September 3rd, 2024 - Fernando Tatis Jr Returns, Musgrove Powers Padres Past Tigers!

Start [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Foreplay W welcome back every everybody Ben and woods 973 the fan happy Tuesday to you hope everyone had a uh phenomenal Labor Day weekend I know I did man it was a good one it really really was a good one uh we will talk about how since we left the padr are three and one so that's good the rally roach is here let's get this out of the way right now give that little guy a smooch really no game today but the oh yeah yeah yeah because of the rallies uh of the weekend he's want to keep The Good Vibes moving uh in here certainly I'm woodsy that's Paul Ryle he's the executive producer good morning Paulie good morning Benjamin Higgins your friendly neighborhood Sports Anchor joins us as well good morning Benjamin happy Tuesday everybody it's good to be back it's great to be back we needed it man we were on fumes on Friday when I got out of here I was on absolute fumes and uh man was a great weekend all around let's jump across the pond for a couple of reasons this morning number one I woke up this morning dreaming about Welsh fryer it was what woke me up this morning our buddy uh Tom is his name and he is from Wales and we've had him on the show before he has arrived in America and it's like the Beatles have arrived it's like remember when the Beatles showed up and they show like the videos of the ah girls screaming and they're like hey yeah no here this kid is has invaded my brain and I woke up this morning think I was like I can't remember what it was but I woke up I was like freaking Welsh fryer is in my brain again he's the Fab fryer he's the Fab fryer so I woke up and I'm like all right my DMs this weekend went bananas hey are you guys G to have Welsh fryer in is Welsh fry I go yes it's all good like if you were on our member stream the other night you already know we got him taken care of with batting practice through our people at the Padres again I'll say this don't ask me for this he's Welsh he gets this you're not Welsh so you don't get it but he you know they they come across the pond he's with his family but this dude's been on my brain all freaking weekend and I woke up this morning first thing going oh man Wells fryer I got to make sure he's dialed in so wel is going to be in tomorrow he's going to be hanging out with us and um you know doing his thing and uh but it it was great because I I pulled up the rundown this morning and I saw that today is National Welsh rare bit day and I'm like did paully misspell rabbit and I don't know what rare bit is you don't remember stofers Frozen Welsh rare bits oh my mom used to get it all the time when I was a kid is this is that the way that the Welsh say rabbit rabbit it's not it's not rabbit it's a it's a cheese it's like a beer cheese sauce and they put it on toast and you would just like you just melt it and you put it on a piece of bread and it's like cheese bread cheese sauce bread it's like beer cheese but from Wales and they call it Welsh rarebit and for some reason I used to have this Frozen when I was growing up I just pull it out of the freezer I'd melt it put it on bread and eat my Welsh rare bit it looks good I think I would pass on it because of the name just cheesy Texas toast cheesy yeah cheesy be cheesy beer Texas toast essentially I think there might be a little worst of sure sauce in the recipe it's um all right it's not something you see a lot nowadays it's not on a ton of menus but it's not bad it's got a good sharp cheddar so it's got that kind of tanginess to it I remember liking it a lot and then it just disappeared I don't even know if they they sell it anymore the stoer company just said no one's buying this probably because the name because they think it's rabbit I thought it was rabbit and I'm like I just because you weirdos in whales call rabbit rarebit I'm not eating it there's no way and I'm certainly not eating stoer brand of rabbit you might be able to give me a bite if we go to a really nice restaurant but if you're like hey hungry man's got a new Welsh rare bit we want you to try there's no way Welsh Fri is like be very very quiet I'm hunting rare [Music] bit so I didn't I didn't know what the hell was going on but this kid's in my brain he's coming in tomorrow we'll see him this week uh he's a good kid man it it is kind of wild watching him really discover all of the things that we take for granted here in San Diego living here I mean he's just I I can't get over it this is look at this here's a Trader Joe's I mean it's like taking Ben on a trip to another city and he's just oh my God look at that there's a Starbucks right oh Applebees oh Burger King it was I'm going to attach a GoPro to this man when we go to Philadelphia you have oh you have to you just have to there's cheese steaks over there another cheese like on his hat or something oh they have a v here wow look at that oh Piggly Wiggly I mean it is like driving in the car with with Ben and I imagine Wells fryer is pretty much the same thing so welcome to town Wells we we'll have you in tomorrow and uh looking forward to to uh getting that and taking care of business and hanging out with that kid but uh hearing about how it's all gone obviously the Padres has been playing really well we've got four games to talk about we have plenty of time to do do it we could be here till till 10: but what about your story from ACR God oh God oh God oh God so it finally uh it happened you you heard and you've probably seen if you're on any social media of any sort that the uh the Oasis reunion is a huge huge deal a worldwide phenomenon right now and uh I managed to get a ticket I now I saw that on social media and I was shocked and a little offended that you didn't like text me and paully right away going I got a ticket I had to wait and two days later I see I had to wait and see it on Instagram going wait he did you get a did you get a ticket to to Oasis for your birthday next year your 50th and he goes yeah I did I'm going I can't believe he didn't text us within like eight seconds because anything else happens to this man true he texts the two of us within 10 seconds of it happening it was wild I um I didn't get in the the pre-sale if it's me you'll find out three months later for sure be like you're going the day of be like I already went I went it was amazing they crushed it so I uh I woke up so I did not get in the pre-sale I never got like the email code and everything so I was pretty bummed now I had forgotten that there was a general on sale but I would have had to get up at 1:00 in the morning and I had forgotten about that so I went to bed what Friday night just kind of bummed I didn't get it and thought to myself it's too bad you don't know anyone who normally gets up at 1:00 in the morning exact exactly she sleeps in on the weekends uh lucky me so I woke up though Saturday morning at about 5: and I reached over and I grabbed my phone and my buddy Craig he goes happy birthday dude I got you a ticket I mean I still paid for it but happy birthday dude I got us a ticket you're in not Craig Elston not Craig Elston me and Craig Elston are not going it's my buddy Craig Glover yeah and uh Craig got up now he knew a guy a Ticket Master that said try this code and he put in a code all of a sudden he jumps to the front of the que is and he said took about 45 minutes both of his credit cards got declined at first they thought you know he started freaking out he's like well I'm not a UK I don't have a UK credit card he started losing his mind it's the American Express pre-sale or whatever he uses his American Express go figure gets right in don't leave home without it gets me a ticket so I'm I'm like yes so I wake up at 5 no one's awake so I'm dancing around my house pretty excited well then the part comes where I'm like okay cool let's look at hotel and airfare airfare I expect to pay a decent amount I'm probably also going to I'm not going to go business class cuz that's like $115,000 but I'll go preferred you know seating and everything else and have a nice seat start looking at hotels and I go guess these guys realize that uh 880,000 people are going to be in town to see this show the the the rates were exorbitant they've got you by the by the short and cures dude and so I'm sitting there looking going oh my God oh my God so I I FaceTime my parents let them see the kids and I tell them hey I I did get a ticket my dad goes hey I got some I got some Hilton uh points I'm probably not going to use them let me see what I can do so I give him the Hilton send it over he calls back he goes they want 990,000 points and 518 PBS a night and I go now normally 990,000 points that could get you rooms for several nights of without pay of course z so man I said never mind dad uh then he did his thing he's starting to look way outside of town and I had another uh person our pal Darren Smith who was looking for a ticket as well didn't get one Darren said dude just stay in Liverpool and I said okay let me look at that so the rooms were fine and then you said why don't you stay here atast Newcastle so the rooms are fine right here's the problem though you have like an 18-hour flight then you land in Manchester and then you're like oh cool let me jump on a train for an hour which is a nightmare it's a nightmare you you're there you've do over there though they ride the trains all the time you be like a a normal English person I mean but I when I when I fly that far I just want to be where I'm at and we're talking about the we're talking about saving maybe $500 in the span of 3 days but then think about this so that's fine you get to your hotel you check in the very next morning I'm back on a train for an hour then I go to a show 80,000 people guess where they're going they're getting on a train I got to get on a train I go back an hour then when I fly out in two days back on a train I'm like this I'll just spend the $500 or extra to stay at a nice hotel in Manchester so that's probably what I'm going to do but man they are they're getting me dude they a nice hotel this is like payback well reviewed well so this is like payback for the Boston Tea Party I think at this point they're really they're really sticking it to us but so I go on Travelocity and I start looking and I'm like oh this one looks okay it says 8.0 very good now all I kept think in my mind is Ben's booking this one this is like 300 lbs a night and I'm like Ben's booking this is 8.0 then you start looking at the pictures and you're like that was built in the 1800s like it's these are dumps that's new over there they got yes exactly yeah we built this in 1911 and it's brand new so I get over and I start to look and and I Go Hannah get in here and she goes don't do it man she goes do not do it 8.0 she goes do you not remember when we were in Paris we left England a couple days early to go to Paris we had a room set up but we needed like two nights so she gets on her phone and starts looking she goes look at this one four stars it looks really nice I go that does look good we booked this four star hotel bro there was like there were like junkies it smelled like real cheap perfume it was a dump I mean we had to get hammered just to spend the night there for two nights it was a dump and this was super highly rated so Europeans they do it a little different over there they got me spun out I don't know what I'm going to do not that different eight of 10 would be four of five if you get an Uber driver who only gets four of five that's pretty much a red flag that you're getting in the back of a serial Killer's car they don't have like five of five you are in a lot of trouble getting into someone's car right like yeah I would agree with that if you but if you saw a hotel and they're like eight out of 10 Stars would you would you think that was okay this was four stars I'm like this is a four you hear four star hotel super nice so a fourstar hotel is a classification of Hotel based on what amenities they offer they probably have a restaurant and a a gym facility maybe a pool it's more Resort a this was not Resort a three star hotel would be more of your like h a little more business traveler kind of less less bells and whistles obviously a five-star hotel would then be complete like a luxury resort but that but then the reviews beyond that like you go to a five-star hotel that people are disappointed in or a three star hotel that really Nails everything they're supposed to nail true it's a totally different process between what kind of hotel it is two star three star fourar five star and then how good inside its own classification it is and mck says it's it's metric star ratings yeah everything's on the metric system over there so their four is really like one and a half so I don't know where I'm going to stay but uh I will figure it out Hannah my beloved was like just book it it's your 50th don't you don't want to do it half ass on your 50th and I'm like you know what you're right I'm going to end up overpaying for a hotel but I'll be close to the venue and be in the scene but I was really happy and excited man and I've got it it's 319 days away I have a countdown uh 300 I got lot days to be excited excited man somebody said stay at a hostel yes I'm going to stay at a hostel with a bunch of kids sharing a bathroom hey good morning Mike how's it going you excited for the show me too uh but that's that's where I'm at right now but I am really stoked to get I feel like I got the hard part out of the way getting the ticket well speaking of fun countdowns to things we're all excited about it is now magic number season for your San Diego Padres we will talk about the the weekend that was we had four games as wood said since we've uh last joined you including fairly notable occurrence yesterday with the return of Fernando tatis Jr it's Fernando tatis Jr welcome back Nando good to see you back on the field saved all your spectacular for another day but that's okay Padre's got the dub yesterday we will set the menu for a Tuesday program should be a busy one today I don't know that we'll be able to get to everything we missed over the last three but uh we will try and we will start when we come back with Ben and woods Kelly's traffic and then off we go on San Diego's number one sports station 973 the fan e e e e e e e e e e e e e e Ben Sets The Menu Benjamin before you uh set the men menu I wanted to uh read this little note that we got and we all got new shirts and we'll show them uh on the camera here pretty soon but got a note this morning with a package love the show you guys have kept me entertained in the AM since you got rolling hope you stick around for another 30 years no not happening SD is lucky to have you all enjoy the teas remember when in doubt bring in the ass it never fails our buddies over at the Pod fathers podcast have sent us these really cool ass shirts so now we've got multiple ass thank you fellas the Pod fathers podcast I have not listened to it I promise I will give it a a listen but I just gave it a plug so everyone check out pod father's podcast and these shirts are badass dude have you been on the Pod father I have not it's one of uh the few I have not been on yet they're very cool they very cool I'm not sure I'm G to wear shirt I didn't realize we all got different ones yeah we got different ones City connect I got like a Cream City connect I like your color I that's very nice I like my color too early bird gets got the the Retro orange and gold 1990s Padres which is awesome colors which is cool I got the uh I took that one because well I was here first and so early bird gets the work you are always here always here first so that's how it works uh thank you for these these are awesome thank you we have a bit of a lineup Shuffle to uh to get to here as we set the menu of course we'll get to our Padre's wrap up in our next segment we'll start with yesterday's performance the return of Fernando tatis Jr Joe Musgrove on the mound all of that coming up in our next segment in our po R wrapup we'll continue uh thoughts on the pot R taken two of three from the Tampa Bay Rays while we were gone over the weekend nice little response after losing those back-to-back games to the St Louis Cardinals not that we were panicked but you know we just don't want to see a five-game losing streak that's not what happened they once again as they have done every single time especially since the All-Star break put their foot down you know any even hint of like yeah you know slipping a little bit now just turn it right back around in the in the proper direction so we'll talk about that weekend series got a brand new prize for you take on Woods it is a new month chance to qualify for a getaway for two to the win or on Las Vegas we'll tell you about that with take on Woods coming up at 710 Woods's already excited about DDT and one of the stories he's got there college football related it's unreal man uh then at 7:35 our normal Monday guest Sam levit is going to join us on a Tuesday but it's kind of like a Monday because of course we weren't here yesterday but he'll be here with us at 7:35 to talk about the whole weekend he did all the pre and the postgame shows that's because Jesse is is actually moving to tomorrow so our our weekly incorporator is going to happen correct tomorrow yeah with Jesse okay we specifically picked Tuesdays like five years ago with Jesse because they play every Tuesday 99.9% of Tuesdays they they may not have a game on Monday but they will always have a game on Tuesday not this week whether it's a two game series a three game series it always will land like Friday Saturday Sunday Tuesday is pretty much the four guaranteed days Wednesday is pretty solid too but those are the ones that you're like n like Paul said 99.9% sure Padres will play on those days so we can't give him an incorporator where I mean maybe he could just while he's cooking dinner tonight he can work in an in but there's no game so my six-year-old asked me wait why are they playing today and not tomorrow and I said all I know is they just got off of a gnarly gnarly road trip 18 games in 18 days don't know if you guys have heard us mention that yet 18 games in 18 days and then today is going to be a day and Bo goes but they still play the Tigers I go uhhuh and he's like so what does everybody do I said well I think if you're the Pod R you go home and sleep because you have to be absolutely dragging ass I like 18 games in 18 days you're the only one uh that liked 18 games in 18 days so what's the I know yesterday obviously you want to put people in the ballpark when you can on a a day like yesterday it's just weird to have the the off dat today it is uh they do this a lot am I miss it's rare but because it was such a long stretch players union mandates you can only go certain number of days in a row and they could have taken yesterday off they could have taken and just started done Tuesday Wednesday Thursday that would probably be what would have happened had it not been a holiday but because it was Labor Day you know that they're going to get a good crowd at the park they decided let's do the game on Monday and then put the off day on Tuesday I think the Tigers probably happen to be in San Diego for an extra day just just sitting with a day off they both get two nights off they get last night off and tonight off don't have to play again