Ben & Woods LIVE: July 19th 2024 - Padres Begin 2nd Half + Happy Birthday Woodsy!!

[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] welcome in everybody happy Friday to you it's benett Woods 973 the fan great to be here with you you may uh if you're watching on the YouTube feed you may wonder why we are kind of laid back in our chairs and uh doing things a little bit differently we'll explain that in a moment great to be here with you let's get our heads right on a Friday baseball returns I feel like all is all is right in the world now we'll see how it ends you haven't been paying attention to the world my friend that's fair that's fair that's well all is right in the world it's better than it was like six hours ago and of course we'll we'll get into that in a moment I have new headphones uh that I got today this morning for my birthday and my wife bought them for me and I'm getting used to them they're very uh they're very big how do they do I sound normal cuz it sounds weird to me you sound normal do I sound especially Rich you sound very rich very rich good that's that means the sound is working well in those new headphones almost sexy how does this sound is it extra sweet because it's against the Dodgers annoying it it still sounds annoying to headphones are working so they work perfectly I'm woodsy that is Paul Ryle he is the executive producer of the program good morning Paulie good morning happy birthday my friend thank you so much I appreciate it and Benjamin Higgins your friendly neighborhood Sports Anchor joins us as well good morning to you happy birthday Woods good morning how does 49 feel uh 49 feels pretty good actually I I I'm feeling pretty good this morning actually and and I wanted to thank Judith and Esther who are here right now from instant mobile nails and yeah you can't see what's going on right now but um listen summer break is all about relaxation it's all about you know shutting the engine down getting it back to neutral a little bit that's exactly what we're doing uh Ben and I are currently getting pedicures in the studio now I realize this does nothing for the listening audience but I will tell you this it feels very very good now there's a couple reasons why we did it number one because pedicures are amazing uh number two our beloved Ben has never gotten one before this is your first time and I want your thoughts on it right now um it feels a little weird because I don't think my toes have ever felt the the scrape of a Nile a file a or file an orile and I don't know what's coming so it's all kind of unexpected it it's like when you're going to the dentist and they reach for each different instrument you don't know exactly what it's going to do and you're wondering like maybe I'm not quite as relaxed as I should be because of that well you never relax at the dentist ever this this is a relaxing now there are parts of a pedicure where you're like oh boy when they they start to clip the nails you're like oh I hope they don't but these guys know what they're doing and again it's Judith and Esther from instant mobile nails they are amazing what a genius idea by the way yeah yeah it was a really good idea in fact I think we should start doing this every Friday if I'm being completely honest with you uh this feels fantastic but we missed the experience of the nail salon and the gossip with the uh with the girls at the nail salon I ladies you got any good gossip that you want to share anything good no laughing okay okay well yeah again Paulie said last night he goes I'm it might be a little bit self-serving I said Inc I said you're wrong it's very self-serving it's massively self the hypnotist in studio people could watch or listen and follow along and and they're laughing at the things that education I'm like this one this serves no purpose to the audience Zer whatsoever well except for you know just be happy that Ben's getting his first pedicure ever and boy does it feel good uh it's great to be here with you guys this morning had a uh I I woke up this morning to um my alarm and then I opened my phone and I had a a rash of text messages now you might think hey it's your birthday you're going to wake up to the happy birthday text and there were a couple in there thanks to uh our buddy Foster um have not heard from my parents yet which is weird uh but I did hear I'm sure Gary will be calling in oh I'm sure I did hear from Foster and a couple of other friends Roman our beloved Roman and uh then we had bosses from or uh emails and texts from our bosses last night at 1:00 in the morning apparently something happened with Microsoft and crowd strike and there was a bad update scent I think and it basically shut a lot of things down now it was a global outage Global outage did not just affect Odyssey San Diego radio stations no it I mean planes had to be grounded trains were stopped like it it sounds like it the police couldn't dispatch or book book people into jail or anything everybody car live was down oh his Xbox Live went down last night oh my gosh dude um television we had no prompter last night tell everybody about your fun night last night yeah so uh I was getting ready to do the uh the 11:00 sports like always had my scripts and everything in graphics all in and I find out 20 30 minutes before we can't call up the graphics we can't call up the prompter um I tried to print out my scripts because of course but that wasn't working either so what I ended up having to do was take a picture of my scripts with my phone and then bring the phone out onto the set so I could read my copy straight off like a photograph on my phone that's how desperate things got last night for the 11:00 how long was that segment 6 minutes it was no it was only about 2 minutes fortunately there wasn't much going on last night but it would have been funny if you were like yeah just talking about uh Jaden Le or something and you hold up a picture of your phone onto the C Jaden Le right that is uh they were able to put just a generic background behind me like 10 news but usually I have like specific Padre's graphics and a Open Championship graphic couldn't call any of that out couldn't the lower thirds where you usually see like who's speaking like the the sound bite from so and so none of that was able to come up and I don't even know if it was directly I would assume it's directly related to what was going with everybody else cuz this was around you know 11:00 p.m. last night but uh it was it was a mess and I'm sure other businesses are waking up to a big mess this morning too I probably had 20 plus emails I had a text from like the big boss to a bunch of people when the big boss when you wake up at 4 in the morning and squint at your phone and the big boss sends you a text that says emergency you kind of panic a little bit don't open your computer do not touch your laptop I'll admit I I had the worry that yeah they've taken away our transmitter and we going to be able to show up there's no more radio station we lived that yeah we did that before we've lived that again that wasn't it we've lived that before yeah yeah a we're we're off the air guys no so we're we're doing good we're fine we're getting pedicures here live on the air it seems to be the uh YouTube stream is working the radio is working the app I can't speak to it but it my guess is it it might be it's the best I can offer you on the Odyssey app every day is that it might be working you might be able to hear us there uh on the Odyssey app uh here on Ben complained yet yeah I haven't heard anything yet but uh I'm excited it's uh it's a big day we're kind of Summer break's coming to an end it's been a very fun week a very challenging week I hope you guys have enjoyed it as much as we have uh but it was it was it was a lot confusing as well because um I saw a a social media post of you going what what looked like you some sort of dog trip and I thought I thought you were done with dogs you kind of moved on to your cats and after the the last dog you were kind of done so what was going on yesterday uh I had a I did send a tweet that said uh don't mind us just off to a dog meet and greet right and I assume that meant like meeting a dog for potential adoption no um it it kind of worked the other way so we're leaving for vacation to Hawaii not this Tuesday but next so instead of boarding our little uh dog Fiona we Hannah found this company that they have people that will watch your pets for you like pet sitters and there's this um this elderly man his name is Dick and he's super super nice but so again remember we're dropping Fiona off not this Monday but next and typically you sign up you find somebody that you like you pay you do the thing okay great we're good to go dick is a stickler dick dick wanted to do a full come on Dick a full like full boore meet and greet an interview process an interview process now again so I said Hannah said I need you to go with me and I said yeah of course and she said I you know you never know right you this how a lot of date lines start and so I said sure I I'll go with you and so we drove over there and he lives 10 minutes away so no big deal and uh we parked in the the parking lot of his apartment complex and I assumed it would be a he'll come down and say hey okay you're Hannah and Steven and this is your dog Fiona oh sweet little baby okay we'll see you in a couple weeks can't wait looking forward to it right right what else could there be to what else could there be he he walks in he walks down he goes follow me and he leads us into his apartment which is the same thing that Buffalo Bill does in Silence of the lamps and so and I I'm looking at him going I can take him he's probably 75 if he has a weapon he might his reflexes might be a little slow I'll need to go low then high but I I can take this this guy I'm pretty sure so we get to his apartment we walk in and he's like grab a seat around his kitchen table by the way and so Hannah and I sit there thean on your skin yeah right right oh oh wor is that your is that your dog Fiona and so we're sitting at the uh what are you about a size 14 uh we're sitting at the table and he just is like so how are uh the bow movements how frequent and just starts firing yours or fion I think fion and he starts firing questions off at us now it's it's pretty clear pretty clear he's a sweet lonely old man and he was really really cool and kind but we were in there for about I'm going to say for about 15 minutes dude sitting around this guy's kitchen table doing our thing and uh answering all his questions and so we feel he feels hey I think my calluses are being buffed or something right now I'm not sure what that is is your dog this kind of tickle actually did you say your name is freder bimmel oh wa so he's just got an apartment yeah he's got an apartment why don't you just have dick come live at your house house and take care of your dog at your place while you're gone he gets nice upgrade Fiona gets to stay at home what's what's the problem here some guy just shows up with a duffel bag he's like all right I'm moving in like pet SL house sitter you're good to go I mean look if we had a you know if we had somebody that wanted to do that that would be considered but I don't think it was going to be some stranger so we do like we do the 15th it's ticklish isn't it [Laughter] oh my God never done this before it's ticklish isn't it a little bit yeah especially r on like the balls of your feet that's what I was hoping for that's exactly what I was hoping for your you're giggling get in there real good get in there good and deep so so anyway we finished the interview process and we uh you know everyone was amable to the whole scene and he was really he goes I'll I'll walk her out I'll walk her out he's very firm yeah I believe he's in the military in his in his younger days I'll walk her out you guys stand behind we said oh okay so he walked her took her out let her go potty and she gave him a little kiss and we were off and running so no we are not getting another dog um we we actually didn't want this dog uh but we have her because because my mother-in-law dropped her off and ran so we've got we've got her until we don't so uh she is a really sweet girl but yeah dick will be watching her for like a week while we're gone well I'm glad you passed the interview process it would be very it would be kind of humiliating to be rejected by dick because you or Fiona didn't meet correct standards corre cuz he's got some standards obviously he he really really does so yeah it was uh it was an interesting day and somebody's like Woods how high are you in that picture and if you look at the picture on on Twitter I do look super high and I said I no dude I don't I don't partake in cannabis AKA what is it ganja AKA cannabis AKA cannabis I don't really partake in it and I said those are called Roundtable eyes my eyes are like blood red and halfway shut ganja AKA cannabis yeah I did not partake at all uh in that I can't speak for the mes but I certainly you were also hypnotized yesterday been the hypnotic suggestion lingering in your eyes that's exactly right so uh it was a good day going to be a great birthday today we've got a good show plan for you as well so we will set the menu when we come back we're kind of summer break for the first couple of hours so celebrate woods' birthday we'll talk a little bit about the schedule release and then oh yeah we got business we got business in the second half of the show because baseball season is resuming so we'll tell you all about it when we come back there's a whole lot of De debris that is being left off of my feet and toes I didn't realize I'd be leaving so much of myself here buddy that's 4 49 years of of of debris plaque buildup or whatever they've got on there so I feel sorry I haven't got a pedicure in a couple of years expecting to be pretty bad imagine 48 years how hideous are his feet over there they could be worse thank you all right that's the nicest thing anyone has ever said about my feet they could be worse you guys are so nice thank you so much this is a really good idea let's uh check traffic Kelly's out there assuming her crowd strike is working okay and then we'll be back uh with more benett Woods on San Diego's number one sports station 973 the fan e e e e e e e e e e e e e [Laughter] how's it going over there b right there left it's okay okay I'm good I'm good I'm good all right welcome back it is Ben and woods it is Woods's birthday we are getting pedicures right now uh Wood's reintroduce our uh our Our Salon Specialists here our beloved Judith and Esther and uh they are part of instantmobile nails you can go to instantmobile nails.com for more info so yesterday you mentioned we had the round table and is it possible that two things can be true about the round table at the same same time dread it every week yeah wish we didn't have to do it yes enjoy it extremely while we're doing it actually every single time every literally every single time after we're done I'm like well that was great and that was a lot of fun it really fun yeah nice laughing pered up you like them yeah well no I do I I actually do enjoy the the process of being in the Roundtable discussing things with everybody the funny thing is is though and it not this is no fault of your you crushed it like we literally just all regurgitated all the stuff we'd been talking about all week you know the exact same hey Craig and Annie you know you guys talked about favorite game favorite moment what was your you know and so we go around because there just wasn't a lot to talk about I get that but also I also understand that not every single person listens to all four hours of every single show there's a lot of good content all week there is all the shows are discussing and it's good to bring some of that back and uh I learned something actually on the Round Table yesterday from I think it was Chris that concerned me the Cleveland Guardians who the Padres face the next three days have not lost a series at home all year zero none they have won or at least split every single Home Series now maybe the podr will be the first go in take two out of three it's got to happen you think or just go ahead and pull off the sweep it it happens it's baseball you get them coming out of the break everything's a little bit different but but knowing how important it is and we talked about this to get off to a pretty decent start here in the second half considering how jammed the national league Wild Card race is you're only a game above 500 it's a incredibly difficult road trip and now we're finding out not only you're facing the two best teams in the American League record-wise but one of them has been dominant on their home field all season long and that's how you got to start the second half of the Year tonight yeah you just got to figure out how to win tonight you know one and0 tonight um but it was no it was a great time it's always fun hanging out with your colleagues that you don't get to see a lot so I thought you did a great job and hopefully the uh the audience enjoyed it as well but yeah it'd be a good place like if you didn't get a chance to listen to any shows all week be a great place to go in and just kind of get your Padres info uh crammed into an hour you okay over there you fall asle this no this feels good this is kind of there's a bit of a foot rub element to it right now that this is the part that I'm enjoying yeah the most Dominic says wow if you just dropped in and didn't know what was was going on yeah we getting getting pedicures today it's my birthday and Ben's never had one before Paulie's had a monster week and deserves a pedicure as well Paulie has knocked it out of the park this week what so on my birthday later this year what is something you've never done before that we can have Woods do for the first time three that one's also going to be all about you but three girls at the same time we've only got two right now in studio right but I don't know I mean I pretty much tried it all but that's what I'm worried about it's it's going to be hard to come up with something your birthday is going to be elite we may get taken off the air yeah just so you know I mean I'm I I'm not saying anything about it but I am fully prepared to just ask forgiveness instead of permission for any of the stuff I have planned just just come wearing a loin cloth that day that's all I'm going to tell you just a little loin cloth and that's all you're going to need okay all right speaking of plans uh here are the plans for the show today set the menu I know there's still 63 games left in this current baseball season but we also know about the 162 the Padre's will be playing next season baseball more than any other sport likes to get a uh a move on in releasing the following Year's schedule and we already know what the 2025 schedule looks like for the San Diego pondre so I'm willing to do a little schedule talk coming up I love schedule and the funniest thing is Paulie said yesterday he brought up the schedule he goes I don't it usually comes out like right around now and then later on the day sometime between now and the next like month or so here's the schedule it was so good now we going to do what you used to do in the football season and go through each game L win win loss that's what we do our we can do a fake Padre's heartbeat for next year and see what it sounds like 162 but we'll take a look at some of the uh just the interesting elements of the 2025 schedule if you didn't have a chance to go through it we've got it in front of us we will discuss uh coming up in our 7 o'clock hour get to our regular features we'll take a look ahead at the Cleveland Guardian series pitching matchups take on Woods final day this week of the all girls all the time theme during summer break and then uh we'll have don't do this and then we'll celebrate some of woods' birthday at 7:35 we actually do have a couple of things planned that he does I think he's unaware of I'm very unaware he'll find out from Paulie and me what we have in store and then when we get to 8:00 summer break's kind of over we will uh yeah