ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
In a world filled with Seattle Mariners podcasts, The Blight Bat is another one. New episodes twice a month. Great guests and a mediocre host try to divine meaning and purpose through the examination of baseball's most uniquely cursed franchise.
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Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 13 days
Average audio length:
68 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
15 episodes
since April 2, 2025
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
It is widely understood at this point that podcasting is a blight on the land, and one that may be directly traceable to the once-slow but now seemingly-accelerating decline of western civilization. That said, with the Mariners leading the Blue Jays 2-0 in the ALCS The Blight Bat has no choice but …
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
What a week of podcasting it has been, and what a grand finale we have for you with today’s show.
An ensemble episode welcomes Jage, who you know from recapping Jerry Dipoto’s radio shows back in 2022-2023 AKA: HELL. Also joining the show from Locked on Mariners is Ty Dane Gonzalez. Rounding out ou…
These are unfamiliar times for Mariner fans. With the team enjoying not only its sixth-ever playoff appearance, but also its first ever playoff bye, we are unmoored and untethered from ourselves. Into this space between our souls and terra firma we gratefully find the 2025 New York Mets; not the Ma…
Another day, another audio treat for you, the erstwhile Seattle Mariner Experiencer.
Today’s guest, Danny O’Neil of The News Tribune, joins the show for a lively discussion on the 2025 Mariners. This is the first episode in some time to discuss what the team’s success means for two fans who have be…
The podcast is back after a short hiatus. Today author and podcaster Mike Duncan returns to the show because, well, it’s simply very very fun to talk about the Mariners at the present.
Mike and Nathan talk at length about the experience of watching this team the past month. Where does 2025 rank in …
After a short hiatus The Blight Bat makes a triumphant return, welcoming NYT-Bestselling Author, Podcast Gawd, and Mariners fan Mike Duncan to the show.
Topics Include:
-Best/worst MLB stadiums
-The Ichiro HOF inauguration, and the many faces of Ichiro
-Felix Hernandez’s HOF candidacy
-Realizing Mi…
Welcome back to another Blight Bat! This episode the show is happy to host Seattle Times’ Mariners beat writer Ryan Divish. We meander around topics here; there’s discussion about the current state of the team, Cal Raleigh’s absurd season, Ryan laying the groundwork for his sabbatical, the differen…
The list of great guests continues to march ever onward, as The Blight Bat returns with another episode to soothe your ears and balm your soul. Today's episode feature Fangraphs' Editor-In-Chief, and Effectively Wild-stalwart Meg Rowley. Come for the thoughtful discussion on how being in baseball a…
Beep bop boop it's good to be back. This episode of the Blight Bat welcomes back old (and we mean old) friends Scott Weber and David Skiba, both formerly of Lookout Landing and Dome and Bedlam, now both full-time dads and increasingly casual Mariner fans.
This episode talks about how and why fandom…
Beep bop boop it's good to be back. This episode of the Blight Bat welcomes back old (and we mean old) friends Scott Weber and David Skiba, both formerly of Lookout Landing and Dome and Bedlam, now both full-time dads and increasingly casual Mariner fans.
This episode talks about how and why fandom…
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