:00
  Speaker 2: Usually by now we've had four or five. So I
• 35:02
  Speaker 2: think we're doing pretty well.
• 35:03
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that's decent.
• 35:04
  Speaker 2: By this time, someone's taken a Monday night game before
• 35:06
  Speaker 2: they can take it.
• 35:07
  Speaker 18: Always.
• 35:07
  Speaker 3: I almost did.
• 35:08
  Speaker 2: Someone has taken.
• 35:11
  Speaker 2: Two or three games that have already been picked. So
• 35:12
  Speaker 2: this is the first time that's happened. I think we're
• 35:14
  Speaker 2: in pretty damn good shape. We should pat ourselves on
• 35:15
  Speaker 2: the back. We should really pat ourselves on the back.
• 35:17
  Speaker 2: And it's new guy, sort of new guy, new guy,
• 35:19
  Speaker 2: old guy, old guy, new guy, whatever. Greg, he's, you know,
• 35:22
  Speaker 2: I get it.
• 35:23
  Speaker 12: Yeah, and you know what?
• 35:24
  Speaker 8: He also had a lot going on today during the show.
• 35:26
  Speaker 8: I mean, in the middle of a show, finds out
• 35:28
  Speaker 8: that Sam Darnold is not playing and has to.
• 35:30
  Speaker 4: Write an article for the website for K93. 3KJR. com. Yeah, he's busy.
• 35:35
  Speaker 2: Busy man.
• 35:35
  Speaker 4: Which that article is up, by the way, if you
• 35:37
  Speaker 4: want to check it out.
• 35:38
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I would agree.
• 35:39
  Speaker 2: All right, there you go. That's our factor fiction pick.
• 35:41
  Speaker 2: That's our guy.
• 35:43
  Speaker 4: That's our guy.
• 35:44
  Speaker 2: That's our guy. That's our guy.
• 35:47
  Speaker 8: The good news is we don't have to hear from
• 35:49
  Speaker 8: him again for a while.
• 35:53
  Speaker 2: He seemed very likable.
• 35:55
  Speaker 4: Yeah, he seems like a guy you'd sit down.
• 35:57
  Speaker 2: And have a beer with. He's just very melt. I
• 35:59
  Speaker 2: don't know if I'd have a beer with him.
• 36:00
  Speaker 4: Maybe not.
• 36:01
  Speaker 2: I think he might be more. I don't even know
• 36:03
  Speaker 2: if he's a Tito's guy with you.
• 36:04
  Speaker 3: Oh, gosh.
• 36:05
  Speaker 2: I think he feels that might be. He might be
• 36:07
  Speaker 2: Chardonnay guy.
• 36:08
  Speaker 8: I mean, if you can drink Pinot Grigio, no one
• 36:11
  Speaker 8: should drink Chardonnay, but I'll go Pinot Grigio.
• 36:13
  Speaker 2: With him all day. If you tell me, hey, I'm
• 36:15
  Speaker 2: going to have a hearty, not just a red wine,
• 36:17
  Speaker 2: I'm going to go a hearty Zin.
• 36:18
  Speaker 7: Oh, yeah.
• 36:19
  Speaker 2: Like a real Zin, not a white Zin, but a
• 36:20
  Speaker 2: real Zin.
• 36:21
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm in.
• 36:21
  Speaker 2: Then we're in. Yeah, I'm in.
• 36:23
  Speaker 4: Any kind of wine, let's do it.
• 36:24
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 36:25
  Speaker 2: If I find out he doesn't do that, even, I'm
• 36:27
  Speaker 2: going to be in a massive problem at that point.
• 36:29
  Speaker 8: You know where we'll find out? At that meet the
• 36:33
  Speaker 8: press thing that they do?
• 36:35
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 36:35
  Speaker 4: A little happy hour mingle.
• 36:36
  Speaker 2: What if we're still going to have that if there's
• 36:37
  Speaker 2: a lockout?
• 36:39
  Speaker 4: Well, they'll have it whenever the season starts, I hope.
• 36:40
  Speaker 4: We need to know, Mariners. You have to have it
• 36:42
  Speaker 4: because we've got to know what kind of beverages he drinks.
