Hour 2: Mike Salk gives a Boots on the Ground report from Mariners Spring Training
Bump and Stacy
Seattle Sports
4.5 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Mike Salk joins Bump and Stacy to talk about the newest Mariner Brendan Donovan, how the ABS system is being received, and the young players he has his eyes on, and more. Bump talks about what might happen if the Hawks trade JSN, the top QB free agents this offseason, what the Raiders might do with the #1 pick and more in 4 Down Territory. They discuss how the Seahawks extend their championship window and what affect paying JSN will have on that window.
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| 0:00.0 | From the Quantum Fiber Studio. |
| 0:03.0 | This is Bump and Stacey on Seattle Sports. |
| 0:06.6 | Streaming through the Seattle Sports app and at SeattleSports.com. |
| 0:11.1 | Now, here are your hosts, Michael Bumpus and Stacey Ross. |
| 0:16.1 | Mike's all joining us now on the Emerald Queen Casino Sportsbook Hotline. |
| 0:20.0 | Mike, a great interview with Cal this morning. |
| 0:22.6 | I enjoyed listening to it. What stood out from you or for you, excuse me from that. Well, he was mad at me afterwards. |
| 0:27.1 | He was. How are you? Hi, how are you? What up? What's up? What's up? Well, I asked him at the end, so we had taped it. We're going to let you behind the scenes, people. We taped it the day before. And I had asked him at the end, so we had taped it, we're going to let you behind the scenes, people. |
| 0:37.8 | We taped it the day before. And I had asked him at the very end about catching 120 games again this year and whether or not that was going to be possible. And he's like, yeah, of course, no problem, whatever. It's good for me. Why not? That's what they pay me for. And I saw him today. He's like, dude, I'm mad at you. |
| 0:54.9 | I was like, why? |
| 0:56.7 | Dude, of course I'm going to catch 120 games. Why would you even ask that? How dare you? I'm sorry. I know. How dare I? He felt insulted. So, I apologized as I guess I needed to. And after that, everything was good. What jumps out? |
| 1:12.0 | There are very few superstars who act like Cal. |
| 1:16.1 | There just aren't many of them. |
| 1:18.7 | And I've been around a bunch in baseball in Boston. |
| 1:22.2 | Bump, I know you've been around guys who, Stacey, |
| 1:24.4 | you've been around guys who hit that superstar level. |
| 1:27.4 | Generally, they create a little wall, they create a little distance, it goes to their head. |
| 1:34.1 | This guy is exactly the same as he was a year ago, two years ago, three years ago. |
| 1:38.3 | He's just the same dude. |
| 1:39.6 | He's a normal guy who happens to now be a superstar in the game of baseball. |
| 2:01.0 | I know, from what I understand where you guys sit, you get a lot of traffic, right? A lot of random players and people walking by. One of your promos, he's like, Buehner just hit me in the ribs or something like that. What's been the most random, exciting conversation you've had so far. Good one. That's funny. |
| 2:03.3 | The Buehner thing actually happened in the old studio. |
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