The Darren Smith Show

Hour 2- The Athletic's Dennis Lin talks Padres and upcoming trade deadline, Headlines We'll Never Get To, Britney Spears vs. Webenyama, #AskDarren.

Dennis Lin discussed the Padres approach as the trade deadline nears, Josh Hader's usage, what to make of Tom Cosgrove getting the 8th inning and who the mysterious "Dad" is.

Hour 1- Importance of Padres and Mets series, Darren still hasn't posted on Threads, Pac-12 deal isn't anywhere close, Call of Day

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MLB analyst Jim Bowden discussed why the Padres should be buyers at the deadline, why the focus should be on refining the bottom of the order and adding pitching depth and why early failures are on the players

Hour 2- Kevin Acee discusses Peter Seidler's resounding faith in AJ Preller, examining the Machado Bogaerts relationship, #AskDarren texts

Kevin Acee on Peter Seidler's faith in AJ Preller and why he's being judged on his work from 2020, if he and Bob Melvin are on the same page, reports of issues between Bogaerts and Machado & Josh Hader's usage

Hour 1- 30 million people have already signed up for Threads, we hear from Bob Melvin on Josh Hader pitching in 3 straight games, Call of the Day.

Hour 3- Why is the Mountain West playing hardball with SDSU? We hear from Manny Machado on the Padres chemistry issues.

Hour 2- Angels manager Phil Nevin joins the show, Headlines We'll Never Get to includes Meta launching Threads, their version of twitter, #AskDarren texts.