until Wednesday night it really is a nice break for everybody here at the start of September for a team that badly needs a break after a stretch not just of 18 and 18 but 27 games in 28 days yeah man that's the that's the other thing we forget you know you had that one off day in there Benny and hopefully the Tigers went out and really enjoyed San Diego hard you know go down Carrie Carpenter and Spencer Tolson hope you guys are hanging out in the gas lamp at Moonshine Flats just pounding rum mens and stuff and really get you off your game because the tigers have come in playing really really good baseball and they scared the crap out of me yesterday more than on more than one occasion AJ hinch doing the bullpen day was just kind of making my my skin crawl uh yesterday but came away with the dub we'll talk about that one first second half of the show rall report we have some Padres tickets to give away to tomorrow's game game game two of the series against the Detroit Tigers it is also the city connect hoodie giveaway uh your chance to to get the first 40,000 fans getting a free City connect hoodie but you can win tickets coming up later in our program so stay tuned for your chance to call in and win some pad R tickets on the show as well but mostly a lot of baseball talk maybe we'll mix in a little college football congratulations your Irish thank you what a win holy SM us Trojans also had a big win over the weekend well qu looks good man and uh after a very rough start San Diego State did win their season opener on Saturday night at Snapdragon stadium so that was a little dier than I'm assuming that the uh Aztec fa horrible horrible first half pretty good second half yeah I would say I would say so I would say so we'll have all of that and more coming up for you as we work our way toward 10 o00 and Annie and Elston will come back play you the highlights of yesterday's 3 nothing shutout win in our Padres wrap up next with benett Woods on San Diego's number one sports station 973 the fam e e e e e e e e e e e e Padres Wrap-Up: SD 3, DET 0 my colleague over here stepen Woods always insists it's not a journalist no what do you call yourself I'm an Entertainer an Entertainer yeah I want to make people laugh in the morning that's my that's what it all boils down to so when you have breaking news you just let other people break it for sure which brings us to Sunday when uh Woods's inside sources let him know that Fernando ttis Jr was going to be back on Monday but you didn't break the news you waited and let Kevin AC do it yesterday great job acean big scoop yesterday got everyone excited but would you could have broken that news you had that news on Sunday evening I did Sunday afternoon yeah Sunday afternoon when the Padre were returning home from Tampa Bay yeah you were it's not the first time you not the first time at all you won't break it drives Ben insane it dos had lots of news tidbits I tell you guys what's going to happen next time but I can't break it it's not my story just runs with it no I don't do that he won't do it I'm not going to steal someone's it's up to you to decide whether you want to break it or not and every time you decide no I'm just going to let another Outlet get all the credit for that yeah I mean I don't I don't get paid for credit on Twitter breaking stories on Twitter you don't but it's promotion do you do you understand why why people do it because you been explaining to me every Outlet like ES SPN and you know Fox Sports and everywhere goes according to 973 the fan Steven Woods from the Ben and woods program and every story they write that's that's promotional gold but instead you wait and you let someone else have that promotional gold but fine whatever you're not a journalist you're just an Entertainer an Entertainer man that's all I want to do if it's about money like there are other platforms other than Twitter you could have we could have gone Live on YouTube on Sunday and uh monetized that video I would I would have wrote you a check for like 10 bucks yeah it's not worth it to me that's that's the that would meant I would had to do a live stream and all that middle of my day yeah I just um yeah I think it's also and I'll be completely honest with you I think it's the fear of being wrong and you know I told you there's one man that ruined my chances ever at like wanting to do that and be a quote unquote journalist and it's AJ PR when he would feed me stuff years ago I spoken AJ in a long time liter I have not I was out the day you guys interview I have not talked to that man in like a year and so he would feed me some things and I wouldn't run with them so he kept feeding me a couple of things and I have always been of the opinion that I mean I guess I could have tweeted some sources say that Fernando come back but I just I think there's a fear of being wrong and looking like an idiot too there is a risk always which I don't like that I'll make myself your sources are almost never wrong that's true they're really good but I will say this I think one of the reasons you get so much information I don't say anything is that they know that you're not going to say anything I that's probably they just like you to be in the no but you're not going to go run with it and yeah spill the beans and blab to everybody yeah yeah and I mean you know you see guys get dragged like the rosenthals the John Haymon you know you see those guys get pounded and you're like well they're built for it I they're journalists I'm not a journalist I they also right a hell of a lot more yeah teams just remember the one or two times they were wrong about their specific team but over the course of a hundred stories they're probably right I don't know 96 97% let me let me ask you guys if you had gotten the same thing would you have tweeted it what would you have done I want to know like the steps because I get this stuff happens me all the time man I'm tell probably if I felt confident that it was accurate I would say sources close to the team say that Fernando tatis Jr will return to the roster and the lineup on Monday uh the team you know this is not the team has made no official announcements at this point or something like that just kind of cover your bases a little bit so I I mean I think about some of the stuff I've had over the years and it's gnarly I mean I had Trevor Bower police report like like three months before it came out like three months somebody sent it to me and I was like I I don't know what to do with this like could have had Ben Steven Woods co-host of Ven and woods all over every TMZ St TMZ oh and the thought of it is just too much and then I had somebody had video of Trevor Bower pregame like doctoring baseballs like like with literal you could see him putting sticky stuff in his glove it was pretty nuts so I yeah I don't know man I think that's why I I uh I think that's why they tell me because they know I'm not going to ultimately I I don't mind we know we knew that tatis was close and you obviously know the team will announce it when it's going to happen doesn't really change anybody's life to know it an hour or two before the team officially announces it I I don't know why the teams don't just if they know it's going to happen why don't you just break the news on Sunday why do you have to wait until you make the move but they just don't they want to be as safe as possible like if something changed you know he came down with a a cold or something decided to wait another day they don't want to well we told everybody and now we've got to do it so they always wait until the last second Jose says I have a feeling the padr gave a bone to for the Ben and woods show and I missed an opportunity that could be it too but I really don't feel like I missed out on anything other than uh why else would your Source tell you that I don't knowing we not even have to show on dude I really don't know I really don't know paully other than want that information the way my paranoid mind works is that I'm like you're testing me that's how I work you're testing me AJ PR telling me on the Sly 5 years ago where till I get Francisco go Lindor and I go and I didn't know what to do with myself and I didn't tweet it I didn't say anything I told you guys I was like it's a test I felt like he was but you passed the test so then at some point they want okay we were going to give you information we want you to leak have you ever thought about the fact that yeah they actually want want some stuff to leak to leak out leak out so they give it to you because you passed all the tests so you're the one they're going to give it to but then you don't you don't leak it out you're watertight I am TI here I'm a vault my friends I am a Ab an absolute Vault so if you have secrets tell them to me all right um yeah I didn't I didn't break that news but he was back and it was really nice to see him and we will talk about that one wrap it up our Padre's wrapup highlights coming up right after this check at traffic on 973 the fan from the 973 the fan traffic center here's Kelly dck traffic is sponsored by Valene instant draft the oil change your trusted instant drafty oil change get a little busy on our road North inside of the 805 before Home Avenue Collision has been moved over to the right shoulder now up ahead 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hamul Casino has all the fun you're looking for hamul Casino fun Above All Else yeah give me a do damage do damage two outs nobody on for their leading hitter Matt verling swings to the first pitch chops it over the mound near the bag at second Bogarts has it long throw to firstand time easy breezy one two three top of the first for Joe musgrow one and two and arise hits it on the ground into right field and a base hit McCoy racing around third going to score easily beerling throw goes into second base they gave him right field and he took it Padres lead it one to nothing here's the one and two swung on and missed right three mosgrove comes back and gets three in a row Tigers had first and second nobody out they do not score they had him up on the board he won a contest swinging him man musgrow Strikes Out young that's number six for Joe got tlon to end the fourth now this guy to start the fif and one away one run lead now but a chance to add 02 arise on the ground through the left side and a base hit got it past Sweeny who is drawn in RBI single as higashioka scores and the Padre lead is now two to nothing here's the pitch man he swings hits it on the ground through the right side and a base hit rise comes in to score RBI single Manny Machado a three nothing Padre lead and not a single man trying to do too much Suarez is said here's the pitch swung on popped into shallow left Machado back calling off Peralta Manny on the Move gets there to make the catch and the ball game is over Padres make quick work of the Tigers on this Labor Day a three nothing shutout win Joe Musgrove went six and then just like you draw up Adam in the seventh Scott in the eighth and Suarez save number 31 here in the night it's impressive what he's done it's very important that he's been back and doing what he's doing it's now four straight outstanding starts for us um again hard fought ball game you know we're able to scratch run with Luis getting a big knock and Joe um Joe made it stand up through six and made big pitches in the six to get to get out of it he's been fantastic and a he's a big part of our club and and um he's contributing Big Time 1.3 ER for Joe in his five start since returning from the injured list he is given a big boost to a pot R starting rotation that needed it badly and now tomorrow the pot RS are expected to get another big boost activating UD Darvish from the injured list to make the start in game two against the Detroit Tigers and we'll see what uh what you looks like all the reports have been good in terms of his pen sessions and good life obviously getting into a game against Major League hitters is a little bit different but uh you know he's done it so many times in his career he's such a veteran and he'll have that same extra juice and adrenaline that I think Joe did coming in to to pitch for a team that is fighting for a playoff spot and is uh one of the hottest teams still the best record in baseball since the All-Star break that's is that right yeah holy smokes man correct just a a really really nice game for Joe yesterday and you know you saw getting a little bit of trouble I was watching with the whole family and we always play the the game at at the house all right what do you do here B you leave him in you take him out he's at 89 pitches got Runners on first and second I think at the time it was a one- nothing lead and you saw morone and Adam throwing in the bullpen and I looked at Bo and I go will you leave him in you take him out he goes I'm leaving him in I go I'm leaving him in too I want him I want him to know if I'm Mike Shield I believe in you you have the stuff to get out of this inning and that that those kind of that kind of trust goes a long way with a guy like Joe Musgrove it really does and so when he left him in and he whipped that yaker on that guy and froze him to death two outs in the six C Keith at the plate and as you said the the pitch count was approaching 90 and they showed Mike Shelton The Dugout and I didn't think he was going to take him out I didn't Nei but they didn't even go to Ruben neble they just go you've got this gave some sign and and they went after it was really a matter of fact like of course you've got this go out do your thing make your pitch and get it oh and it goes such a long way Benny such a long way I mean he was so Frozen that that curveball was right down I mean it ended up as middle middle as you could get I'm going well that's the easiest call of the Umpire will have all season on a c stretch just the GU just and uh then they went to the bullpen and uh ass got it done Adam Scott and Suarez uh as the Padres get the three nothing win 31st save for [Music] Suarez they did it was it was one nothing until the bottom of the eight so every single batter was potentially the tying run disaster whatever every single time but they came through obviously um Fernando ttis Jr went 0 for four in his return a lot of quick at bats first pitch second Pitch pop out man ground out did move the runners over in the rally in the eighth inning with a a ground ball to the right side that helped score uh the extra run when Manny followed with an RBI single to make it three nothing the moment though when tatis ran out to right field and Petco Park absolutely exploded with his return that's important for this team that's an energy boost in a tough time at the end of an 18 game stretch that I fully believe even though tati didn't really do anything I think he had one Fly ball come to him it still that gives a lift to everybody just to have him back and that's what players generally said Xander Jackson in the game beforehand just having him back is just a great lift and a great feeling and no offense to the guys he's replaced you know Bryce Johnson David peralto who was still in the lineup moved over to left you can give jerkson a day off just having more bodies is a good thing down the stretch as well but that was an emotional lift for your San Diego Padres I thought the uh fact that jerkson gets a complete two days off is is huge I mean he's been he's been grinding pretty hard he has has said this is the best year of my career when you're having a good year you get on base a lot and when you get on base a lot you run a lot I'm very tired so to be able to give him Benny a couple days off was uh was pretty outstanding work by the Padres picking each other up and it's something they've done the entire season long and Joe Musgrove certainly led the charge yesterday pitching brilliantly brilliantly and again you're they talk to him which can I go back back and forth on the right after a start interview what do you think about the right I mean I'm he's in the the clubhouse headset on and mud and Don are asking him questions about the he just came off the mound 10 minutes ago I liked it because he was he pitched well right you don't want to do it if they pitch bad but I liked what he said about higgy being able to them be able to to locate his fast ball vo 94 I mean he he said I'm not going to be a guy that blows a lot of guys away but man the way that they had guys guessing and the way they change speeds that that new hybrid slider sweeper whatever they're working on is nasty and Joe looks Joe looks like an ace right now honestly the way he's pitched since he's come back he looks like an ace I'll actually tell you but answering your question and maybe I need the the green Boomer filter that you usually get but I I don't like any in-game interviews at all I don't I don't want to hear from the manager I don't want to hear from the pitcher I don't want to hear from the sideline reporter and chats I just want to focus on the game on the game and I know that's like I liked having Joe immediately talking about the game that was at hand the game that we were watching rather than it was pretty cool tomorrow in the third inning hey let's talk about 48 hours I don't mind hearing him talk about that I don't want to see it though I don't want a split screen I don't want a little tiny box I want the game to fill up the entire television screen and I don't want to do the half Joe's in one box and then you got the little box of the game yeah I know I know it's not how it works anymore I get it two BS kid I get it but um yeah no there was some good insight there I'm just I'm looking at the tiny going can I why are we watching on this little tiny inset now for the game it's a one-run game it's it's a hugely critical play race like the whole thing and we're doing an interview and watching the game on a little inset in the middle of the screen it's not my favorite thing I liked the Insight that he provided but you could also see I mean bro you want to talk about adrenaline he's like yeah so we spot up a fast ball 94 and like he's still the adrenaline is still coursing through his veins after that so I I I loved the Insight um I love how higgy had those guys set up yesterday and I Joe executed brilliantly brilliantly yesterday and has since he's gotten back so uh man what a what a nice lift for the Pod R yesterday the um return of Hung Kim also appears to be fairly soon Mike schil said he is throwing he's been hitting just giv him probably a couple more days got to got to again tip tip your cap to Mason McCoy uh you know not has had a rough run since he came on this show well he had two hits uh two days after that and he had the the big the bunt the bunt was epic well he had he had the swinging bunt that that resulted in the first run of the game and then he had the great bunt that that really fueled the two-run rally uh so Mason McCoy may not ever be a superstar in the big leagues but he has done everything they've needed him to do while hung cam is gone and then probably a little bit extra and and I think that is fantastic what they've gotten from him so that ends the stretch and we can talk a little bit about what the padr did in their 18 games in their 27 games in the last 28 days we'll do that when we come back and we'll play a little take on Woods brand new prize trip to Las Vegas Encore win really nice stuff all coming up next on San Diego's number one sports station 973 the