Locked On Mariners - Daily Podcast On the Seattle Mariners - Dodgers Attempt to Ruin D.C.'s 100th Episode

Episode Date: August 21, 2020

In D.C. Lundberg's 100th episode of this program, first half is much the same as it ever was -- covering a Mariners loss. Kershaw was Kershaw, M's pitching staff coughed up yet another big inning, and Kyle Seager does something good. After that, some of the other hosts on the Locked On Network chime in to congratulate D.C. on his 100th episode. Finally, D.C. pays tribute to his late friend who got him into baseball podcasting, Jim Williams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Welcome to this special edition of Locked-on Mariners, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day. And now, for the 100th time, here's your host, D.C. Lundberg. Wow, 100 episodes since I've taken over this program. It does not seem real, ladies and gentlemen. But welcome to this 100th edition of my tenure here on Locked-on Mariners, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, of course, or T-L-O-Podcast. P-N or Tlopin. Didn't think I'd let number 100 go by without saying that, did you? In any case, please remember to download, rate, and subscribe to this program on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, or whichever podcasting app that you personally care to use.

Ask your smart device to play Locked on Mariner's podcast or any of the other programs here on Tloppin. Follow this program on Twitter at L-O-U-U-U-S-Score Mariners, and follow me on Twitter as well at D-C-U-C-U-N-R-G, L-U-N-D-B-E-R-G, if you are indeed scoring at home. Well, I was really hoping that the Mariners would come up with a victory Thursday night so I could talk about a Mariners win. On this 100th episode, it was not to be, however, and I kind of figured that would be the case,

because opposing the Mariners is the almost incomparable Clayton Kirshaw. And he had, yes, a Clayton Kirshaw type game, ladies and gentlemen. Seven innings pitched for the Future Hall of Famer, four hits only, one run it was earned, one walk, 11 strikeouts, and one home run. That one run he gave up was a solo home run to Kyle Seeger. Yes, Seeger doing his thing. once again, Kyle Seeger did go one for four with that home run. Incidentally, Corey Seeger did not play in this game.

Chris Taylor was the starting shortstop for the Dodgers. Very different starting lineup for the Mariners as well, ladies and gentlemen. Kyle Lewis, D.H got, you know, kind of a half day off, as it were, Braden Bishop started in center field, Tim Lopes in right field, and telegram Sam Haggerty in left field. I don't know why I said that. I guess that's what I get for listening to T. Rex on the way home. Haggerty did go one for four, Lewis one for three, with a walk.

Seeger, we mentioned one of four. Austinola also went one for four. And Mariners only drew one walk. He was Kyle Lewis's. Mariners struck out 14 times. The only two players in the starting lineup not to strike out were Nola and Lewis. Everybody else struck out at least once. And two players, ladies and gentlemen, earned the dubious hat trick

Braden Bishop and Telegram Sam Haggertie. Well, I guess I've accidentally given him a new nickname, haven't I? On the flip side of Kershaw was Yusei Kikaichi, who again was not very impressive, although he did have one, two, three innings in the first and second with three total strikeouts, and then the third is kind of where he blew up once again. Kike Hernandez singles, Austin Barnes Walks, and Matt Beattie, the ninth place hitting designated hitter, scores a ground rule double, which, uh, scored Hernandez to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead.

During the following at bat, there's a passed ball by Joe Odom, who was the starting catcher. Austin Barnes scores on that. Two-0-0-Dodgers. Mookiee Betts winds up striking out. Then a single from Pollock scores Beattie for a 3-0 lead, then following a ground-out. Last year is MVP, Cody Bellinger singles to score A.J. Pollock for a 4-0 lead.

Ems don't answer back until the bottom of the fourth on that Kyle Seeger. home run. Dodgers would tack on two more, one in the fifth, on a bases loaded walk. Kikichi walked the bases loaded. He walks Mookie Betts with one out. Then following another out, Justin Turner walks on four straight pitches, then Cody Bellinger walks on four straight pitches. That loads the bases, and Scott Service decides to bring in Tyler Gilbo in Kikichi's stead because he just threw eight pitches consecutively out of the strike zone. First thing Gilbo does, does is throw a wild pitch to score another run. Brilliant. And then he proceeds to walk Chris Taylor on four pitches, loading the bases once again. Fortunately, they were done scoring as he got Max

Muncie to fly out to center field to end the inning. That could have been a lot worse. I know that bases loaded and wild pitches and whatnot, they only scored one run that inning. It seemed like more because it was a five-run lead at that point. Dodgers would tack on one more in the eighth inning. on a Cody Bellinger home run, his second home run against the Mariners this season, and his sixth overall for the year. He started off slowly. He's starting to pick it up, and it's partially thanks to Meriner's pitching, unfortunately. Final line for Kikichi, four, two-thirds innings pitched, four hits, five runs all earned, four walks. That's the problem. It's so frustrating, gang.

