Back in 2017, we were still learning about these Dipoto-led Mariners, about their willingness to disregard industry perceptions and make choices that can give the perception of zigging where others have zagged—or in the case of Wyatt Mills, Gon-zag-a-ing.
This video carefully edits out the initial announcement of Mills’s name as the Mariners’ third-round draft pick and the silence that followed, but it still could be used in communications studies classes to teach the fine art of vamping on-air while desperately googling stats on a little-known senior reliever (although not in pronouncing the name of the school.