Bandwagon Beach

Darren Smith and John Gennaro talk about the San Diego Padres dropping the final game of their series against the Miami Marlins, San Diego FC getting blanked by the Sounders in Seattle, and how a Thunder-Pacers NBA Finals will be a great thing for basketball fans (even if the media complains about it).

00:00 Loserville & COVID Chronicles

06:00 Padres drop final game against Marlins

28:30 SDFC loses 1-0 in Seattle

56:20 Get excited for Thunder-Pacers NBA Finals

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Darren and John are back, first taking measure of COVID running through John's household and the ramifications of that before diving into the Padres coming back against the Marlins (thanks to Ronny Simon), the stigma of playing in MLS, SDSU waiting to hear what will happen with Miles Byrd, the Pacers remaining likable even to a Knicks fan, and a lot more.

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Darren Smith and John Gennaro discuss a successful three-day weekend for the San Diego Padres (who have won 3 of 4), San Diego FC (who have swept their season series against LA Galaxy) and San Diego Wave (who won 5-2 over North Carolina). All three teams sit in 2nd place of their respective standings, although the Padres have issues to worry about and San Diego FC has to get past the fight in the stands that soured an otherwise brilliant game by the club.

00:00 John has COVID

20:00 Padres win 3 of their last 4 games

45:21 San Diego FC wins season series vs. LA Galaxy

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Darren Smith and John Gennaro are at Mason Ale Works in Barrio Logan and they get into a conversation about the emotions that only come up when you watch sports, ending up with them listing their best and worst emotional moments in sports.

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Darren and John tried to have lunch in North Park yesterday and accidentally ended up in the middle of a massive watch party for Tottenham Hotspur fans. It was delightful chaos, and they brought on Ben Forman (founder of the San Diego Spurs supporters club) today to talk about why the game was such a big deal for Spurs fans and what being a fan of an English team in America is like.

After that, with Thursday's Padres game already underway, the guys talk through last night's collapse by the New York Knicks and what it portends for the rest of the Eastern Conference Finals and Darren's mental health.

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Dylan from Letters to A.J. once again joins Darren and John for a conversation about the San Diego Padres, who have lost four consecutive games and seemingly can't score runs. Is it time to panic? How much of the blame should Manny Machado shoulder? Is Yu Darvish ever coming back? Why did we stop talking about Xander Bogaerts? And what was with that Kevin Acee article the other day?

We get into all of it, and hopefully make the listeners smarter baseball fans along the way.

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The NBA Playoffs kick back into gear tonight with Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves, with the Eastern Conference Finals between the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers getting underway on Wednesday.

Dan Devine from Yahoo Sports joins Darren and John to explain what he's watching for in both series and the guys discuss the healthy turning point facing a league without any of its most popular stars in the final rounds of the playoffs.

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On the Monday "weekend recap" podcast, Darren Smith and John Gennaro talk about why the San Diego Padres failed to score more than 1 run in any of their losses to the Seattle Mariners and how the field at Snapdragon Stadium might've played a role in a 0-0 tie for San Diego FC.

00:00 Introduction & NBA Playoffs

15:40 Padres struggle to score runs vs. Mariners

35:20 SDFC score zero in tie vs. Sporting KC

67:00 Car troubles and returning to life in USA

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Jeff Rueter from The Athletic joins Darren Smith and John Gennaro to talk about his recent article that details why Nashville SC's largest Latin American supporters group has stopped coming to games, why ICE has targeted Nashville for rounding up immigrants, and what it means for the future of soccer in America.

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Darren Smith is back is Imperial Beach and caught enough of the San Diego FC win on the plane to discuss it with John Gennaro before they turn their attention to the Padres and the NBA Playoffs.

00:00 Return from Spain: jet lag and podcasting

15:04 SDFC's midweek win over Colorado

58:56 Padres win series vs. Angels with help from Vasquez & Bogaerts

01:07:19 NBA Playoffs

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