fan e e e e e e e e e Padres Long Stretch Is Over 10 and8 doesn't sound like anything special in an 18 game stretch but I'm here to tell you that 10 and8 in August in 18 games and 18 days with what the pad R's face travel-wise trips to the east coast four game series The Heat and oppressive humidity of St Louis playing in a dome in Tampa flights all over the place I'm telling you 10 and8 isn't just acceptable 10 and8 is excellent it's excellent absolutely excellent man it really is and I and I get that you lost ground to the Dodgers during that 10 and eight stretch you may have uh just kind of treaded water with the Arizona Diamond Banks you lost ground to the Mets uh you may have picked up a game on the Braves I'm not sure it doesn't feel great but it really is given the toughest part of the schedule for the San Diego Pond race and I just wanted to make sure that it was not overlooked it also by the way if you go back to the 28 days 27 games four weeks ago today the Padres were starting a stretch I think that's more important the 27 games in 28 days then just 18 and 18 you know what your record there 18 and N 18 and N that's fantastic dude that's fantastic I mean again that's almost unbelievable they're talking about it in in AC Kevin's talking about it in his newsletter this morning you know it could have been as Manny said makeer break it did have that feel as Kevin mentions as well but yeah man that is that's really good baseball eight 18 and 10 uh 18- n in that stretch of 27 that is good ass baseball period Kevin breaks it down too like you forget you honestly we live so much dayto day like the 27 and 28 day stretch it began with the rain delay in Pittsburgh that's right had to Ed five relievers that day their next seven games we all within one run of each other in the seventh inning or later at some point then they played in Miami they lost had to fly all the way back to San Diego they won that next game like it then the Colorado series like they really endured a lot altit yeah not altitude CU that was here but um no the Colorado altitude heat travel was nasty I'm so happy they're home right now hopefully all still in bed not getting out of bed until noon today at the early at the at the latest stay in bed relax you guys have earned it and uh really really did more than keep your head above water in that stretch now it doesn't guarantee anything going forward but the have put themselves in a good position and and based on my calculations their magic number is now 20 to clinch a playoff spot going into the last four weeks of the season now people have pointed out well the Mets are only four games back and you certainly can lose four games in four weeks that's a game a week you C you have not guaranteed yourself anything but remember it's not just the Mets who have to catch you the Braves would also have to catch you and the diamond Banks would have to catch you so if the Padres just played 500 ball the rest of the way they're getting to 90 wins if they play just a game above 500 they're getting to 92 wins this is um this is a very good spot to be in they're not guaranteed anything but remember they just had their stretch they've played more games than other teams which means these other teams now some of them have to make up rain games on like one day trips to you know on a Monday the rest of the season they're having stretches where they're just hoping to survive and they're going yeah you know what 10 and eight looks pretty good over our next 18 if we can survive that the padr meanwhile have the day off today five comfortable games at home to finish this home stand a day off on Monday a quick two game series in Seattle not that bad of a flight another day off next Thursday and then a quick flight down to San Francisco for three more games and then I believe another day off after that they can get their legs under them while these other teams are now clawing and scratching and hoping to you know tread water and fight they only have to leave California for the 2hour flight up to Seattle and the 35 minute flight over to Arizona yeah the rest of the season fantastic that's big the rest of the way it's fantastic and I the way that these guys have played all season uh how hard they've played all season really deserves a hat tip from us uh and and from the fans out there they have really busted their tails they've stayed together you've not heard one Ripple Ripple not one Ripple of any dissension or anything no one's unhappy there's guys at wish they were playing better sure but man a lot of credit goes to those guys and and of course the manager and the GM as well for keeping this team together keeping this team fighting again if you you can't really worry about right now Benny what the other teams do if you handle your business like you're supposed to you're going to the playoffs this year and what's the record overall right now 18 games games above 500 uh 79 61 79 and 61 the three of us a lot of people in this building a lot of people outside this building 81 and 81 they are two wins away from what everyone pretty much projected they would win with how many games to play 22 okay two wins away from what everyone thought they would be and we didn't know hey man 500 may get you in may get you in this year it's not going to I don't think so national league has uh has picked it up here in the second half they sure have quite a bit quite a bit and it's mostly the teams in our division so I'm telling you man like that is two game you win two more games and that's kind of what we thought was your ceiling this year the ceiling now is obviously higher um but it doesn't take away anything they've accomplished so far to this point they're in a good position they're in a great position to make the playoffs like you said all those things factor in with the days off the rest um it's pretty pretty amazing the run that they've gone on since the since the All-Star break couple of open phone lines if you want to get in as a contestant for take on Woods we'll take a random caller here in a couple of minutes 833 288 0973 if you're on hold you can stay there but we do have a couple of open lines if you want to try to get in 833 288 0973 Trend wve TV on our YouTube chat says thank you Higgins for pointing out Mason McCoy's importance yesterday oh yeah I felt the same way it's like I will sacrifice but I'm going to try to get my best to get on base and um you all knew that he was bunting there didn't you yeah 100% it was like 100% sure 100% chance that he was bunting in that situation the only people in the stadium I thought who weren't didn't seem to be sure were the ERS what are where are you guys playing exactly like you didn't know that was coming does anybody Advance Scout anymore and know what the Tendencies are of their you know padr and their number nine hitter in a one-run game with a runner on second Bas P I mean it's not enough for Sten Cor but there's been plenty of evidence presented throughout the season it was a really good Mon and they may have even if they knew it was coming he might have still gotten a base hit on that one it was an excellently laid down bun but there's no way on any planet that that third baseman shouldn't have have been 10 ft in on the grass waiting for it daring them to swing away dare you to swing away dare we want you to swing away they should have known that that bump was coming that was a mistake by AJ hinch 100% And the Tigers in terms of scouting and preparation in that game crazy crazy caught him slipping man caught him slipping took advantage Padre's win that game it was amazing it is amazing how those little things over the course of the Season you may Advance Scout and it may not impact you for weeks and weeks but one day you may have the information that goes yeah they're going to bun here do you really need going how much Advanced scouting do you need to know he's dropping one down situ ation of the game the inning the whole thing how much Advanced scouting do you really really need I mean I would have bet like my house on the McCoy was going to BU there attempt at least right didn't know get get it down if he was going to get on base but you know I I was just so 100% sure that he was going to bunt there I was stunned that there wasn't someone closer pinched in defensively for the Detroit Tigers you guys got to stop tweeting me after bunts like that I like bunts like that I know that coming I don't like Jackson Merill squaring the sacrifice bun in the fourth inning or jerks and proar in the third those are the ones that drive me nuts because those are Elite type players and hitters Mason McCoy he's there to get that bunt down is that TW but we'll talk about the ray series coming up here but is that now twice the Badr have had a batter square around a bun at the start of an at bat and end the at bat with a run home run correct yeah jeren and Jackson both have done it I don't think either of them were deaking the defense either and they just didn't get it down then they hit a home run which is what they've done at pretty prodigious rates this year all right we will get to that series coming up don't do this well but right now it is time with a brand new prize to take on Woods all right let's uh pick a line at random Paulie we go John how about Johnny you there I'm here all right you our contestant take on Woods is brought to you by valine Instant Oil Change it only takes 15 minutes you don't have to get out of your car for directions and discounts go to SoCal oil change.com that's SoCal oil change.com I need to go in the next week or so I just got that light popped on my car again for the oil change very easy I live right by a Valvoline all right here is the brand new prize how about this one for the month of September bead or tie Woods you will qualify for a two night stay at the win or Encore Las Vegas that's fancy enough for me and to tiets to see Awakening the thrilling spectacle at win dazzling audiences with soaring aerialist bounding acrobats high energy choreography and comedic moments at the heart of this compelling story a hero must confront the forces of light and darkness in a quest to save the world a Mythic Adventure unfolds set amidst the most technologically immersive theater ever designed tickets are on now sale now at awakening.com I will not be reading that whole thing every single day this month so take notes if you're interested in Awakening that's our prize you get to choose our category here today John here are your choices we've got Asian Nation song titles that feature a single word ending in Asian a TI IO n Little Shop of Horrors uh song titles are musical artists beginning with the word a little and our new category Hit or Miss Five song titles that begin with either the word hit or or the word Miss so Asian Nation Little Shop of Horrors Hit or Miss John what's it going to be let's go hit or miss hit or miss the new category today's category again Five song titles they all begin with either the word hit or the word miss good strategy because that can be a tricky one for Woods to figure out when they're not the same when it's two uh two different ones but you know so that should give you the advantage here John you have 60 seconds to answer as many of the five as possible if you don't know an answer say pass we'll come back to it if there's time left on the clock first question is the two second song Paulie is queuing it up now you need to give me that title starting with Hit or Miss and the artist to score that point John are you ready to play do it all right 60 seconds on the clock your time begins when Paul plays the music in the category hit or miss good luck John Let's Take on Woods Hit Me With Your Best Shot mat benar correct which 1978 song with a two-word title from their some girls album became the eighth and final number one hit for the Rolling Stones in the United States pass Margie hendris provided the female vocals for which 1961 signature Ray Charles Hit and don't you come back no more no more no more no more hit the road ja correct which 1996 Tupac Dis Track is targeted largely at Notorious BIG hit him up correct and the Heartbreak Prince completes which Taylor Swift song title that also provided the title of a 2020 documentary that followed Swift in her life over several years go back to the witch 1978 song with a two-word title from their some girls album became the eighth and final number one hit for the Rolling Stones in the United States back to and the Heartbreak Prince completes which Taylor Swift s Miss America Miss America it's actually miss Americana and it came after the buzzer don't worry I don't think Woods is going to get that one you did get three you got Hit Me With Your Best Shot Pat benitar Hit the Road Jack and hit him up the rolling stone song is miss you which is one of my favorites let's bring Woods in John hang on the line very very good score I think Woods in the dark on the category all right you ready 60 seconds back on the clock your time begins when Paul plays the music good luck let's take on John Hit Me With Your Best Shot Pat benar correct which 1978 song with a two-word title from their some girls album became the eighth and final number one hit for the Rolling Stones in the United States feel like the category would help me here um pass Margie Hendrick provided the female vocals for which 1961 signature Ray Charles Hit and don't you come back no more no more no more no more correct which 1996 Tupac diss track is targeted L correct and the Heartbreak Prince completes which Taylor Swift song title that also provided the title of a 2020 documentary that followed Swift in her life over several years I'll pass on that one which 1978 song with a two-word title from their some girls album became the eighth and final number one hit for the Rolling Stones in the United States I knew this might be a troublesome for you is it something with hit uh shot category category has definitely definitely made a impact here oh man a BRI that's it that's a tie congratulations John category the category is hit or or Miss okay miss you I knew if you knew the category that would make a difference what was Taylor Miss Americana Miss am I wouldn't have gotten I didn't think you would which K came down to miss you and if you had the category you would have gotten it Dam but you didn't so John congratulations you are in day one in our drawing for the the win Encore trip to Las Vegas congratulations I do love that song miss you I love it it's a I said the same thing it's one of my favorites it's so good Rolling Stone songs as well I like this one by Pat benitar as well all right Woods you want to tease us for don't do this oh man do not let your Twitter fingers write checks that your Twitter mouth can't cash literally in this case coming up next after a check of traffic here on 973 the fan e e e e e e e e e e e e e Don’t (And DO) Do This it's rare that they don't do this story the same story catches both of our eyes but I actually sent myself this story and then I saw Woods retweeted yesterday so I knew at that moment we were definitely getting a DDT story so uh woodsy I'll let you get started yeah we were on the uh same page definitely Benjamin there was um listen if you're a Florida State football fan your program is in in disrepair and it happens it happens to the best of programs you know you fall into disrepair and you can't win games and now after last night's loss to BC their second loss they L Georgia Tech already in Dublin in in the first week of the year this is a school that was undefeated last year right yeah and ranked 10 to start they got snubbed out of the playoffs everyone was pissed y you're thinking oh that's going to fuel this team yeah now it's a totally different team like every college football team it's weird that Georgia and Alabama and all kinds of other teams can rebound and and and keep oh and two already and two season hasn't even started yet it's see it feels like the season is not started they've lost twice so there was a Twitter user and uh what he did is he tweeted it now he looks he looks like a uh like a Florida State fan he's got a big very dyed black beard he's got aviators on he's got a lot of gold chains on he's holding a cigar what makes that a Florida State fan versus say a Miami fan or a Florida fan yeah I think you just say anything down in the the Florida pan handle maybe but he tweeted if Florida State loses to BC this weekend I will eat dog s out of a red Solo cup with a spoon and post a video of me doing it book it so he made a little you know he made a declaration on Twitter well people see that showing confidence in his team 100% a lot of confidence 100% And he he says it buddy last night in the first half of the game people started remembering oh remember that guy that said he was going to do that let's go see where he is well they were getting bodied by Boston first half yeah uh it's at 321 n is his Twitter account but he deleted his account in the first half deleted it everyone started roasting well now a non-existent person on social media and they were pissed they they were really really pissed really yeah oh yeah they're like hey man you can't say you're going to do that and then not only not do it but bail just completely delete and and wipe yourself clean now we've got some people on the case here Jack Maguire says the dog ass eater is on the run like you wouldn't believe in the last hour he's deleted his Instagram and Facebook the man is recently engaged imagine explaining to your soon to be wife why you had to go Zero Dark 30 on social media I have his fiance Instagram I think I may draw the line at involving civilians but I'd be lying if I didn't consider it that would be screwed up they're after this guy dude they are after him and so now what what they're saying is you've cursed the Florida state program for life if you say you're going to do this and you don't do it but they're already 0 and two I mean but I'll tell you what as far as a a proclamation or a declaration goes that's one of the worst I've ever heard why you don't need to do that you don't need to say will eat dog s cuz it's football anything can happen you're not a great team eating dog poop it the thought of it makes me richet it really does anyone want to see him doing that I don't I I really don't WS kind of does I kind of do cuz I'll throw I will definitely throw up I saw right but if not going to make any of us happy if you make that decoration he made a mistake he's got to own it well he didn't own it he did he bail he is 100% would that satisfy anyone though if he stayed he goes I may have gotten carried away with myself and my confidence in Florida State obviously I'm not going to actually I'm not going to so dog doo that would be unsanitary unsafe and no one really wants to see that in a red Solo cup or otherwise why a Red Solo Cup I don't know why not in a styrofoam you know clamshell why not in a clamshell why not in a a clo oo dog poop covered by a clo yeah somebody says martini glass martini glass somebody says sounds like some Dan Clark Dan Clark does this like Dan Clark does this all the time remember Dan Clark Manny Machado does something I'll get the his name tattooed on my ass I me remember when mud said if the Padres come from behind to beat the what's it the Washington Nationals he would walk from Alpine yeah that was the Daniel camaran and Grand Slam game that forced mud then to make his Trek from Alpine to Petco