we'll kind of get back to business we'll switch the uh the font on the YouTube stream and we will talk baseball it is a sesp family Barbecue grand old barbecue Friday Jordan Schusterman is going to be with us at 8:00 as we take really first look ahead at what's going on in MLB as we get to the second half of the Year Ryle report at 8:35 and then of course it is Friday we've got a manager's report at 9:00 Mike schil will join us from Cleveland Ohio and we'll see how his Allstar break went Padres are reportedly or have already made a move today to bring up terso or Nellis and during the round table we got a little bit of breaking news uh via the UT through Annie that Fernando tatis Jr had an MR and the News was good the healing that they were hoping to see has taken place whatever that means with the stress re Junior and uh he is back to at least uh swinging the bat and throwing the baseball as he ramps up toward full baseball activity and a return that is now expected at some point here in the second half of the season no timetable necessarily but there was at least private concerns that this was something that could linger maybe all the way to the end of the year if they weren't careful but so far so good with Fernando ttis Jr so we got that bit of good news yesterday and they're going to need a couple of other things to break their way Woods I think over the next couple of months obviously to make the playoffs but they also don't need a miracle to make the postseason they're a game out and if they play well and Mike Schultz teams have been known for playing well in the second half of the season if he can continue that Trend Padres could be in good shape in in August and September yeah I I don't know how you know that's a weird Trend to me the the hey we always heat up in in August and September like I I don't how do you quantify that is that just blind luck I think it's just blind luck I don't know but when we talked to him in Spring that was always that was his theme now whether he kind of has embraced it or whether something he does strategically how he plans things out that manifesting he just manifests it to happen want his teams to be playing better as the season goes on what did he say better as the game goes on better as the series goes on better as the season goes on yep that was his Mantra from the very beginning now he has a chance to really you know put his money where his mouth is and in the second half of the Season you're one game above 500 if you play Better Baseball in the second half than you did in the first half I'll say this Padre should make the playoffs yeah agreed they play better than they did in the first half not it don't even have to be a lot better but if they play better they will be playing October baseball yep but they didn't play poorly in the first half so the bar is set at least moderately high and if you achieve and surpass that bar we'll see the pod race playing in October yeah it's going to it's also going to come down to you know what the other teams behind you and right there next to you do and you you don't want to get to that point you can you you can handle business by handling business you're not at that point yet not that not even close to that point not relying on anyone at this point you just play well and you'll be in I will say though are you guys going to be scoreboard watching from here on out cuz I know I will be I have already been doing oh yeah me too yeah I really start fairly early as soon as you can kind of determine which teams are the real deal maybe playing for a playoff spot all of a sudden I'll look at every match up like American League against National League it's obvious you're always cheering for the American League team gets a little more confusing like when the reds are taking on the Giants and I go I'm not sure which team I want to win and lose in this match up 100% And the real tough ones are when someone's playing the Dodgers and you go I want the Dodgers to lose but then again Dodgers beating up on other teams could be good for the San Diego pontre in a wild card race 100% no nobody's scared of the Dodgers in October no well we don't know if the Padres will be playing in October we do know they'll be playing in March next year as the schedule is out uh we will talk about the 2025 matchups uh that the team released yesterday coming up in our next segment happy birthday to Woods we are getting a pedicure live on the air it's been about 30 minutes I got to figure we're nearing the end process I'm almost sad really enjoyed it's been incredible Paulie's getting his turn coming up and we'll be back with more Ben Woods after this on San Diego's number one sports station 973 the fam e e e e e e e e e e e I posted a picture of of my feet on the internet just now they look fre people get paid a lot for that content W just giving it up for nothing I don't know that anyone would pay for those one looks really red and one looks white but it's the lighting I swear it's not I'm not losing circulation in my left foot or something I don't have they're not about to cut my leg off and I know that it looks that way it's the lighting but uh thank you again to Judith and Esther from uh instantmobile nails.com came in knocked it out of the park they're about to go work on Paulie over there Ben had a Ben had a remarkable experience you love I did it was uh it was pretty cool I will say that that won't be my last pedicure no no we got you hooked now I'm curious uh how many how many how many pedicures like on a busy day will you do all day like on a busy day yeah five C five clients it's hard work I mean you do more like homes or offices I go to home homes nursing homes that's awesome Citizens need pedicures too course yeah 100% in the studio ticklish is yeah I mean that's that's labor intensive hard work that's going on down there yeah dude yeah it is it is it feels so good that's so great all right the uh just submit the uh receipt to Odyssey expenses right to Adam clue see how that goes he's not here he's not here he'll probably just uh CU we'll just say it was a glitch on a crowd strike or something right there we go got manicures and pedicures well just pedicures I'm not I'm not getting a manicure I don't think so I I manicure them manicure mine with my mouth so every day all right pad R schedule for 2025 is already out we've got some of the the highlights and what makes this year's schedule different from any of the last few Year's schedules and we'll get to that right after a check of traffic here on 973 the fan from the 973 the fan traffic center here's Kelly Dan guys I don't know when I've seen it so busy on our roads let me start with the situation on southbound 163 at the 805 all Lanes remain blocked due to a fatal accident that happened around 1:30 this morning traffic is being diverted off at the 8:05 again all lanes block South 163 so give yourself extra time if you need to head through the Cy Mesa area also southbound side of the 805 in accident just passed Imperial that's got the fast lane block couple cars involved Cordell and Cordell traffic cam shows a collision on North down 805 before the 15 that's partially in the fast lane and Tow Tru is on scene of a collision Sunset Clips Boulevard at the 8 I'm Killy donck with benon Woods San Diego's number one sports station 973 the fan so in some ways Woods the padr haven't played a normal Major League Baseball schedule when you think about it since the year 2019 yeah pre pandemic obviously 2020 short season Co 2021 you come back there's no fans uh you know spring training was weird that year 2022 lockout started late spring training season started late and then 2023 World Baseball Classic more interrupted spring training but weird preparation for everything and then you had the trip to Korea uh in 2023 so there was definitely the last few years something odd about every single San Diego pandre schedule and what's different about the 2025 schedule that was released as far as we know it's just a schedule it's just home games and road games 81 of each and uh scheduled from March 27th when the pontre will open the season at Petco Park against the Atlanta Braves coming to town for four games all the way until September 28th when they will wrap up again at home against the Arizona Diamondbacks on the last day of the season and of course in between with the uh the way baseball formats their schedule play every team in the American League at least uh once including your natural Rivals the Seattle Mariners uh and then you will play two series against all the East and Central teams and you've got your four Series against your NL West Rivals uh pretty much for the schedule in 2025 yeah the uh the season starting on March 27th that's a touch early yes it does it makes me wonder when 2025 spring training is going to start feels like maybe mid January like March 28th oh was it March 30th yeah look up there it's right in front of you I mean Korea was earlier than that or Korea was like March 21st so it was uh it's right around it's that same week oh yeah I feel like I don't know like April 4 or something Thursday was the 29th so yeah this is uh this has got to be about as early as it's going to it's going to get that means spring training will start right around the Super Bowl now that the Super Bowl is in the middle of February was the first thing that stood out to you guys like when you perused the schedule uh for me it was the lack of it feels like they don't play many National League West series early in the season well they do they they play the Rockies they got a Rockies and a Giants and that's it like five games against the NL West until May until May and they got the Rockies again I mean where are the Dodgers on Dodgers are June June 9th is the first time we see those tours that that struck seven times in June yeah seven times in June um I looked at it I I I like and then six in August and that's it I never really liked the NFL schedule talk uh very much but I really enjoyed the baseball schedule talk now again we're not going to go game by game through here but I mean there's there's I saw yesterday everyone kind of plotting and planning their trips uh where are we going to go want to check out this ballpark that ballpark we have already made up our minds I've already I already got it cleared with the misses I texted her yesterday and I said uh me and the Fellas going to be heading out to the City of Brotherly Love on uh on June 29th you know the the that will be a Sunday to see uh Philly's game or two and then fly back and then it'll be July 4th weekend the Texas Rangers will be in that weekend so um I that that to me as a no-brainer middle of the Year head on out go check out what Philly is is all about so it's going to be great you've got the uh what really alternating obviously so many Padre's fans made the trip to Boston and Fenway Park this year next year it'll be back again Yankee Stadium the Padre's play in New York in the Bronx in early May that's a Monday Tuesday Wednesday Series so not a weekend one like they had against the Boston Red Sox this year that's part of a really long road trip in the beginning of May Pittsburgh New York and Colorado um they kind of have a fairly consistent schedule early in the season after they play opening day on Thursday there's not another Thursday game for like seven weeks they have Thursday off all April are you already counting how many round taes you're going to have to do next year oh my God there's like no off days on the round table until maybe May 22nd and we don't have the times um they don't have a Thursday game until yeah May 22nd after opening day yeah there's nothing until May 22nd on Thursday so generally they'll play going to be some loose Fridays Monday Tuesday Wednesday Friday Saturday Sunday and that'll be the Rhythm the Padre's kind of get into for for most of the first two months of the season so the first thing that stood out to me was I was kind of starting from the beginning and going chronologically and that second week of April I go a atth is that a mistake ATL was it a typo aens yes is play a lot of international games and then somebody pointed out that's the Athletics [ __ ] and I go and and and that will be why isn't it sa for Sacramento that's because the A's don't want to be known as the Sacramento A's they're simply going to be the Athletics at least until they finish their move to Las Vegas which I'm getting more and more skeptical oh about whether it's even going to happen even if even the move to Sacramento I know they're starting to build like a major league Clubhouse there but I saw this past week we had our Heatwave they have artificial they're going to have artificial artificial turf and it was like 114° and on the artificial turf it's like 132° somebody said yeah big Leaguers are going to love that they're going to be so excited to go to Sacramento to play on Turf now in April the Padres will be fine that's not a worry but you know in July August in Sacramento Outdoors it's going to be pretty brutal and the reason they're putting in the turf is because they also have the Triple A the rivercats are going to be playing so essentially there's going to be 162 home games in that little Sacramento Ballpark and they thought that real Turf isn't going to survive games every single night so they're going to have to go the artificial route for next season everyone go to May 20th on your well I mean go to may go to May 16th three against the Mariners off three or three against Toronto then Atlanta then Miami one day off three against Pittsburgh four against San Francisco three against Milwaukee three against La day off I mean they're June they have two days off in June it's going to be brutal that's a brutal brutal schedule and it continues all the way in through basically until July 3rd there's another day off there just random days off with with many many games Padre's had that earlier this season they were the team that really had to play a ton of games and addition to the two in Korea they stockpiled games they've played the most games of any team they played 99 games before the All-Star break I know the All-Star break isn't technically supposed to be right at the midpoint of the season but it's certainly supposed to be before 9 99 games as it is for most teams so they have the fewest games remaining this year they'll have a tough stretch as as Woods pointed out May and June not a lot of off days uh you got a lot of travel going through there so I was just so relieved um I saw that the Cubs and Dodgers were announced for the Tokyo series to start the year and to just look through the schedule quickly and see that the Padre's had no International gamees like thank God I think it's a great idea I think it's great for the game and growing the game Padre's have had too many recently like can we just get back to some sort of normal scene next well it it it takes out and not I I the the word excuse is always a u it's always an interesting one right because a lot of people will say well it's no excuse but I have a a bum ankle but that's kind of an excuse right it's just weird like if you say it doesn't that in fact make it an excuse yes right I'm not going to Alibi it but I won't aliy that but but the thing is is but I'm about to Alibi but I'm about to Alibi the hell out of this thing and that has been a um a talking point I I think is a nice way to say that the last few years hey well we had to go do this the WBC and this and that and hey not that they're not valid they they are but uh that goes out the window this year so you can't there's not going to be any of that uh going on at least on this uh on this show there will not be any alibiing for the guys having long travel and things like that now Mrs Woods was very upset because she has had major fomo the last you know two International trips and she really wanted to go see where they were going this year but uh it's not going to happen I I've have seen Dodger fans already tweeting who will it be on the mound for us will it be sh Otani will it be Yamamoto or will it be Roki Sasaki and I thought well that's very presumptive uh of you to think that it's Roki Sasaki it's also presumptive to think that shohi will be back in pitching by that point it's also presumptive to think that Yamamoto will be back in pitching as he's on the 60-day I right now you just never know I wouldn't go counting my chickens not not to defend the Dodgers but having to ask them to go to Korea then Japan two years in a row they have actual reason for like I mean it makes perfect sense it makes more sense than anything for Major League Baseball to take advantage of that and if you're going to spend that kind of money on Asian Star players you better understand that Major League Baseball is going to want to send you to play you know in that part of the world can we sign a bunch of on the the Padres and then we go to like Rome or something yes Padres baseball at the Coliseum in Rome all the way in dude it's a short porch all the way in watch out for the Lions let's get some some maybe sign some Greek players some Italian some Spanish players from Spain I these are these are good ideas we're just throwing them out there on the house well plenty of Caribbean players kurau series would be a lot of fun to take Jon back home and play some baseball but yeah next year's schedule is just pretty pretty normal uh you know we talked about the UN like the more balanced schedule it does it has the I talked about the the beginning of the Season not many NL West foes just the Rockies and couple against the Giants same at the end of the year Fighters will be done with the Dodgers and Giants before August before the last week of August they will only have two Series against the Rockies and one against the Diamondbacks in the last month of the year so if you are in a divisional race it's not going to be a lot of head-to-head matchups later in the year you're going to be scoreboard watching what's going on now when was the last time the pter were actually in a divisional race so we'll consider ourselves lucky if they probably are in September It's usually the Wild Card race and yeah then we get the Mets and reds oh scrub yep again if you're just joining us it's Woods's birthday and we have uh pedicures in Mobile pedicures that we just had ours and now Paulie is getting his during feels so good second half of this hour feels so good are you are they both both working on you at the same time Paulie like oh he's getting the oh yeah two girls one Paul two girls one Paul very nice can't beat that so uh yeah that's a that's a look and uh we have plans not I mean we haven't bought plane tickets or anything but the idea will be to Philadelphia now you know Adam's going to want us to take the equipment and you're going to push back you just want to go and have a fun Ben and woods and Paul boys trip Philadelphia yeah we've been talking about this I mean we've been a show for a long time we've never really done this um and if you know if odyssey's going to pick up the tab sure we'll take the equipment we'll work we'll do whatever but uh my gut tells me that they will not so are we going to hit up Matt STM for tickets while we're there we talked about that uh last night with Paulie Paulie said I think I think we do don't we I think we might we might be able to get working credentials yeah I want to see the Press Box at Citizens Bank Park you know me yes I do I don't want to sit in it though but I'd like to see it I'd like to see it but like those get us on the field for like batting practice I want to go sit in the seats if you're Matt strum are you like yeah I'm going to bring three Padres fans in Philly and I wonder too like I how how gnarly is their crowd that's why I like going on a Monday you know I feel like if we went on a Friday or Saturday I feel like you might get punched in the face are we like gearing up with Padre's gear while we're wear like at the there are we going kind of incognito and discreet no I'm going to wear a I'm going to wear Padre's I'm not going to be obnoxious about it but I'm going to go with they're going to know who I'm