Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: Dan Wilson, Eduard Bazardo and Josh Naylor React To Going Up 2-0 in ALCS
14 Oct 2025
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Chapter 1: What are the Seattle Mariners' thoughts after winning the first two games of the ALCS?
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Welcome to Baseball Isn't Boring. Here's your host, Rob Radford.
Dan, you've spoken about Jorge, obviously, and the positions that he's come through in, but what is it about him? Are you surprised, or what's your reaction to the fact that he just continues to come up and not just get hits, but get RBIs in those moments?
Yeah, coming up huge in big moments. Just his at-bats have been so good. Again, whether it's right-handed or left-handed tonight, it was left-handed. I thought the at-bat there to get the three-run homer was a huge turnaround for us. We had kind of given up the lead. It had been tied up there again. And to get that three run lead back was big.
And, you know, that was just a great at bat getting in there and just doing what Polo does. You know, he waits to get a good pitch and he puts a really good swing on it. And, you know, he's a tough, tough out right now. And it's been huge for us. And he's come up in situations where we've had guys on and he's been able to do the job and drive them in. And that's what this game's all about.
And it's been phenomenal. Other questions for Dan? Yes, back right. Just wondering, what was the key to battling any potential fatigue from the last series coming into this one? How did you handle that as well as you did? A couple things, I guess. Nothing that I think our guys have proven over the course of the season to be very resilient.
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Chapter 2: How did the Mariners overcome fatigue from the previous series?
All right, Dan, have a safe trip home. Thank you. Appreciate it. All right, we'll get started with Edward. Freddie's here to assist. And we'll start the fourth row on your left, guys. Edward, you get your first win in a postseason. There was a lot of talk about the bullpen and the team's launchers after the series against Detroit for that wear.
They arrive here in Toronto and in the first two games the bullpen does not allow any career. How are the emotions after these first two games here?
You know, I'm grateful for the opportunity that Dan has given us. You know, the last game against Detroit was a long game. We had to launch almost all the relegations and some of the openers. But you know, we're in playoff. The emotion is great. You know, the energy is here to do the work and continue winning games and get to the goal that would be the World Series.
Yeah, the question was, what are some of these emotions? You've won your first postseason game here today, but what was the emotions like? You guys went 15 innings back home, come here, and the way the bullpen performs, how are you feeling? His answer was, yeah, it's very emotional. I mean, I'm very grateful for the opportunity that Dan gave us.
I mean, obviously, the game in Detroit was a little long, longer than we needed to. But we're in the postseasons. You know, we are all here trying to do the most we can to win. And, you know, the end goal is to get to the World Series. Third row on your left, guys.
Yeah, just kind of off of that, obviously Game 4 in Detroit was a tough one for the bullpen, but then to be able to come back and do what you guys have done in the three games since and be lights out since then, what does that say about this bullpen's ability and your ability personally to be able to bounce back from a situation like that and do what you're doing now?
I think the Game 4 for us was a little bit bad because... Early we got the game, we won the game, but after that, Detroit was getting back to the game, the bullpen coming a little bit down. But you know, for me, I feel like the bullpen, we try to be together, like we stay together. Like sometimes it's going to be bad, but we stay like trust what we got. And that happened to the game fight.
Like we came pushing, we throwing good inning, and that helped to like take the lead and stay like what we are right now. Other questions?
Brian? What do you expect Seattle is going to be like with you guys going back up to nothing? What do you think Seattle is going to be like with you guys going back with a 2-0 lead?
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Chapter 3: What role did the bullpen play in the Mariners' success?
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Josh, I'm curious. The last three games, everything has gone your guys' way. But obviously, game four in Detroit, you guys lose that lead. But afterwards, being in the clubhouse there, there was a confidence there that you were going to go back to Seattle and get it done. Obviously, you win there. You win two more games.
I'm curious about the belief in that clubhouse, even after suffering a loss, that you're going to be able to turn it around and put something together and be where you are right now.
I mean, every day you wake up ready to win or at least try to be ready to win. Things may go your way, things may not. As long as you give your best effort, you can go to bed happy at night. Whether you lose, win, or draw, if you work hard, play smart, and have fun during it, I feel like you can go to bed content.
We have full belief in each other as teammates, as a whole locker room, coaching staff included. And we just want to play hard. If you play hard, good things will happen.
Standing in the back left, Ryan. Josh, Cal was wearing a shirt that said, jobs not finished. And he was talking about the message. He said, you can't allow yourself to think about you guys being two games from the World Series, two wins away from the World Series.
How do you maintain that singular focus that it's just every day instead of looking at the overall big picture of where you could get to?
I feel like you just watch what happened the day before. Whether you win or lose, it's in the past. And now you've got to take care of the present. Any moment you get in that next game or any opportunity you get in the next few games, you just want to make sure you capture it, make sure you take advantage of it fully. I don't really like looking too ahead. I like taking care of the day.
And if we win, awesome. If we lose, take those lessons and learn from it and then move forward to the next game.
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Chapter 4: How did Josh Naylor feel about hitting a home run in front of the home crowd?
So you have an extra inning game, late night travel, you get into a Another place, you know, could be cross country, time zone change, maybe fatigue can set in. But I think in the playoffs, and this probably goes for both sides and all teams that are in the playoffs, it's like you got to be willing to find energy anyway, anyhow, or, you know. That's an excuse.
And you don't want to have an excuse kind of in these situations. These games are too important.
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Yeah, Josh, just having played a bunch of playoff games, how much can a home field advantage tangibly help? And having played a couple in Seattle, what are you expecting it to be like in a couple days?
I'm just full of energy, full of just an awesome fan base who loves baseball, loves to watch their hometown team win. And I think we really feed off that as a group. I mean, I sure do, and I 100% can say everyone else does. Such a lot of fans. They do a great job of keeping the fans entertained in between innings, in between pitches. I love playing there. It's been super awesome.
I've gotten so many compliments from friends who have watched me play or ex-teammates I've played with or even just opponents who I'm playing against, like how awesome it is in Seattle and how cool the fan base is and how they just ride or die Seattle, and it's super awesome to be a part of.
All right, Josh, special day for you. Thanks for taking the time. Appreciate it. Have a safe trip home.
Thanks.
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