Park and he did it he did it man mud is a man of his word I wore a diaper for 4 hours but I'd rather walk from Alpine to Petco Park than eat dog doooo out of a red Solo I'd rather wear a diaper for 4 Hour show than walk from Alpine to Petco Park or eat dog poop out of a uh somebody said it could kill you could it eating a bite of dog poop I don't think it's going to kill you it's going to ruin your day though can't be good for you it's not going to help you I mean it could can't believe it man I mean he's gone he's out and now people are on the C and that is his that's truly his punishment you know it's I mean you know they're going to come this is his punishment that he is now no longer welcome in in polite online society yeah all right uh let's stick with college football Woods there are actually a few a few to choose from there was a Florida's coach who couldn't open a water bottle while talking about how embarrassed his team should be at their loss to Miami on Saturday he's just sitting what's his name um um Billy Napier Billy Napier he's just sitting there trying to open a like an Aquafina bottle and just cannot get it open he's going we should be embarrassed this this performance and he just he can't he just eventually sets it down just like his team in utter failure at the end of the game but you had one of your favorites so I'll let you go with Brian Kelly here apologize to our beloved uh TJ who is a huge LSU fan it's a great night to be a tiger uhhuh I don't think they feel that way anymore about Brian Kelly after yet another another opening day neutral sight loss Brian Kelly maybe just open against like Southwestern Louisiana at home next year holy cross College like figure it out man I mean eventually he needs to get he's the type of Coach and he's always been the type of Coach this happened when he was the Notre Dame coach and the start slow and you build okay you can't really do it in college football though you really need to come out of the gates firing and then they lost again and uh here he is they L and I like that quarterback he looks good that was a great game Miller moss moss remember he was the star of the Holiday Bowl yeah uh at Petco Park last year yeah he was he was he looks really good um but he did the old performative fist slam and and we're sitting here again we're sitting here again talking about the same things do it again about not finishing when you have an opponent in a position to put him away but what we're doing on the sideline is feeling like the game over and I'm so angry about it that I got to do something about it I'm not doing a good enough job as a coach you said it bud you said it oh man I do not miss him and and we're sitting here again we're sitting here again you said it could have been Bob Melvin last year yeah he never I don't think he ever pounded his fist on anything oh he rocked back and forth that was his bit another game we could have won rocking back didn't win and yeah notice the act the lack of accent in that ply one more time just just just try to notice the difference in this one and and we're sitting here again we're sitting here again it's a great night the same to be a tiger little about not finishing when you have an opponent in a position I'm here with my family doing on the sideline and we're sitting here again with no direction did it again and we are so excited to be in the great state of Louisiana but more importantly to be with you great fans oh my Lord Brian Kelly has lost it's not the same person the same make me laugh he has lost forever he's lost his mind he's lost his mind finally little Doo this on a Tuesday DD Mega do do congratulations too well Scotty Sheffer first of all who uh completed probably the best single season we've seen since Tiger Woods uh on the Golf Calendar with a $25 million win in the Tour Championship in Atlanta started with the lead held it after every round and he was deservedly uh the best player of the year finished four shots ahead of Colin morawa uh to win the FedEx Cup but real congratulations I think go out to is cadd Ted Scott so Scotty Sheffer won $62 million in priz and bonus money this year that is so earned in golf I mean it is earned like you have to earn that much money dude no not if you go to the live tour they all they all earn more than that without doing anything but he earned all of it now if you go by the um the traditional 10% for a Winner's fee and you calculate could be a little bit different but just kind of assuming what his caddy made Ted Scott made around $6.2 million this year that's more than Jack Nicholas made in his entire career Scotty sheffer's cadd made more in one year than Jack Nicholas made his entire career because of how much he won this year on the PGA tour Scotty's a really really hard guy to root against you just can't do it but uh what a monster he's just a monster he got arrested this year he did get arrested still ended up with probably the greatest season since maybe like mid 2000s Tiger Woods a dub J makes a good point here we probably dropped the ball here the Manny Jersey swap story should have been do do this but yeah we we haven't gotten into that game yet no we'll talk about it though that's uh the weekend that was in Tampa is next up but that was don't and do do this on a Tuesday that was don't do this with Ben and woods on 973 the f I wanted the Kyrie first pitch yesterday that great great which was fantastic as well looks like he threw a little something a little little cut on it maybe a little I mean right on the outside corner at the knees just perfect kid the cool it was his seventh birthday right yeah that was such a cool moment yesterday his dad B's obsessed with Kyrie thinks they could be best friends did you ever have someone growing up that you thought if I met them we would be best friends like a famous person no I mean I had famous girls that I wanted like Alysa Milano I thought maybe we could date I wrote her a letter you wrote her a sure did a letter did you send it yeah oh yeah to where like the care of the studio the care of the studio yeah 100% who's the boss yes 7,800 Hollywood Boulevard wrote her a wrote her a letter sure did sure did did she write your back she did not she did not no signed picture or anything no nothing what a disappointment I know very disappointed all right we'll uh we'll look back at that great moment and the series pad R's and Rays from over the weekend and talk to Sammy Le that's right early Samm trying to get you guys a good to break yeah next 97 73 the Sammy can stay around for a couple segments e e e e e e e e e e e Sam Levitt we got Sammy levit standing by first baseball coverage of 973 the fan presented by T-Mobile switched to T-Mobile you can get tons of benefits still save on every plan versus AT&T and Verizon use their savings calculator to find out how at t-mobile.com SL switch Sammy in the clubhouse yesterday for the return of Fernando tatis Jr we get his perspective right after this check of traffic on 973 the fan from the 973 the fan traffic center here's Kelly dck traffic is sponsored by Robert Half Collision has cleared 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on a Tuesday good morning Samy hey guys good morning morning hope you had a great holiday weekend and good to be with you on this fine Tuesday good to have you good to have you yes yeah Sammy that was uh pretty electric stuff yesterday at the old ballpark yeah for sure I mean whether you want to take the headline entering the game of Fernando returning which obviously was great news and I think is a huge boost for this team on the field and in that Clubhouse and then the game itself we didn't see you know any uh you know big time for plays but that's okay I think him getting out there and looking good was what you wanted to see and obviously I think the headline from yesterday on a day by the way where the team has a cross country flight the day before and then has a a day game to wrap up an 18 game and 18- day stretch I think number one you just wanted to find a way to win the game which they did in number two Joe Musgrove continues to just look outstanding which I I don't think you can say enough about what that means for this team for this rotation for the potential postseason picture of this rotation it's an enormous deal and and again yesterday he just looked super sharp and when he when he got in trouble he was able to find his way out of it I I just think you have to be so so encouraged with how Joe looks uh how he continues to feel and it's just a good reminder is now we we wait for UD darish to make his return and tomorrow how important those guys can be and and uh you know they're they're pretty fresh with with the time miss so um again it's a good reminder of of what having a guy like Joe back means what having a guy like you back means and obviously the performances they can put together Sam often times when a like a superstar player is out there's a narrative in sports hey let's let's hang on while they're gone and then you know we'll hit our stride when we get healthy again that has not been the case with the pad r while Fernando tatis Jr was gone they actually have played their best baseball of the season and I think it's kind of coloring the perspective of of how the clubhouse feels now that he is back what was your impression of talking to the guys uh you know obviously there was a lot of excitement but didn't feel like anyone's looking to Fernando tatis necessarily to have to now all right now you got to put put us on your backs because they don't they don't need that yeah I I think it's a good point Ben they've played themselves into a position despite missing Fernando despite missing darish despite missing Joe they've played themselves in a position where now they get those guys back in in a real position of power I mean look were they scorching hot over the 18 games and 18 days no they went 10 and8 which you'll certainly take and if you zoom out a little bit farther in the 27 games and 28 days they came out of it number one with a good record in number two if you want to look at the standings this morning they would hold the top wild card spot and host a wild card Series so if you zoom out a little bit this team has done a tremendous job at weathering the storm of injuries and you're right they played their best baseball uh without those guys there and and you know now to get those guys back for for the very end of the season hopefully heading into October um it says a lot about this group and and not just about the mentality and the culture which which I all think has been impressive but they've they've got contributions all over the place as cliche as it sounds to me it's been one of the real real great things about this group especially in the second half there have been so many games individually where you just feel like it's a 26-man roster effort from the David palalas to the Donovan solanos to the Tyler wedes to different guys in the bullpen uh to Martin Perez I mean the list goes on and on I mean there there have been you you can't point to one guy that is carried the load I mean certainly having Manny playing the way he's played that helps but you can't point to to one guy who's who's been responsible for it which I think is one of the real Great aspects of this team and what they've done and I think they deserve a lot of credit for that yeah I mean yesterday it's Louisa R's coming through with two big knocks two big RBI I mean just Manny adding on uh but you know the the bullpen Edition Sammy have been fantastic so as you mentioned we sit with the first wild card today we were uh chopping it up on you know off the air and and talking about well you know Dodgers are playing well everyone kind of expected them to win the division where do you stand as far as where do you want to be you want to be the first Wild Card Sammy and host those games at home because that's kind of what we landed on in here is the Ben and woods official state me we want those games here at Petco Park uh you know when that time comes I totally agree I I think you want that number one Wild Card seed now if you want to start getting really picky and say hey I don't want to face the Diamondbacks I I get it Diamondbacks are a good team they've been there done that as far as making a postseason run with this same group a year ago uh look the Braves are are a good team too and look nothing's guaranteed at this point I think we need to be very clear about that the Mets are playing well they're a half game out behind Atlanta as of this morning the Cubs are playing well all of a sudden they're back in the mix and quite frankly if you're the Padre's you got to keep playing well because they are teams that that are right there so this thing is not look the Padres are in a great position but this thing is not over I I agree with you guys I think you want to host those games at home I do think at Petco Park with the environment that's been built there's a real value to that to playing at home and if you're somebody out there that would rather play a team other than the Diamondbacks and I guess you hope the Diamondbacks don't play well and you get some other team but you can't pick the opponent I I do think quite obviously you want to play those games at home I mean doing what the Padre did in 22 going to New York winning a three-game series guys that's tough to do it really is to me you want to play those games at home guarantee that you have home games to begin the postseason and and go from there and whoever the opponent is uh you know is who it is talking to Sam levit our Padre's pre- and postgame show host it's his first day off in two and a half weeks here he is up early talking to us sweet angel on this first day well I I well to correct I did take oh that's right you did you the I'm not I'm not I'm not Mr iron you're right you're right fair enough all right let's um I want us all to put on our our speculation hats for a second I was not I was not surprised that the Padres decided to forego a minor league rehab assignment for Fernando tatis Jr get him back to the the big Club as soon as possible I was a little surprised to hear Yesterday you darish is going to start tomorrow's game I I was hoping maybe he'd start Friday when Randy vasquez's turn would be back up but they're not was wasting any time in getting him back to the Mount so what do you think this portends for the Padre's rotation the rest of the way are they trying to give Michael King a little extra rest by putting UD Darvish in a little bit more here we probably won't see Vasquez again obviously they optioned him so what what do you kind of see going forward for the Padre starting rotation yeah I would imagine that's sort of a a key part of it is just giving guys a little bit of extra rest right I mean we've seen Dylan cees run into some more trouble lately obviously we all understand with Michael King he's in Uncharted Territory as far as the Innings and and the workload so I would imagine that was part of it to just you know to to to give those guys an extra day of rest which I think is okay look the bottom line guys is that they're going to need thiefs and King and obviously Joe and and darish now hopefully for a couple more months so trying to keep those guys fresh I think is important um you know so I would imagine that played a a you know a pretty significant role you know as we put our our thinking caps on uh into why darish was slotted in for for Wednesday and and look we don't know the reasoning in in the darish perspective of it but it may have just worked out for him too that's the day that worked out with the bullpens and and with how they wanted to slot him in so and it also helped you know you's going to be a little bit limited I'd imagine he threw 66 pitches in that uh in the uh last uh controlled game he threw in in Arizona so you know if you put him at let's say 78 to 80 pitches for the start on Wednesday also doesn't hurt that your Bullpen is fresh coming off the off days so that may play a role in it too so probably a couple of factors but you know getting some rest for those guys an extra day is is not the worst in the uh worst thing in the world talking to Sam levit uh one of the nice moments over the weekend was the and we teased it a little bit the interaction between Manny Machado and Junior Camero of the Tampa Bay Rays uh you don't you don't see that a lot in baseball u i mean the fact that he's wearing number 13 and playing Third Base I mean and how emotional he got in that pregame interview where he broke down in tears talking about what an idol Manny is to him I thought that was one of my favorite moments of the weekend Sammy yeah I I think it gives you some good perspective on number one how how cool this game is Right Manny's been around a long time and you have somebody who's uh a number one Prospect in baseball and and is a whole lot younger than him who obviously looked up to him in a in a major way where's number 13 because of Manny Machado so it's a pretty cool perspective in reminder to who Manny is and the the kind of player the Padres have now for for a really really long time and I think it's just one of the really cool parts of our game whether you are a player that looks up to somebody in my case like as a broadcaster I mean I I've been super fortunate to now meet some of my broadcast uh Heroes guys I looked up to like you know no secret I grew up in New York you know watching listening to Mets games and uh to have the chance to to get to call you know somebody like Gary Cohen of the Mets broadcast the colleague and somebody I know really well now and can share a Press fox with them uh it's it's pretty cool so I you know I get some of those experiences too so it was cool to see and and good for Manny getting out there after the game and doing the Jersey Exchange change and you could just you could tell how much it meant to cam and arrow so I think it's one of the real uh cool things that we've seen this season and a good reminder of you know who Manny is and and what he means to a lot of the young players in this game and what he'll ultimately mean historically in this game no question about it my no question my son uh had a practice yesterday and took a ball at Third Kind of flipped it over you know like the sidearm sling and his coach grabbed me after he goes does he watch a lot of baseball I go yeah he watches a ton he goes oh all right because he's he's not strong enough yet to make that throw I go well you he's playing Third Base he wears number 13 also you know what he's doing cuz yeah he looks great he's just not quite strong enough to make the Junior woods and arrow the yeah the the Manny sidearm flip yet so yeah dude it's uh that's a real that's a real thing man so thank you Sammy really appreciate it did you and Gary Cohen do like a a mic cover swap when you met him like you take mine and I'll take yours and then we can move on that's very sanitary it's not very San at all it's like the least sanitary thing you could do no there was no uh mic cover swap that would be a good idea though I guess I guess it would be the windc screen uh yeah the wind screen swap yeah the wind screen um or or at least like the mic flag that you know I could start that do that m flag that's genius that would be awesome it's genius hey that's gonna come out of your paycheck Sammy so if you want to do it here's something here's something funny about the the mic Flags I