representing maybe we can just buy our section some beers and stuff to Cal it you know calm them down that usually calms people silly down lots of alcohol lots of alcohol yeah maybe we can bring these ladies with us and do pedicures for everyone in the enti when you get your beer yeah call me when you get your phone you water the scenario now what happens if mad stom gets traded in the offseason I don't think he will he's there he's got he signed a new deal he's got a deal think there's no trade contract no but he's I mean why would you why would you trade CU AJ PR comes calling and wants Matt St back an offer you can't refuse I don't think so man but yeah I think that'd be great I think that would be great Alisa just said you guys are feral we are yeah we know we know just in here getting pedicures in the morning isn't that the opposite of pharaoh yeah maybe or cultured cultured civilized civilized I like it this is uh you know little flute of champagne maybe if Adam can arrange for Friday morning mobile pedicures in studio I will like weekly never complain about the round work uh when we we work in Philly yeah I'm excited though uh I I mean I texted my wife yesterday I said me and the Fellas we're going to this and she said great have have a great time so I've already got the hall pass to go not the hall pass the travel pass Hall Pass is something entirely don't think she's going to give me a hle pass I would I would doubt it the hle pass that's what you got in school to go to the bathroom pass that's that's one it's it's evolved yes all right uh we'll come back uh we've got a look ahead at the uh Guardian series that begins tonight here on 973 the fan and yes I will have a brief golf update for you as well second round of the Open champ defeated it's get a major is underway it is a major there's a really interesting story at the top of the leaderboard as well get all of that coming up next year on The Fan e e e e e e e e e so while you were uh you were in the restroom during the break uh Paulie got a little news from our our pedicurists remember I got the nice compliment that my feet weren't the worst she had ever seen yes that was good Paulie actually got you have really nice feet like than you act like that compliment coming from someone who sees feet close for a living pretty pretty good the girls were talking to each other and I looked over and they said oh we're talking about how you have really nice feet oh that's so nice thank you so much topic of conversation now did you get the the leg Yeah now did you have you ever seen C no you didn't do his she did did you have you ever seen C like ever you've seen C like all right all right well okay that's fine unremarkable feet and now unremarkable calves my best quality my calves just got no not that great they're not that they're not that special apparently so uh quick update from the Open Championship second round is underway at Royal trun and the leader uh in the clubhouse today after a 69 Shane Lowry is at seven under par one in 29 19 seems like a fun good dude Irishman Shane Lowry seems to always be smiling laughing having a pretty good time looking for his second major title but the big story or at least the one that I find interesting and he's in the middle of his second round right now and he's holding on at 5 under he shot she shot a 6 under 65 yesterday Englishman named Dan Brown and if you haven't heard of Dan Brown don't worry I hadn't neither and neither had most golfers Dan Brown is playing in his very first major and ever he qualified uh about two weeks ago just kind of went through the qualifying process made it he shot as I said a bogey free 65 you know how many players have ever shot a bogey free 65 or better in the first round of their very first major none until yesterday in the history of golf he's the first one to do it and he did it on a tough course where scores were not easy yesterday so this guy is kind of just living a a magical dream right now he's one over through 12 holes but he's still alone in second place right now behind Shane Lowry and uh this I mean the guy hadn't made a cut in 6 months until last week when he finished 61st at the Scottish open and now he's in second place at the Open Championship yeah you you hate to say that it it won't last but it probably won't last but yeah I mean you can nobody's ever going to take that away from you but this is what separates the the the men from the boys here in these tournaments is hey you've seen all kinds of guys get out to these this feels really good on a Friday and then Saturday starts creeping and you're absolutely right you know you're golf enough to know that odds are Daniel Brown's going to fade and disappear but' be great if he didn't in the open it does seem like every once in a while you get the Jean velt or the Todd Hamilton who actually won the tournament and just sticks around the entire week and all of a sudden at the end they're coming up 18 and and they're winning the tournament you go where did this guy come from It's Always a great story now there are bigger names that are right behind him Justin Rose is 4 under two under today Scotty sheffler three under for the tournament two under today he's on 18 so he's going to be part of the mix this weekend as the number one golfer in the world looks to add to his major Hall guys who finished today Ander shafley 721 over today but he is in red numbers at one under tied for ninth along with Patrick kley uh Jason day is also at one under and they are all done for the day now on the other end of the spectrum guys who are struggling include Tiger Woods who's going to miss a third straight cut in major he is um last time checked 12 over par 14 over is where he finished 7977 so not not a good couple of days for Tiger who obviously is Rusty and does not have the ability to practice like he used to now for everyone like Colin Montgomery who says just just hang it up well should Windam Clark hang it up you know last year's US Open champ he's 16 over wow he's even worse than tiger should um Cameron Smith hang it up he's at 12 over after an 80 and a 74 there are other guys who have shot big numbers Roy mroy had a terrible day yesterday he'll need to go low today just to make the cut so there are guys who have had their troubles on this course tiger wasn't the only one but right now it's Shane Lowry who's in the lead at seven under par that's is it's going to be a really interesting couple of days uh out there how are the how's the weather condition supposed to be so it it's so unpredictable I was told that today was going to be the nicest day but they said the wind is howling awful so you never really know tomorrow is supposed to be very rainy uh all day and then Sunday is a little bit windier but less rain is what I heard but it CH when you're on the Scottish Coast that can change every 20 minutes or so yeah well listen uh let's get into some Padres baseball talk because it starts again tonight let me throw out the phone numbers for take on Woods here in a couple of minutes 833 288 0973 if you want to play musical trivia against Woods try to qualify for Vegas 833 288 0973 that starts back up tonight in Cleveland uh Padre's haven't been there in a while I think to take on the the Guardians at Progressive Field Matt Waldren will be on the mound for game one of the series against Tanner bbby a right-hander so Padre's I don't know if that's still a thing that they don't can't beat left-handers but they do get they do get some righties in this series I haven't heard that narrative in a while uh you know now it's just about winning ball games they face plenty of right-handers against Atlanta and uh were unable to to to beat a couple of those guys but uh Tanner viby did Pitch at pet coill Park last year the Padre's got to him six runs on eight hits uh but he's a good pitcher I mean he's having a good year seven seven and four 377 er uh he struck out 123 batters already this year so he's strikeout kind of guy uh it's going to be interesting it's always fun to see how the team comes out after the the break you know there's some guys that probably running a little bit more ragged like jerks and proar he's been doing the All-Star Game scene and Robert Suarez he only threw a few pitches that we didn't get to see uh in the All-Star game because of Big Poppy asking everyone if they're having fun uh which was killer content but yeah man it's going to see you know how did you guys react to the break how's everyone feeling they know what's they know what's lying ahead man and it's a huge second half I get the sense that Cleveland's the kind of team that if you could have just skipped the break and just kept rolling because they've been playing so well in the first half of the season they would have liked to the Padres of course were a team that absolutely needed the break no question limping in not only you know physically with the injuries they're dealing with but just kind of mentally that last week did not go well losing six of their last seven so you kind of hope that the break flips the script for both teams like Cleveland loses some of their Mojo and the Pont r with a little rest come out but we'll find out probably a lot in these first couple of days and and certainly in this first road trip of what kind of second half of the Season we're going to expect because if they have a good road trip they will get through pretty much their toughest part of the schedule right now and be in good shape going forward if they have a bad road trip they're probably going to be chasing and having to go on a winning streak at some point uh you know to catch up in the Wild Card race so we'll know a lot in the next nine days which will culminate with the pad R coming home to face the Dodgers for the trade deadline days at the end of July insane just in it's just going to be an insane couple of weeks here game two of the series tomorrow is Dylan CE against Gavin Williams and then game three on Sunday is Michael King against Ben Lively uh to wrap up the series what are the times of those games let me see if I can find the schedule so today's 4:10 tomorrow is 410 and Sunday is 10:40 San Diego time in the morning so a little uh breakfast and baseball with Sam Lev at 9:40 on Sunday to wrap up the series pancakes and Padres pancakes and Padres okay all right so that's to play yeah you got anything else on the Guardians no it's taking me about how how long have they been the Guardians would you say this is like the fourth I've I've called them Indians several times uh over the years I think I've caught myself wanting to say it a couple of times but I haven't actually let it slip out yet I have many times as you know yeah but recently doing better let's see when they switch I want to say this is the fourth year they've been the guardians but maybe it's only the third 22 so this is the third year they've been the 22 23 this is year number three all right starting to get used to it it I would have thought like 2019 you know referees in the NFL still call them the San Diego Chargers and it's been referees a sports casters I mean it happens all the time but they call Washington Washington or the commanders I think there's more like there's more Stern penalties when you call them what you know their old name like you you've a little more like hesitant that's fair I'm just they're a more iconic franchise than the Chargers historically and it it's been years and the the Chargers are still getting called maybe it's because the majority of people were kind of happy that Washington changed their name and were unhappy that the Chargers left San Diego makes sense they're just kind of fighting against it mentally all right let's H get to our game it's time to play a little take on Woods take on wood brought to you by valin Instant Oil Change it only takes 15 minutes and 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 and let's see go to line one who's this you calling in for take on Woods if you're on the phone talk hello hello hi who's this oh that's Luis are you playing want to play take on Woods uh I do now you do now all right well that's a that's promising all right Lise congratulations you're a contestant uh if you can beat her Tai Woods you will qualify for our grand prize getaway to the Rio Los Vegas two nights dinner for two and a daybed at the Rio pool check out the Rio with their new ownership newly remodeled rooms four sparkling New Pools in a brand new food hul book now at Real Las vegas.com all right we're wrapping up our week of all girls all the time on summer break and your categories are girl power songs from the 2000s and 2010s that end in the word girl girls night out those are song titles that just include the word girls plural somewhere and three times a lady I ran out of girl song So songs and artists that feature the word lady in them girl power girls night out or three times a lady Louis uh let's try a girls night out girls night out okay today we're looking for Five song titles that all Yes again include the word girls plural you'll have 60 seconds if you don't know an answer say pass we can come back to it if there's time left on the clock first question is the 2C song Paulie going to play a little music you need to give me the title and the artist it's a two-parter to score that point Luis are you ready to play Let's Do It All Right 60 seconds on the clock the category is girls night out your time begins when Paul plays the music good luck Louise let's take on Woods girls want to have fun correct and ODed to strippers which 1987 Motley Crew hit references gentleman's clubs in La Vancouver Fort Lauderdale Atlanta and Paris uh girls girls girls correct which 1981 Duran Duran hit starts with the sounds of shutters clicking on a camera girls on fi correct The Beach Boys and Katie Perry both have a hit single with what title although Perry changes the I to a u in hers just like in their previous hit Sherry Frankie Valley in the Four Season hit those highs in which other song that went to number one in 1962 that girls okay The Beach Boys and Katie Perry both have a hit single with what title although Perry changes the I to a u in hers come on you got this one Beach Boys a I thought that was going to be the easiest one you got three there Louise but yeah California Girls and California girls are uh the two songs there and then Big Girls Don't Cry I don't know I think maybe that last one is going to be the difference we'll see it could be we'll see what kind of uh has has got a sense for what the theme has been this week gives him a little uh little Advantage more than usual all right Louis's score is locked in woods is back got his new headphones birthday headph as discreet as you think you are with the theme no Ben Ben yeah yeah 60 seconds on the clock your time begins when Paul plays the music I hope you picked up on the theme by good luck Woods let's take on Louis uh Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cindy loer correct and OD to strippers which 1987 Motley Crew correct which 1981 Duran Duran hit starts with the sound fil correct The Beach Boys and Katy Perry both have a hit single with what title California girl correct just like in their previous hit Sherry Frankie Valley in the Four Seasons hit those highs in what other song that went to number one in 19 1962 Frankie Valley think of the high fetto oldie song I don't know the girls tank no but did you get four and that just sneaks out a 4-3 win over Lise can't lose on your birthday Budd cannot you want me to you want me to sing it for you kind [Music] of they don't cry big girls they don't cry Big Girls Don't Cry yeah that was the one you didn't get don't cry the theme of course was all girls girls night out again all the time that wraps up our week of girls on take on Woods for summer break well shout out to the ladies this week week yeah yeah our pedicurist the ladies in today did a very nice job incredible we got don't do this is coming up next um there's an interesting fight between two famous quarterbacks going on right now a battle in court oh in court in court battle yes between two famous quarterbacks one active one retired tell you about it and don't do this coming up next on San Diego's number one sports station after traffic here on 973 the fan e e e e e e e e e e e e e don't do this is brought to you by the craft Taco in Sereno Valley Craft Taco has some of the best quality tacos in fact they're like ranked top like 30 in Yelp in the entire country for tacos which is really cool uh checked out their happy hour specials today at the craft taco.com again go to the craft taco.com all right I'll start us out and don't do this with a a dispute between two well-known quarterbacks that has reached like the legal channels uh reigning NFL MVP Lamar Jackson is challenging pro football hall Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aman's use of the number eight what Aman is trying to trademark like eight he wants to sell shirts that just say eight eight and like that is associated with me I'm Troy Amman I wore number eight for the Dallas Cowboys I'm in the Hall of Fame but yeah you amongst others Lamar Jackson is like oh no no no no I'm I'm a big number eight you can't just like I'm not paying Troy Aman every time I want to sell like a purple eight shirt that you know has you know Baltimore Raven stuff on it so he is challenging uh Aman's company that is doing his marketing for rights to the number eight which I kind of feel like everyone should have free use of the number eight I as do I and I you know doesn't it number one it's going to lead to you know because Troy Aman still calls games and they have to go down and do the you know they sit with the quarterbacks and hey what are you seeing and how are you guys playing they do that that's going to be uncomfortable but also doesn't there get doesn't is there ever a point if you're Troy Aman where you're good like hey you've made an ass ton of money like just just I you know I get just live your you've got how many rings what you three rings just relax so I get the sense that you know they all have business and marketing people and they've got to justify their existence by hey we're going to Market this we're going to do that and we're going to file a trademark and if aan you kind of just go okay go for it I me you know cuz you want to justify and you're paying these people to do something so but by the way they're going after it you can go to uh any of our socials and click on our link tree and go buy a Ben and woods t-shirt right now so just so you know to be safe we should probably no longer use the number eight on the show just because we don't want to have to pay either of them so yeah I really coming up in the um the 7:00 plus 1 hour hour is Jordan Schusterman from SES family Barbecue and then at 35 in that same hour we'll have the reyle report coming up5 9:00 uh we have Mike Shi in the manager report but Roger maris's family is suing us for using nine so sorry about that guys uh Jake cronenworth also very upset about us saying nine it's a stupid stupid thing and at some point man isn't it enough isn't it enough uh this is a Nar it's a well listen Lawrence Taylor was arrested again now the headline yesterday was Lawrence Taylor arrested again sexual offenses now it's an old case not that that makes it any better I'm not excusing what he did uh but apparently he in it was many years ago Ben uh he was he's declared a sex offender back in 2011 accusations that he had been intimate with a 16-year-old girl so he was convicted and his status requires him to follow conditions right as a a registered sex offender he has to let law enforcement know when he moves or if he changes his name he's this is the second time this has happened where he moved and did not let them know he didn't change his name though he did not change his name but he moved and you can't just you can't have sex offenders just hopping around from place to place that's why there's a registry they need to make sure they know where he is at all times uh and so he he failed to do it again and uh will be heading to court very soon he will plead not guilty I I