Five strikeouts as well. and then Tyler Gilbo, that third of an inning pitched, one walk, and nothing else given up. Then making his Major League debut, L.J. Newsom, who throws three innings, three hits, one run. It was earned. It was the Bellinger home run, one strikeout, and no walks. On the radio side, they called him a master of control, and he's been a starter in the minor leagues. He's relieving this year, but maybe he's a future rotation piece. He certainly looked good today. save for that home run to Bellinger, and Bellinger was the MVP last year. He's going to get just about every pitcher sooner or later, but Newsom is 23. He's right-handed.

He's been a starter in the minor leagues, like I mentioned. If some of the other starting prospects don't pan out, maybe he could be stretched out into a major league starter. Who knows? Johann Ramirez pitched the final inning with one strikeout. Mariners again lose 6 to 1, and while Kershaw was certainly a call. Kershaw and the Mariners' offense did almost nothing. I hate to sound like a broken record.

A broken record. A broken record. A broken record. A broken record. That's better. Sorry about the ladies and gentlemen. But in any case, it's the big inning popping up once again that really did the Mariners in.

And again, it didn't help that they're facing a future Hall of Fame pitcher who pitched like his vintage self last night. Second half of the program is going to be a little self-indulgent, ladies and gentlemen, as it is my 100th episode here on Locked-on Mariners, which I've said a thousand times already. Some of the other locked-on hosts were kind enough to record some words of congratulations, which we will present to you in the second half, along with a tribute to the man who really got me started in baseball podcasting.

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to Toronto Blue Jays. It was a 4-2 win. And as a matter of fact, the Mariners scored two runs in the top of the ninth inning to win the game. And that was a two-run home run by Leon Roberts

with Tom Pishorik aboard. If you've got a question for me or a comment on the show, just send an email. It's so easy. Locked-on Mariners at gmail.com is the address and I will consider using it for the Friday mailbag segment.

We are doing a mailbag segment next week, ladies and gentlemen. And remember, it does not have to be baseball question. And you can tell me that this show sucks. I'll probably read those comments on the air also. In any case, Lockdown Mariners at gmail.com once again is that address. More of this special edition of Locked on Mariner's coming up right after the following. Now time for the second half of Locked on Mariner's. Once again, your host, D.C. Lundberg. Thank you once again, Joey. That is Joey Martin, our announcer here on Locked on Mariner's. Let's get right back into the program on this

100th edition of Locked-on Manors. It's actually not the 100th episode of this program overall. It's the 100th episode of this program since I took over in late January. Andy Patton did the first 34 episodes of this program at the entail end of last season. Thank you again to Andy for covering the Mariners last season. Like I said, on my first episode, it's a tough job, but somebody had to do it. And I feel your pain. In any case, some of the other hosts here on the Lockdown Podcast Network,

We're kind enough to send in some messages of congratulations for my 100th episode, and we will present those to you right at this exact moment. Leading off the batch is my very good friend and host of Locked-on Anaheim Ducks, Jason Hernandez. Congrats, DC on your 100th show of Locked-on Mariners on the Locked-on podcast network or TLOPAN or Tulopin, as you always say. Yeah, I stole that directly from you. And I got to say, making 100 episodes is quite an accomplishment, but you don't see an even bigger accomplishment. Forcing grasshoppers on you. That's right.

For those of you that don't know, D.C. Lundberg and I had a little sideback going on. I forget what the bet was. But this resulted in him eating some grasshoppers. And I got to say, D.C. Lundberg, if you can eat the grasshoppers as well as you can host, well, I don't know exactly what that says. But either way, congratulations on 100. fantastic episodes of Locked on Mariners. And you know what? If you make it to 200,

I say you should have some more grasshoppers live on the air. What do you say? This is Locked-on Mariners contributor, John Miller, and I would like to thank Locked-on host Taylor Blake Ward, Jason J.D. Hernandez, Aram Leighton, and all of the other guests,

and the great state of Idaho for helping Michael Sweet impersonator, Ben Gamble hair enthusiast, and Jeopardy Attic, D.C. Lundberg, get to 100 episodes, is the host of Lockdown Mariners. He could not have done it without you. To celebrate this momentous occasion,

D.C. is going to record the next episode of Lockdown Mariners while descending into the depths of the Pacific Ocean in a shark cage. If he doesn't survive, it has been nice knowing you, D.C., and thanks for the memories that we would rather forget. Hello, D.C. This is A.J. Andrews from Lockdown Blue Jays, wishing you a happy 100th episode

of Locked-on Mariners. Of course, you know, Locked-on Bleachers did that a while ago. Now we're approaching 400 episodes. But I guess that's apt since, you know, there's always like four times as many Blue Jays fans as Mariners fans whenever Toronto comes to Seattle for a series. So at least we're keeping things consistent. Anyway, good luck on trying to make it to 200. I'm sure you'll give it a game effort. And just so you know, I'm ready. I'm waiting. You want to have me on to destroy some more fools at Diamond Quiz. You know where to find me. Hey, DC, this is Sully calling from Lockdown MLB. Congratulations on 800 episodes of Lockdown Mariners. Hey, as you know, I've decided to try to adopt the Mariners as a team, as I've gotten sick of the Red Sox, and I'm trying to become a mariner fan.

