September 12th, 2024 - Padres Ugly Loss To Mariners Recap + Throwback Thursday!

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him to take off yeah he he has been um he has been not attentive lately and I maybe I'm just extra sensitive to it because well I feel that way at home with my kids and then I come to work and I feel that way at home with my my partner and so I I'm sensitive about it right so I'm just like um like the other day I said I tell a joke and he stares at me with donut glaze on his eyes just completely missed and then I have to do the did you hear the joke what what movie did I say I watch funny Ben yeah and so I'm like I'm gonna and I'll tell you the other thing Paulie he should be on his knees thanking Fernando tatis Jr this morning for hitting that home run if the Padres had been perfect gamed or no hit last night I would have beaten him with a tire iron I would have driven to his house and beaten him with a tire iron and be like you for a golf trip these guys getting no hit paully I got to go in there and answer those calls in the morning take 100 to the rib are you out of your mind are you out of your mind so yeah Benny is out today and I we do love Benny we do miss Benny I hope he has a great weekend I hope he has a really great weekend because I'll tell you this about Ben Higgins that cat needs and deserves very much oh yeah a uh a golf trip and then some so I that's his boy best friend golf I mean he's I love that he has that me too dude and like it's his it's his passion you know to be able to go out and play as much Golf and they will s and Scott his buddy is just like him they'll sit there and you have seven iron there yeah it was a little windy so I decided to hook a seven iron around and and they'll just go for the the whole trip that's all they they'll sit at dinner they'll sit at dinner and replay the rounds that they just got done playing I really like that wedge you hit there on 18 and like the the the trash talk is the same trash talk is the EXA don't want to don't want to hit it there I don't think you were trying to hit it into that bunker it is the best dude I'm telling you I would have killed him I would have killed him if they had gotten no hit or perfect game last night uh but no we'll get into all of that we will get into all of that man yeah I've I've um I will miss him though the next couple days certainly you're looking good thank you got a fresh fresh haircut yesterday I have recent one I just decided to go with the hat today yeah I got my haircut yesterday you have to go got to do it up the day oh it's never looks better yeah good as it will go let me tell you something though I realized this yesterday as I'm sitting in the chair you know the barber's chair and my girl Danny's cutting my hair we we got kids our uh our kids are in the same first grade class Wesley's her son and Bose mine and we're talking about you know the trials and tribulations of Parenthood and whatever and I would glance I would you know I'd be looking at her and then i' glance over into the mirror you've never looked like a fatter more disgusting piece of ass than when you're sitting in that barber's chair I don't know what they do to the mirror and why I don't know why they do it but I look at myself Paulie when I'm looking at home in my mirror I go yeah you got some crows feet the age all the cigarettes and whiskey caught up to you finally but I'm like yeah there I can I can work with this when you're sitting in that barber chair it looks like your face is distorted I mean I looked I looked at the mirror I was like you're repugnant like you're absolutely I don't know what the it's the lighting or the mirror itself but I looked disgusting and I'm looking at it like but she's cutting my hair it's weird My Guy Julian he doesn't I he's has me turned away like my back is to the Mir the entire time that's why I have no idea what is going on up there I'm that's great and then he then he SP you're like for like the reveal you're like oh my God look at that yeah he's like is it good I'm like it's great no I'm I'm staring at myself the whole time and then I'm I look so bad I can't look away necessarily so I'm looking going is this is this me or is this the mirror I really don't know but so I was in the chamber with that got my haircut and then I've been in kind of a Perpetual uh chamber about a couple of things um number one you know I get a little bit domed out when Ben's gone and and this is not my my favorite thing to do is uh is Drive the vehicle all day which is fine we're you know we've done this a thousand times so I thought I'm going to I need to get myself some really good you know prep work time in yesterday and my wife was fantastic my wife Hannah said yeah yeah I'll take Bo of soccer you pick up Taylor and you know get some prep in between and after and get him showered and I'll I'll handle him fed him got him showered in the pj's the whole thing so I finally sit down to do some prep work and I hear screams from the other room so I walk in and I hit record you want to watch what okay what was that right there I want to what a different movie I want to watch a different movie