don't know how you what what are your personal feelings about sex offenders I'm against not sex offenders but LT I mean because he's a sex offender can you not what how do you I mean are you like but he's still one of the greatest if not the greatest defensive players no I have a Hardline stance I think against sex offenders cuz I kind of forgotten about this story until it brought up again I I mean the dude when if someone had said Lawrence Taylor before yesterday I would have said oh yeah meanest nasty pass rusher ever and I wouldn't really thought about anything but you know it was one of those things I we of course grew up watching LT play and he was he was must see TV and then you know he had a lot of problems with drugs and alcohol and of course I'm going to give you a little I'm going to give you a little leeway there but then when this happened I said oh boy and now if he's trying to circumvent the system by moving around that creeps me out so I'm he says big misunderstanding like he wasn't intending to do anything wrong right right but he also knows the rules because he's also gotten in trouble for this before so buddy if you're going to move around you got to let him know Woods a little Doo this and I've got some good news for you DD Mega if your retirement plan involves Bo Woods becoming a top draft pick in Major League Baseball someday he should do fairly well with the trend because yesterday the Cincinnati Reds signed their number one draft pick second overall Chase Burns to a new alltime draft bonus record $9.25 million breaking the record Paul SK set last year when he signed for 9.2 million with the Pittsburgh Pirates and that we don't even know what the first and third picks who are also considered right on the same level are going to get Travis bazana from the Cleveland Guardians and then Charlie Condon who was taken by the Colorado Rock he also in line for giant bonuses that are approaching eight figures now that's crazy right I mean that's basball for a baseball player with yeah you know again we we say it all the time basketball different starting point guard next year football different starting cornerback next year uh baseball's different you may not see this guy for three to four years now all those guys at the top were uh College picks including Burns who went to Wake Forest bizan of course Oregon State yep and uh Conan went to Georgia so there were a lot of college picks at the top of the draft well good for him I mean he got his bag now he's got to deliver it's a big bag it's a big bag dude it's a lot of pressure like it's a tremendous amount of pressure I mean i' you know you see those stories but it it can affect you mentally when you know you're getting that much money but it doesn't make baseball any easier well and and when you walk into the clubhouse in minor leagues and you're now a professional baseball player and every person in there that's been grinding and and eating PB and JS and sleeping on Floors is like cool man how's that $9 million that you got I mean it it doesn't breed uh it does breed a lot of good feelings I would imagine from some of the other guys in there and and you know those those guys are up against it but it's a good problem to have even if you don't make it you got 9 million bucks so and that is don't and do do this for a Friday that was don't do this with Ben and woods on 973 the fan all right stay tuned because we have a couple of birthday surprises boys yeah oh God headed Woods's way nothing like you would have in store for me I don't think you'll be uncomfortable with either of our birthday surprises oh I don't mind you're going to ask your pants I so I I don't know whose surprise you're going to like more is incredible nervous now I'm really nervous but I am pretty proud of mine as well wow all right I have no idea what's happening and you don't have any idea you finally the shoe yeah is on the other foot is on the other foot it's a pedicured foot it's pedicured foot feels nice and soft soft you guys are the best thank you I'm excited you don't know that yet you don't know what's coming true save judgment Until the End tier ones you don't know what's coming either stay tuned listen carefully men and woods continuing next on San Diego's number one sports station 973 the faman e e e e e e e e e e e if that's my birthday surprise then you guys didn't do that's a coincidence welcome back to Adam clo welcome back dude we miss vacation missed a picked a a great week to be away from Sports sock radio the All-Star break yeah All-Star break going was a tough one I just came in to give Woods a massage dying for some content actually the timing is pretty good if you are just joining us today is Woods's 49th birthday and Paulie and I have both set up a birthday surprise for woods but I will admit that I could not have set mine up without the help of this person yes right here he colletive effort so he gets just as much credit for your birthday present as I do he knows deep in his heart that I am madly in love with him mly he's the best boss I've ever had this is only going to make you feel even uh more warmly toward him Paulie if you would unveil our present to Steven Woods this is Boomer saisa with an odyssey Sportsman today's birthday shout out goes to San Diego radio host Steven Woods woodsy has he is known to friends is Iconic in America's Finest City for his Padre's passion and musical knowledge along with co-host Ben Higgins and producer Paul reyle Woods has helped turn 973 the fan into the number one radio station in town keep up the great work Woody and happy birthday I'm BL I am I you are welcome I am so dead dude I cannot believe what just happened right now tears SM I'm not kidding it gets tough every year you're like what do you get the guy that's got everything I just I was like going like Amazon I'm going I have no idea what I'm going to get him what does he really want I know what he really wants he wants Boomer asias to shout out his birthday I've been planting that seed for like three days I'm have I'm going to talk to Adam we're going to write some emails I'm going to write a script we're going to see if we can get Boomer and Scion to give him a birthday shout out and there he did it one more time what did he charge you this is boeris with an odyssey Sportsman head today's birthday shout out goes to San Diego radio host Steven Woods Woody as he is known to friends is Iconic in America's Finest City for his Padre's passion and musical knowledge along with co-host Ben Higgins and producer Paul reyle Woods has helped turn 973 the fan into the number one radio station in town keep up the great work Woody and happy birthday I'm blous s it's the it's the greatest gift of all time like it is so it's so dude it's so Elite um I just I'm blown away I truly am blown away that is spectacular all right um we've got let's see you dad's on the line you want to talk to him now you want to get PA's present TR let's bring in let's bring in Gary Woods he's kind of late this morning yeah he is that's okay it's a good time for it this is a perfect segment Gary good morning can you believe that you uh you have a 49-year-old son now well first I can't believe that but following Boomer pretty tough are you on your potato phone sound like Sammy Lev over there hi pops no I'm heading to the doctor okay better you know I could not stop but uh give you a happy birthday shout out St I love you I appreciate it good luck at the Doctor Gary I love going to uh Irish games I I've been to a lot of sporting events I don't know if I love anything more than M3 on the radio every morning appreciate it pops I uh thanks Dad I love you and um what was I going to tell you couldn't be here wouldn't be here without you well that's not true but I appreciate it I don't know from what I've heard I think it's kind of true we all thank you for getting him to this point and to the to the man he is now pretty incredible we're talking to Mike schil later any questions that you might have for him you could that didn't a get answer youing with him yeah I do better with AJ I think um that's true haven't had a chance to talk with Mike yet yeah all right well listen uh next year spring training I do think a great bit would be to turn my dad loose on these guys give him a mic and let him go um I love you very much duno cleat thank you uh for your support of not only me uh but of course my family and then my my work family here uh my our number one fan certainly so I love you very much love you guys too have a great day Stephen all right we will I love you oh man so uh Paulie also got you something I might top might top mine honestly um however we have a big dilemma here so what I need you to do is cuz I need your natural reaction we're going to play traffic okay I need you to check your phone okay I just sent you something right now right now and I want you to listen to it during traffic can't have the microphones on while for while you listen to your version we play an edited version and then we'll play an edited version when we come back so Woods he's gonna play God so we're going to check traffic all right oh my God we're going to check traffic and we'll explain right after this on 973 the fan from the 973 the fan traffic center here's Kelly dck guys I'll talk about that closure on southbound 163 in a moment meanwhile we've got uh some problems in the North County crash blocking the two right lanes South live coastline just past lucadia Southbound 15 you got double trouble crash at the arancho Parkway uh looks like there's a vehicle over the right shoulder one in the center divide then up ahead right before West Bernardo another accident uh this one is now over to the right shoulder okay southbound 163 at the 805 remains blocked all due to a fatal Collision happened around 1:30 this morning four people lost their lives in this crash guys just a horrible situation so traffic is being diverted off at the 805 off South 1 63 they won't be reopening that for at least couple more hours so plan accordingly if that's normally your route I'm Kelly Dan with Ben and woods San Diego's number one sports station 973 the F okay I know you're out there dying the YouTube chat who just saw Woodsy's reaction can't they dying to know what he just watched on his phone from Paul reyle for Woods's birthday dying to know what it is so Paulie if you kind of explain what just happened uh went on the old Cameo just always a great great gift idea if you can find a good Cameo and I'm searching around and I searched the name mr. now who is M.R if you aren't familiar this is the greatest Woods has an unusual obsession with him Wood's favorite human my favorite human for the last six months other than like you guys and my family even that I'm not sure it's him I can't wait to hear how you edit this it's impossible it's like Paulie said check your phone I click I as soon as I opened I saw his beautiful beautiful face now he is an English uh rapper but he raps in in Jamaican and he's like my favorite he's all over Twitter and I tweet him all the time I scream at my house my three-year-old said it on the live stream last night last night I mean we he's a he's an icon in my in my mind and in my home and's the when I that this is unreal you can use your imagination I guess Big B art sex together say she want when w when w sounds good up he's high as a he got my G man fully active my bro happy birthday family when woodsy you know what I'm saying can't got a good one my bro that's for myself M then and woods when Woods so good dude Big B I just I just don't even know what to say I I I mean you just couldn't have you couldn't have gotten me anything better day of my life Boomer m. R like what's next Paige speax here like what's happening what's going on behind him just in case the big boxer my god dude we got to start thinking about how we up that for year 50 next year no the Big 5 he'll be here we have to have him fly him out he has to be here to play woodfest wood woodfest cuz we're both turning true stock Ben and Wood stock Paulie Ben and Woodstock done Adam love that idea we can expense hey is a year enough lag time for us to get you know you just take a whole week off work something like that some involvement I mean what Ving yeah Woodstock at the r shell you got a year to get some sponsorship money whatever it takes Ben and Woodstock our 50th birthdays it's got to be big M.R headliner 100% Dan and Shay openers Dan yeah Dan and Shay and M.R that was running with that bit huh that was it's a great this made my day I mean that is just an an elite an elite couple of gifts there you're welcome and Adam thank you for that was when you asked me remember while I was on vacation no less yes that remember when I said I had to send Adam email on vacation because there was no one else who could help me pull that off other than Adam that's why I needed to bother him because I knew you'd like it I think it was like like Tuesday or whatever and I said I have not I go it's weird because I know Adam's on vacation but I it's just weird not hearing from him were talking to him and Ben and I said has anybody heard from Paul said I got one text to the email Ben said I sent him an email and I go what did you send him an email for and he would not he wouldn't tell me and then he spun me out and I'm like what are you doing what are you asking for are you asking for like what's going on and uh turns out that was I it was it was I'm I don't even have words I I I don't know that I've ever felt this loved in my whole life I really he didn't even have to send a script Boomer just knows all that about he knows that about right exactly very very obvious God that's good holy cow I'm Blown Away what's the great work Woody and happy birthday on buer oh my Lord and they produced it all perfectly too I love that just perfect it's just perfect oh that's just a little extra extra love from me and the misses oh you guys are oh is the adult coloringook yeah but it says live laugh at fa read some of them I mean don't read them but flip that on air flip through yeah you you actually mentioned the other day that you were like maybe I shoulding that'll help down my God perfect for and was it the golfer who was the it was uh jiren Duran oh jiren Duran the Boston Red Sox center fielder who uses the adult coloring book to kind of dstress and take his mind off some of the anxiety that comes with you know certain professional athletes have to deal with that that is uh I'm I'm Blown Away you guys you guys are incredible I love you very much I can't even tell you how I'm feeling right now I'm like cloud cloud n so how was your trip stressful going with three kids to Vegas we went for four days which is longer than we're normally away and it was a lot a lot we got a lot of questions Vegas with the kids Vegas with the kids okay that's uh that's a choice it is what's the itinerary then because it can't be the normal you know adult trip to Vegas you can't spend all the time at the blackjack table prostitutes you got you know you've got certain things available to you certain Rhino did you take did you take Ethan to Spearmint Rhino no it's time of the pool it's going to see the Bellagio fountain show the you know the Mirage closed down for good the the last volcano show we saw out there we took him to dinner magic show piff the Magic Dragon piff he used to be a contestant on America's Got Talent and so wait they really he's doing he it's he he said oh I know that there's Puff the Magic Dragon I'll be piff yeah and he comes out in a dragon suit wow I feel like that's copyright infringement I wouldn't play poker I wouldn't play poker at night once the kids were asleep how'd you do I lost some money did your so what did your wife your wife stayed in the room and like would fall asleep and then you'd like Slither down and before they went to sleep oh thanks for what did she get to do without you yeah what did she do she she doesn't you think you guys think I'm bored my wife is even more Bor I'm sure she loves to hear that this morning live on the radio no I was I said when you kid now I said when you walked in I said you don't look very tanned for being in Las Vegas for 4 days I mean my my family excluding me is not very punctual takes a long time to get out of the house a long time to get out of the hotel room to gather everything so by the time we got out to the pool we were out of the pool for hour hour and a half I mean it's hot it's so hot you can't spend much more time it was 110° it was unbearable stagger it's staggering yeah I'm trying to think of maybe now have M Mis it's been a while since I've been to Vegas they've missed those Mis Miss machines everywhere now did you bring Ben any of his prostitution cards not to gra best meal you had in Ethan remember those dad baseball cards BB card or did you just eat you know prepare stuff in the room for the family or did you actually go prepare stuff in the room like Dy Mo or something brought plenty of food see they brought their own food for the kids you must have gone out a couple we went out we went to car mines and had Italian delicious the family dinner we we went to The Cheesecake Factory of course you did bubble gums delicious uh down there sabaro we went to In-N-Out in- and out okay in- and out is a I mean those we have those here too I don't do that here I know I know that In-N-Out though right on the 15 with the giant Las Vegas style sign is pretty cool one they had one attached to to the hotel where oh wow I didn't know that the kids had fun kids had fun I mean they were they were Helens and so all I can think about was you cuz I mean I never said about my kids but I know you say about yours all the time are they were not in the mood to be listening so kids running wild in Vegas is certainly a scene it's certainly a scene and it's a it's a choice I couldn't peel Ethan away from the blackj so as we uh as we wrap up summer break here in the next four minutes did you catch any of our Shenanigans this week cuz it got a little weird no I didn't I saw the graphicss you were putting out but that's it I had no time to do you didn't know about who we had in studio yesterday for instance no I don't we had a hypnotist for hour I heard I heard you guys talking about it this morning yep uh what else did we do you got hypnotized how'd it go it was amazing yeah he had a lme on the air thinking it was an apricot was awesome you see I'm I I again I I completely missed the bit I feel like Ben probably doesn't believe in it he actually he bought bought I kind of bought in he said he could help me with my golf game so that that got me kind of to try at least he he helps withl was he was like out here but isn't there a common misconception about hypnotizing like it's not like you see on TV and movies where you're like oh and now you'll do anything that no it's not exactly right it's not like that it's not like that at all he you're completely and he tells you you're not really asleep and you're not you're not you're not out of your mind you're still you everything's there you're just relaxed and open to the the possibilities of you know what what I'm talking about and you feel very safe and comfortable and Rel he talk you into the possibility that aliens exist he did no he only had like 3 minutes yeah we're kind of at the end trying to fix my golf game is what he was trying to do it all runs together now but what else did we do the first couple of days of summer we got pedicures this morning what did we do the day before shavings on the floor here I'm sure Jr blow no we got it we cleaned it up did you see our FaceTime roulette that we did oh that was all right well listen we uh we decided G around Vegas so yeah we um it was uh Lenny Kravitz was on stage and Denzel called him and he took the call and live and concert hang on everybody it's my brother Denzel so I said we all have people in our phones let's try to FaceTime see if they pick up it was 7:30 in the morning and so I went first did Skip shocker he answered awesome picked up was great he tried Tri Kevin o Connell he did not answer later roulette like literally Lally find someone famousy not P