will tell you at one point at our station believe it or not we had a we had a full box because I took couple so oh I didn't even know that somewhere Sammy appreciate it now enjoy that day off and we'll he for me tomorrow all right guys see you Samy back tomorrow at 5:40 for game two of the series eat SoCal pregame show on Manny also by the way still on that cusp of History talk about that and more when we come back second half of Ben Woods on the way next on 973 the fam e e e e e e e e e e e Ben Celebrates 20 Years halfway home on a Tuesday Ben and woods 973 the fan thanks for being here looks to be a very very lovely day now it's an off day today so mind your P Q's out there on Twitter you know there's usually a a main character on an off day Ben just I recommend just keep your math to yourself today you don't really feel like getting dragged I me unless you're into it you know what I mean well I mean if the Mets lose today the magic number goes down to 19 we need to watch that game today and uh you can tell us later what we need to be watching today uh but the Padres will not be playing today a much deserved day off after just a gnarly stretch and so yeah certainly not easy street the rest of the way they got some really tough opponents uh certainly but at least they'll be well rested when they play them and not dangling by a threat so to the Mets and Diamondbacks tough schedules yeah they got really tough not as tough uh going forward Padre's kind of in the middle got like the next two weeks are all against teams that are within a game or two of 500 Tigers Mariners Giants all those games all those teams are right about 500 they're certainly dangerous but you're not playing the Dodgers every single game well the good news is too is you're sharpening you know you're sharpening your weapons against some really good teams as you go into this stretch run and and a potential you know first round playoff series so uh I'm woodsy that's Paul Ryle the executive producer Ben Higgins your friendly neighborhood Sports Anchor who is coming up on a very very Monumental anniversary so yeah at um at work at Channel 10 they have these uh TV monitors throughout the building and they post kind of different announcements and then they'll show like hey birthdays this month and then anniversaries this month and September hit yesterday and they showed September hiring anniversaries and uh next week will be my official 20year anniversary at kgtv Channel 10 I was actually in the building about 22 years ago but like full-time official Sports Anchor 20 years ago September remember my first day was um actually I was in Oakland covering a Chargers Raiders game in the parking lot on my very first day of work they sent me up to Oakland knowing 29y old Ben you went there and you were like 28 28 yeah you're not 49 M your birthday is in November November correct 3rd yes yes so when the November screen pops up they'll say birthdays in November right Ben Higgins but I I can see a 29-year-old Ben and again you'd done it you'd covered things and been to events but when you finally were made official Ben here's your assignment you're going up to Oakland you had to have been look at him you had to have been so so giddy it was Monday Night Football season open oh my God in that parking I was a little nervous too because you're in that parking lot with all the Raiders fans up there but it actually went went really really well and it was a very exciting moment but I I can't say that I thought okay well I'll be here for the next two decades dude crazy when I took that job so it's a it's a momentous occasion that's a big one 20 years is a long long got to find Folks at scripts have uh anything special planned for you because I let me tell you what I got about an hour ago I got an email from Odyssey because I was born in the month of September I have been given an early birthday present from Odyssey yeah from the big bosses the big Adams bosses bosses bosses what did you get bonus little paycheck BMP kind of yeah I got 10 Odyssey points yeah 10 you redeem those for not much collect a thousand of them and you can get some Odyssey headphones that do not work of Odyssey there's Odyssey backpack is on the The Odyssey Point store that's like 15 that's a lot of points for the Odyssey backp it's way more than that that's 150 points you ain't get it for I feel like in the old days you hit 20 years you get like a watch or you get a did they do that still trip or something I mean a gift card would be nice like restaurant out something like that 20 years $20 for 20 years 20 years is it's some that's a momentous occasion most people in one spot most people don't get to 20 years in the same job right absolutely right especially media especially media you're the Tony you're Tony Gwyn dude I'm sure those offers were rolling in never work for another television station just like Tony 20 years in the same spot at Channel 10 as far as longest tenured employees 20 years is a long time a long time bro on air yeah so it's between me and Michael Chen who's our reporter who actually His official hire date like full-time was before for me so he's been here longer he's already had his 20th but I was technically in the building on the air first cuz I was filling in for 2 years before I was hired so it's kind of the competition between the two of us now Kimberly hunt was there before either of us but left for a while then came back after my 20 years started kind of resets clock but those would be your three I would say longest standing on air employees now behind the scenes we've had people who have been there 30 years 40 years a long time at the station so so Charisma is about to break your heart here she says the old car dealership company I worked for someone reached 20 years they gave him $20,000 with one of those big checks at the company holiday party that is not happening definitely not happening at Channel 10 20 years on television in San Diego yeah the Tony GW now did you get other offers from time to time I think with TV you have to go out and find them honest unless unless you're like you're like Ryan seest or something that's you know very ambitious you liked being here you probably didn't have your feelers out for a ton oh yes um I wasn't really out looking right that strenuously yeah I mean when my contract came up I would like yeah you poke around poke around a little bit but no I never actually got any other offers anyway they're like damn it e you could have had me for even cheaper could have had you for cheaper didn't know that 20 years man congratul J to the half day of PTO coming my way yeah feel free to work out with your manager a day you can leave early or something like that I wonder if they give you something KT got a button for five years of service a button button a button just wear it a button I've been here five years button five fiveyear button 20 years we're getting what uh how many years have we been at honesty almost over five now over five and a half it was five five in June did we get anything for our fivey year anniversary I don't even think I got those 10 Odyssey points for my birthday I need to go back and check I don't know what I gave you some like last week well see we give each other we give each other more than 10 because it was a a Thursday or something do you think they were planning something and now that I've I've talked about it I've like ruined it and now they're not going to or or they go oh God we better pick it up a little bit here that's the other thing it could work in your favor that's true a pizza party presented by Roundtable for Ben at Channel 10 yeah man I uh 20 20 years in media in this town is a long long time congratulation technically I'm giving myself a little golf trip at the end of next week I'll be off next Thursday and Friday for my 20y year anniversary so do your own I'm out people true missing the round table next week I'll be there this week I celebrated uh five years at our old radio station I celebrated 5 years by laid off you five years oh congratulations along with everybody else cuz they paying the bills got a nice big severance package and everything was that like Five Years on the nose it was like within a month yeah a month of five years yeah so yeah five years there five years here you're missing the round table next Thursday next Thursday I'll be gone you who's hosting Annie did it last time when I was gone and she did a great job was I was did you miss that one everyone gave rave reviews for Amy HR so hope she knows she's got to step in next Thursday is that does she know that I don't know okay maybe Adam told her maybe not you should do it Woods ply fine I'll do it but you have to be on it fine never mind I just did the Solo cup with the dog ass in it I'm already here for half of it finishing up might well that's true forget it no I don't want to do it Adam has not spoken to her yet all right well yeah you're gone but this Thursday you will be there I will be there this Thursday looking forward to it all right no Adam I'm not taking the broadcast equipment with me on my 20-year anniversary golf is that what this is is that's what you're just what you're calling no it's just just happen to be the sameen to be the same couple days and that's the day that of your 20th uh Friday next week I think will be my 20 excellent excellent well congratulations to you 20 years certainly a long time um and I hope you get all the flowers what's the longest you were ever in the same job in your life is it this one or were you in one of your other jobs for longer than five years maybe maybe right here really yeah when you're in sales you're always kind of hunting the next best opport and they come to you oh you had a good uh good quarter there you would you be interested in doing this for us and so yeah it was a little different once I got into management though uh at my last company I thought I was going to be there forever and then radio Came Calling and I I ditched it immediately and it's been certainly uh all it's been almost 15 years in San Diego but that was gutsy of you very yeah I me you're a place where you feel like you're in management now radio is you had to even know going into it not a stable form of employment going forward yeah especially the show I was on right uh the somebody asked how long did that show last year and a half year and a half my first show here year and a half and I was uh see now Big Boss Michael says Ben and woods will be here for 20 plus years put it in writing throw it writing we're very happy we'll we'll sign it today 20 is a long time though that would be 14 more years how old would you You' be a 64 or so can't do it man can't do it coming in here going all right so they're calling this kid up he's 18 I mean I just I don't know if I have it in me but we'll try Pates yeah Paulie is our 50-year-old producer like forget it dude I I want to go out on top I want to go out on top but anyway uh no we we are very proud of you Ben and that says a lot about your character thank you and uh who you are and the fact that they would want to keep you there for that long is is and never once did they go I wonder if we uh and they may have you don't know I wonder if we could have could do a little bit better than Ben and they said no the guy shows up well I mean you know you know how bosses are you know how media is they're always looking for the next big thing but steady Edie man steady Eddie wins the uh race to 20 years I will say I watched I watched a lot of college football this weekend I mean a lot and most of the games we on channel 10 yeah saw a lot of Ben sweepers I had seen I saw a few of those too they were like I remember you told us you had filmed them and you were like waiting to see when they they were on a lot I saw it too I don't watch a ton of live television at least not Channel 10 like it's usually the Padre's game and then back to the Roku or whatever I was like watching like NBA Finals might have been on channel 10 never saw them and then saw like five times coming back from commercial randomly not even paying attention sitting on my couch watching college football today and I look up Ben Higgin Taylor pointed it out that's Ben Ten new Sports Anchor Ben Higgins covering San Diego and I up and I go oh look I'm staring at myself on television right now so good there I am not a boy good job proud of you proud of you uh this guy got a $1,000 bonus for his 5year anniversary wow that should be 20 a precedent you do not want to set Odyssey that's 20,000 for you Benny I hope you get something hope they do right by you we'll take care well you won't be here but we'll take care of you maybe the day before you leave thanks all right excuse me you're excused thank you you Bel you on air more than any radio host probably in history of radi you say that I mean I have rarely heard radio hosts at all belch but once does it at least three or four times a week snuck up on me sorry about it all right we'll come back uh Paulie watched a lot of college football I wouldn't mind talking a little bit about some of the games that we saw over the weekend that was was that Paulie you do one I can't you can't burp on I literally I know I can't I've never I've never heard him burp I can't burp I can't I I can't I can't burp accidentally either you don't burp I don't burp at all I mean occasionally like a silent one will come out like one of those yeah but I've never I've never made a noise really in a burp in my life never never once I've had the stomach noise but not a not an actual burp ever had another weird thing about I don't even know how to describe how to do it but yeah I can I can burp on command you're so lucky doing that's talent M Ben and woods check traffic see if Kelly can do it on San Diego's number one sports station 973 the fan e e e e e e e e e e e e e College Football Weekend just talking about our boss Adam clug he's got to be in a pretty good mood today I would imagine Georgia Bulldogs uh I mean they they were probably the most imp impressive team no just Texas was pretty impressive they were but they the Georgia Bulldogs dismantled Clemson 14 rank Clemson 34-3 they had everyone questioning like dbo Sweeney's competency as coach and you know remember Clemson was really really good for a while and now Georgia is just so good right now they look very poised for a another National Title run in Georgia and kiry smart probably now officially the number one coach in college football now that Nick sabin's gone supplanted Nick Sabin I would imag yeah so really impressive win uh for the Georgia Bulldogs really impressive win for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish maybe in terms of like Road wins going into you know ESPN college game day 100,000 plus people Kyle Stadium Kyle Field at Texas A&M and getting that win in a close game and then coming through in the fourth quarter like they did Mar Freeman stock on the rise for the Fighting Irish you forget how uh you forget how awesome and absolutely awful it is to have a rooting interest in college football and just the uh standing up screaming at the TV the whole scene is just nuts and and what they were able to do going in there it's such a tough place to play I mean you saw the 12th man is a real it's a real thing I I I can't even imagine how you prepare oh we had we played loud music at practice in some crowd noise not even close dude it's not even close and their defense Benny looks really really really good um and yeah man Marcus Freeman coming back he's got some uh got some time under his belt great recruiter great defensive coordinator it was it was an awesome win man and now you got to refocus and they got some easy games but as the Irish have proven over many many years since I've been a fan there are no easy games so you mention that last week and I was just looking at their schedule and essentially they got nothing but easy games I mean there's no such thing though if you not a name not they don't they don't have that but if they can win if they can win at Texas A&M Northern Illinois Purdue Miami of Ohio Louisville Stanford Georgia Tech I mean they they at least beat Florida State but Florida State's horrible Navy Florida State no longer I mean that was going to be the Marquee game on their schedule and they've looked absolutely awful I think USC is going to end up Virginia Army so then that's their entire season and then it comes down to at USC last game November 30th and and USC had the other I thought really impressive Victory with we talked about him a bit Miller Moss who uh was the Holiday Bowl star offensive MVP last year when he filled in for Caleb Williams who decided hey I'm the number one picking the draft I don't need to play holb and and Miller Moss stepped up and now looks like a a potential Heisman Trophy candidate himself uh for the USC Trojans I we just have to wait so long for that game between those two teams well and and any as you know anything can happen I mean Louisville beat the Irish Louisville you just you just never know there's landmines for sure absolute landmines they'll be favored they could they'll be favored in it probably every game now at least until that USC game and depending on how USC survives a grueling Big 10 schedule much harder than Notre Dame schedule coming up uh Notre Dame's poised to make that 12 team college football playoff just based on basically that win uh on Saturday against Texas A&M yeah it was it was a good one man there's just no question about it it was uh it was really spectacular and took a couple years off my life I think there was also a local college team that had a very impressive win on Saturday night congratulations to the USD terreros G beat a scholarship program for just the third time in school history taking out calply 2721 in their season opener at Terrero Stadium very good uh win for Coach Brandon Moore who of course had to deal with the whole hazing Scandal last year it was just a mess and a nightmare so he's kind of going this is actually my new first season and a good start a restart for for USD oh yeah and then there was the other I watched local team I did too I watched a lot of it I was very curious to see what the offense was going to look like I I sat and watched the first half bro this is this could not be going any worse for a new coach that likes to run and Gun and you can't get anything going the quarterback uh what's his name um Danny O'Neal Danny O'Neal sounds like you should be playing for no he really does yeah he he that first half the first half I I watch I go oh man they're up against it dude and then you know problem with running a fast-paced hurry up offense is if you don't get a first down you've just held the ball for 30 30 seconds and you're punting it away def hasn't even sat down yet yeah and that's what it looked like in the first half and when they trailed six to3 against Texas A&M Commerce after the first half you're like here we go I like hey everyone deserves a little bit of patience as a new coach but whoa that was bad that's like a you walk into the the locker room and go hm do I need to do I need to change everything about this game plan do I need to dumb this down right now penalties were absurd ABD undisciplined play it was really really ugly but then the second half came out and and as usual the Aztec defense is really what flipped that turnovers were big but O'Neal completed 11 of his last 12 passes and this running back