• 36:44
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a good call.
• 36:45
  Speaker 6: All right.
• 36:46
  Speaker 2: We'll take a break. Softy joins us. He's at Jimmy's
• 36:48
  Speaker 2: on first. I think they're hoping to get him over
• 36:49
  Speaker 2: there at some point today. That's coming up next.
• 37:03
  Speaker 18: It's spring training or a game.
• 37:04
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a tough one.
• 37:10
  Speaker 3: Come on. Come on. He didn't say, come on, you're
• 37:14
  Speaker 3: playing with me.
• 37:15
  Speaker 2: Ashley played again.
• 37:16
  Speaker 3: That's AI. Played again. What is the.
• 37:18
  Speaker 18: Team identity that you want when a Mariners team steps
• 37:20
  Speaker 18: on the field, whether it's spring training or a game?
• 37:23
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a tough one.
• 37:26
  Speaker 6: Oh, come on, he didn't say that. What is going
• 37:30
  Speaker 6: on here? I mean, if there's one thing you don't say... Oh, God. Jason,
• 37:38
  Speaker 6: just do me a favor. Whatever you say at the
• 37:40
  Speaker 6: press conference, don't say tough one tonight. Don't say that's
• 37:44
  Speaker 6: a tough one. Don't even use the words tough and
• 37:47
  Speaker 6: one in the same sentence, and we'll be fine.
• 37:49
  Speaker 3: We'll be fine. There's no way that happened. Oh, my God. Unbelievable, dude.
• 37:58
  Speaker 19: You know what?
• 37:59
  Speaker 2: That was the highlight. That was the highlight.
• 38:01
  Speaker 3: No, stop it. Be honest with me. You're playing with me.
• 38:04
  Speaker 3: You're playing with me.
• 38:05
  Speaker 2: Do you think that I'm smart enough to do AI?
• 38:07
  Speaker 3: No, but Ashley is.
• 38:08
  Speaker 2: That's a good point.
• 38:09
  Speaker 4: I am smart enough to do AI, but I promise
• 38:11
  Speaker 4: you that happened.
• 38:12
  Speaker 2: One more time. One more time for Softie. One more time.
• 38:15
  Speaker 3: One more time. Come on.
• 38:16
  Speaker 4: Oh, you want it.
• 38:17
  Speaker 3: Hold on.
• 38:17
  Speaker 4: But now I just clicked the wrong thing.
• 38:18
  Speaker 3: Just a second.
• 38:19
  Speaker 4: Just a second.
• 38:19
  Speaker 3: Here we go. Here we go. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 38:21
  Speaker 4: You need it one more time.
• 38:22
  Speaker 18: What is the team identity that you want when a
• 38:24
  Speaker 18: Mariners team steps on the field, whether it's spring training
• 38:27
  Speaker 18: or a game?
• 38:28
  Speaker 13: Yeah, that's a tough one.
• 38:31
  Speaker 3: Unbelievable. That is just unbelievable.
• 38:35
  Speaker 2: None of it matters if he takes him to the
• 38:36
  Speaker 2: damn World Series.
• 38:37
  Speaker 3: Of course.
• 38:37
  Speaker 6: Of course it doesn't matter. Of course it doesn't matter.
• 38:41
  Speaker 6: By the way, you know what I would have done
• 38:42
  Speaker 6: if I were the Mariners? I would have had his
• 38:44
  Speaker 6: opening press conference the morning of the first game of
• 38:46
  Speaker 6: the year. Because now we're going to be sitting around
• 38:49
  Speaker 6: for five months.
• 38:50
  Speaker 3: I know. If there's a lockout, whatever, maybe even longer. Yeah.
• 38:53
  Speaker 6: And that's all we're going to know is the press
• 38:55
  Speaker 6: conference and what he said. And we're going to, you know,
• 38:57
  Speaker 6: paralysis by analysis and beat him up for all that.
• 39:00
  Speaker 6: I need to say the guy's hired.
• 39:02
  Speaker 3: Here's a quote. We'll talk to him in Peoria in March.
• 39:04
  Speaker 2: See you later.
• 39:05
  Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly. Forget it. It's over.
