Episode 386 - Kill the 6-Man Rotation, Please!
Mitch Unfiltered
Mitch Levy
4.9 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2026
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
RUNDOWN
Mitch and Danny bounce from the changing economics of podcasting to baseball's disappearing workhorse pitchers before revisiting area codes and birthday trivia. Along the way, they debate Hall of Fame cases for Wade Boggs, Mike Holmgren, Vince Carter, and Tim Lincecum—while wondering whether "The Freak" could become Cooperstown's greatest omission.
Broadcasting from the middle of Knicks mania, Danny gives Mitch a firsthand look at what a title run means in New York. The pair explore why America briefly embraced the Knicks, compare New York fandom to European soccer culture, and debate whether Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs let a championship slip away.
The Mariners return home from a disappointing road trip with injuries mounting and the AL West tightening. Mitch, Brady, and Joe sort through Seattle's recent slide, debate lineup and roster decisions involving Cal Raleigh, J.P. Crawford, and Cole Young, and examine bullpen concerns, Matt Brash's durability, and the future of the six-man rotation.
Fresh off a 16-day European adventure, Mitch and Puck reflect on the joys and exhaustion of traveling with adult children, from Berlin and Tuscany to Rome and London's Churchill War Rooms. The conversation eventually returns to Seattle, where Andrés Muñoz's struggles and the search for bullpen help dominate the discussion.
GUESTS
- Brady Farkas | Host, Refuse to Lose podcast
- Joe Doyle | MLB analyst, Over-Slot
- Jason Puckett | KJ-Aren't / Puck Drop
TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 | Mitch and Danny mix baseball nostalgia, Pacific Northwest trivia, and Hall of Fame debates while exploring how sports—and the media covering them—have fundamentally changed.
18:52 | Mitch and Danny unpack the Knicks' long-awaited title, New York's outsized sports ego, and why the rest of America briefly found itself rooting for the Big Apple.
34:39 | Mariners No-Table: The Mariners limp home from a frustrating 4–6 road trip battered by injuries and bullpen concerns, as Mitch, Brady, and Joe debate roster decisions.
1:00:02 | Jason Puckett: Mitch and Puck bounce from European travel adventures and family vacation realities to the Mariners' bullpen concerns.
1:18:46 | DAR (Dang Apostrophe Rulings): DAR (Dang Apostrophe Rulings) Is it time to stop worrying about Luis Castillo's feelings and move him to the bullpen? How big a deal is Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby's gambling case, and what does it mean for the NCAA's ability to enforce rules? What makes Pat McAfee worth a reported $60+ million per year to ESPN? Does Kenneth Walker skipping the Seahawks' Super Bowl ring ceremony matter to his legacy in Seattle? If you could choose one, would you take Jacob Misiorowski or Paul Skenes given their talent, contracts, and years of team control? How do you compare Phil Mickelson's fall from grace to Tiger Woods' damaged reputation? Should Mitch Levy be embarrassed that he has absolutely no idea who Mariska Hargitay is?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Episode 386, ladies and gentlemen, hot shots, Scott chasing around his daughter's softball team still. |
| 0:09.0 | So again, we allow the dang apostrophes Daniel Timothy O'Neill to make a spot start out of the bullpen. |
| 0:17.4 | And he's at the center of the sports world storm. |
| 0:20.7 | Are you safe? Are you safe from all the |
| 0:23.1 | hooligans in New York, Danny? Yeah, I'm totally safe. It was Puerto Rican Day parade today. I just |
| 0:28.6 | got off the metro that got got off the subway. Everybody seemed to be in grand spirits. |
| 0:34.1 | Everybody seems relatively happy. Can I get seven innings from you? |
| 0:37.8 | A seven inning spot start? |
| 0:39.1 | Nobody goes seven innings anymore. |
| 0:41.7 | I remember the days fondly. |
| 0:44.3 | I remember the days fondly. |
| 0:46.4 | I remember the days fondly where I used to pick up a newspaper on Sunday |
| 0:50.9 | where you had every baseball player stats and team stats on Sundays. |
| 0:57.1 | And you know, they had two categories for pitchers. |
| 0:59.9 | Two stat categories for pitchers. |
| 1:02.1 | One was called CGs and the other one was called S-H-O's. |
| 1:06.8 | Do you know what those stand for? |
| 1:08.6 | I sure do. |
| 1:09.3 | Complete games and shutouts. |
| 1:10.8 | They don't even have those columns anymore. Because nobody throws a complete game and nobody throws a shutout anymore. They don't. It's true. It's a changing nature of the game. I think I've got a way that you could bring it back, though. Really? Yeah. Change the ball so it's harder to hit home runs. |
| 1:28.8 | But they're still only going to want these pitchers to throw like 85 pitches, right? |
| 1:32.8 | The reason that pitchers don't go as deep into games anymore largely is based on how much |
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