Todd Raleigh, Cal Raleigh's Father, Weighs in on His Son's Place in Seattle Mariners History

On Friday night, Seattle Mariners' catcher Cal Raleigh smacked a two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning which led the M's to a 5-3 win over the Texas Rangers at T-Mobile Park.

The Mariners are now 6-8 on the season. For Raleigh, the home run had historic meaning: It gave him 96 career homers, which is the most ever by a Mariners' catcher. It surpassese the 95 from Mike Zunino.

Earlier this week, we caught up with Cal's father, Todd Raleigh, on the "Refuse to Lose" podcast. He spoke with us about the pursuit of that record and Cal's place in team history.

"It's hard to even think about sometimes in context. Like when he broke Piazza's record (for most homers as a catcher through first four seasons in the big leagues) or some of these things, it just doesn't seem possible. They've been playing a long time. A lot of catchers come up and some of that stuff doesn't seem real. Sometimes I can't believe this is happening. I thought he'd be a good player, I knew he'd do good things, I knew he'd play hard, etc, but some of this stuff, especially in that ballpark, to do what he's done, if he was Cincy he would have broken it a year and a half ago...I don't know if it's sunk into any of us, him included..."

The Mariners will play the Rangers again on Saturday night with first pitch at 6:40 p.m. PT. Bryan Woo pitches against Kumar Rocker.