• 39:07
  Speaker 14: All right.
• 39:08
  Speaker 2: We'll find out. Are you talking to him today?
• 39:10
  Speaker 3: I have no idea. I'm not sure.
• 39:12
  Speaker 6: Mike Benton's over there right now, probably just, you know,
• 39:16
  Speaker 6: following him to his car, right?
• 39:18
  Speaker 2: Jason, do you know the Kraken played to Calgary Flames tonight?
• 39:21
  Speaker 2: That's a 7 o'clock face-off, not 640.
• 39:24
  Speaker 3: Do you know who I am? I'm Mike Benton. We'd
• 39:26
  Speaker 3: love to have you on KJ.
• 39:29
  Speaker 2: Mike Benton got a good question in. I'll say that.
• 39:31
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know what it is.
• 39:32
  Speaker 2: I can't remember what it is, but it was good.
• 39:33
  Speaker 2: I just remember thinking, hey, that was a good question, Mike.
• 39:35
  Speaker 2: All right, we don't want to bury the weave. We've
• 39:37
  Speaker 2: got to get out of here in a second. Sam Darnold, hello?
• 39:39
  Speaker 4: Hello?
• 39:40
  Speaker 3: Yeah, how about that?
• 39:41
  Speaker 2: And Drew Locke's got a bad elbow. holy cow man you.
• 39:44
  Speaker 6: Know what i gotta be honest with you man there
• 39:46
  Speaker 6: is a sick twisted perverse part of me that wants
• 39:49
  Speaker 6: to see jaylen.
• 39:50
  Speaker 2: Oh my god you are sick you are on.
• 39:52
  Speaker 6: Sunday let's go bring them on man come on let's
• 39:54
  Speaker 6: find out why they took him in the third round
• 39:56
  Speaker 6: uh let's find out yeah russell wilson was the third
• 39:58
  Speaker 6: round draft pick why.
• 39:59
  Speaker 2: Not let's go cody white just got cut you want
• 40:01
  Speaker 2: to bring him back here as a receiver why not
• 40:03
  Speaker 2: i would bring him back why not this second.
• 40:06
  Speaker 3: All right yeah he's not a number two you know
• 40:08
  Speaker 3: why he got cut He might be like a number
• 40:10
  Speaker 3: 22 guy.
• 40:11
  Speaker 2: He had like two egregious drops in the last game.
• 40:14
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 40:15
  Speaker 2: What do you got going on today? What's going on?
• 40:16
  Speaker 2: What's going on?
• 40:17
  Speaker 3: Mike Florio. I still think you're messing with me. I'm not.
• 40:20
  Speaker 3: I am not. I am not.
• 40:21
  Speaker 6: Mike Florio will join us at 310. We'll get Mike's
• 40:24
  Speaker 6: thoughts on Sam Darnold and Drew Locke and all that
• 40:26
  Speaker 6: moving forward.
• 40:27
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 40:28
  Speaker 3: Petros at four.
• 40:29
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 40:30
  Speaker 6: Mario and Greg both said yesterday that Elijah Brown should
• 40:33
  Speaker 6: be starting against Penn State, so we'll see if Petros
• 40:35
  Speaker 6: agrees on that. Kevin Harlan was at the game on
• 40:38
  Speaker 6: Monday here in Seattle. He'll join us at 5, and
• 40:42
  Speaker 6: then our friend David Sampson is going to be back
• 40:44
  Speaker 6: with us today giving us his thoughts on the new hire. Cans,
• 40:47
  Speaker 6: the era of Cans has begun in Seattle. That's at
• 40:51
  Speaker 6: 6 before the Kraken Flames at 6.30. It's a good show.
• 40:55
  Speaker 18: What is the team identity when a Mariners team steps
• 40:58
  Speaker 18: on the field? Whether it's spring training or a game.
• 41:01
  Speaker 13: Yeah, that's a tough one.
• 41:04
  Speaker 3: I don't buy it. I'm not buying it. I don't care.
• 41:06
  Speaker 6: For the mild-mannered and marginally objectionable Ian Furness, this is
• 41:11
  Speaker 6: Paddle Day saying so long, everyone.