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The Seattle Mariners looked like they were finally building something special.

In 2021, they shocked baseball with 90 wins.

In 2022, Cal Raleigh's walk-off home run finally ended a 21-year postseason drought.

In 2023 and 2024, they came painfully close to October again.

And then in 2025, everything finally came together. Seattle won the AL West, reached Game 7 of the ALCS, and came just eight outs away from the first World Series appearance in franchise history.

It felt like the Mariners had officially arrived.

Then 2026 happened.

In this episode of High Heat with Cheddar, I go through the entire Mariners story from 2021 through 2026 — how Seattle went from one of baseball's most exciting young teams to a legitimate World Series contender... and why this season has been such a massive disappointment.

We’re talking about the expectations that grew around this core, the frustrating near-misses, the incredible 2025 run, what went wrong in 2026, and the bigger question facing Seattle now:

Did the Mariners waste their best opportunity to win?

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Before we even recorded, Harry Lewis casually named the entire top five in the 1962 National League MVP voting. That’s the kind of baseball mind joining the show today.

On this episode of High Heat with Cheddar, I sit down with Harry—a lifelong San Francisco Giants fan, local baseball radio host, and one of the most knowledgeable baseball people I’ve ever met.

We’re talking baseball history, Giants fandom, and a lifetime of loving the game. Hairy’s loyalty belongs to San Francisco, but his knowledge reaches far beyond one team. If you enjoy getting lost in a good baseball conversation, pull up a chair.

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Ryan Cohen of Jomboy Media joins High Heat with Cheddar for a wide-ranging conversation about baseball, sports media, fandom, and what it’s like being part of the Jomboy Media world.

Ryan has become a familiar face across JM Baseball and Jomboy Media, bringing a mix of baseball knowledge, personality, and diehard Padres fandom to one of the biggest digital baseball brands in the game.

In this episode, we talk about Ryan’s journey with Jomboy, the evolution of baseball content, the changing way fans consume the game, his perspective as a Padres fan, and plenty more from around Major League Baseball.

This was one of the most fun conversations I’ve had on High Heat so far, and I’m excited to finally share it.

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In 2021, Scott Servais and the Seattle Mariners did the mathematically unthinkable: they racked up 90 wins despite finishing the season with a staggering -51 run differential. Advanced stats declared it an impossibility, baseball analysts called it luck, and manager Scott Servais famously dubbed it the team's "+90 Fun Differential."

In this episode of High Heat with Cheddar, we breakdown the wildest statistical anomaly in modern baseball history:

• How Seattle went an unbelievable 33-19 in one-run games
• The clutch bullpen management of Scott Servais
• Why Run Differential failed to predict the 2021 Mariners
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The 1998 Home Run Chase brought baseball back to life. But at what cost?

On this episode of High Heat with Cheddar, we uncover the true story behind Major League Baseball's infamous Steroid Era.

What We Cover:

• The 1994 Fallout: How the canceled World Series set the stage for PEDs.
• McGwire vs. Sosa: The 1998 home run race that captivated America.
• The Barry Bonds Era: Video-game numbers, BALCO, and pitcher arms races.
• The Collapse: Jose Canseco's book, the 2005 Congressional hearings, and Mitchell Report.
• The Hall of Fame Debate: Should Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens be in Cooperstown?

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Who holds the real record for the most home runs in professional baseball history? While American fans often point to Barry Bonds or Hank Aaron, the true world record holder stands alone at 868 career home runs: Sadaharu Oh.

In this episode, we explore how a struggling first baseman for the Yomiuri Giants overcame severe early-career slumps to become the most lethal slugger in global sports history. We break down his partnership with hitting coach Hiroshi Arakawa, the integration of Zen philosophy and Aikido into baseball, and the invention of his iconic "Flamingo Stance" (Ippon-ashi Uho). Plus, we look at his late-night practice sessions with a razor-sharp katana sword, his 11 Japan Series championships, and how his legacy stacks up in the global MLB debate.

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In today's episode I will be talking about the rise of the Japanese superstar in MLB. From Hideo Nomo to Ichiro Suzuki, to Shohei Ohtani. Japan has always been well known for its pitching but over the years they have also started to produce elite hitters. Let me know your thoughts!

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In today's episode I will be talking about the most obscure MLB all stars in recent history. Every team needing an all-star representative in the MLB means a few lower caliber players can make the all-star game or even win the game's MVP. Let me know your thoughts on:

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