Episode 348 - The Perfect Pair: A Pennant Race & Pigskin Return

Mitch Unfiltered

Mitch Levy

Olympics, Mitch, Popculture, Hockey, Washington, Baseball, Jasonhamilton, Football, Washingtonstate, Seahawks, Basketball, Golf, Cougars, Mitchlevy, Huskies, Jason, Sports, Mariners, Seattle, Humor

5 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 145 minutes

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Summary

RUNDOWN

Nugget ice machines, clinking noises, and bizarre celebrity rumors (yes, even LeAnn Rimes’ teeth). The warm-up turns nostalgic as the show celebrates musical birthdays for Billy Ray Cyrus, Gene Simmons, and Elvis Costello. And what about the chaos of late August sports: college football’s return, the NFL looming, and the Mariners somehow both collapsing and contending at the same time? Hotshot recounts the fantasy football fiasco that ended his playing days back in 2007, while Mitch embraces his role as a “passionate pessimist” when it comes to Seattle baseball. And through it all, one bright spot remains—Brian Woo quietly posting Cy Young–level consistency, even if the voters never notice.

Mitch interviews Nancy King, who was just 16 when a family trip to Seattle in August 1964 turned into the story of a lifetime. From checking into the Beatles’ hotel, to a chance encounter with a Liverpool journalist, to being ushered into a private room where she spent 30 unforgettable minutes with John, Paul, George, and Ringo — Nancy recounts how one magical evening reshaped her life and inspired decades of storytelling.

CBS analyst and Rose Bowl–winning coach Rick Neuheisel joins Mitch to open another season of weekly college football chats, breaking down the new 12-team playoff format, the looming SEC and Big Ten power plays, and the frenzy around Arch Manning’s Texas debut in Columbus. He weighs in on Washington’s year-two outlook under Jedd Fisch, Heisman dark horses, and makes his first official “Rick’s Pick” of 2025 — with Oregon and LSU circled for January glory.

Mitch welcomes back Joe Doyle and Brady Farkas for episode 348 of this Mariners No-Table segment, where the trio dissects Seattle’s uneven road trip, a roster struggling against lefties, and what Cal Raleigh’s historic home run pace means for the franchise. With Padres, Guardians, and Rays looming, the group debates roster moves, Harry Ford’s September call-up chances, and whether the Mariners are missing their moment to bury Houston.

GUESTS

Nancy King | Eyewitness to the Beatles’ 1964 Seattle stay and lifelong storyteller of that night at the Edgewater Hotel
Rick Neuheisel | CBS College Football Analyst, Former Head Coach & Rose Bowl Champion
Brady Farkas | Host, Refuse to Lose Podcast (Mariners on SI)
Joe Doyle | MLB Draft & Mariners Analyst, Over Slot Substack

TABLE OF CONTENTS

0:00 | From Nugget Ice to Beatles Nights

21:56 | Passionate Pessimists, Fantasy-Free Since ’07, and Mariners in the Madness

35:30 | GUEST: Nancy King; From North Dakota to the Edgewater: A Teenager’s Night With the Beatles

1:05:25 | GUEST: Rick Neuheisel; Kicks Off College Football: Playoff Paths, Arch Madness, and Husky Hopes

1:34:28 | GUEST: Mariners No-Table; Mariners No-Table: Clunky Rosters, Cal Raleigh’s Power Surge, and a Crucial Week Ahead

2:02:21 | Other Stuff Segment: Chinese Taipei wins Little League World Series, Issaquah loses to eventual softball champion Texas, Seahawks preseason struggles & roster cuts (Marquez Valdes-Scantling uncertainty), Lee Corso’s final College GameDay broadcast, John Wall retires from NBA, Bengals Ring of Honor controversy (Boomer Esiason email & Corey Dillon snub), Roger Federer declared billionaire via On Running stake, Nolan Bushnell turns down 1/3 of Apple for $50K, Sean Kemp sentenced to 30 days home detention, Michael Jordan & Kobe Bryant card sells for $12.93M, Ro Crowder rearrested for sniffing strangers, Bellevue Pickleball Club opening. RIPs: Jerry Adler (actor, Sopranos/Good Wife/Rescue Me), Judge Frank Caprio (“Caught in Providence” TV judge). Headlines: IHOP waitress charged with groping a customer, Wisconsin State Fair worker glues coworker’s Coke, Thailand hospital records used as food wrapping, Britney Spears nude photoshoot, Fake Justin Bieber scams Vegas nightclub.

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0:00.0	Episode 348 of Mitch Unfiltered. Did you send me a picture earlier today, Outshot Scott? I did. And what did you think of her? Pretty good looking lady right there. Oh, I don't know about a lady. Now, why did you feel the need? I was a little confused as to whether you know my history with that subject. Is that why you sent me the picture? Well, yeah, it's a few reasons,
0:21.8	actually. I do know the history with that. We've talked about it. A million times that you can't do better. I can't remember who I've talked to about this, but go ahead. Go ahead. I can't remember. I'm getting old. Not only do I, I probably heard it like 10 times. But yes, I know your relationship with that specific thing.
0:18.0	Not to mention
0:18.8	you love when I make
0:20.0	the clinking noise
0:20.9	during the show.
0:21.8	Oh, I know your relationship with that specific thing. Not to mention
0:38.2	you love when I make the clinking noise during the show. Oh, I hate the clinking noise. So I wanted
0:43.1	to show you that I think this might alleviate that problem. I think quite as bad. I think people
0:47.9	think you have dentures when they hear that clinking sound. I don't. Do you have false teeth? Do your teeth
0:53.4	fall out? Like Leanne rhymes. She has false teeth? Yeah, she has false teeth. Oh. Her teeth fell out at a concert in Washington State. Come on. I'm serious. A punchline coming. How do I know this and you don't? You're the music expert on this show. How do you not know that Leanne Rimes' teeth fell out in a concert in Washington?
1:11.9	Well, she is a country singer, so maybe that explains it a little bit. I don't know. I don't know. I never heard that. That's amazing. I know Michael Jackson's nose allegedly flew off one to the concert. Is that true? Did somebody catch it? I heard, of course. But then there's a lot of urban legends back when we were kids. So tell everybody what kind of investment the soden's made in
1:28.0	and why it took so effing long for you to do this after listening to me all these years.
1:33.3	Well, we are the proud new owners of an ice maker that makes the little pellet cubes,
1:38.2	like it Taco Time, for instance.
1:41.4	Can't beat it.
1:42.6	Cannot beat it.
1:43.4	The little things in life, it makes you wonder why every restaurant in America.
1:49.6	I know.
1:50.2	Does it invest in a little, whatever they call that nugget ice maker?
1:55.1	How could anybody serve regular cubed ice anymore?
1:59.6	I know.
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