Hour 2: Hall of Fame Catcher Johnny Bench on the Success of Cal Raleigh

Brock and Salk

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🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

his has been a completely different month for Randy Arozarena, he went from having pop at the plate to hitting 9 homeruns in the last 13 games. Julio has also shown signs of who we know he can be by going 6-12 in the Tigers series. // Need to Know: The Mariners completely dominated the Tigers in their 3-game sweep of the best team in the American League. The Mariners drafted Left-Handed Pitcher Kade Anderson with the 3rd overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft. Cal Raleigh takes his shot at the Homerun Derby tonight. // Hall of Fame Catcher Johnny Bench joins the show to talk about the historic season Cal Raleigh is having so far. He got to meet Cal at the Gold Glove Awards last season, and he loves everything about him from his bat to his defense behind the plate. How does Johnny define leadership in the clubhouse as a catcher? He goes into the Johnny Bench awards which are given to the best high school baseball and softball catcher from Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and West Virginia, Cal was before it’s time.

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0:00.0	Get to the freaking auto!
0:01.0	From the Quantum Fiber Studio, this is Brock and Salk on Seattle Sports.
0:07.4	I don't read the internet, guys.
0:08.6	Take the bull by the hands.
0:09.9	And Brooke, you are.
0:11.3	And Brooke, you are.
0:13.4	Now here are your hosts.
0:14.6	Brock Heward and Mike Saul.
0:16.6	A month ago, Randy or Rosarena had no pop.
0:24.0	I have the text messages from my partner Brock to prove it because he must have texted me something about it like 600 different times.
0:30.8	So a month ago, Randy a Rosarena had no pop.
0:33.3	A week ago, the Astros couldn't lose.
0:36.7	A weekend ago, the Mariners fell flat in the Bronx, and Julio was lost out there and
0:41.7	needed to take himself out of the all-star festivities in order to go home and
0:45.7	recollect himself for the second half.
0:49.2	What a difference a month makes.
0:50.9	What a difference a week makes and what a difference a weekend makes as well,
0:56.2	because none of those things feel true right now. But they feel so good now. That's my point.
1:02.0	So Mariners score 49 runs on this road trip, six games, 49 runs. They score 35 of them in
1:10.0	Detroit over the three game series.
1:11.8	That's more than eight runs per game on the trip.
1:14.4	That includes Yankee Stadium.
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