Bandwagon Beach

Darren and John ventured downtown to Bottle Rocket Bar & Grill and previewed an incredible sports weekend with the owner of the establishment, Eli.

The Padres face the Dodgers in LA for first place in the division, SDFC is in San Jose triyng to hold onto first place in the Western Conference, and the EPL season is underway. There's no shortage of sports to watch this weekend!

The guys talk about whether Padres fans should be confident and if SDFC's game in San Jose is going to be closer than Vegas thinks.

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Darren and John woke up with the San Diego Padres all alone in 1st place of the NL West division, so they talk a bit about the team sweeping the Giants in San Francisco and the struggles of the Dodgers, who they will face in Los Angeles this weekend.

Later, Darren chats with USA under-20 men's national team head coach Marko Mitrović about how he ended up in the role and the six players from San Diego FC's roster that are under consideration to join the team.

00:00 - Padres sweep Dodgers, Dodgers swept by Angels

35:00 - USA under-20 men's national team head coach Marko Mitrović

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A longtime favorite guest of The Darren Smith Show, MLB Network's Adnan Virk joins Darren and John to talk about why he gave up the Cinephile podcast, why he wrote a Cinephile book, some of his favorite TV shows and movies, and how Manny Machado is the Brad Pitt of his generation.

Before Adnan joins the show, Darren and John talk about the San Diego Padres taking a share of 1st place in the NL West and what it means for the team to have chased down the Los Angeles Dodgers.

After Adnan leaves, the guys talk about their reaction to watching the first episode of Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues, which makes Tom Brady look terrible.

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Recently, San Diego FC rookie (and #1 overall pick in the MLS SuperDraft) Manu Duah sat down with Darren Smith and Adrian García-Márquez to talk about being cheered on by his family in Ghana (despite the time difference), switching from midfield to center back in his rookie season, getting energy from the home crowd at Snapdragon Stadium and being challenged by the SDFC coaching staff.

Credit: SDFC Mid-Week Live

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Darren Smith and John Gennaro are still trying out some new technologies for the Section 1904 community, and they talk about that at the top of the show before jumping into the Padres' 4-1 win over the Giants and Yu Darvish's brilliance. John raves about Darvish looking like "the old Darvish," Darren appreciates every single Darvish start, and guys agree that Darvish is something of an artist on the mound.

The guys then dig into an article written by Dennis Lin about how AI has become a major part of identifying pitchers' tells, which was on full display during the Padres' series against the Red Sox, and they talk about what it means for the future of sports.

Finally, Darren lays out the schedule for the rest of the week and identifies a very interesting situation for Mikey Varas and the six SDFC players that are eligible for the United States U-20 men's national soccer team.

00:00 - New ideas for the show

04:30 - Darvish is brilliant in Padres' win in SF

23:30 - Tipping pitchers and AI

40:30 - SDFC's U-20 players & Mikey Varas

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On this week's weekend recap, Darren Smith and John Gennaro talk about the San Diego Padres taking 2-of-3 from the Boston Red Sox over the weekend and San Diego FC getting an ugly 2-0 win against Sporting KC, but not before the guys spend some time talking about swimming in the Pacific Ocean and sports media analysts who don't actually like sports.

The guys also spend quite a bit of time talking about the Padres' next 13 games, against the Giants and Dodgers, and the opportunity for San Diego to take control of the NL West.

To end the show, Darren and John figure out that they've been watching/enjoying The Studio and they talk about their favorite elements of the show.

00:00 - Weekends at the beach / Why we love sports

22:00 - Padres win series vs. BOS / Giants & Dodgers next

40:00 - SDFC beats Sporting KC 2-0

74:00 - Talking about The Studio

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Chef Emily Brubaker, Executive Chef at Omni La Costa, recently won NBC's "Yes, Chef" competition and joined the show to talk about her experience on the show, what made her want to become a chef, how she and her husband balance parenthood with their careers, the significance of plating in the age of Instagram, and the mental health struggles that almost every chef goes through.

But first, Darren and John talk about the Red Sox coming to town this weekend and if the Padres should be pushing to win the NL West. Also, somehow the WNBA dildo-throwing story has turned into marketing for a crypto company's memecoin(?).

After talking with Chef Emily, the guys talk about the new additions coming to San Diego FC and laugh at a Los Angeles politician who doesn't understand how the World Cup works.

00:00 - Red Sox are coming to town

09:00 - Green dildo crypto memes take over the WNBA

14:00 - Chef Emily Brubaker joins the show!

54:00 - LA city councilperson doesn't understand how the World Cup works

60:00 - SDFC's new additions

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Darren and John kick off the show by talking about possibly dipping their toe into making this podcast more of a (live?) video show and the benefits, and drawbacks, of building the plane while flying it. Also, John talks about the struggles of trying to stay healthy as the parent of a young child.

The guys then turn their attention to the story of fans throwing dildos on the court during WNBA games, including the funny side of the story and the dangerous/disrespectful/sexist side of it that also needs to be addressed.

Later, Darren plays the role of boomer trying to figure out ESPN's new direct-to-consumer pricing before the guys talk about last night's Padres win and a pretty cool personal connection between Mason Miller and Michael King.

00:00 - Should we be doing video?

12:00 - WNBA dildo-throwing incidents

31:00 - ESPN's confusing DTC launch

49:00 - Padres take series in AZ / Mason Miller redemption

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Darren Smith and John Gennaro kick off today's show by talking (briefly) about last night's win by the Padres in Arizona and San Diego FC's home win against Mazatlán before welcoming to the show Joseph Lowery from Backheeled.com, who recently wrote about the historic expansion season that SDFC is in the midst of and what the future of the team (and Major League Soccer) looks like.

After Joseph says goodbye, the guys open up the mailbag from Discord to talk about the NFL acquiring 10% of ESPN and play the world's worst version of f*%k/marry/kill with former colleagues.

00:00 - Padres win in Arizona

13:00 - San Diego FC plays spoiler vs. Mazatlán

20:00 - Joe Lowery from Backheeled

62:00 - Answering mailbag questions

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Darren and John start the podcast by saying they don't want to talk about sports and then spend the entire 75 minutes talking about sports.

First, the guys discuss what San Diego FC's game tonight against Mazatlán means and what fans should be looking for. There should be plenty of opportunities for some of the guys on the bench to get real playing time and impress the coaching staff for the stretch run into the MLS Playoffs.

Then, Darren and John turn their attention to the San Diego Padres, who lost last night in Arizona and stirred up the fanbase with yet another increase in season ticket prices. The guys look back at the new acquisitions and talk about how trades aren't quite as simple and clean and fans make them out to be before getting into the supply-and-demand aspect of increasing the cost of attending a Padres game. Also, does tourism (and a potential lockout?) factor into these future plans at all?

Finally, the guys talk a little bit about Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues, an upcoming docuseries that covers Tom Brady's involvement as a minority owner of the Birmingham City Football Club.

00:00 - We don't want to talk (about sports)

03:00 - SDFC's interesting matchup vs. Mazatlan

09:00 - Padres lose to D'Backs, trades are hard

39:00 - Padres raise ticket prices (again)

54:00 - Tourism's impact on sports

65:00 - Tom Brady's venture into European soccer

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