that they got used to be with sea Lewis at K State Marquez Cooper they've got something in this kid now you may not realize that he is actually the ncaa's active leading rusher already from his three seasons at Kent State kind of toiling in anonymity but uh jump into SDSU and getting 223 yards in your first game is going to start getting people talking about you a little bit so obviously there are much tougher games on the schedule including this week Oregon State coming to Snapdragon Stadium but I I'll give him a passing grade for Sean Lewis in in his first game as head coach of the AZ they missed the cover by half a point yeah by the way after tra they it and they were down three at halftime and they nearly covered in the second and a half I mean holy smokes I will be I will be complete complete transparency yes I took Texas A&M Commerce plus 32 and a half points yes I watch you guys the line and I go can San Diego State even score 33 point 45 they like all that I had I was like yeah I've watched the Aztecs the last few years I know it's different players I know it's different coach I know it's different system but I thought 32 and a half is a monster number to cover and boy it got down to the end I went oh my God they got the ball and and they're they're going for it you know and you know they ended up running out the clock but holy smokes man that was that was a nice it was a nice victory in a really nice second half of football but it was wild though man 63 at half was Unreal I watched much more more of Notre Dame and real A&M yeah yeah yeah yeah on uh Channel 10 I think they were but I was flipping back and forth you got San Diego State and A&M com Commerce at Snapdragon on True TV I think it was and then I'd flip over and you go to Kyle Field on the big ESPN ABC channel and I go it it looks like they're playing two different sports so looks like I'm watching a JV High School football game at a a nice High School field and then you go and there's aund or whatever and it's not like the athletes they look like grown men like it was just it's the the disparity between the top of college football D1 and lower towards the bottom it's it's unbeliev St just go back and forth in watching it well I mean dude I watched I was even watching Florida State's offense last night and they didn't do great but I watch them and I go I mean it's more explosive and dynamic than the Irish is you know what I mean it's like it's I was watching every team's got it USC and LSU neutral site by the way in Vegas they sold out more than any Raiders game ever has sold they had more people in that game for USC LSU week one than the Super Bowl that was just in Las Vegas Insanity Man by the way congratulations to woods and all the other Notre Dame fans for collecting a brand new meme this weekend of USC's Trojan mascot trying to stab his soared into the artificial tur I almost allei almost died it's concrete okay there must have been a plan though right so he gets the thing and he goes into the concrete and it like rocks him but there was like a it was like the whatever they had plered down for the logo and I thought they must have a plan when they're on an artificial turf Stadium stabbing the turf but it didn't look like it worked whatever it was I saw that and I thought they're going to lose like 60 at this point if that happens holy smoke dude he was shaking and it knocked him back and then he tried to pull it out oh my God this also by the way when you think USC Trojan nothing against this guy this guy's built like I am he's real skinny arms he was not like some hulking Trojan so I don't know how he won those tryouts or however they did it maybe they the only guy to show up like all right you got it it's yours costume fit costume F I was it's yours you're Tommy Trojan there you go I was dead it was so good I may retweet it again it was that good all right uh let's take a time out when we come back I want to talk more about the Padres uh we didn't really get through all the games in Tampa Bay over the weekend that we missed Manny's Milestone coming up as well getting close to it we'll get to that and we still haven't given away those padr tickets I saw someone I think kein in the chat was asking about the padr tickets no we still have those to give away for tomorrow's game against the Tigers and the city giveway and you darish has return so stay tuned for all of that coming up with Ben Woods on San Diego's number one sports station 973 the fan e e e e e e e e e e e e lot can happen on a three-day holiday weekend if you'll remember when we last Padres Take 2 From TB joined you on Friday morning had our manager's Report with Mike schil it was a good conversation by the way one of our my favorites of the year with Mike schil was really good but they had just lost two in a row and just wondering whether this uh stretch of games was starting to take its toll on the p r heading into Tampa into that Dome and and how are they going to respond well they responded with a great two out of three Series win starting woods with a Friday night's game and I want to talk about uh that 13 to5 win and Manny's pursuit of Padre's history get to that right after a check of traffic here on 973 the fan from the 973 the B traffic center here's Kelly davic traffic is sponsored by Valene instant drive through oil change your trusted instant drive-through oil change we still have a few problems here guys one of them is this crash on southa 163 before frer Road couple Vehicles involved it's got the left lane blocked all seclusion on Westbound King freeway before 30th Street Co truck rolling up to help out with this one it's over the right shoulder eastbound King freeway just before Kelton there is a position blocking the fast lane stop by into the 30 San Diego vene instant oil change centers you don't have to get out of your car usually only takes 15 minutes or less plus get a free courtesy check of your tires and batteries visit SoCal oil change.com for directions and discounts SoCal oil change.com I'm Kelly danic with Ben and woods sand Diego's number one sports station 973 the fan so remember last Wednesday and Thursday the Padre's offense scuffled in St Louis they went one for 15 with runners in scoring position and I said Friday morning this team looks tired they look beat and it was understandable given the oppressive heat and humidity and the the lack of off days so watching Friday's game with kind of a Keen Eye as to how they were going to respond boy did they respond 10 runs in the first four Innings and a good seven for with runners in scoring position on their way to a 135 win over the race like okay this is nice I watching the games in St Louis was exhausting to cover on tele like watching them on television I was exhausted when Friday 10: a.m. hit here I literally text my wife I go I made it that was the day I got up at 1:00 in the morning I'd slept for 45 minutes I go I made it I made it when that game started Benny I looked up to the heavens and I said I need a laugher I need an absolute laugher tonight one way or the other I just need a laugher I cannot be on the edge of my seat uh all night long after the long ass week we just had and boy did they deliver Martin Perez Perez did exactly what he needed to do four runs five innings you know he's a fifth starter second inning with four runs was not great but then the other F four Innings he dodged around the trouble and got through 101 pitches but yeah what they needed five they got five innings out of him he's your fifth starter great job I mean the offense picked him up the offense knew they needed to pick him up and they did Shawn Reynolds who just continues to impress me man uh all five of his outs via the strikeout just incredible um and he got sent down and you know hopefully he can come up what what's the it's is it does he have to wait how long does he have to wait depends on if there's an injury they can bring him right back if not I think he has to wait 10 days or 15 days or something it's a bummer man he's been really really good but there's not really a lot of room anymore we darish being activated there's even less room Wy came back when they expanded The rosters on September 1st so there's a little less room on that roster but you mentioned the offense has his contract oh yeah Diaz is there and I I would think he'll he'll get a chance behind the plate at some point here fairly soon yeah surprised he hasn't gotten back there yet already um but you had so on Friday you had the home runs from David Peralta Xander Bogarts jerx and profar who yeah he's been in a bit of a slump but he still got on base five times in that game with four walks and a single and scored two runs but it was Manny who really did the thing on Friday three for five three- run Homer 23rd of the season four runs driven in and that was his 161st home run with the Padres tying Adrien Gonzalez for second in franchise history and talked about it a little bit last week that the uh the all-time franchise record Nate coler's 163 a record that is stood every single day of my lifetime last home run in 1974 with the pad R 48 years and they have in 50 years they've never had a guy who has had the longevity and power to break that record which is the lowest total in all of Major League Baseball but Manny seems like I was hoping it'll happen here on this home stand we'll see uh you know you never know when home runs are going to come but he's just two away from tying Nate Colbert now and three away uh from setting a new franchise record for home runs and one that hopefully he'll be building on for years and years to come what's he at 23 he's at 23 this season back of the baseball card stuff I mean it's just crazy it's just crazy he's getting there creeping needs to go on a have another you know continue to have another another great month and i' would love to see him get to 30 now Saturday's game was also a laugher unfortunately in the other direction uh Randy Vasquez was hit hard um four in the third Innings and they they let him wear it Mike schil uh rare for Mike schil but clearly had to do it he was not going to go to the high leverage arms in the bullpen he was not going to rescue Randy Vasquez after 60 pitches that game was punted and it it's very rare to see the Padre's do that but 11 hits nine earn runs and they just had to get as much out of him as possible the real hero on Saturday Alec Jacob was Alec Jacob straight up who was uh started the day in El Paso at 6:00 AM had to fly through Denver to get to St Petersburg Florida get yeah West West North back East arrived as the game was starting heading down to the bullpen going do you need me do you not need me ends up pitching a career-high three and two3 innings just to make sure no one else from that Bullpen had to throw a pitch only gave up two hits and two runs they came in his last inning and while it was an 11 to4 loss and a very one of the more forgettable games of the season for the San Diego Padre's it should not be ignored what Jacob did in that game to rescue the San Diego pont's Bullpen and not turn a loss into something that was also going to hurt them the next couple of days and it didn't and see what happens the next couple of days Padres Ed their High leverage arms in close games to get two wins and part of those two wins on Sunday and Monday were Alec Jacob and Randy Vasquez even eating it and wearing it on Saturday that's what we're talking about when you manage for 160 2 Game season that's it sometimes it requires an ugly loss every once in a while to set yourself up for hopefully a close wins the next couple of days that's it that's textbook that's that that's the definition of it man and you you give up 11 runs to the race and you used two pitchers that's it that's how you do it and Mike schil knew it Alec Jacob knew it everybody knew the assignment Randy Vasquez was getting barreled barreled all over the yard walking guys was a terrible terrible outing and and very disappointing uh for Randy Vasquez but again to go out and go four and a third for him let Alec Jacob come in finish it off was that it that only two yeah that's it did third Yuki got up for half a second but Jacob got through it and it was done yeah you can't you can't beat it's crazy that day was for Jacob like it's also not the worst 100% situation ESP your feet wet again in the major leagues like there's no pressure just go out there and throw just go out and throw strikes the game essentially over like you know I'm sure Ben fritz or whoever nebla or sh told him when they called him in hey man just got to get through the end of this game just get us there we're trying to just get to the end here they go out they had to have an upper limit on the number of pitches he could throw he had never thrown that many in his life so I at some point they were like oh we might have to pull him out but he didn't he got through it and that was actually big for the Padres Jake did hit that first inning home run thought oh here we go again yeah and then Shan J B kind of settled in and that was it for that game but that really did lead to Sunday's win uh 4 to3 in a very a very tense one on Sunday uh the one with the series in the balance close game uh Jackson Merl had that great catch in the third inning uh which was fantastic behind Dylan CE and then hit the two-run home run in the top of the fourth inning um you know off a pitcher that had been looking pretty solid you know that was a big moment uh for Jackson Merill to deliver again for the padr his 21st of the Season it um that game two Dylan C you know I I sense some frustration certainly from him and I sense some from the fan base and I mean he really the he comes out and throws what 10 balls in a row at one point well his first five innings was fantastic one one hit one walk was terrific and then came back out in the sixth and threw 10 straight balls two walks through a strike and then gave up a single and the bases were loaded and that that was it Mike SCH came and got him got him at that point it had to be one of the most frustrating moments of the season I would think for Dylan Seas so know you have a three nothing lead you are cruising cruising just lost the plot for a second and you just couldn't find the strike zone got squeezed coup couple yep just I mean it that had to be one of the most frustrating walks back to the dug out there for Dylan CE Jason Adam came in and and he wasn't charged with any of the runs but allowed all three inherited Runners to score now kept it from being any worse got that double play but hit by pitch grounded into double play wild pitch and all of a sudden the game that the Padre's had well in hand felt in hand yeah is now 33 and you're going oh no then he texted us he go I'm nervous I TT I texted you before that inning yeah before that because I'm a little bit nervous that should have been a bigger lead I felt like they're letting him in this one and there they were it's 33 uh but jerx and profar got the the big sack fly and the Padres were able to to get that win I mean oh sander Bogard said to go ahead sack fly in the ninth inning Eric in the chat says it's frustrating that we punted on a game we had to have when Arizona is playing La I don't know if he means punted by using Randy Vasquez which he's in the rotation right now you know as we wait for guys to come back so or should we have should we have tried harder to win that game I my answer I Eric has got to be no just because the Diamondbacks are playing the Dodgers doesn't make that game any more important than any of the other 161 other games of the Season maybe in your mind you feel like well you know one team's going to win and one team's going to lose but it doesn't really change the equation you're trying to win the most out of 162 as possible yes and you're managing if you're Mike schil you're managing to try to win as many of the 162 but to do that sometimes it requires not winning one one or two games now I don't they didn't decide going into this game we're not going to win this game no they tried to win it you know they were hoping Randy Vasquez could give him some some length and keep him in the game and maybe the offense come you would have seen chasing Adam or you know whoever yeah they had but once it wasn't the right decision was made to let them wear it and just eat that loss I think that was absolutely the right call and it was proven the next day when they needed their back into the bullpen they needed Estrada Tanner Scott Robert Suarez uh in the seventh eth and Ninth to keep that game scoreless when it looked like the Rays had the momentum looked like they were about to come back and steal one they were able to shut the door take the lead in the ninth inning and then win it you know a little bit nervous because they were 0 for n with runners in scoring position Padres did in that game 12 left on base did not come through even once other than a couple of sacrific flies and they still won that game and it was based on the what the pitching that they had that they wouldn't have had if they had chased fruitlessly Saturday's game yeah and you know as as we made the point and Tim follows up in the chat he burns the bullpen that game we might not win the next the next two you know you would won two very close games uh the next two days so I'll take those and and we roll man you took the series in Tampa that's what you want to do and uh Cong congratulations to Dylan CE on Sunday strikeouts yes for the season do you guys see uh what happened there of course I saw that so he strikes out to end what like the third inning Luis campasano throws it down to third you know the old final out throw it down to Third and then Manny he points at Luis but Luis isn't looking and Dylan does like and then he's waving like I want that ball I want that ball throws it to Manny and then no and then Manny throws it into the stands at Tropic cani C is like waving hey hey hey and then Manny throws it into the crow and then like the heavy Ben saigh when it and then they got Manny he went back out onto the field and got the ball back from from the fan he's the only guy with 200ks right now uh no uh ter scub only guy in the NL with two 200 uh yeah that's on campy that's not on Manny I don't think wasn't really looking on both of them campy needs to know was he like prepared hey if I get two strikeouts this inning it'll be 200 do you need to save that ball Dylan also like I tell Bo use your words he just gave it one little hey be demonstrative yo yo yo yo yo yo yo I many many many nothing that's uncool though it is very uncool start of yelling out loud I want the ball I want the ball question is it uncool to know you have 199 strikeouts I was thinking about this during the game and while individual achievements certainly are are trumped by what the the team does sure I loved why it was important to Dylan Cee and that is he is one of the very few pitchers in the game who the last four seasons has thrown enough yep Innings and starts to get to 200 and he knows that's what's important in baseball and the fact that I can get to 200 means I am out there every fifth day helping my team that's a heck of an accomplishment and one that is he deservedly should be proud of so Manny what did Manny have to exchange and just another ball it's another ball no if I'm the fan going wait I got D strikeout ball you just want to give a bat you just want to give me a batting practice ball and I need a bat I need