And there's a couple of things I feel like I didn't read the fine print. Nobody told me they were terrible. And let me tell you something. Your abilities as a podcaster are really something I truly admire that you could do a daily podcast where every single day, say it's, well, the Mariners lost, and here's how. Boy, you are pushing that boulder up a hill, and maybe, just maybe, the mariners will win a pennant. Either that, or will experience a heat death of the universe, whichever comes first.

Congratulations, it's your pal Sully. Hey, this is Jason Burke from Lockdown A's, and I just want to congratulate Danny Chunks Lundberg on his Locked-on Seafaring Expeditions podcast. He covers everybody really well. I really enjoy how he talks about Old Reliable in Kyle Schooner, Evan Great White, J.P. Crawfish. He talks about the Guppies in Julio Codriguez and Jared Killinick. That one is just spelled like the fish, the killafish.

So it's different if you look at it, the spelling. So that's where that joke came in. But you know what? You've hosted Locked on Seafaring Expeditions, and really none of us thought that you would make it this far because we've heard the show. But hey, you've made it this far, so maybe you'll, be there long enough to watch those guppies, chase some ships. Congratulations again on whatever the hell this is.

And keep it going, I guess, or, you know, change it completely. Whatever. God, that guy sucks. This is Stacey Gotsulius, the host of Lockdown Yankees, and I'd like to congratulate D.C. on his 100th episode of Lockdown Mariners. It must feel strange to have something positive associated with the Mariners for the first time since, oh, I don't know, you had Buehner, Griffey Jr., Arod, Rod, and Edgar Martinez in your lineup. In all seriousness, 100 is an amazing milestone, and here's to the next 100.

Yeah, thank you to Jason Hernandez, John Miller, AJ Andrews, Paul, Sully Sullivan, Jason Burke, and Stacey Gatsulius for taking the time to do that. I really appreciate it. Oh, man. That was hilarious. Thank you very much again for taking the time to do that. I have some wonderful colleagues here at the Lockdown Podcast Network. Thank you to each and every one of you. I'm going to shift gears here, ladies and gentlemen.

Ordinarily, I'm a pretty silly person. I want to put out an entertaining as well as informative podcast. I like to be irreverent and lighthearted. But right now I want to get into something, I don't want to say serious, but I want to pay tribute to the man who kind of got me into baseball podcasting. And I'm completely shooting from the hip right now, ladies and gentlemen. I have no script.

I'm just going off the cuff. As I record this on August 20th, it would have been his birthday. It would have been his 36th birthday. We lost him in February of 2017 to pancreatitis. Jim Williams, who was the host of a program whose title I'm unfortunately not allowed to say because it's on another network. And it's competition. Eight years ago, at the beginning of the 2012 season, he started this baseball show. And I joined on pretty quickly, I believe, on the third episode, and I stayed up until he passed,

and the show was turned over to myself and Jason Hernandez, frequent guest on this program, who we heard from a little earlier. Jim was the consummate pro. He was baseball through and through. He was sports through and through. He loved the game. He loved his Philadelphia Phillies. But more importantly, he was a good person.

He was a very kind soul. He was a very easygoing and good-natured person, and he had a hell of a sense of humor, ladies and gentlemen. He played it straight on the air a lot more than I did, but he was funny. He was funny. And we had some good back and forth on the air. And above and beyond all of that,

he looked after his brother, who was afflicted with pretty severe autism. In that regard, he was a very good family man. He was there for his brother. and man, I'm not exactly sure what else to say, ladies and gentlemen, but I miss him. I miss him big time. And I don't exactly know what to say, but I did know that on his birthday, I wanted to pay tribute to him, especially on this 100th episode, which coincided with his birthday.

It was a really nice coincidence in that regard. Jim, I know you're smiling down on us from heaven, but I really wish you were still down here on earth to talk baseball. and I don't know what else to say, but I miss you, buddy. I miss you, and happy birthday up there. No easy transition out of that, ladies and gentlemen, and that's about it for this 100th episode. We will be back on Monday for more silliness

and some more game recaps, as it were, and I will be joined by guest panelists, Ruben Kincaid, Kermit the Frog, and a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible. That will be exciting. So download rate and subscribe to this program, so you'd never miss an episode. Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, any podcasting app that pops into your brainhead, look for us there. Also look for us on Twitter and follow us at L.O. underscore Mariners and follow me on Twitter as well, ladies and gentlemen,

thank you very much for listening today, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for listening to the previous 99 episodes as well. Again, we'll be back on Monday in the interim. Have a great weekend. This is Joey Martin saying join us back here next time for another edition of Locked-on Mariners, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network.