roulette we went to find someone famous to answer and then he he texted back later and said Oh I thought it was a butt dial I would have answered if you had just given me some warning that wasn't the game though it was completely Rand completely Rand he didn't think you were calling ask me the starting quarterback sort of like who did you do first I tried mud tried mud mud did not answer did not answer and then I tried Matt strong thinking he was probably on a plane it was the day after the allar game after the allar game thought that would have been a good he got back to you later too right he did he said oh dude I'm so sorry I was a traveler so then I went to my phone and I pulled up Andy Buckley who played David Wallace on the office and I hit it and he answered WoW connect connecting and he's like what's up guy it was incredible it it was we had an incredible week incredible week um and and a horribly stressful idea Adam it was so stressful his dad Woods was stressed his dad had to turn the show off they could not even listen to my parents like was so nerve we had such a good fun week and now it's going to be 8:00 and it's time to get back into business baseball's back BB is now officially back summer break summer break comes to an end and we will start start things off as we do every Friday at 8:00 a.m. a grand old barbecue Friday Jordan Schusterman from cesp his family Barbecue we'll be with us to talk some baseball as we get back into the the swing of things with Bena woods and Paul on 973 the fan happy birthday buddy glad you enjoyed you guys I love you man that's glad you enjoyed your pres incredible dude be right back with Jordan shman next on S have one of these number one sports station 973 the fam e e e e e e e e e e well we are halfway home on a Friday it has been well my favorite Friday in many many many years I I feel so much uh love uh for you guys and from you guys thank you so much Paulie and Benny and Adam for uh the the lengths that you've gone to to make me smile and laugh my birthday it is not uh it it it certainly is is I don't even have the words man I'm just this is incredible incredible thank you guys so very much thank you to all the tier ones out there uh that are are you know wishing me a happy birthday on Twitter it's it's a great day man like getting old is tough but you guys make it infinitely easier and uh I just appreciate you all so much so so so much can't even tell you all right the uh Graphics just changed on our YouTube stream from summer break back to the official Ben andwood show yeah because we're back baseball is back tonight and our guests are back uh first guest of kind of officially of the week at least baseball talk joining us right now on a Grand Old Friday from sespa family Barbecue there he is Jordan Schusterman is back with us Jordan finished with your All-Star experience tell me uh tell me everything how did tell us the whole tell us the whole story oh man man all right so got it on Friday or sorry got it on Thursday and then we talked to prospects on Friday and then we saw the Futures game then we saw the draft then we saw the home Derby then we saw the allar game and then we went home Perfect all right best best part worst part o best part worst part uh I'm a draft D so I love the draft I think the draft at the Fort Worth Stockyards I don't know if you guys have ever been there as like Texas tourists but what a goofy thematic way to do like I loved it I thought it was really cool I think that that's how you was the perfect size for leaning into event like that so I really enjoyed that worst part I mean you know the Derby wasn't the best agree agree agree I mean the last five minutes were great if you sat through the first 3 hours and 55 minutes Jordan I I know that you and Jake are like the biggest baseball heads on the planet and and put the rest of us to shame I know you have thoughts about it I know how you could make it better personally if they would just give you the keys what would you do to make the Derby better I wouldn't change that much I think that we might have just had a clunker like I think that like the guys that we were excited about gunar Henderson you know Pete some of these guys didn't show up in a ways that we expected so I I don't want to and I know because there were some small format tweaks that it felt like it was so much worse I just think we need to condense it all a little bit either have rounds slightly shorter either have a couple fewer hitters either have two rounds instead of three I don't think we need to change too much I really do think listen we've been to every Derby since 2016 and this one felt like the most lackluster but it also reminds us that like normally you have really really memorable moments and you at least have individual rounds even if it's not the actual winner that you remember for a long time and this time ultimately fittingly what we'll remember the most is that last swing that wasn't a home run right and so as happy as I for tasar Hernandez and I think Bobby Wht Jr did do pretty well and it was pretty exciting to watch him when he was getting going we just didn't kind of find that Rhythm we didn't have that hot streak that ridiculous stretch that we've seen in recent years from guys like flag guys like Julio it's just hard when you know there are guys sh Otani is there but not not participating and Aaron judge is there but not participating I don't know that I'll ever feel excited about it when I know the real home run hitters are just sitting and watching and I same thing with the basketball slam dunk contest you know when it's not Jordan and Dominique Wilkins and you don't know who these guys are it's not quite the same no for sure and of course we wish that there were more more participation from some of the top guys but I also would say that like Bobby Whit and Gunner Anderson are two of the rising stars in the game like it's not a insignificant thing that they competed and Bobby was great gunar wasn't you know and it happened so I don't know I I don't want to overreact too much to this one but I also don't want to pretend like it wasn't disappointing because I would in the in the in the yard and definitely talking to people that watched it at home it was it was a little bit lackluster it was long it was just it was just kind of long and and yeah drawn out a little bit much like the show can be sometimes we're talk yeah 100% we're talking to our pal Jordan shman from sesp his family Barbecue so here we go man second half uh starts right now for the Padres a little bit little bit less than half they they've already played 99 games you know we're we talked about it yesterday on our Padre's Round Table um bit of a razor Ed here for for our team in San Diego of course AJ preller has has made Moves every deadline he's always active kind of what are you hearing Padres or otherwise about an active or inactive uh trade market this year I mean I would say I very much expect them to be active I expect them to be aggressive and adding I think that they are one of the better teams in this NL Wild Card mess however good timing guys I'm going to go see them this weekend there in Cleveland I will be there I will be there this afternoon I don't know if I'll be there for the game this afternoon but I will definitely be there pregame and I am excited to be around the podres and kind of see how they're feeling last year when I saw them it was like the bottom of their season in Cincinnati I think this year obviously the timing coming out of the All-Star break it's almost like you know another spring training where everyone's like all right here we go we all feel awesome fresh late whatever and the Padre's even having fallen out of that third wild card spot I think still have reasons to be feeling pretty good um but yeah I mean there's there's certainly holes here and when you have this mess in the National League where I think more teams are going to be tempted to sell I think they are a team that will take advantage of of the opposite right they will be like listen there's no they there ain't no we're I'm AJ Pell we're the we're the Padre's we just keep going forward and forward and forward sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't and I think that might benefit them now at the same time this is not a market that is going to be very easy to buy in and so that is what is going to be difficult and I think it will probably we saw them already jump it earlier this season with the arise trade this time I'm fascinated to see how long it takes some of these teams to finally be willing to let lose like for will the Marlins for example we just recorded a deadline preview this morning will the Marlins do the same thing as they did with the rise and make a trade in the next couple days or will they take it down all the way to the wire and then and then take the best bid at that point and I think the Padre's we could see them out bid some other teams and and jump ahead of the line or they're just going to end up stuck with everybody else just waiting until those last couple days well Jordan it's that weird time of year and you talk about teams being tempted to sell and I I think with the Padres as you know we're always tempted to buy and and AJ preller is you know head down moving forward uh I I don't know how much the next five six games matter I think there's a plan kind of in place and I think they're going to add as well but there's so many teams like you said tempted to sell but if you're the Pittsburgh Pates and you're 48 and 48 you're the Cincinnati Reds and and you got guys coming back you're the Arizona Diamondbacks the San Francisco Giants those are those teams where it's like the New York Mets like are we going to if you're a New York Met fan you cannot stomach every one of those teams will get killed by their fan bases if they sell right now right they would get murdered yeah the Mets are the one that I am just so fascinated by because generally I agree with you except that the Mets the way that Steve Cohen has talked the way that the fans have generally bought into the Sterns vision of like an actual like be patient LED for it to come together I've been saying this since before the season like I don't understand how you could be the Mets and have this many good players this many good veteran players yeah and go backwards right but I don't know man I if they're thinking big picture they might they might do it but I agree with you in general though that a lot of these fan bases yeah it's got to be really hard now I do think that there's a difference between going backwards and staying put I think even teams like the Pirates the Pirates to me I kind of see them the same way as the Reds last year where it's like all right are we actually good we're feeling good because we have a lot of young players that are coming up and making us feel better but are we actually going for it now the Reds you said last year if they had done more you could have said they might have snuck in they were still alive at the end of the season last so you're probably going to end up with some of those teams here at the same point but man San Francisco I mean you can't they can't go backwards I don't know how good they actually are but they've invested way too much in this you could maybe say the same thing about the Cubs well they they see they maybe seem a little bit more willing to just say this isn't working we got to reset it's too many teams there some of those are going to have to make a decision and I do think that the next 10 days are going to tell us a lot and as for the Padre's just looking at the schedule I'm sure you guys have kind of noted this it does set up pretty interestingly right we got a 10 game Road Trip uh or nine game road trip and then you come home on Deadline day to face the Dodgers that's amazing that that is a pretty amazing uh schedule set up uh Guardians first of course one of the best teams in the AL Nationals that's an opportunity but then Baltimore right before the deadline so this is going to be a challenging trip it's going to be really interesting to see where it puts them but I still expect as long as they don't go two and eight over their next you know 10 or nine like they will be adding in I feel like we're putting so much emphasis on a June road trip but July but a July a July road trip but at the same time if it all unravels on you coming out of the gate here like you could go from buyers to sellers even like yeah but the problem is like besides Kim I don't really know who you're trading like I the Padres are not they don't have there are some of these other teams that have so many expiring contracts that are just like all right like just tell me when and I'll I'll I'll it's not going to happen Jordan but I mean the most valuable Commodities would be pitchers with more than one year of control Dylan C Michael King they would they would return an absolute truck load but of course the padr aren't going to trade him because they need both of those guys and more if they're going for it and they have to go for it but I'm just saying in a hypothetical World those guys would immediately be two of the most hot Commodities on a trade market talking to Jordan Shusterman go ahead yeah well and we have seen obviously they've traded made big trades and then traded those guys away I don't have to tell you guys that and then the other obvious one guys I don't even want talk about this they're they're they they will be in it they will be adding I'm just saying there's another guy in a one-year contract who was just an All-Star making like zero dollars so that I know I know you know that that's not one in a market where there's no hitters but um also at this point I'm not convinced jerks and proar is going to play well anywhere else yeah I mean I I fully fullyin jxon of that just to get the brainwash you have only one place where you can possibly play so we don't have to pay you that much because he is made for San Diego got one spot uh Jordan you mentioned the Dodgers and I mean not just the Padres but if I'm the Diamond max or the Giants right now I'm kind of kicking myself because this is as vulnerable and as disappointing as they have ever really been in the last decade until the playoffs obviously but in the regular season and none of those teams are taking advantage of it I mean they they only have a seven game lead but it just still feels like they're too far away I mean is is this going to go down as one of the most disappointing Seasons the way the Padres and Mets were last year for the Dodgers this year even if they do make the playoffs I guess if they make a run they're not going to care but yeah no but I I agree with you and and Jake and I kind of got into this a bit off the off the podcast because he saw them in Philly and he was like this team stinks and I was like yeah like fair and I saw them in Pittsburgh and Cincinnati and they were terrible and I I've only seen the Dodgers look bad I'm like yeah but also we are at the point now with them where they're so injured where it's like it's not the team we were talking about like it's just not the team we were hyping up is not on the field right now and so that doesn't mean that it's not going to end up being really disappointing if they win 91 games but I don't it's different to me than if we're looking at all these players that we were hyping up and they were underperforming because the truth is Muki was amazing GL now was amazing Yamamoto was really really figuring out before he got hurt right like Muny was having another great season before he went down so we kind of did see it there that team was looking like the Dodgers that was hyped up to be in May and then they all got hurt and and there are obviously problems with this roster too right like the bottom of the lineup even when they were playing well is still atrocious so I think that there are still reasons to to kind of criticize and say that they've disappointed in some elements but generally I just feel like it's whatever version we're watching of them now is just not now if that version is still the one we're watching in September and October then yeah that's a problem right but as it stands now I just I don't even really feel comfortable um analyzing them in that way at the same time what you can still say is uh yeah this is a massive missed opportunity for for the other three teams because when else could you would you be be a be able to have them you know struggling to this degree and you would hope that they could make it a little bit interesting we haven't had an interesting obviously 21 was you know singular but besides that we have not had anything remotely interest you know compelling it felt like all of we had one division race for the decade was essentially 21 and other than that it has been non-competitive in terms of trying to win the NL West last thing for me Jordan quickly uh we were talking about the 2025 schedule that came out Padres uh in in April have atth at a road trip to a which is apparently the Athletics that are going to be we think in Sacramento I heard some reports though this week that like there are buyers in Oakland who want to keep the team in Oakland and majorly baseball is trying to keep it quiet because they don't want people to know that yeah no Oakland wants to support this team they just don't want to support John Fisher how is this going to play out in in your mind yeah I mean you know Manford spoke earlier this week and he was like no like the decision's been made you know full team ahead we're we're doing this we're going to Sacramento Oakland is over Oakland is the thing of the past and that seems to be how MLB is is treating it and I think the reason they can do that is because because Unfortunately they know John fer ain't going anywhere right if if like I I'm sure there are people rich people in Oakland that would like to do something about it we know I don't even think that's really new information I think we've known that there have been Bay Area people that have tried to buy them from John Fischer for years and he's like no it's not happening so I think that that is what is keeping Manfred so steadfast because there's only one person that's actually hearing from John fiser regularly and it's Rob Manford right there's no one else that's really accessing this guy on a regular basis and so he's basically just responding to what he's hearing from the owner which is you know one of his 30 bosses and so it's really unfortunate for a lot of reasons there's a lot of concerns about how baseball is going to look in Sacramento um but that's that's my read on it is it just it's just the outside stuff doesn't matter this has been true for John fiser for a long time yeah you could you could do all you want it's he clearly does not care he's going to move forward with whatever plan you know he has unfortunately well it also sounds like the league like I'm thinking about when the NFL moved a couple of the teams to Los Angeles they wanted that market so bad that they were just going to be like la la la la blinders man just la la la yep MLB wants Vegas yep yeah they're like oh does oh it doesn't make any sense like oh who cares like we're we're going like we some guys P for everything wants the charges in Los Angeles H we don't care we're going we are going to be there that's what this is now for Vegas except we have this weird Sacramento interval yeah no one in Vegas really wants the A's I know but like they they've convin they're convinced that like this is this is where we need to go next but you can't do it tomorrow in the way that you know we we've seen it in the NFL in a more real way Jordan appreciate it enjoy Cleveland bring some good luck to the Padres if you want put a hex on like Steven Quan or something for us and we'll talk to you again in a couple of weeks Stephen Quan is gonna piss you guys off he's heess man I know he he's hexus he's so good I just I just want to see a rise both at their Peak and Quan just going back and forth so good with their with their bat skills it'll be fun thank you guys Jordan Schusterman sesp his family Barbecue regular