Meet at the Mitt: A Seattle Mariners podcast

I previously wrote negatively about Kate because she has some takes that are so out there and biased and she chooses to die on some hills that I just cannot get behind. However, she has established herself as the comedic legs of this podcast, and I very much appreciate her humor. I still cannot stand how slow of a slow talker John is though. Physically painful to endure. I’m sorry, he is otherwise great, but I just can’t with that guy.

I fancy myself someone who likes dialoguing baseball as a method of resting my mind from considering other items of deep consequence. I find it refreshing that the hosts of this podcast seem to look at Mariners fandom through a similar lens. They are well-spoken, insightful, precise thinkers and jokers who treat their idioms with care, don’t mix their metaphors, and apply worldly and empathetic dispositions to their discussion of good ol’ baseball. I consider these cool kids to be magnitudes more enjoyable than any other Mariners podcast, and I encourage the others to take a queue or two from Lookout Landing. Update - I am adding a note in this review to encourage Evan and the other hosts of the B-squad to be careful and intentional with their lexical and idiomatic choices. It seems that with each episode, I say to myself more times, “I do not think this person knows what that word means.” Perhaps add a host to this squad who has a background in writing or performance, rather than audio tech. I love this show, and it’s getting tough to listen, y’all! The latest episode pushed me over the edge, friends. I adore Kate and John. You two have been there for me through hard times with delightful and insightful thoughts on life and sport. But with five ad breaks and platitudinal, non-insightful takes from Evan - combined with recent JV squad episodes - I have to sign off for now. I’ll keep reading the posts and will check back in a few months to see if things have changed. Sincerely, thank you Kate and John. Checked back in today and Evan said that he found the M’s play to be “disparaging” on the episode. I give up. This makes me so sad. I miss the old days. Words have meanings. Read books before you fill the space with your words. GAH!! Guys. Just do the MINIMUM amount of work and Google the title you’re about to give an episode. It’s “All Quiet on the Western Front”. This alone is not egregious. But it is symptomatic of the larger problem with this show. It’s hard for me to care about a show that the editor doesn’t care enough about to learn what words mean and do a tiny bit of research.

Revolving cast. A couple of the guys are fun and knowledgeable. Main host and then the women are the most annoying and high and mighty. Go to marine layer or literally any other mariners podcast.

Kate please stop interrupting people mid sentences. The overall content is in-depth and knowledgeable from all the speakers so I will continue to listen but it’s getting to the point where I first look to see if she’s on that episode and will listen right away if she’s not and wait until I’m out of other content if she is. Kate your amazing and I enjoy your points, just let others talk freely too.