Bandwagon Beach

Darren Smith checks in on how John Gennaro's ribs went over the weekend before the guys explore their own excitement over tonight's playoff game between San Diego FC and Minnesota United FC at Snapdragon Stadium, and spend a minute discussing the potential scheduling conflicts ahead.

They also play audio of Darren interviewing SDFC player Corey Baird, who grew up in San Diego County and has some comparisons between SDFC's playoff emotions and those he used to feel as a San Diego Chargers fan.

After that, Darren and John spend a little while talking about San Diego State's dominant football win over San Jose State on Saturday and discuss Friday's matchup against New Mexico, who aren't nearly as bad as you might expect. Also, the SDSU basketball team is taking on Michigan tonight and Oregon tomorrow, two games that could seriously change how this year's Aztecs team is thought of.

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Darren Smith and John Gennaro start the podcast by discussing the anxiety around smoking a rack of ribs but quickly get into a weekend preview by ranking their top 5 sporting events of the weekend.

The guys then play the audio of San Diego Padres manager Craig Stammen on Buster Olney's Baseball Tonight podcast, where he made it clear that he's close with Manny Machado before calling out Fernando Tatis Jr. Was it too much? Is this going to cause a problem already between Tatis and Stammen?

The guys play a quick game of Rate That Take with a Yankees fan who called into a New York sports radio station before recapping a brilliant night for 17-year old Gilberto Mora and Club Tijuana that secured a spot in the LIGA MX playoffs.

And, as always on Friday, Darren and John each hand out some recommendations on this week's episode of Try This!

00:00 - The anxiety of cooking ribs

07:00 - Top 5 sporting events of the weekend

10:00 - Can SDSU make the College Football Playoff?

19:00 - Padres manager Craig Stammen calls out Fernando Tatis Jr.

33:30 - Rate That Take - Yankees fan edition

42:30 - Gil Mora leads Xolos into Liga MX playoffs

48:00 - Try This

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Darren Smith and John Gennaro start today's podcast by trying to make sense of ESPN's new relationship with MLB teams and what it might mean for San Diego Padres fans going forward before welcoming to the show AppleTV MLS play-by-play announcer Keith Costigan for a preview of Monday's playoff game between San Diego FC and Minnesota United FC, as well as his thoughts on Ireland's path to the 2026 World Cup.

After they're done talking with Keith, the guys spend a little time discussing their plans (and plans for the podcast) for Thanksgiving next week before John loses his mind trying to unravel whatever the hell is going on with the Dallas Mavericks....and what it might mean for the future of the San Diego Padres.

00:00 - What does MLB's deal with ESPN mean for the Padres?

15:00 - AppleTV's Keith Costigan previews San Diego FC / Minnesota United FC

38:00 - Thanksgiving plans / Mavericks as a harbinger of doom for the Padres sale

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Darren Smith and John Gennaro kick off the episode by remembering their former coworker, San Diego Padres legend Randy Jones, who passed away this morning. The guys spend some time telling personal stories and talking about Randy's place in Padres history.

They then welcome onto the podcast Jeff Rueter from Five Asides, who joined the show back in May, to talk about USMNT's impressive win over Uruguay last night, Mikey Varas' long term future in San Diego, why he thinks the MLS calendar shift will make life more difficult for every team, why the AppleTV deal ending earlier than expected is good for the league, and what he's expecting when Minnesota United FC comes to town to take on San Diego FC on Monday night.

The guys follow-up the interview with their thoughts following SDSU men's basketball dropping a 108-107 double-overtime game to Troy at home last night and wonder what kind of an impact (if any) it will have on this still-young season.

00:00 - Remembering Padres legend Randy Jones

21:30 - Jeff Rueter joins the show to talk MLS

61:50 - SDSU Aztecs lose double-overtime upset to Troy

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Darren Smith and John Gennaro kick off today's podcast by talking about some technical difficulties and jokingly being called out by a "rival" Padres podcast before getting into San Diego FC, who announced earlier today that they were exercising the permanent option on Luca Bombino's loan from LAFC.

The guys play some audio from SDFC Sporting Director Tyler Heaps, who spoke openly and honestly about Luca Bombino's present and future with Darren Smith, which felt very different from the normal communications from a team to the media.

The podcast closes with some San Diego Padres talk, starting with Shohei Ohtani no longer tipping his cap to the Padres dugout and barreling right into all of the questions surrounding a sale of the Padres and what a prospective buyer might be getting.

00:00 - The start of the Podcast Wars

11:00 - Some SDFC updates ahead of Monday's game vs. Minnesota / Luca Bombino permanent option

42:30 - Shohei Ohtani doesn't respect the Padres / Padres ownership questions

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Darren Smith and John Gennaro had conflicting schedules on Monday, so the usual early Monday weekend recap got moved to late afternoon. As such, the guys are a little loop as they discuss the very strange NFL season, SDSU fans getting angry after a win over Boise State, San Diego FC preparing for a huge playoff game on Monday, the Padres re-signing LHP Kyle Hart, and a bunch more.

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Darren Smith and John Gennaro preview the weekend ahead, starting with an explanation of what weep holes are and how to clean them ahead of this weekend's deluge of rain that is expected to soak San Diego county. We get a full report from the Section 1904 Weather Desk so that we know how to prepare.

Then, on the two-year anniversary of Peter Seidler's passing, the guys talk about Sheel Seidler mentioning Darren on her Instagram and wonder how her grief over losing her husband must be entangled with a forthcoming sale of the San Diego Padres.

They also spend quite a bit of time (not on purpose) discussing the article in the local paper that welcomes the return of maybe the worst "owner" in the history of the Padres.

From there, they discuss why Major League Soccer is switching the time of year in which their regular season will be played and the changes made to MLS Season Pass that will make it easier for everyone to watch San Diego FC going forward.

The guys also talk about San Diego State's football team, which still seems like a bit of a mystery box and probably will remain so even after what should be a very wet game at Snapdragon Stadium against the Boise State Broncos on Saturday night, before throwing out a couple of recommendations in this week's installment of Try This!

00:00 - Preparing for rain

11:00 - Padres chatter / Remembering Peter Seidler

44:30 - Big changes coming to MLS

46:30 - Game Preview: Boise State at San Diego State (football) / SDSU attendance

71:30 - Try This!

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News broke this morning that the Seidler family is looking for investors to take ownership of the San Diego Padres, marking the end of the Peter Seidler era for the team.

Darren Smith and John Gennaro jumped on YouTube and reacted live to the news, being sad about Peter Seidler's legacy, wondering how this affects A.J. Preller's potential extension with the team and his offseason moves, and even tossing around a couple of names of potential buyers.

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Dennis Lin from The Athletic joins Darren Smith and John Gennaro from the MLB GM meetings in Las Vegas to talk about the San Diego Padres hiring Craig Stammen, what we should expect in Year 1 and the challenges that the new manager faces, as well as all of the other big decisions that face the team this offseason (A.J. Preller's contract extension, free agency, the trade market, etc.)

00:00 - Fernando Tatis Jr. trade rumors

11:30 - Dennis Lin joins the show!

44:45 - Darren's night out in Tijuana

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John's back from his trip to New Orleans and, after the guys talk a bit about what makes New Orleans so special and John talks about the World War II Museum, the guys bounce around to some of the reactions to the San Diego Padres hiring Craig Stammen as their new manager and yesterday's press conference introducing him to the assembled media.

The guys play sound from Padres CEO Erik Greupner and Padres legend Trevor Hoffman, and discuss Stammen calling Nick Hundley to apologize for a strange interview process, as they discuss what the hire means for the short-term and long-term future of the organization.

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