Friday guest here on benen and woods yeah I mean there were there were people in San Diego who would have happily bought the Chargers from Dean Spanos kept them here and figured out a stadium solution but Dean wasn't ever going to sell the team no the Hoops that uh Manfred and MLB are jumping for are jumping through for this team to get to Vegas it's astounding I mean it really is astounding they are just steamroll rolling right ahead and you know again though I the the you have to have a place to play in Las Vegas you have to have Buy in and want to and all of that and it just it could go terribly terribly South I don't think it will I think they'll find a way to get there in the next five years or whatever but it's going to be these leagues are Relentless I went back to 20 2008 when my beloved Seattle Sonics were sold and moved to Oklahoma City they chose Oklahoma City over a major Market Seattle but when they get when the lead gets it in their brains you cannot negotiate there is no turning back no turning back getting there isn't the end game it's succeeding and and you've got to get there and then build a fan base and a winter and you know fill seats All Summer Long in 110 degree weather that's just I mean getting there is easy actually for baseball they just as Paul said just put your head down and get there but that's not the goal that's not the goal it's disappointing it I mean got obviously the post-traumatic stress of the Chargers and I it clouds my view of this but I think most people agree I think it's it doesn't Cloud your view it's Crystal Clear I mean you've lived it so you have the experience all right we'll we'll take a quick timeout we'll come back we got a Ral report on the way and then Mike schel at the top of the hour with the manager report on San Diego's number one sports station 973 the fam e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e all right I know uh our compy has gotten through some of the uh the outages that have hit everybody today but it seems like it's going to be a pretty gnarly Friday I mean I told you last night I didn't I didn't get to bed until almost one because of all the technical difficulties and everything we had to get through so I'm uh I am trying to get through until at least 10 o'clock this morning but we had a fun show today so we've had a really good show got an hour and a half left we'll uh on that note though with the outage a lot of people maybe still kind of waking up and figuring out what happened overnight it it was a global Microsoft outage yeah crowd strike and Microsoft pretty significant deal I was reading earlier that like planes had to be uh no takeoffs Trains and Automobiles yeah everybody was grounded um but we had a couple of people reach out through social media saying there might have been some issues trying to download the podcast of today's show like after the fact all I can say is like there was a massive massive outage things are mostly running uh back to normal right now but some parts of our show may be impacted still and just hang tight hang tight everyone's tell the blue screen of death that everyone was getting like you try to log on whatever just blue is what you get on your computer screen damn dude I've been told it was a relatively simple fix at least in the building here uh very tedious having to go to every single computer that was affected um but at least remember why 2K and everyone was afraid that everything was going to happen I had to volunteer while they took I was the new guy at my very first job out of college Y2K and I had to go in at on remember when it was it was New Year's Day 1999 is ending the year 2000 is starting so do you think I blew it out that night once maybe had one or two in Chicago that night and then had to drag my ass to the office at 9:00 a.m. on a Saturday or whatever it was uh to go in and make sure all the computers turned and that was it was excruciating it was an excruciating morning and I did it I mean everyone was really nervous it was that everything was going to collapse Society was going to be over it was the biggest zero nothing happened nothing nothing not one damn thing everything boom switched and everyone's fine and and good to go it's almost like it was a normal night a normal day and I'm like I had to get out of bed for this and I did and now we found out y 2K actually happens on July 19th 2024 birth his 49th birthday nuts nuts got a rle report uh we will do a rle report we got to take a quick break and then we will come back Paulie's got some headlines uh you got a Disneyland story for us oh yeah oh yeah that's paully does all right we'll get to that coming up and then the manager Report with Mike schil in 30 minutes don't go anywhere more Bennett Woods on the way on San Diego's number one sports station 973 the fan e e e e e e e e e e e e e some big numbers at the Open Championship Tiger missing the cut at 14 over haven't seen a lot of 14 overs next to tiger's name in the last 30 years uh there's one guy who's doing even worse though dead last place belongs to Japan's aguri iwasaki he uh he made two nines in a row on the back nine today One On a par four one on a par three he is not going to break 50 on the back or 90 in his round and he's currently 20 20 over for the for the tournament that's how nasty it is out there nine on a par three this is one of the harder courses in the in the Roa as they as they do at the the British uh trun is uh is really tough and when the wind blows and apparently it's been blowing big numbers but Shane Lowry still leads at seven under by two over Dan Brown who's in got through with the 72 so the unknown guy is going to uh be in the probably the last group on a Saturday Justin Rose three Ender and then Billy horel Dean burmester and Scotty sheffler at two under Xander Schley part of a group at one under par in the final major of the Year all right uh we're going to check traffic and then when we come back Paulie's going to have some headlines for us on the rle report from the 973 the fan traffic center here's Kelly dck wish I had better news guys but all Lanes remained locked South 163 at the 805 for that fatal accident that happened 1:30 this morning four people lost their lives in this crash so yeah you're going to be diver off at the 805 from that South 163 give yourself extra time if that is your route meanwhile a few other problems westbound side of the 8 at the North down 805 reports of about barbecue in the left lane of that transition North down side of the 15 just before Cino Del Norte an accident being cleared out of that right lane and Cordell and Cordell traffic cam shows this crash on South on 15 before West Bernardo that's got the two right lanes blocked and Kelly Dan with Ben and woods San Diego's number one sports station 973 the fan and get things started here with our Edition today's edition of the Ryle report now tuned to the greatest welcome to the reyle 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 are you ready to bless the mood I need some help please that was good can I get a yeah oh yeah all right all right all right be careful out there on the roads guys I know Kelly's had long updates and I've been kind of in and out as we go to commercial break um but she just said four people four fatalities in this big accident that happened 163 that is heart that is very sad please be careful out there it's not wherever you got to get to take your time take your time there's also a barbecue on the road wild also not as tragically sad but certainly dangerous and odd a barbecue on the road yeah not a lad left a BARC some idiot is started is having a bar grilling things up in the fast lane right now wait hold on a barbecue is a grill I thought you I thought she said there was like somebody barbecuing no like there like a grill fell out Weber grill fell out of the truck that's called a grill though what's we call it a barbecue too you go to a barbecue or you put ribs on the barbecue or you you put ribs on barbecue no you put steak on the grill I think you I think they're interchangeable at least in Southern California you're a Texas person West Coast buddy I'm not kidding I thought there was like a there was traffic and somebody's like I'll just grab a barbecue here on the side of the road patties in between legs yeah huh I'm not real bra sming some risk it right now I mean that's when I hear barbecue that's what I hear you want side dishes when you hear barbecue well yeah but I I I thought it so what I would have said is there's a grill somebody lost their grill a barbecue grill a barbecue grill a barbecue grill we could probably I knew what she was talking about I did not think that there was a guy I did hosting a uh you know have a beer while wait for for the corn to be done like are people like grand old barbecue set up off the 15 yeah no there's a grill no someone had one probably in the back of their truck and it fell out and now it's in the in the freeway barbecue sounds so good sorry we're uh we're interrupting the r hijacking the r report sorry about speaking of uh barbecues and burgers my first story is a local story and it's for you woodsy it's your birthday it that the San Diego seals have resigned the captain West Berg happy birthday happy birthday to me staying around for three years uh it says here he's coming off his season he had 108 points last year that was the second most in team history he is an unreal human being number one he is everything that a captain should be uh in in sports nobody plays harder when you meet him you're like hey how you he's like hey how you doing and then you see him on the floor and he is like a like a cobra like he will just kill you like he's so tough and he told me the greatest story um how he grew up in Canada his dad he has an older brother and I think there's a threeyear difference and his dad said to him he goes look Wes when he's a kid he's spes six and he's like I know you want to play lacrosse your brother plays La lacrosse you better play up with him because I'm not going to two things on the weekend so if you want to play lacrosse you're going to play up with the old guys he goes I got my ass kicked every day forever playing up with the old guys he goes but it it sharpened me into the player I am and he is an elite player an elite person me too me too side question because you mentioned that he's like a cobra what's the scariest snake is it a cobra is it a rattlesnake is it an anaconda COBRA they stick their heads up and all of the above asps very dangerous I think the SE the ones that are in the water those are like the water moccasins those to me are the scariest snakes swim and they Slither through the water that creeps me out but the way the Cobra like raises up that's pretty scary too bro I would I would I would evacuate like just it's like looking at you like those they play the music and they come out of the baskets I mean strike I assume that's a a horrible like stereotype of something no seen it in the movies you seen in the movies oh my God it's terrible yeah king cobra man that's the scariest snake some of them spit they said spitting cobra he spits at you just D all of the yeah all of the I'm good I am good like if I go to the zoo I just avoid the of reptiles I love going through cuz there's glass and you're safe and you can see them I'm good I'm good I don't need to see them I don't need to know that they exist more than I already all right uh trying to find some sports stories this week it's been pretty pretty light but uh you know baseball returns tonight NFL training camp around the corner we'll have some better Ral report stories but in the NBA I did see there was a uh a sign and trade the rare sign and trade involving Russell Westbrook who I feel like has played on half the teams in the NBA at this point yes he's the Village bicycle the NBA it's he has played on a lot of teams so he actually I was I had to look it up he was drafted by the Seattle Sonics but never played a game for them because they were relocated after the draft that summer so he played for Oklahoma City he played for Houston he played for the Wizards he played for the Lakers for a couple years and he was previously with the Clippers and then he was traded to Utah Jazz yeah but it's they're doing a a sign and trade so they're going to Utah is going to wave his wave him and buy out his contract and then they're going to trade him to Denver or he's going to sign with Denver he sign with Denver and he's going to be a nugget now and team up with joic and and Murray and uh try to make another run get back to the championship after uh not winning the one last year nice all right it's a lot of lot of stops for Russ very polarizing player remember you hate him I don't hate him you hate him I remember triple double bit you hated it the triple double bit is a bit much but again some of the triple double comes with you know assists and rebounds they they're always good things but somehow I don't feel like his teams ever are that great the Lakers weren't that great when he was on their team it just early Oklahoma City was probably the best version he averaged it yeah yeah we had just started on the show I think MVP averaged a triple double that's bananas over the course of 82 games but you know the Nay SS will say well what did you do in the playoffs so how does your team do and it kind of sucks because he does not have that Hall of Fame question for him is going to be an interesting one because the numbers will certainly be there God what's he there going to be some people to go really Ross how much he got left in the tank man that's a long career and he plays hard plays hard he just goes at 110 miles hour all right and then finally I did tell you that there was a Disneyland story now this made me I love a sweet Disneyland story kind of sweet so Disneyland is celebrating uh their anniversary they opened uh July 17th 1955 that was older than you are they are older than me 20 years older than you how old are they Woods they're uh 69 that would be 69 years old congratulations it's a I hope I see 69 now I did see they're offering uh for residence of Anaheim okay they're bringing back like the residence special you can get a park pass for $69 not bad pretty nice actually move to Anaheim but okay Anaheim worth it to move to Anaheim for a $69 pass you go to Angels games I guess Angels games yeah but then Ducks there's been some discussion because typically they will say you know it's the 50th Anniversary the 60th anniversary of Disneyland they're going to have merch uh you know mugs t-shirts sweatshirts whatever with the number throughout the year like celebrating the anniversary Disney now there is this is not official there's it's just kind of speculation spe swirling around on the internets but uh everybody is saying that Disneyland doesn't want a bunch of merch with 69th anniversary on it so they are calling it The Ro road to 70 the road Disneyland's road to 70 how juvenile they're just going to spend the whole next year on the road free gaming their 70th anniversary I'm on the road to 50 as right now starting today the road to 50 road to 50 not 49 on the road to 50 first of all you can you can always just say it's our 70th year in existence because technically that doesn't fit on a t-shirt very wellth Disney it's our 7th Disneyland's 70th year like w this is now your 50th year correct on the planet Woods's 50th year all year long it's my road to 50 I think they're screwing up I think they are too I haven't been to Disneyland in a few years I'll probably go at some point in the next few years if they sold uh Disneyland merch like t-shirts or whatever that said 69th anniversary everyone's buying GD right on buying troyman already took out a trademark on that number two I think everybody would buy it yeah people that wouldn't normally Buy disy merch will buy that's what they don't really want that though they have they have lot money who likes selling merch they have they yo Disneyland is good at selling merch they're like they're protecting the brand there's nothing it's just a number right I think they're worried that other people might misuse the brand and the number yeah again in a a way that is out of the context that they intended Disneyland didn't officially announce that or anything like that they call Ro so it leads you one to speculate that they don't want to put dancing around it trying to avoid it and then the speculation was you know from a bunch of Disney people were like look they don't want to embrace that no all right yeah it made me laugh I mean it's a bit overrated Disneyland nope there's a lot going on it's hard Focus oh part of the challenge you means the other that is it is part of the challenge it's not the greatest usually I can just go to a break after something like that but I can't six minutes or something five minutes I can't this is this is now a difficult spot You' put me in I I I didn't put you anywhere Paulie put me in this difficult spot then I'm just I'm just reading the news man oh I mean it is your birthday this is my birthday Sports headline Sports headline find sports headline Johnny said I thought summer break was over you see Brandon I you requesting a trade from the 49ers Woods I did I did I did luckily the Gold Rush was in 1949 and not 1969 or 1849 and not 1869 D we'd have an awkwardly named NFL team he's digging himself and he's so uncomfortable right now so glad Mike schil in Cleveland and definitely not listening right now yeah the nice little write up on uh the skipper M yeah good uh there's a segue Anita thank you w perfect yes a nice little write up on specifically the success that Mike schil has had post Allstar break second half of the season when he was manager of the Cardinals uh they had a number of runs not just the one you remember where they stole a playoff spot from the Padres by winning 17 in a row there at the end of what the 2021 season but he's always uh you know had a good record post All-Star break for Mike schil managed ball clubs well there was there was a uh the right up in the UT this morning and it was talking to you know the guys the guys that that really count uh it starts Kevin AC writes a piece it says last month was not a particularly good time for Manny Machado at the plate and he was clearly tired of the discomfort physically the failure emotionally his voice resonated with frustration and uh he was asked what kept Him going what kept Him believing he said Shelty honestly is a big factor in this he's been huge in talking to me about it that is that it's about the Long Haul just keep working don't think about today don't think about the 0 for four or the losses whatever just keep working keep working keep working Bri jerks and proar uh in the same article was like I love him I absolutely love him he believes in US and and they did say somebody did say Jo mus Joe musgrow said we've gotten our asses chewed a few times this year which again you know he's never going to tell which will surprise some people because of how relentlessly positive and supportive and supportive he is publicly but we've always kind of suspected we've suspected it and that things are a little different behind closed doors bro the the the the thing that makes the most sense in my head when I think of Mike schil and his players is me and my kids I have absolutely chewed their asses out you know absolutely but you'll tell us about it then I'll tell you about I'll tell you guys he will not he won't tell us about it is he doing himself a disservice because fans would love to hear uh you know five game losing streak not playing well I him up I I had some things to say to that team in the in the locker room after the game he won't tell us that even though he is telling them that but he gives back he gives love and knows when to drop the hammer you know no one's going to listen to a guy you know after everything that's happened here no one's going to listen to guy that walks in day one he's like it's my way you better listen to me like not at this level it just doesn't work unless it's a team full of rookies that's the only thing that's going to work on but when you