a Manny bat Manny's like great I got to give this guy one of my sticks cuz your 200th strikeout you threw it in stands though Manny yeah but can't be threw it to me but he's the captain he got it back he did what it took to get it back and he he got it back for Dylan se he did Dylan's face it was like you think that you think that he just kicked his cat or something he was like oh God but yeah just kind of an un you know it was really even until it wasn't there in the in the six chat horrible negotiation from the Rays fan I get it but when Manny machado's looking at you and asking the give me the ball back what are you GNA do like run no I'm not giving it to you Manny that's a tough spot to be it he wants it back he just gave it to me good for good for Dylan for getting that and he got they did get him off the hook didn't you know he was he was well he's never on the line for L he just lost the win which is unfortunate he he left the game he was up three nothing when he left but put at Jason Adam in a tough spot there very to with the bases loaded and nobody out you figure at least a couple of those guys are coming home Unfortunately they all all three came home in that situation but again Padre's win that day they win yesterday they win three of four from Friday to Monday matching the Dodgers and gaining two games on the Diamondbacks to now take the lead in the National League Wild Card race all right we'll come back final hour of the Tuesday program uh Paulie's got the rle Report with some NFL news some Joey Chestnut news and more and the pod race ticket giveaway all coming up next on 973 the fan e e e e e e e e e The Reindl Report feel bad he's been a part of the team for a few years now and uh unfortunately with the 40 man roster Crunch and everyone coming back didn't even get a mention yet this morning but the pontre yesterday DFA Jose a zokar uh to make room on the roster for Fernando ttis Jr's returned from the 60-day injured list Bry Johnson was also optioned down to Triple A now uh maybe uh a sugar passes through waivers and remains with the organization maybe he opts for free agency and and tries his hand with a different team but there were some moments over the last few years where sugar came through either defensively with his legs uh had a couple of big big moments with the San Diego Padres and and unfortunately they just didn't have any more room for josea okar and he was DFA yesterday it's wild man wild because I can vividly remember you know not having anything to talk about in January of last year and talking about what your potential options were for the San Diego did he start the opening day this year Merill did Merill started tatis andar sugar have to start okay I don't think so but I can vividly recall tweet you know tweets saying well just give sugar a shot and Center you know well how how bad could it be and yeah man I you know you look at like I don't know what happened like because he's every bit as good as Bryce Johnson I thought so too I think and again they know so much more than we do um and I I don't know what happened I really don't I have no idea but yeah sugar DFA so um I when they sent him down I was like know okay I I didn't think he was doing that badly down he goes and then never brought him back up and and ends up getting DFA yesterday realize he was on the Padre's uh roster all the way up until June 22nd yeah he was there the first two and a half months of year he was the defensive replacement for proar uh early in the season uh that that Cub series we all remember that and proar spot came back up and and sugar you know all that but yeah I mean look it it's just just a guy you know the yeah somebody makes a point the pinch Runner job he used to have was taken by by Tyler Wade who's much faster I died the other night by the way did you guys die when he put Tyler Wade in the pinch run for crony at third I couldn't believe it I couldn't believe it now my fat ass takes a a non-runner because I can't run even I if I hit a triple even I'm gonna stay at third now Xander's Fly ball would have scored Jake easily as well and the throw was you know 40 feet over the head of the catcher Jose ser so it's a 33 game and if it comes down to it and there's a play at the plate don't you want that extra step step and a half that you're getting from Tyler weight I mean it might be the difference between a win and a loss that's that's aggressive managing to make sure even the smallest detail you can go ahead and win that game now if you don't score and Jake spot comes back up and you know now you've got Tyler Wade in the lineup or defensively for defense it's it was defense and so we all saw ER move over to short for a couple Innings and they put Tyler at second for Jake and I I just thought to myself I now again it wasn't the wrong move we won the game it surprised me knowing how much Shelty values defense and how good crony is defensively that he would say this 90 ft which by the way you think in that moment he was valuing that run than defense which is rare but it's rare because you're on the road and you still have to get three out you have to have defensive guys out there matter it don't matter as much if you don't get that run now if they're already up four to three and that's an insurance run I don't think you do it but because you're tied and need that run to win again maybe you do not saying it was the the wrong move by any stretch don't get me wrong I was surprised when it happened and I actually thought for a sec oh he he he might have tweaked something you know what I mean like that was my thought because I just said crony's fast enough he's going to score on a Fly ball we always like to imagine as fans that there is a right decision and a wrong decision but a lot of the decisions are 50/50 or 4951 5248 I mean it it's a really small and it it comes down to I mean when you're next level and I'm sure Mike schil could explain this better than I am but you're thinking Xander Bogarts can hit a fly Ball but they're not always the deepest of flies is he the guy that might hit that midlevel fly ball that Tyler scores it could be a difference between a step or two with Tyler Wade and you know maybe if it's Manny go if he hits a Fly ball it's going to be plenty deep enough to score the run I don't need the pinch Runner there but with Xander maybe I do he's got a little less power a little less Pop I don't know part I want to ask him about that Friday and just say please walk us through it because I I did think it was funny as hell when I was like go they're pinch running a guy I I don't see a lot of that unless it's like a big lumbering dude and it was a close game but they didn't do it earlier when he was on base so you know like what what made the decision for you when he got to Third yeah it was wild and I just thought that was one of those moments that that you know gets kind of lost in the shuffle and I thought that's really interesting play by my Mike schil who values defense very very much uh and so it's that you definitely are weaker with Tyler Wade playing second than you are with J konorth 905 Paulie take it away and get things started here with our Edition today's edition of the Ryle report now tuned to the greatest welcome to the r Report with Paul reyle hi Paul all right two stories from the World of Sports that we haven't gotten to yet we'll start off in Major League Baseball and one story that you didn't know you needed are you laughing Bach it's the Ryle report hey Paul how you doing okay how are you on 973 the fan ready bless I need some help please that was good can I get a yeah oh yeah all right all right all right good morning little late on the L right the mic turned off all right all right gentlemen we'll start off uh in the NFL pretty wild and scary scene for San Francisco 49ers rookie oh my God Ricky piol who was shot in the chest over the weekend I think it was on Saturday morning Saturday afternoon he was in downtown San Francisco and it was an attempted robbery over his watch I believe yeah it was over his rolexx and he was he was on his way to go sign autograph somewhere I think he just had signed just signed and somebody tried to Jack tried to Rob him and it ended up with him and I think a couple other people were shot and I saw a video of him getting into the chair the that they would lift him into the ambulance the ambulance he had his he was shirtless and he had a whatever t-shirt he was wearing was pressed up against his chest and there Nurse you know the EMT was just holding it there as he's like sitting in getting into the ambulance and you're like this man is holding his T-shirt over his bullet wound in his chest he walked to it was it was through and through went in in his chest threw his torso out of his back and did not hit you know hits your heart your or or you're you're dead but luckily for him it passed through did not hit any vital organs and he's going to be okay they said I saw this morning they said may miss four games I four games uh Espin said out at least four games at least but he has been released from the hospital he's he's on the on the mend but God dang that is scary I mean I they haven't told all the details other than you know a robbery gone wrong or confrontation but it was the the attacker was also shot with the same gun so to me I'm imagining the old movie scene where they're fight they're now fighting over the gun and it goes off a couple of times and like crazy sh near Union Square Saturday afternoon after a 17 y- old male attempted to Rob him resulting in a struggle between the two according to the San Francisco police department and then both he and the suspect were shot so yeah it was kind of like the they're like struggling for the gun or something but man that's that is scary by the way just a little breaking 49ers news this morning uh mentioned last week Brandon auk got signed Trent Williams hold out is over the ners are finalizing a new deal this morning with Trent Williams putting their star left tackle in position to play in Monday's season opener against the New York Jets taking care of all those guys CD lamb last week the Cowboys so quote from over the weekend Jerry Jones saying you're about to have a buttload of money or something like that to C's like care just be you know he's like give be careful the fatherly advice just be careful it's almost as if none of these guys just wanted to be in training camp and just wanted to skip the whole thing such a good if it works it works man can we hold out from the last day of the world series until first day of spring training yeah we're just going to hold out that's where we are we want more money yeah it's a good bit all right moving on uh yesterday was big day for Netflix Labor Day holiday everybody home and they had a live event which those are few and far between for Netflix they're still dabbling in the Live Events whether it's a comedy show the roast of Tom Brady was a live Netflix event uh and we had kobashi versus Joey Chestnut hot dog eating contest goat V goat and uh yeah they did it live they had it was the first time that those two have gone head to-head in 15 years 2009 was the last time both competitive eaters went at each other and Joey Chestnut demolished did he watch the floor did you guys watch it I did not I watch I saw highlights saw highlight after I actually showed some on channel 10 last night I had forgotten that that was happening until it was already it already come and gone but uh yeah Joey Chestnut in 10 minutes threw down 83 hot dogs world record set it broke his own record uh Kobe yashi had 66 which is 66 is insane 83 that's 8.3 hot dogs per minute that's bun and all everything bun and all did he did he dip he had the cup of water I don't know what they drink heard it's lemonade is it really we had Joey Chestnut on like three or four years ago we did you don't remember that no I got his number yeah we had him on we did he's um somehow related to Tabitha Lipkin like Uncle or cousin or something she hooked it up vague vague she was like yeah you guys want to talk to it was a pandemic interview we're like hell yeah what always strikes me about the Hot Dog Eating competition is that you're turning something that is inherently pretty pleasurable I enjoy eating a good hot dog you do as well Woods gy into something that looks so miserable I mean Joey is pouring wet and his stomach is distended and he just looks absolutely miserable shoving hot dogs into his face at a rate of one every 8 seconds and just Downing Downing Downing it looks like the most miserable experience ever for something that when you have one really great it's really great to eat a hot dog eating 83 of them in 10 minutes might be the worst thing that you could ever do too much of a good thing could you eat 83 hot dogs in a month no I don't think I could I couldn't I mean that's more than a day I couldn't do it I'm I'm like I have I have like a hot dog a month one and even then though like I get halfway through it I'm like you start to think what am I eating it ain't good I don't care about what I'm eating I just I feel like once I've had one I'm good for at least a few weeks yeah it's like insta heartburn for me too every single time so I'm I I'm but yeah this guy Eric said in the chat eating contest are gross and idiotic I I I agree I agree I really agree I think so many people don't have food it's watch how much I can eat like it's so weird yeah it's weird yeah but I guess you got to tip your cap to the goat he is truly the best thing did your parents ever when you didn't finish your plate pull the old there are starving children in Africa and you didn't finish your food things have changed man as far as parenting goes the problem is is that finishing your plate is probably not the healthiest thing that you can do in the world but think about when you're a kid there's three pieces of chicken three green beans and four grapes and my kids's like every night every single night is the fight of my life and now I should should I put her on blast I can wait I'll do it 9:35 put my wife on such hardcore blast such 9:35 I'll tell you I'll tell you what's happening in our household it's food related she's so dead right now so stay tuned yeah all right and then finally I don't know how big of a deal this is but it's one of my long time suspicions has been confirmed I have an Apple iPhone with Siri I have and couple of Alexa devices in our home active listening from your devices it's a real thing and it's been confirmed now because for you to tell your Alexa to do something they have to to be listening even for the words you know hey Alexa right you have to be the device has to always be listening for that and I've had friends that work for Amazon up together like oh trust me it's not it it doesn't catch everything you know has to activate it with I'm like but it is listening for that command either way well Cox Media Group television radio conglomerate they kind of leaked something uh to investors it was in a pitch deck great they uh leaked about their active listening software that they can listen to pretty much every conversation being had if you have any of their products any of their devices and then Mark it towards whatever interests you and this literally happened to me I mean happens all the time but I remember within the last week I bought some sunglasses and I was looking around trying to decide which brand to buy my sunglasses I had not touched my phone yet I was just sitting on the couch talking to my wife about said brand I went with raybans when I opened my phone again had not looked anything up every like fourth Instagram post was Rayband sure and I go they're listening happens to me all the time they are listening and I end up buying they've heard everything right kind of creepy Cox put that out well it got leaked that's not new though is it it's confirming what we thought what we are deepest they were pitching to their investors hey look at this active listening software that we use want to see what is on his phone like what ads I'm getting I'm just trying to look I see what ads comfortable shoeses NFL Sunday Ticket um allergy medication like Matt says in the chat it's 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you'll have my side on this one I really do was that timed perfectly I didn't I I knew there was a point that I forgot but I I think you guys will really have my back here I hope so curious now I can't Hanah scares me she's dead though she's dead on this one I finally feel like I I have the upper hand here finally it's only been a decade you guys will get a kick out of it all right don't go anywhere sometime in our next segment we're going to give away those padr tickets for tomorrow's game and then Woods puts Hannah on blast and then Annie and Elon at 10:00 on San Diego's number one sports station 973 the fan e e e e e e e e e e e e Who To Root For Tonight? he's doing a little starting pitching projection into the future and you know subject change of course but remember the padr dodged Paul skes in the two Series against the Pittsburgh Pirates last month Paul SK ducked the Padres is another way to put it coward he's pitching today is that true I think so um but as I was doing the projections it looks like The Potters are going to miss Blake Snell in both Series against the San Francisco Giants two three game series and right now he's scheduled to pitch tomorrow before uh they come to town and then he'll pitch again next Wednesday because they have some off days as well and they will just dodge them when they go back to San Francisco which means if that holds bodre will never face Blake Snell this year by I was kind of well with you know in the division I was sort of expecting a Blake Snell match up a re Union at some point but in the pendent race again he's been throwing really really well not the worst thing if you miss him a couple of times now the padr are going to have UD darish going tomorrow as he returns from the injured list in game two of the series against the Tigers and then uh they're going to move up I believe I saw Martin Perez into Thursday's game which will give not only Michael King a full week off between starts but then with two off days coming up next week he'll miss the entire next series against the um Mariners and won't pitch for another week plus until his following starts so he'll have two weeks and just one start in those two weeks based on how the Padres are reworking their starting rotation with UD Darvish coming back tomorrow and Perez going to pitch I think on Thursday against the Tigers that's clearly a way that they are trying to stretch out the Innings of Michael and keep him fresh going into the postseason knowing he's already you know pushing career highs career limits he's over he's over the major league career high and I think he's right at minor league Major League combined career high for most Innings thrown I like what he said he goes I feel good and I'm not thinking about it you know like he's just GNA just going to pitch when they tell him to pitch and as long as he's feeling good yeah I mean some people make the jump we we saw it we saw it with Seth Lugo Seth Lugo has done a phenomenal job at making the jump from reliever and and wherever they used him in New York to what he did with San Diego and now what he's done with Kansas City but today as you look through the Major League Baseball schedule now we're off that means we get to