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The first half of this Podcast is Darren briefly talking about the Padres weekend in Boston, Heath Bell’s comments on Craig Stammen and the most recent Friar Territory episode, before talking about SDFC’s disappointing trip to San Jose over the weekend.

The Chrome y Azul have seen FIVE red cards in 10 matches (all competitions) and have been without suspended players for a combined 450 minutes - not counting Manu Duah’s upcoming suspension against Minnesota United this weekend. Obviously, this needs to stop but is there a through line for the sendings off? Some thoughts.

Credit is also due to the improved level of competition, as Real Salt Lake and San Jose showed noticeably elite pace against SDFC and appear to be real threats in the Western Conference. San Jose would probably be THE story in the West if it wasn’t for LAFC. Mikey’s men are back in action this Saturday night at 7:30pm.

The second half of this Pod is the audio-only version of a conversation between Marty Caswell and MLB.Com’s AJ Cassavell. (YouTube version here). The two discussed Nick Castellanos’ role with the Padres, how close Yuki Matsui and Jason Adam are to joining the club and Craig Stammen’s process when choosing his leadoff hitters.

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