got veterans that have been doing this for 10 plus years it's just not going to fly and he it seems men and again as I've said all week don't don't get it twisted all of that means nothing you know unless they figure out a way to make the playoffs but the guys are certainly uh pulling for their Skipper that is something very very new that we have not heard any glowing reviews about any manager since we've started the Ben and woods program ultimately if you want to keep your job as a major league baseball manager yes there have been some managers who've like lost the fan base and eventually it becomes a problem but first person you don't want to tick off is the owner the second person you probably don't want to tick off is the general manager Bob Melvin and then after that it's the players the fans are well down the list of people that you need to please as the manager of a baseball team and Mike schil does understand that he knows he appreciates the fans and knows that the organization needs them but for his job in particular what the fans think of Mike schil is fairly irrelevant correct I believe correct I do too I really really do and and yeah again you can appreciate that certainly and and he's not he's not going to Pander to the fans but what he will do is take care of his players and and again this article uh that came out today it it's a positive article because he's been a really positive guy proar says um where is the quote I saw from jerks and it was really really good well I'll look for it we can ask my children about and one level even lower if not caring about is morning radio show hosts and what they think of you I think way down the list way down the list which is why you do hear some comments for Mike schil when we talk to him every Friday that will happen next year on 973 the fan e e e e e e e e we are so glad baseball is back today the San Diego Padres begin the second half of the Season visiting the Cleveland Guardians tonight at 410 310 pregame show with Sam levit and joining us right now for the manager's report is pondre Skipper Mike schil brought to you by San Diego County Credit Union it's not big Bank banking it's better and uh Mike when your team is off it really we have to stretch a little bit over the All-Star break to come up with things to fill the time we had a a sports hypnotist come in yesterday uh we all we both got hypnotized had pedicures on the air this morning that was my first ever that was really nice uh how did you spend your All-Star break oh I wish I could uh say it was exciting and exhilarating as what you guys are dealing with um but it was pretty lowkey just kind of hung out and um you know worked a little bit and uh put a out towards you know the second half with the you know little perspective of what what just took place in the in the first half no question are you a are you someone uh skip that's able to that's able to relax I mean I know I'm I'm not great at it I'm kind of trying to learn the older I get I need to to relax and don't think about the show or work or anything are you able to kind of turn it off at all I think I've been able to learn how to separate for the most part kind of would uh equated like a dimmer switch you know when the season is taking place you know it's you're you're always on you just can't burn at the highest brightest level the whole time you'll just burn out but you know it's always resonating so you just turn the switch down a little bit it's marinating in there but um you know you're not you're not so consumed by it that you can't can't enjoy your life in other areas so uh you get back together uh fly to Cleveland see all the guys what's your what kind of do you get an update from everybody how do you get everyone back in the the baseball frame of mind after a few days off I think everybody's in the in the baseball frame of mind um you know um guys we flew in yesterday high percentage of the club was with us um you know guys are in a good spot relax ready to go um you know the the guys that came in yesterday saw a couple of them to the hotel but you know we'll see him today start the process with uh getting after the Guardians how uh talking to the skipper Mike schil here on Ben and woods this morning and I I just know it from a fan perspective watching the allstar game with my my six-year-old The Pride that he felt watching uh all of our guys perform the pride that I felt I was obviously a little disappointed that we didn't get to actually hear them talk about how great Robert Suarez was but you know for you the skipper you're around him every day what was that sense of Pride like for you yeah it's good to see the guys you know be there be a part of it rightfully so um you know proud of them you know these guys I get the privilege of of uh seeing him play like we all do every day but also the additional privilege of of seeing the kind of effort and dedication they have to their craft and and um you know see it pay off in individual honor like the All-Star game and then see him perform I me all three of them did great you know um you know Jackson you know hit the lean to the left and then go got made up for it on the ball that you know down the line got a knock and you know jerks and you know does what he does gets gets things going um big part of that three-run inning is the Rope down the right field line of course Suz as you mentioned came in eight pitches two puns shouts you know stuff was really really effective and and electric so um the guys did well represented the Padre organization very very well so I know you probably didn't see it because you got other things on your mind but uh Kevin Acy I think you call him Ace who covers your team for the UT wrote a real nice uh real nice piece about you and the team this morning and specifically a lot of it was about some of the success that you've had as a manager in the second half of the season and I know that was kind of a message you had way back in spring training better as the game goes on better as the series goes on better as the season goes on do you feel like you've accomplished that and are still on that same track that you talked about to have a strong finish to the season yeah man very process oriented um you know looking always consistently look individually collectively how we're improve and take advantage of our experience we did every day other people's experiences growing from them um I do feel like that's taking place I feel like um good portion of our club is is growing individually I don't want to list them all but you know you know just a couple of them um clearly you know Jackson's done well but you know Mor H EST stra up you know take the next steps kic you know rule five guy coming in with mostly doublea experience and starting to get his footing and you know starting to graduate in some bigger moments for us um you know Michael King's thurwell Waldron's taking some of the next steps and pitched well Vasquez has improved I mean you know it's a young Club in a lot of areas not a lot of you know practical experience in the big league so when you have that mindset of of continual Improvement you know um it typically can work out if you're if you're dedicated with sensitivity of what that can look like and working in collaboration with the staff and the players so overall I'm pleased yeah I think we you know we definitely have some ways to go to uh continue to shore up you know our processes and what that looks like but but I know we we're heading in the right direction talking to the skipper Mike Mike schel here on Bannon Woods this morning and AJ PR had said look it's a 60 game Sprint right now you're quoted in the same article saying yep it's it's time to go I've always wondered and I think I know the answer to it but I'll ask it anyway like you said guys are in a baseball frame of mind will there be a a Mike schil you know fiery let's let's start now it all starts tonight does that is that something that goes on I know you got young players but everybody in there seems pretty motivated to to win on their own will you kind of address the team tonight before this game no you know look I not one I mean yeah it's we're in more of a Sprint mode but I I come from a place of every game's important you know going to prepare for every game you know is the most important game there is that day it's the most important game of the year so I've got that mindset I think pretty much the club has that mindset um so there's no like new Rocky let's goig in our clubhouse about what's going on I feel like there's a hungriness to our group you know there'll be some you know subtle messaging about how we continue to look to to prepare and compete um you know today moving forward but um there's not like a you know Clubhouse get together and you know I think that's uh I think we're we got to club house is in a pretty good place knowing where we're going I know your rule no breaking news unless you accidentally tell everybody that Randy Vasquez had a baby like last week but this isn't this you're not breaking any news mlb.com has already said that Tio orelis is is with your team for the start of the second half of the Season what can you kind of tell me about terso and what you guys have seen and and maybe what his role is going to be uh going forward here for the second half uh I'm not sure you've got that accurate oh mlb.com is wrong now new okay no I don't know I don't know I don't read mlb.com but terso has been added to our 40-man roster okay 40 men not necessarily the 26 man that's another move entirely that's correct yeah t has done a great job swing about he is Swing about well at Triple A yeah he's been doing great um and he's earned the opportunity to be added our 40 man roster got it ah see all right specifically you got to get the details right Woods yeah 100% I'm glad you asked details and that's I'm glad he clarified that's good to know well now if they need him they can call him up though they don't have to make another corresponding move on the 40 Man exactly exactly it's a first step of the process it's the skipper Mike Shield um last one for me can you give us just kind of a you know checked in with all the players and I know you get reports and how how were some of the guys that uh you know you're I I we saw the report about Fernando tatis Jr coming back what a great piece of positive news that was Joe Musgrove talk to him kind of where where do some of your your guys that you're going to need these guys for the the the home stretch here how are they all doing yeah I mean we know we got we we you know we got some of the big big boys missing so we're definitely going to need them the team's built around them and um you know I've been pleased with the way we've competed without him and people have stepped up but you know reality is that you know during the stretch run we're gonna we're going to need um you know guys like Toddy and and Joe back in back in the fold you know we just got bogey back which is good clearly and um you know relative to tody you know still in a in a healing pattern um you know he's he's been able to start some light activities um with not a ton of stress as you would imagine and he's into it so um but you know overall it looks like he will be back at some point this season when I I couldn't tell you um and you know Joe Joe continues to take positive strides as well he's playing cat he's starting to throw some you know some Bullpen um you know recovering well through one two days ago recovered well from all all reports um balls coming out pretty clean starting to work on some spin um which would be another hurdle for him but yeah he's he's uh thankfully progressing in a positive direction both those guys this is an interesting road trip to start the second half um you know Cleveland Guardians have the the top record in the AL then Washington and we know how emotional that series when the Nationals were at Petco Park not that long ago and then Baltimore Orioles another first place team uh now your team has played well against some of these these good teams as well what are you kind of looking at out of the gates here to start the second half just play our brain of baseball you know make sure we're doing the the things the lead and give us the best chance to shaking hands into the game you know that's uh you know we're going to be together we're going to make sure that you know that's going to continue to get even stronger and make sure we're we're doing this as one team and then you know beyond that we're gonna you know we're going to throw strikes we're going to make routine plays and we're going to you know execute our offensive machine we're going to be good on the bases we're going to be good with our approaches and um you know we do that consistently will'll give us our best chance and that's that's the controllables for the most part I mean the team has something to say to it as well but you know we take care of of our responsibility that's uh that's all we can do so continue to make sure we we do that consistently well hard to believe there's only 63 games left uh even though it's just the All-Star break uh we know there'll be entertaining and exciting and we'll be pulling for you as always and we'll talk to you again uh next Friday as you near the end of this uh this long road trip Mike thank you so much of course guys take care day there he is Mike Shield our manager's report brought to you by San Diego County Credit Union it's not big Bank banking it is better like a dub for my birthday today just just start the the second half off with a nice dub how about a series Victory series dub would be that's too much I don't want to get greed too much I've got one at a time mentality I got a boomer asias shout out I got an M do are Cameo I got a adult coloring book I've got everything I need I've got a trip away with my wife this weekend and uh I I just I don't want to get greedy be the first to take a series from the Cleveland Guardians in Cleveland catch napping man catch him fat and happy after the break with a 19 you know 19 games over 500 or whatever they are just an insane Jackson Merl already has a hit off em Manuel Clos it comes down to that's right yeah the little the little nuber in front of the plate although prefer if we don't see class for 3 Days probably probably really good news for the San Diego Pond would be fantastic so I'd love love to get a birthday dub tonight I was wondering he uh Shelty said something there he said uh most of the guys cruised out to Cleveland together yeah and I was thinking about that when you start the second half after the allstar break on the road let's say the guys go on vacation get a couple of days away do they have to fly back home to San Diego just to get on the team or can some guys can anybody just meet the team in Cleveland probably is it I think it's a status like Manny can but Jackson Merill can't you know I think uh I think most of them have the authority if they just want to pay their own Freight and meet the team where they're going to be that they can do that I mean you know a lot of guys you know vacation they go back home if they're from you know the coast they may be there already there's no point in flying all the way back to San Diego just to get right back on a plane to fly all the way back to Cleveland make a short trip instead of a long trip which is why I'm sure not everybody came back to San Diego now it's probably more common on other teams where you don't like to spend All-Star breaks there's probably more guys who stay in San Diego and enjoy San Diego for the allstar break so they're like all the guys from Cleveland are all coming back to Cleveland trust from San Diego maybe I simply would have vacation in Cleveland if I was a San Diego Padre we're doing our All-Star break vacation in Cleveland has to be where we're going to play to start exactly right that's how deci I don't want to fly all the way back and then across the country again who was it that uh was planning the a Caribbean trip and then uh then they had the All-Star Game [Music] instead you get chosen for the All-Star game you got to change your plans oh yeah I don't know yeah I saw I saw one of those guys next year the allstar game will be in Atlanta and then the Padre's open the second half next year with a another massive road trip uh three in Washington okay three in Miami and then four in St Louis before they come home man these long trips out of the allar break thing for your San Diego Pond race all right if you want to react to that uh we can open the phones 833 2880 973 not only no breaking news but like anti-breaking news like Camp down the news that we thought we had which we didn't have looks like you got your info wrong yeah I don't know he was he was very happy wasn't he though he loved it you want to join us coming up next couple of segments left before Annie and Elston at 10:00 traffic now more Ben and woods on the way 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 you know it takes Mike schilz optimism to to sometimes make you see some things that are obvious and plain right right in front of your face but when he went through like the number of guys who really have never had success on the big league level who are performing well for the Padre like Waldren and Estrada obviously Jackson Merill Mor hone it that's you know that's a 20% of the roster right there uh you know of guys that have really stepped up we don't talk about morona enough I think that's a good thing I think you don't it's like uh talking during it's like talking dur during a no hitter you know you don't want to you don't want to jinx it I mean because it's been but he's the guy like nobody did you know who Matt Waldren was two years ago no I didn't he was the throwin on the Clevenger deal so no I had no idea no but [ __ ] has been that guy for years like as long as we've been a show we've been waiting for him to finally figure it out and and I just am so happy for him that he's had some success this year similar to like jerks and proar finally just really putting it all together and having a great season great but kind of what you're saying Woods is when you're a setup reliever really if you do your job it goes fairly unnoticed now every once in a while they'll bring you in with the bases loaded or you got to get out of a jam but if you're just getting the ball from the seventh to the eighth yeah I mean the the team absolutely notices that and they appreciate that but it kind of it kind of gets under the radar you know the closer gets the save the offense gets the credit for the runs the starter gets the win and what you get a hold no one talks about who got oh who got the hold in that day no you know oh yeah he he retired three of the four batters he faced and didn't give up a run you know struck out one great that's your job that's what you're supposed to do so if you're not being talked about it means you're doing your job pretty well and Adrien Mory hon has been doing his job well this season yeah he's uh again I I don't talk about him because I don't want to jinx it I really don't cuz I feel like every time I talk about talk good about a player it doesn't go well so I'm going to talk bad about all of them I just won't mention your heart's in the right place my heart's in the right place it's out of love uh phone lines are open 833 288 973 want to talk pondre Mike shil we got Thomas joining us good morning Thomas happy Friday to you hey hey good morning guys hey how you doing everyone doing good good I want to a casino hope you win some money good luck nice um yeah you know I like traveling with with the with the team goes certain places that I could go to I went to Dallas two weeks ago it was cool it was fun and then so I'm going to um I'm going to DC to watch the game three of the Padre and then I'm going to drive up to uh Baltimore and guess the game one at Baltimore I've never been over there so hopefully you know no no trouble when I drive but no that's killer I love that that sounds like an awesome trip make sure you uh call back and Report how it went I think the uh the national series is going to you know