Hour 2 - What Mike Macdonald Knew Before Everyone Else, Epic World Series Game 7, Blue 88
Brock and Salk
Seattle Sports
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🗓️ 3 November 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Mike Macdonald had far more confidence in his team than anyone else entering the 2025 NFL season, and now that confidence is paying off and reigning true, so Brock and Salk talk through it. They then dissect Game 7 of the World Series in which was one of the best baseball games we've ever watched, with the Seahawks emerging victorious to win back-to-back World Series. In Blue 88, topics include what people reached out to Brock about regarding the Seahawks, a major pivot the Seahawks made that hasn't gotten as much buzz and why are the Huskies finally ranked.
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| 0:00.0 | Get me a freaking auto! |
| 0:01.4 | From the Quantum Fiber Studio, this is Brock and Salk on Seattle Sports. |
| 0:07.5 | I don't read the internet, guys. |
| 0:08.7 | Take the bull by the hands. |
| 0:09.9 | And Brooke, you are. |
| 0:13.5 | Now here are your hosts. |
| 0:14.7 | Brock Heward and Mike Saul. |
| 0:16.5 | And that's fire. |
| 0:20.7 | Yeah, Mike McDonald was the first person to believe in this Seahawks team. |
| 0:24.9 | He knew right away that they had an opportunity to be really good this year. |
| 0:28.9 | And I think that's why Brock, he was as frustrated as he was after the first weeks lost to San Francisco. |
| 0:34.9 | And everyone else was like, yeah, I mean, they played pretty well. |
| 0:37.5 | Like, it seems like kind of hopeful and kind of feel okay about it. Stings to lose, but it's week one. He was like, you know, almost like he couldn't even talk to him. He was so mad that they had lost that game. And remember we asked him a few weeks later like, hey, it's because you really believe in this team, isn't it?? He's like, yeah, it's almost a compliment that he was as mad. And in that way, I found myself thinking last night about Julio in spring training. When we talked to him and everyone was a little down on what the Mariners were going to be this year, we didn't love the moves in the offseason. Julio's looking at us like, are you crazy? I love this team. We're so talented. We're going to be great. I love what we've got here. And he was right. And obviously the team comes a whisper away from going to its first world series. And at least as of right now, eight games into it at six and two, Mike McDonald looks right too. I mean, that team, that was a dominant dominant victory yesterday just phenomenal yeah |
| 1:30.7 | you always wonder about this right and is it the chicken or the egg just team chemistry and the |
| 1:35.8 | buy-in happen because you win or with winning is it just natural that all the time then you get |
| 1:41.2 | the buy-in and the belief of guys. But I think in both of these cases, |
| 1:45.2 | this was for Julio before the season had even begun. This was coming off of a couple |
| 1:49.5 | seasons where he didn't make the playoffs. And he's like, no, it's because I like these guys. I like |
| 1:55.6 | Victor. I like Randy. I like JP. I like Cal. You could get that sense even in spring training. |
| 2:01.7 | These guys like each other. |
| 2:02.7 | And then obviously with the winning and then the moves and the acquisitions at the deadline, |
| 2:07.4 | it just absolutely caught fire. |
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