Furness Show 8-30: Heidi Watney, Danny O’Neil, Rob Rang

Kicking off the long holiday weekend. Huskies and Cougs start their 2024 campaign tomorrow, but you will only be able to watch one of them.

Heidi Watney, Apple TV joins the show to discuss the Mariners’ home stretch of the season before they play on Apple TV tonight. Where does she see the Mariners ending up at the end of the year? T-Mobile Park may be deterring hitters from joining the club. Ty France joined Heidi following the trade with only good things to say about the city but maybe a bit too much information from the analytics group. Where do the players ultimately stand on the analytics side of baseball? Globalization of baseball. 

The Mariners have a soft schedule coming up but are still in a bad spot with Houston 4 games up and multiple teams to jump in the Wild Card race. 

Danny O’Neil, The Dang Apostrophe!, joins the show to discuss the Mariners. The team is 4-2 under Dan Wilson, and runs per game have increased. Many of which came in a single game but take what we can get. How are the Mariners under .500 this season with Logan Gilbert on the mound? We touch on the systemic issues that seem to be within the Mariners’ organization and fans looking to move on from not only Jerry Dipoto and ownership. Danny says ownership is the teams biggest downfall and has kept them from success on the field. Does it mean something that Scott Servais did not mention Dipoto in his good bye statement? 

The city continues to sour on the Mariners “leadership”. However, one thing we know if that winning can cure all. 

Daily Power Play,  Awful news out of the NHL as Johnny Gaudreau and his brother passed away last night after being struck by a drunk driver. John Forslund spoke with Mike Benton about the tragedy and his memories of Gaudreau. 

ROB RANG, FOX SPORTS.COM AND SCOUT FOR THE BC LIONS, joins for the first time this season to talk the upcoming CFB season, and the massive kickoff weekend coming up. He touches on Seahawks’ draft picks to this point and last night’s games including Colorado’s victory over North Dakota State which featured Travis Hunter showing he may be the best player in the country albeit in a tight victory. Where does Shadeur Sanders rank amongst QBs going into the draft after this season?