After hitting rock bottom on Sunday, the mood around the M’s has turned thanks to the arrival of Jonatan Clase. Can he single-handedly end the Seattle swoon? Plus the Storm drafts a Caitlin Clark stopper and the Seahawks continue to tell us they will not draft Troy Fautanu.

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Intro – Seahawks mock draft SZN
9:13 – Remembering longtime Sonics assistant coach Bob Kloppenburg
23:25 – Snoqualmie Pie Company and other businesses displaced by fire
25:35 – Searching for Seattle’s best cookies at Batch Baking Company
31:40 – M’s hot takes: Needed a new Alex Diaz
45:50 – Roundup: Shane Wright to play in AHL playoffs; Sounders still can’t score
51:42 – Looking back at Storm’s trade of No. 4 pick after WNBA draft
1:19:15 – Telling commitment for Jedd Fisch
1:21:54 – Seahawks sign guard Laken Tomlinson

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– Seattle Times: Historic downtown Snoqualmie building destroyed in fire
– Snoqualmie fire GoFundMe
– UW Beach Volleyball Set to join Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

The Seattle swoon experienced a false spring over the weekend with the Sounders winning big, but the only consistent winner in the Seattle sports scene is the team that’s already headed to the lottery. We debate again what to make of the M’s slow start after trying the cookies (and crumble) at Snohomish Pie Co. as part of our search.

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Intro – Toasting to Seattle native Jaylin Stewart and recapping the Final Fours
21:40 – Saying farewell to Full Tilt White Center after tragic death of founder Justin Cline
26:05 – Searching for Seattle’s best cookies (and crumbles) in Snohomish
40:50 – M’s hot takes: Spring is ruined
1:02:30 – Roundup: 5-0 wins wild; Shane Wright breaking out, WNBA draft next Monday
1:09:45 – WNBA draft on tap Monday
1:18:45 – UW RB Tybo Rogers arrested on two rape charges

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– Pie Dive Bar
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– Ben Lindbergh on MLB’s pitcher injury crisis
– Latest ESPN WNBA mock draft

A week into the Mariners’ season, the M’s bats are cold and the takes are hotter than ever. We also update the state of UW men’s basketball transact now that we know Will Conroy will no longer be part of the coaching staff. Plus are we in the Seattle sports swoon?

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Intro – Rip City Remix IPA
7:38 – Farewell to Conroy
14:07 – Learning about cookie ratios at New York’s Levain Bakery
30:19 – M’s hot takes: You gotta loath these guys
53:47 – Roundup: Are coaching changes good?
1:05:41 – UW softball sweeps Oregon State
1:07:34 – Danny Sprinkle filling out staff, starting on roster
1:22:25 – Curious timing for Seahawks front office change

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Before our inaugural hot takes of the 2024 season looking ahead to M’s opening day on Thursday, we discuss the logical fit between UW and new athletic director Pat Chun, changing sides in the Apple Cup rivalry. Then we close by remembering two members of the Seattle sports community who recently passed, King5’s Alan Reed and Storm CFO Tricia McLean.

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Intro – Why hiring Chun makes sense for UW
28:30 – M’s hot takes: This is the time
41:15 – Roundup: Kraken snap losing streak; Sounders still winless
45:23 – Is softball more wide open this year after Oklahoma loss?
52:06 – Seahawks now out of cap room

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– FanGraphs playoff odds
– ESPN MLB preview
– Double MitchWich at T-Mobile Park

Despite athletic director Troy Dannen’s departure to take the same job at Nebraska, the Huskies were able to hire Utah State head coach Danny Sprinkle as their new men’s basketball coach hours after Sprinkle’s season ended with a win and a loss in the NCAA tournament. We discuss what to expect from Sprinkle, why we’re finally excited about UW men’s hoops and what’s next with Dannen’s exit.

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We’re through the bulk of free agency and the Seahawks more or less executed our plan after signing Leonard Williams, which should result in a haul of compensatory picks in 2025. We grade the offseason, then take our search for Seattle’s best cookie back to Burien and wonder whether UW men’s basketball coaching target Danny Sprinkle (and Niko Medved?) is playing 4D chess with his favorite musician.

