Why Not This Year?

Mike and Scott lament the fortunes of their baseball teams (Opening), discuss the effects of big injuries in Dallas and Minnesota (9:30), make their first picks in the weekly Pick 'Em game (17:54), finish the divisional previews with the AFC West (27:53) and do a quick preview of the Seahawks/Dolphins game. (50:13)

Mike and Mard talk NFC West with a special visit from Irrationally Confident Scoob.

Mard returns for Part 1 of this week to discuss the Pac-12 North with Mike and Scott

Mike and Scott finish off their Olympics talk with more Usain Bolt, Scott recaps going to Seattle for a weekend of baseball with the M's, they cover 4 more divisions of NFL previews, and more!

Mike and Scott give you the first segment of their NFL preview, along with a swimming, gymnastics, and track dominated look at the Olympics, and of course some talk on the M's and Giants. Bonus length for all the fun stuff to talk about!

Mike and Scott talk retirements around MLB (open), watch the Giants (15:03) and M's (26:08) go in opposite directions, and close (38:28) by asking and answering the question: Would you trade the M's 1995 season for a World Series win in 2001?

Covering MLB trade deadline activity up through Sunday (2:08), going Around the Diamond recapping our picks and setting up for the stretch run (11:00), getting all depressed about the M's constant .500 hovering (24:33) and getting nervous about the pennant race between the Giants and the Dodgers (36:40)

Mike returns from the Vacationed List (thanks, Lindsay, for filling in!) to talk with Scott about how the Northwest is better than the East Coast, give a farewell to Tim Duncan, talk Edgar over David Ortiz for the Hall, and update everyone on our three favorite teams...The M's, the Giants, and the...Cubs? (NBA at the intro, switching to baseball around 13:30) 

Mike's away to play, and Scott's sister Lindsay joins him to talk about more NBA free agency moves, Ken Griffey Jr's upcoming enshrinement in the Hall of Fame, and a quick peak at the Ichiro tracker. 

Where can you find proletariat rants, arguments about the RBI stat, references to Wario's Gold Mine, and a quick John Oliver impersonation, all in one place? Right here, folks. (NBA at intro, Around the Diamond at 23:52, M's at 25:24, and Giants at 40:17)

LeBron is indeed King James. He gets his third title, and we talk all NBA Finals this week. Catch us before our mini-vacation

Why Not? Because below the belt punches in the NBA finals aren't cool, that's Why Not. (NBA Finals, intro) We also have an Ichiro focused look Around the Diamond (13:26), as he closes in fast on 3,000. We look at trade targets for the M's starting rotation (M's, 20:32) and talk about which Shirsey Scoob needs to pick for this team. Closing with Mike in a good mood, as his Giants (42:45) sit 5 clear in the NL West.  

Mike and Scott try to beat the heat by talking NBA Finals (Intro), going Around the Diamond (10:40), lamenting the sudden plunge of the M's rotation (29:17), and closing with the Giants (47:44).

In Part 2, we're back to baseball to cover the week that was and will be for the Giants (Opening) and the M's (12:37). 

Scott tells Mike about his Memorial Day weekend in Pullman (Enemy territory!) before Mike tells Scott what he was up to...lots and lots of basketball watching! Part 1 is all NBA Playoffs, baby. 

Mike and Scott welcome Marty, the Mard Man, as the first guest to Why Not This Year?, the Podcast. The conversation starts with the Thunder crushing the Warriors in Game 3 before Mard joins (15:12) to help gush in a long look at the Mariners, before all 3 close with talking Giants (40:35)

Mike and Scott preview the Conference Finals in the NBA and Mike bids farewell to the season for his Spurs (2:18), Around the Diamond covers brawls, NL East, and of course the Cubs (20:15), and the look back/look forward on the M's (35:22) and the Giants (47:57) sees both Scott and Mike feeling pretty good about their teams. 

Scott's coming home! (Intro) Mike's sad about the NBA playoffs (2:37) so just a quick hit there. Bartolo Colon takes us on a nice long trot Around the Diamond (6:12) before he heads back to the empty dugout for our weekly wraps of the M's (24:57) and Giants (34:20). We close with a quick hit of NFL draft (52:52). Is there another segment from Irrationally Confident Scoob in the future?

We really enjoyed putting this one together, and hope you enjoylistening! First the intro, then the NBA playoffs (2:03), Aroundthe Diamond (17:56), M's (27:40), and Giants (42:22). 

Mike and Scott talk NBA Playoffs (2:10), go Around the Diamond (11:00), hit their weekly M's (18:05) and Giants (24:40) talk, before going back Around the Diamond (32:44) to close.