John W. Stanton

There was a lot to listen to and to break down in the almost 28, 29 minutes of Jerry Dipoto talking.

And again, we're going to be doing, I think, John Stanton following this, and then we're going to do the follow-up of the cleanup job, we should say, that Justin Hollander, a.k.a.

The Shadow, as he's known here on the pod, tried to do.

So anyways, I'm going to shut the hell up because we got a lot to get to right here on the Rye Bread and Mustard of Mariners podcast, that five-star dive bar pod right here on the Believe Network that's going to start right now.

Yeah, it was a good thing.

I agree with you.

Well, later this week, after you put this out, we'll get the shadow, his comments, and, uh, we'll respond to them as long as well as, um, the guy in charge, Mr. John Stanton.

So it's a good idea.

And even if you don't feel like he's, like, some sort of fraud, just being like, "This isn't enough," right? You can acknowledge the stuff that he's accomplished and say, "This still isn't good enough based on how long you've been here." I think that that's a more reasonable nuanced place to land.

That said, if there's another thing that I think has become really clear, and I was not surprised by this, but the fact that John Stanton in multiple different, uh, forums, his TV interview, his interview with Adam Julia of the Seattle Times, when asked this question, essentially, he was...

The first thing he talked about was essentially saying, "That job is about building the whole organization."

Yeah.

We've got the Huskies losing close at SC.

We've got John Stanton still trusting Jerry Dipoto.

The Seahawks' new owner being crucified for saying, "Never say never." We've got the NBA expansion focusing on Vegas and putting Seattle aside for a moment.

We've got an NBA broadcaster getting fired because of embarrassingly offensive tweets at the age of 15.

They need to get athletic.

And if we're talking about spending real money, which we are desperate for the Mariners to do, we obviously heard John Stanton discuss that the types of players they spend the money on are younger players.

The bigger question, though, is whether or not they would be able to get either of these players to eventually extend or re-sign in Seattle.

From my perspective, it would potentially make sense using George Kirby as a centerpiece, but for both of these players, you're likely looking at the Mariners having to add potentially more, and in some cases significantly more, in order to make this work.

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I called John, who was at band practice at the time, and I was like, "You won't believe what just happened." And I was like...

He's like, "Okay, I gotta go," [laughs] like, trying to get me off the phone.

[laughs]

Yeah

... we all know, like, the Mariners hate spending money.

Like, you know, John Stanton, the owner, they're the, like, the principal owner, like, he was just talking about, like, how he, like, I don't know, doesn't wanna spend unwisely.

I'm like, "Bro, you don't spend at all." [laughs] Like-

And let's switch over to the other side of town where things aren't as exciting for one of our Seattle franchises with the Seattle Mariners.

Just letting go of Dan Wilson, Jerry DiPoto, and John Stanton both spoke to the media the past couple of days, Justin Hollander as well.

Your coworker, Mike Varel, wrote a pretty, I don't know if scathing is the right word, but pretty direct article about Jerry Poto still being here with the Seattle Mariners.

But you help out covering the team.