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Intro – Our NCAA tournament pools are back
14:30 – Arguing against hypothetical Seahawks fans upset about the offseason
51:45 – Searching for Seattle’s best cookie at Lowrider
1:01:00 – Roundup: M’s winding down spring training, OL Reign opens with win
1:09:25 – UW women’s hoops set for inaugural WBIT
1:11:30 – Watching (and listening with) possible Mike Hopkins replacements in NCAA tournament (Note this segment was recorded before Wednesday’s news that UW AD Troy Dannen has left for the same job at Nebraska)

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– Favorite musical acts of men’s NCAA tournament coaches

The opening days of free agency have seen more Seahawks going than coming, but it’s their deal to re-sign Leonard Williams that has us most concerned so far. After discussing that, we propose a new (very old) method to rank spots in our search for Seattle’s best cookie and whether Danny Sprinkle’s ties to the Huskies might make him the right coach to wake up a possible “sleeping giant” UW men’s basketball program.

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Intro – Toasting to Koren Johnson and hoping he stays at UW
12:50 – What are the Seahawks hoping to accomplish in free agency?
44:40 – Searching for Seattle’s best cookie at Bell’s and Little Jaye
58:15 – Coach’s corner: Locked in to finish
1:03:56 – Roundup: Kraken extend Jordan Eberle, Reign set to open NWSL campaign
1:14:07 – A closer look at the UW football career of Sprinkle’s dad Bill

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– NFL free agency grades
– Bell’s Cookie Co.
– Little Jaye
– Great Falls Tribune: Central roots helped Bill Sprinkle thrive with Huskies

It’s the end of multiple eras in Seattle sports as the Seahawks move on from several players, including safeties Jamal Adams and Quandre Diggs, ahead of free agency and UW men’s basketball appears headed for a coaching change. (Update: ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported Friday that Mike Hopkins has been told he will be fired at season’s end.) Plus our search for Seattle’s best cookie takes us to strong contender Treat Cookies in Burien.

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Intro – It’s a small Boulevard Park world
8:18 – Farewell to four Seahawks
34:28 – Searching for Seattle’s best cookie at Midnight and Shikorina
51:25 – Roundup: Kraken deal Alexander Wennberg ahead of trade deadline
57:18 – UW women’s hoops sees NCAA tournament hopes end with loss to Arizona
59:52 – Logical candidates to replace Hopkins at UW
1:20:45 – Troubling allegations in former Husky RB Emeka Megwa’s lawsuit
1:24:09 – Seahawks prep for free agency

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– Treat Cookies
– Flour Bakery & Cafe
– Tatte Bakery & Cafe
– Yuko Kitchen
– Matt Norlander on College Basketball coaching carousel
– Copy of Emeka Megwa lawsuit

The (first) Eastside edition of the Peltoncast goes long on what makes a great cookie as we search for Seattle’s best at Midnight and Shikorina, then considers whether UW women’s basketball can make the NCAA tournament and the impact of the Seahawks converting Geno Smith’s bonus.

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Intro – Memories of I-405
14:02 – Searching for Seattle’s best cookie at Midnight and Shikorina
33:49 – Lil Woody’s Seattle Burger Month: The Nadia
37:52 – Coach’s corner: Pro style
40:58 – Roundup: Julio sidelined to start spring, Sounders open with loss
43:30 – UW softball undefeated against 49 states
44:30 – UW women’s hoops takes down top-10 foe
56:50 – Seahawks officially announce coaching staff

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It’s no error but it is a flex: Tristan details a busy sports weekend that saw him attend losses for both UW men’s basketball and the Kraken as well as the latest Coach’s Corner. Before that, our search for Seattle’s best cookie takes us to local favorite Hello Robin.

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Intro – Looking for a toast
3:27 – Searching for Seattle’s best cookie at Hello Robin
35:58 – Lil Woody’s Seattle Burger Month: Pancita Tostada Crunch
37:27 – Coach’s corner: Keeping the peace
48:44 – Roundup: Tristan tours Climate Pledge, Sounders open season at LAFC
1:04:16 – UW baseball and softball not finishing games for different reasons
1:10:48 – The UW men’s basketball experience
1:28:15 – UW football and Seahawks completing coaching staffs

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– DJ Trunks website
– Diederichs and SPU mates give Huskies a scare