Starkville | Jerry Dipoto’s Mariners Are Back On Track
6/20/20261 hr 8 min
Nolan Ryan had "The Express," so what do we call Jacob Misiorowski’s heater? This week on Starkville, Jayson Stark and Doug Glanville brainstorm the perfect nickname for "The Miz’s" electric four-seamer. Then, Mariners President of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto joins the show to talk about his short history pitching against Doug, his reputation as one of MLB's most prolific dealmakers, rising star Colt Emerson, and his Immaculate Grid strategy. Plus, he shares some incredible reflections on the legendary Ichiro Suzuki. To wrap it all up, Jayson and Doug head to Las Vegas for an explosive edition of Stra...
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First 90 secondsDoug Glanville· Host0:00
Coming up next on Starkville, we will have the legend Nolan Ryan weighing in on The Miz. The Express or The Miz? We'll find out. And of course, we will take you to Vegas without Elvis for our Strange But True. And we are absolutely honored to have Jerry Dipoto, uh, from the front office of the Seattle Mariners, to share his insight on baseball and how to run a team.
Jayson Stark· Host0:24
[upbeat music] Greetings, and welcome to Starkville. I am Jason Stark. I write about baseball for The Athletic. And [laughs] you know who I'm joined by?
Doug Glanville· Host0:44
Doug.
Jayson Stark· Host0:45
That guy again.
Doug Glanville· Host0:46
Yeah.
Jayson Stark· Host0:46
My good friend, writer, Substacker, a man who once got 1,100 hits in the major leagues, and our voice of baseball on ESPN Radio, Doug Glanville. Doug, how are you this week, my friend? You ha- you had some family celebration stuff going on, right?
Doug Glanville· Host1:07
Yeah, man. I mean, it was, it was different. You know, usually I'm coming from some city Sunday, Monday. As you know, red eyes have been banned in Starkville. It's against the law. So, um, but this year, you know, this week took off because, uh, my son graduated from high school, so that is our first, you know, who got over the, over the hump. And then you kinda... All of a sudden, like 17 years, like,