kick up our feet as fans and just root like hell for the Boston Red Sox which is always fun to do uh we're also going to root for the Chicago Cubs they're playing the New York Mets they are playing the Mets we're going to be rooting uh hard for the Chicago Cubs today in Wrigley Field Paul skes will take on the Cubs no we uh oh yeah well I love Paul SCH the the Cubs are kind of back in kind of they're kind of in it but don't you three and a half bag now that's okay you Cubs could still lose and Paul SK doesn't that would be the best outcome yeah Paul SK pitches poorly Paul SK pitches poorly but the Pirates come back and win late in that game yeah there you go I'm not too worried about the Cubs but just pointing it out that they're still in it actually the uh Dodgers are taking on the Angels the Los Angeles Angels that's a rivalry game okay Walker Beer's I think pitching today he is not thrown well he pitched okay last time he had an error a couple errors behind him that that kind of set him back and we're Giants fans tonight we are Giants fans tonight yeah we are yeah it's going to be Ryan Nelson against undecided for uh San Francisco right now so yeah we're big Giants fans that's going to be the late game Bob Melvin's pondering that as we speak yes he is who am I going to start to lose by one run tonight against the Arizona Diamondbacks uh the Diamondbacks don't lose don't win by one so no they they went by like 11 they went by 11 or 12 seemingly every or they lose by 11 or 12 which they did the other day I mean we talked about it a little bit with Sammy we were talking about it off the air before our show started you know talked about it all week last week who do you root for four game series and I'm never going to say I'm rooting for the team up North but I was absolutely rooting for the Diamondbacks to lose because right now so you were rooting for the dock I didn't say that that was those are your words so if you say I'm rooting for the Dbacks to lose when they play the Dodgers I am rooting for the Padres to get the number one Wild Card seed I would love to win the division that's a little bit further of a reach right now you got the three games in LA to wrap up the season and then followed by the three games the final three games in Arizona you do not want to have the off day and then stay in Arizona for those three games there are no back and forth road trips during that first round of the playoffs the Wild Card round I won all three of those games at home I don't care if that means pitching Dylan cease on Sunday to it cuz then he can still probably give you something on Wednesday or like THS game three like you have to get home games it's huge for the organization playoff ticket Rue us want to get down there and party with you guys wherever we might be like the next round if you can make it past and get into the divisional round then you're guaranteed at least a home game sure nothing's guaranteed in that Wild Card round I think it is the most important thing for the Padres right now to make sure they get at least the number one Wild Card Brandon in the chat says Bowl can help the Padre's for the first time in two years tonight oh my God it's cutting and fairly accurate by the way um not focuses much on the American League with the biggest Series in baseball is the Cleveland Guardians and the Kansas City Royals in that very tight AL Central as they uh as they go tonight Tanner Bibby against Brady singer in that game in Kansas City it's fun one so that's that's also a big one all right if you want to go to the game tomorrow night though now's your time to call in and win 833 288 0973 let's make it the fifth caller right now going to win a pair of tickets to tomorrow's Padre's Tigers game first 40,000 fans in attendance we'll receive a free City connect hoodie go to pod.com tickets for details but call now to win a pair 833 288 0973 did see the podras are projecting based on remaining ticket sales and the remaining 11 home games that they will break the all-time attendance record that has held since last year when they set the all-time attendance record at Petco Park pretty good considering how badly last season went you thought they won't they won't have the kind of attendance this year that they had last year no they're going to break it have even more fans coming in and supporting this team and they've been rewarded this year with a playoff Contender 100% all right we uh good luck shout out SD good luck Paulo pick up some phones during the break and then when we come back my Woods is putting Hannah on blast this could be it as she heads in for Botox this could be it does this have anything to do with bow being toxic at home I don't get it bow talkx toxic B kids no all right we'll be back a 973 the faman e e e e e e e e e e e e who won the uh tickets Paulie Trevor Trevor congratulations going to go see the uh go see U darish Woods Roasts Hannah Back on the bump it wasn't Trevor Hoffman was it it was not Trevor Hoffman I think he's I think he's set for tickets he usually has pretty good seats when I see him G he really good seats Trev we're always here for you if you want to bring the fellas to a game anytime I'll buy the beers I think the beers are free down there actually so I don't know that Trevor Hoffman has to buy a lot of beers I'll give the tip I'll I'll pay the tip how about that just the tip I'd love to go to a game with Trevor hoffen almost more than anything so Trevor often times sits behind the you know behind the home plate or up in I've seen him in the owner's box but if he actually just walked to a concession stand said can I have a beer would they make him pay for it I feel like they'd have to I mean or with the person who just someone in line would for his beer someone in line yeah but would if no one paid for his beer would the person working there go just take it like it's your Trevor just take it you want a beer here's a beer they would know right I'm going text him right now I want to know I'm G text him when's the last time you paid for a beer at Petco Park really hope we get an answer in the next 15 minutes he takes like a month to test that's a good te so coming up in early October we'll get the answer to that question from Trevor Hoffman JH 619 says no that's stealing no he's no he's not stealing beers someone gives it to you it's not stealing Trevor running around drinking half empty beers embezzling that's right like I don't do they even still have the r they have the Randy Jones Grill I think still on the main Concourse like does Randy Jones if he wants a hot dog like my literally on the stand we buy our own merch so I mean you know that's what you do when uh when we were first doing the the pre- and the postgame show Craig and I am very poor you know like making no money Randy would always take us under his wing come eat on scholarship tonight bring us to his barbecue stand and really hook us up with food yeah really that's so sweet that makes me love him more when I was first starting out in radio I was on the promotions team at the mighty 1090 and part of my duties was the post game show at Lolita's where I just had to pretty much just sit there for an hour and have some stickers on the table and they had the speaker so you could hear inside of the restaurant and I had to Lug all of that crap six blocks down cuz you had to park give you a good parking when you're on the promo team and I I mean I'm hauling this cart through East Village it's 11 o'clock at night and a truck pulls up and I just hear what in the hell are you doing it was Randy Jones he got out helped me load he threw everything in the back of his truck and drove my car I love that he's a good guy piggy you and Elon get over there and get you a plate you're on scholarship you don't there and fix you a plate good old ar oh here he goes oh wow that was a quick month comes with my seats that I pay for it's gotten more expensive but listen oh so he's buying his own seats buying his own seats oh yeah that's that he's paying for the beers cuz they come with the charge with the seats all right well listen but he never wanders around and orders one while he's there I guess not no I don't think you if I've already paid for it I'm not going to go in I sat in those seats with you one time you didn't want to leave you did not move everything was free he's sucking down Cracker Jacks and everything he can get his hands exactly the sound I made he did too he lost his mind that night well speaking of food this is where this is where I have to drop the hammer on my beloved wife that's coming up right after traffic at 973 the fan I knew that from the 973 the fan traffic center here's Kelly dck traic is 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woods San Diego's number one sports station 973 the fan I'm still impressed that Trevor buys his own seats there's a statue of at Petco Park you should never have to buy a ticket to a place where there's a statue of you he's in part responsible for the construction exact very large part responsible for it yeah if you think if you have a statue you should you get tickets right I think so too wherever you want man I mean that's you know listen that's how you make money you got to keep making money I get it all right so don't feel bad everybody else I'm very nervous for this next segment you should be all right so what's the number one thing thing you guys argue with your spouses about number one there should be yeah dinner should be very clear clear and present I would would say 90% of our I don't want to say arguments but no arguments disagreements yeah it's what do you want to do for dinner what are we making for dinner yes where are we going for like what are we ordering for dinner whatever MH dinner it's dinner for me it's not paying attention or listening carefully enough it's weird cuz that's my number one with you too but that's for another day we have a consultant meeting tomorrow we'll be addressing that tomorrow at 10:15 all right I already know I have a problem with it my number one you don't need to keep bringing it up I know I have a problem with it this is going to be like me observing YouTube I acknowledge I have a problem with it I do so few months ago well and I've told you guys the struggles that we have with food in our house it's not uncom you might have I'm not sure if I was listening you probably weren't paying attention it it all comes you know uh it's diff more difficult when you got the kids because they're very picky so I told you guys there was a time there I was doing all the cooking and everything else and I turned into a short order cook you know one kid wants a grill cheese the other wants a you know chicken and whatever and then Hannah wants something totally different and then I wanted something different so we hit we hit like a it was like a pretty gnarly fight actually a few months ago and I she said what I need from you I need you to handle all the food in our house and I mean lunches grocery shopping dinners she goes I don't want to make the kids lunch I you do it and I said done will this put an end to this strife and she said yes we had it we pitched it to the counselor this is what she asked I said I've got it I'm taking the rain so then I dropped the hammer and said don't buy any more snacks don't buy you don't ever have to set foot in a grocery store again your old pal Woods has got you all right I'm buying all the snacks I'm buying all the fruit I'm buying all the food I'll handle dinner and I said do you mind if what if I get it it Farm it out and I get a service she said whatever I just want dinner cover so I did some exhaustive research and I found a company that provides healthyish meals and I said doing it and I did it I've done the meal prep service and this is a good one weekly deliveries they taste fantastic they look pretty healthy healthyish is a great spot to be healthish if it's all just healthy it's no one's ever going to be happy brown rice broccoli and chicken every meal you're going to get tired of that you need is so they have variety it's great so I I I bite the bullet and I say I'm doing it so I do it and I have taken over all the lunches all the grocery shopping I'm still in the GD store four days a week the turkey goes bad over the weekend I got to buy a new you know so I'm getting the kids dialed in so the meals are coming I'm not hearing a peep no one's arguing everyone's just sitting down eating their meal last week I go hey how was that to my wife and she said she goes and I go oh boy here we go and she's what I just just it wasn't good there's too much fat in it and I went all right what would you like me to do she goes well I'd like to be I'd like to help select the meals every week and I go whoa whoa you had remember when you said I don't want anything to do I just want dinner in front of me and I will eat it and I said that was a quote and she said yes I do remember that I said now we have to get together and select the meals every week fine so yesterday we get together to select the meals about 3 minutes of selecting just leave me out this week I go what and she goes just leave me out I go what are you going to eat and she's like I don't know I'll figure it out I go but you won't you're G so I go do you want me to make you something every night she goes well I mean that'd be nice so now the meals are bought I have to make her something special I'm losing my mind so I told her I said I don't know what to do at this point but I said you are and I looked at her and I said in our time of regulating our emotions I said I love you so so much but you are massively frustrating to deal with when it comes to this massively I handled it man it was all done everything was done and now it's just not what she wants so I don't know what to do I'm at a loss well I would say you can't ever turn off your opinions about food either you like it or you don't it's satisfying it's what you want or it's not what you want now I think hopefully she still appreciates everything you've done she doesn't but she can still not really like the food that's that you can't really control that she said I didn't feel great after I ate it that one time but see that's not her fault it's not my fault yeah no it's not your fault either but what are she supposed to just never say anything again and go yes I guess I'm just going to she told me that she told me that's what she was going to do she didn't know that it wasn't going to be something that was going to make her feel I'm sweating not great but she told me I just wanted in front of me and again these aren't it's not like I'm feeding her like yeah like giant plates of of yeah if all you were having is mac and cheese Hot Dogs cut up in it every night then maybe there's more you know reason to complain but again you could be eating something fully healthy but if it doesn't react well with your system you can't just keep eating it you have to say something so Magan says make some stuff ahead of time so I've done that we've done the I'm going to cook a bunch of and then what happens I don't want to eat this again let's just get door Dash whatever I get these things they they come to the house and they're different you have pork one night chicken one night blah blah blah we you told me that you told me you were you told me to just handle it and get it out of the way we Ed the meal prep service kind of as the Catalyst to finding that solution and it worked we did it for I don't know a couple of months and then we're like okay we're back on track we can handle it now Patrick says you're going to get burned out maybe you do five days and she does two yeah I mean the weekends are kind of a crapshoot Whoever has the kids you know you handle their meals but the weekends don't count Monday through Friday she wants a lunches made no problem I enjoy making the kids lunches I actually kind of enjoy it no problem there enjoy shopping for them getting them what they want no problem the dinner though so now I she goes well I would be happy just going back to eating ground beef and rice and and vegg veggies I go yeah but those two dudes aren't going to so now we've gone from I've got to go buy this cook it and then I have to cook something for them as well I'm back to woodsy the diner owner taking short orders I don't know what to do I mean what I've done you know and and my program my SD fat loss.com helped me I meal prep usually four days a week right and it's the same thing but I don't necessarily eat it all four days in a row I may break it up with one day so imagine imagine not only you doing that Ben if I was single I would look like Brad Pit in Fight Club I have no problem doing that same thing every day I've got three other differing opinions if you made that yeah I'm only making it for myself I can yeah one is is no problem but it's the four and so now she goes well just take me off so I took her off I'm like so what are you going to eat next week you got no meals coming so we'll see and I just I just holy cow Jimmy James says remind the wife she's not a princess she can figure it out herself that'll go really far try that I I will so what did she take on when you took on the food was there a trade a she does all the laundry she does all the laundry laundry and and there's a ton of it with four three dudes you know there's a ton I change outfits four times a day probably so she does that and you know really runs the household for the most part but the food was the one thing she wanted off maybe it would be worth it for you then to just make a little extra special meal for her just enjoy your nicely folded laundry and think about that when you're putting on your four outfits a day Jimmy J Factor they're Factor meals they're so good they're I look forward to them I eat two of them a day they're fantastic yeah I'll get her Lunchables Dan pluck down some Lunchables in front of her oh man yeah personal chef Woods here I don't know what to do but she's she's wrong yep when she told me I'm right and she's wrong that's what I want to get to the gist of she told me I you handle it and I won't say a word I will say that two weeks she's not on firm footing here but you can't re you can't help I mean you either like food or you don't and you can't just keep eating food that you don't like and is not sitting well with you so at some point she did have to say something and I can get why it's frustrating for you though I'm G to pull my hair out I know I can see that well I'm off to the grocery store have a fantastic get some sters Welsh rare bits on toast and throw on a little TI tomato and a bacon it's perfect really she'll love it she will love it fantastic for well rebit day today yes speaking of the Welsh I believe we're going to have a Welsh guest in studio there'll be a Welshman in here tomorrow which will be fantastic it'll be a guest heavy Wednesday Jesse agler will join us for the Wednesday incorporator since there's no no game today we moved that back to tomorrow and it's also a big league Wednesday with Adam Jones and Brett Moon we are busy beavers both scheduled to join the the program tomorrow so that be a very busy Wednesday uh that's tomorrow though now you've got Annie and with plenty to talk about from the holiday weekend coming up for the next 4 hours for Paul Ryle Steven Woods I'm Ben Higgins have a great rest of your Tuesday from all of us here at San Diego's number one sports station 973 the fans so long everybody