Rewind: Mariners-Athletics April 11, 2001, with Ray Delahanty (CityNerd) - Remember That Game

Rotoviz Radio

Blue Wire

Sports, Fantasy Sports

4.8 • 770 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Originally aired May 2024. Ray Delahanty (CityNerd) joins host Thomas Emerick to revisit the record-setting and ill-fated Seattle Mariners 2001 season, propelled on a spring night in Oakland by rookie right fielder Ichiro Suzuki. They also discuss league and divisional realignment that makes more geographic sense, with an eye toward how cities linked by intercity high-speed rail foster rivalries and buy-in from fans. This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey and chart the path of the zeitgeist. I'm your host Thomas Emerick, enjoy the show. Follow Remember That Game for the full archive: Apple Spotify YouTube "Remember That Game" in search wherever you get your podcasts More from Ray Delahanty (CityNerd) CityNerd on YouTube and Nebula Seattle City Visit and Vignette (YouTube) Best Pairings for Intercity High-Speed Rail (YouTube) How We Lost the Best Passenger Rail System in the World (YouTube) Urbanism in Albuquerque: An Evening with CityNerd (FUSION) More on the Seattle Mariners visiting the Oakland Athletics on April 11, 2001, for Regular Season Game 8: Box Score: Mariners 3, Athletics 0 (Pro Baseball Reference) Wednesday Night Baseball: Mariners at A's on 4/11/2001 (YouTube) SportsCenter MLB Highlights on 4/11/2001 (YouTube) The Age of Ichiro | Dorktown (Secret Base) HOST RotoViz Contributor Thomas Emerick (@ThomasEmerick) Guest CityNerd creator Ray Delahanty (@Nerd4Cities) SPONSORS BetterHelp - This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ROTOVIZ and get on your way to being your best self. Underdog Fantasy – Get a 100% deposit match on your first deposit up to $100 when you sign up at Underdogfantasy.com using this link or the promo code ROTOVIZ. Listeners of RotoViz Radio can save 10% on a one-year RotoViz subscription by visiting RotoViz.com/podcast or by using the promotional code "rvradio2024" at the time of purchase. Gametime - Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code ROTOVIZ for $20 off your first purchase. SHOW NOTES RotoViz Radio provides the power for Remember That Game: Subscribe to the RotoViz Radio on YouTube Follow and direct message: @ThomasEmerick Email: emericktc@gmail.com Subscribe: Remember That Game on YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	And I feel like for Ichero, like he can't let that happen.
0:04.9	He's coming in the league.
0:06.0	He doesn't have the intention to just be a contributor.
0:08.7	Like he's going to end up winning the MVP and the rookie of the year.
0:12.2	He has to make a statement.
0:13.6	He can't let someone run on third.
0:16.1	I mean, that's just disrespectful, right?
0:18.4	He has to at least make an attempt.
0:20.0	And so he throws him out and he just kind of turns around very nonchalantly.
0:28.1	It's April 2001, Mariners at A's.
0:32.2	This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey
0:36.2	and maybe chart the path of
0:38.2	the zeitgeist. I'm your host Thomas Semrick and returning to the program is Ray De LaHanty,
0:44.1	or City Nerd on Nebula, YouTube, Patreon. Ray's last episode here on the pleasantly contentious
0:50.4	relationship between the Pack Northwest and California, both in sports and urbanism ethos.
0:56.9	And then remember that game feed? It's the 1987 Raiders Seahawks game. Bo Jackson goes up the
1:02.6	coast to the kingdom. Here in 2001, Seattle heads down south to Oakland for the second of two
1:08.7	series out the gate against the consensus AL West favorite,
1:13.1	the athletics. Post-Y2K, the Mariners are dead, the 90s got away, it's over, welcome to 500
1:18.5	baseball, and the A's are ascendant. They got friggin' Brad Pitt. How are you feeling about
1:23.7	what the Mariners got? Yeah, there's definitely a sense in the AL West at this point that the A's are the team on
1:31.7	the rise, right?
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Blue Wire, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Blue Wire and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.