cooler heads have prevailed I think it's over you know between them uh it should be it absolutely should be uh there should be no more ill will but you never know when Jesse Winker panties are going baseball players have weird memories they do but it's also like we've we've we we've done this you got embarrassed we've done when you think they're going to remember something that's when they completely forget about they completely forget about it or you know it just it goes by the wayside I I do think it should be over I don't I don't feel I'm not like fired up for that series or anything like that I I feel like everything was kind of resolved I like the the plan that Thomas had though that's an underrated way to like check off two Road ballparks because the schedule makers put Washington and Baltimore right back to back for the ra that's a a short train or car drive between Washington DC and Baltimore that you can go to games from two different cities and two different series and probably never even need to leave the same hotel room if you didn't want to uh because they're pretty close to each other yeah I'm excited uh I'm excited to get this thing cranked up uh tonight now the game's at what time 410 410 310 e water soal pregame show with Sam Lev now I've got a soak scheduled for 615 soak mhm a soak yeah so so a bath you're taking a bath it's you have like a scheduled bath can't you can't just take your bath at your own Leisure no I don't know what ITA specific bath it's time for your soak but my wife told me don't forget we have a soak tonight at 615 someone draws the bath water for you maybe puts a little bubble bath in there I have no idea but I it's very I feel very pampered some bath salts maybe it's going to get weird it's going to getd the rest of your skin will match your nicely man Ed feet pedicured feet right now out of Two Bunch Palms how are your feet feeling B after your first pedicure still very soft they're very soft you get it now you get it I do what I really like cuz my entire life my toenails have always had like sharp Jagged Little corners and edges because I'm just trying to use that Clipper thing like from here to and it always leaves like sharp edges and right now they're very smooth like I can run my fingers over my toes and it's just all smooth which is nice you see why professional athletes do this yeah their feet get worn out yeah I mean I'm worried that now that I don't have my calluses is that going to hurt me when I'm like walking on the golf course that I'm going to get sore and tired feet or is it going to help me it's going to help you but yeah yeah I earned my calluses you did and then they scrub them off they scrub them right off this morning yeah I'm excited for my my soak I'm going to watch obviously couple coup hours of the game maybe I can take my phone into the what I don't know what it entails I don't know where I'm going to go it's all a big mystery but I know I'm going to be treated like a king all weekend I can't wait pamper myself have other people pamper yeah somebody I think made the the joke in the chat it's going to be like uh coming coming to America yeah I can't I'm not GNA say what said remember he gets in that big thing Royal the Royal blank it's clean it's clean yes very excited I hope Hannah is ready to play the role of the she's so repulsed right now if she's listening to this you she realizes she has to spend an entire weekend with me walking around in nothing but a robe she's repulsed right now I promise you you're walking around in nothing but a robe I'm not doing anything but a robe and maybe a bathing suit maybe I'm G to let it all hang out this weekend it's going to be fun let's uh let's get another one in here let's try is this uh Alex welcome to Venom Woods a 97 through the fan how how are you doing well good to talk to you again I was hoping that uh you guys could uh move away from Padres for a minute and give a shout out to his family to the legendary Bob newart great idea great idea great Cole yeah as a as a purveyor of dry humor yes you know I know that you have to appreciate and probably learned a lot from Bob you know and I certainly when I was growing up even before I was old enough to like really understand his sense of humor it really got into me and I remember you know watching the shows with my parents and everything and uh yeah just wanted to uh kick off Bob disc shout out to his family great appreciate that uh Paulie's gonna fire it up I saw obviously a lot of Clips one that was played yesterday that I I remembered as being so underratedly hilarious and he didn't even have to do anything other than facial expressions remember when Conan O'Brien hosted the Emmys yeah and he brought Bob newart out in a sealed he got hours this show goes a minute over Bob newart dies and his face like kind of melts he look looks panicked and all he has to do is that face those eyes and they just conveyed so much comedy just in his expression like what's going on here the Panic the confusion that he was able to it was so so funny fellow Loyola Rambler much as myself yeah Bob newart uh his uh and maybe we can call up a piece of audio when we come back but some of his standup routines where he's carrying on a phone conversation with someone you can't hear on the other line you just hear his side of it the baguer Bob newart side of it is absolutely incredible so uh great call Paulie shout out to his family and I really hope we can see more unity and more peace when already things are so difficult so shout out to his family the great Bob newart 94 years old is that right 94 years old what a life comedy Legend all right we'll take our final time out we'll come back uh a little more pad R's talk maybe a call or two maybe some Bob newart audio if you missed what woodsy got for his birthday earlier as well legendary a we will uh we will replay that for you from our 7 oock hour all coming up with Bena Woods on San Diego's number one sports station uh quickly baseball coach on 973 the fan is presented by T-Mobile switch to T-Mobile you can get tons of benefits and still save on every plan versus AT&T and Verizon use their savings calculator to find out how at t-mobile.com switch back in a couple minutes here on 973 the fam e e e e e e e e e e e this hour on 973 the fan is brought to you by the farmer's dog from a healthier weight to more energy when you switch your dog's food to the farmer's dog the effects can feel magical what sorcery is this none at all it's just real food made for the health of dogs get 50% off your first box at thefarmersdog.com sradio did you watch either of the uh the newart television programs Bob newart show or newart I watched newart I did too uh because the Bob newart show as a little young and even newart I didn't really appreciate until I was older when I was a kid thought it was boring like who's this old guy in his his bed and breakfast but the older I got uh certainly certainly tuned in and it's funny like they were talking about it on on Gwen and Chris yesterday for like scra's generation and Paulie's generation it's Papa elf Papa elf from the movie Elf and he was my wife actually I said oh my God Bob newart died she said who oh and I said Bob Bob newart and she goes I've never heard of him I go oh you married young I did I did and I said but you know he was like this comedy Legend and I go Papa elf from from Elf she goes oh yeah nice guy the uh new har was his I mean that was all Bob's genius all his characters and everything I never failed to laugh when he had the uh the Vermont Hillbillies who always came in I'm Larry this is my brother darl this my other brother darl incredible absolutely incredible incredible incredible was a video I saw yesterday I think it was he was hosting Saturday Night Live and they just showed the the end credits where he says goodbye and then you see everybody all the cast members on stage right and they're all hugging each other and uh the post said watch how these Legends are reacting to being in the presence of Bob newart like Chris Farley was just staring at him like it was his hero and Norm McDonald was like came up into the shot while the credits are rolling and asked him for an autograph that's unbelievable nor McDonald nor McDonald who probably didn't think anybody was funny you know what I mean like cuz Norman was one of the funniest guys to ever grace this planet uh just a a comedic Legend 94 man that's a really good life uh for Bob newart um and rest in peace King uh he will definitely be missed all right let's check traffic we'll come back if you missed Woods's birthday presents we'll bring those back for you coming up next year on 973 the faman from the 973 the fan traffic center here's Kelly dck well the roads are starting to wind down pretty nicely around the county except for this one big problem I've been talking about all morning you're still going to find all Lane's blocks southbound side of the 163 at the 805 due to investigation of that fatal Collision that happened around 1:30 this morning four people lost their lives in this terrible accident so yeah not only you're going to find all lanes blocked and traffic being diverted off at the 805 but looks like stop outside the 805 going to find that left lane transition to the 163 blocked as well now fortunately no other big problems on the roads we do have reports of a stalled vehicle on West downside of the 8 Right Around Mission Bay Drive fortunately not really causing any slowing want to wish woodsy a very happy birthday weekend I'll talk to you guys later I'm Kelly d with Venom Woods San Diego's number one sports station 973 the fan morning for Kelly that's a that's a not you know getting a Kelly danx shout out is pretty legendary about as good as it gets it's about as good as it gets but you had a pretty legendary shout out this morning and uh if you've listened uh for the last few months if you're a regular 973 the fan listener you hear our Odyssey Sports minutes that uh break in during our commercial breaks often announced by by Boomer asasin from his studios in New York City and you'll sometimes hear Wood's comment on them because Boomer will often just turn them into random birthday shout outs and I mean like random like really random happy birthday to p r for former Padre's first basem Matt Stairs and you're like what like not you know it's LeBron James or you know it's a little tidbit you know it's I it's called a sports minute but I think it's 30 seconds long he's got a jams it in there uh someone produces it up they we play it on the air comes with a spot that's just how it works and woodsy always kind of laughs about the birthday shout out so I I got into my head wouldn't it be amazing brilliant if we could get Boomer asias to do an odyssey Sports minute birthday shout out for woods and I I pitched my request I talked to Adam he got it to the right people in New York and the length the length this man went to for me who forgot his birthday is I will never not be touched actually it was pretty I mean I I wrote up a little script for him I said but whatever you know you want to do with this and he he did a couple of tweaks did it made it his own as Boomer tends to do and I was stunned because like two days later Paulie sends me an email it just came he did it he absolutely did it and this was the end result this is Boomer with an odyssey Sportsman head today's birthday shout out goes to San Diego radio host Steven Woods woodsy as he is known to friends is Iconic in America's Finest City for his Padre's passion and musical knowledge along with co-host Ben Higgins and producer Paul reyle Woods has helped turn 973 the fan into the number one radio station in town keep up the great work woodsy and happy birthday on Boomer as high it's unbelievable man I mean it's just great like Boomer way way even more than I did before God I love Boomer now and I can't wait for the next Jody Garrett birthday update you know Eric Low's birthday whatever whatever you want to throw in there man happy 37th birthday to John Bones Jones right happy birthday happy birthday John Bones Jones MMA fighter right yeah okay good uh it just Benny thank you so much just incredible it literally made me cry I'm not kidding did the work but to even have that idea I'm just I'm like I'm Blown Away was blown away well you're welcome and then Paulie blew us all away all of us I can't believe this man yeah and on a CIO and you know it's one of it's got to be your number one drop right we played this for the last six months it's my favorite and he's an actual like recording artist M.R M.R and uh went on Cameo there he was very uh respectable price like let's pull the curtain back we charge more for a cameo than M.R and when I heard that we charge way too much it's by Design it's by Design yes it's my we don't want Cameo requests similar feather though because we made our Cameo price $69 it's a joke it's a joke number right the road to 70 the road our Cameo is the road his was like $62 and after service fees and tax and everything came down to $69 when you sent it to me and I saw it my initial thought was oh no Paulie in my mind it's worth $5,000 so said that I like oh my God Paulie spent five grand to get me an M doot like I love it but Paulie you shouldn't have spent that money and he's like dude it was $62 I died it's worth every penny it's worth when's your half birthday I'll get you one in another six months I'll get you one for Labor Day week I want I want to get one for Taylor uh my three-year-old who it's his favorite thing to run around the B and he sings it he did it on the live stream I just scream it this is M.R and you just lost to the San Diego pad dude yes yes yes yes somebody will be doing yes yes yes yes I love him support him now the problem was uh I had to make sure that you got I wanted to see your initial reaction a couple hours ago when we played it we couldn't play the authentic version over the air so there's we can't play a lot of things over the air this one is truly NSFW oh oh God yes this is barely like playable in in an office place all corre you can go on our Instagram account and find it there if you'd like but uh I wouldn't play it at work0 together say she want when WS he when w he himself w we got myself my G man fully active my bro happy birthday family when woodsy you know what I'm saying hope you have a good one my bro that's for myself M then and woods when Woods I just incredible can't believe it I cannot believe it and I have it forever when I die I want it played get another Cameo at my funeral yeah it's Paul it's like one of my favorite things both of those things were a couple of my favorite things I've ever gotten in my whole life and I can't believe it I cannot believe it I I feel so so very uh happy and so very loved and uh I love it I love it more than anything I'm just so so very happy yeah we post the I posted the uncensored on my Twitter uh Juan is asking in the chat at the Steven Woods and then um and then it's on our Instagram but it's if you don't know the song or know what he's saying when you go and watch it you're going to go oh oh oh okay I get it I I see why so many beeps I saw it the first time it was like Thanksgiving and he it was like Mom says don't embarrass yourself at Thanksgiving and then it's the video of him and like he's red and straining and I cried laughing and I kept playing Hannah's like stop enough I'm like I thought you liked Reay gay like you should be all about this and uh I just fell in love with this dude I love his energy I love his passion his voice is the coolest voice I've ever heard he's super super stoned in that video and starts cracking himself up once he puts my name into his big song blank turn red and uh it's just it's such an elite couple of gifts you guys uh came through with so thank you it's uh you know someone as Chris said he's definitely W 10,000th Jamaican right you know what he's Jamaican in his heart oh really matters he has absolutely uh been EX I've read I've gone down M I know more about M.R than he does and bro Jamaicans are like hell yeah hell yeah like that's you're our guy and they love him and he's completely in their culture and and all that and so I he's brilliant he's absolutely brilliant I'd pay I'd pay an insane amount of money to go see him in concert Insane amount 50th birthday 50th birthday is we got a year to get to figure it out the Big 5 Big 5 yours is next dude you're 49 in nov in November it's November yeah third third third yeah 113 I got it in my phone this year these are the uh the three months where you're older than I yeah which is hard to imagine it's hard to imagine I've ever been older than you but I will catch up again soon yeah you will so uh 63 games left for the Pod R which means of course 99 games down and if you missed it earlier during our our Ben Summer break do it again oh my God we're just going to one last time to set the stage set the stage for the the second half of the Season get us every everybody up to date if you just woke up from your coma and you missed the first 99 games of the year we will recap them with our Ben and woods Padre's heartbeat which uh entails a sound effect for a win mhm and a sound effect for a loss and you'll know which one you'll know which one's which this is all 99 games this is what an audio representation of the p season up to this point so far here we go suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck going well suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck we're about halfway down no way suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck this is the good run here suck suck now things are about to turn again suck suck suck suck Allstar break it gives me the worst heartburn it's it's funny tough to get through it's hard to get through Bob Dylan was easier dude Bob Dylan was way I don't think I can do a full season heartbeat at the end of the year bro if you do it I'm telling you at the last game I'm putting my headphones down I'm going out of the studio until it's over I don't have it in me I don't have it in me Adam missed that one on his vacation he just heard it for the first time I think he just didn't bro I could relive like I can sense the emotions me too like up and down over the course of the Season though it really does the suck especially those losing skids and you remember painful and then the real nice stint they had there in in June for the most part Adam just said I won't allow a full season win well now you're going to get one now that's the first content shackles he has ever put on us so now you know now Paulie's like all right really we tried it we tried it like every day we were going to play it a couple years ago and I we said we can't do this anymore after 40 games and we're like there's no way I can't hear it again I'm G to lose my mind oh Adam just said you're playing right into my plan woodsy he got he just got me with reverse psychology would you're not allowed to go on the round table anymore ever you're never invited I really wanted to get you like a get out of the Round Table Three Card would have been the perfect present for WS by the way you can tune in every Thursday at 10:00 a.m. for 973 the fan commercial I was just going to present it to you as like a certificate like a golden golden ticket a get out of the Round Table free card for Woods what that's a brilliant brilliant idea I just don't really have the authority to give it to you you could given it to me I was like it's going to work holy CRA but I have a certificate no look it says I'm really excited to get I bought all these Wonka Bars and now got my get out of the Round Table free tickets yeah give your wife those certificates for Christmas see how that works out for you hey here's some free massage the ticket bit is great as always it's presented by San Diego roundt pizza for takeout or delivery go to roundtablepizza.com Round Table the last honest Pizza we made it guys summer break isar break is over and we'll be back Monday and we'll have a whole Guardian series to talk about and more for Paulie and woods happy birthday I'm have a great weekend everybody from all of us here at the fan