yeah okay you want to watch a different movie than what Mighty Ducks you don't want to watch Mighty Ducks no why not you want to watch something else like what Spiderman Spider-Man again how many times can one kid watch Spider-Man okay we can watch Spiderman little bow what a nice boy okay B said you can watch want Spider-Man still upset you just got the answer he got what he want what do you say to your brother go say thank you go say thank you that went on by the way till bed time at 8 and then on till 9:00 as he continued to scream but he I'm sorry he got to watch Spider-Man yeah we separated him Bo came in with me watched a documentary on his iPad as I was trying to watch the game right next to me so it was about alcatra cuz we're leaving for San Francisco yeah tomorrow so I'm watching I'm watching the game B's right next to me with and then the men created three fake heads and escaped from Alcatraz and and I'm like I'm just sitting there like a crazy person Paulie like I'm just in the death spiral right so I'm I'm like trying to make notes on my phone I can't really hear what mud and Don were saying I do know everything about Ala trees to know now and about Frank Morris and angland brothers and everything else and so I'm sitting there and I'm like so finally so then I play that clip for Bo he goes you have to tell Paulie to make that a eclip on the air I go oh 100% 100% man we have enough bow on the uh the air so he was you don't want to watch Mighty Ducks why not once he got the answer he was looking for all right B said you can watch Spider-Man he's still upset okay we can watch Spider-Man so Bo wanted to watch Mighty duck yeah Taylor was not not having it Mighty Ducks BS so he was pretty whipped um but yeah so that went on until bedtime I finally had to go in there to about 9:30 I go hey I love you you're going to be okay I need you to suck your thumb do whatever you got to do to calm yourself let's breathe together and uh we'll get it down you know we'll go rubbed his back a little bit and he finally fell asleep but so I I was in the chamber for that TJ in our chat says probably birth control for anyone who doesn't have kids probably I sent that over last night I was laying in bed play the video and I just turn to Megan I go yeah pretty happy with our choices it makes you it makes you uh pretty happy it makes you shudder a little and it always happens when they know they like there's something innate in them that go my dad has a really important day tomorrow they just know it it's not like a fun Friday with the whole crew here four interviews nice easy Padre's win yeah I mean everyone's in a great mood but yeah dude it they know they look at me and they go oh you're you have something big tomorrow oh and you have a round table too okay yeah oh and you have like an hour of production to do you're dead you're a dead man so that was the one thing then the other thing this and I feel really guilty about this and you know how I operate in a state of guilt and insecurity pretty much is where I I live we have uh we have a couple of big birthdays here in the Ben and Woods Family Paulie's birthday how old will you be 34 34 years old on Saturday yeah my wife Hannah will be 35 years old on Sunday now we have a trip planned we are leaving Friday after the show San Francisco Padre's Giants Alcatraz going to go back to this is a very sweet thing going to go back to her home she was born in San Francisco and the the home that she and her brother Graham were were lived in with her lady father and her mom um my mother-in-law stayed in touch with her they're going to go back and see their childhood home oh that's awesome which is great so we're going to do that on Saturday I got to do that uh last month I went to Washington for a wedding and then on the the last night we drove back from where the Airbnb was back to Seattle I flew out Monday morning stayed that extra night and I stayed with my buddy Roger and his wife and I knew the neighborhood that they lived in but I hadn't been to their house yet their new home so we're driving in and I go I'm I'm like starting to recognize some streets and I go wait is this next street up here uh 200th Avenue or whatever he's yeah I'm like I grew up a block away from where you now live we didn't we didn't know each other at that time he's like no way drove past it saw the house I'm like that's it's kind of a weird it's cool it's weird and and I'm you know we're looking forward to that so it's going to be great man but I'm in the the space of Paulie is one of my dearest friends and somebody I'm very close to family I would call them and then of course my wife is my wife mhm and uh we have the you know we have the trip planned it's all done we got great Hotel great flight great everything we're going to have a great trip so I asked very happy for you I made the uh I made the the mistake of asking her so when we get home on Sunday your actual birthday we do have a baseball practice I have to go coach have a tier one game yeah you do and you you'll be managing I won't be there okay so I said uh to her what's uh what's expected when we get home she said what do you mean I go well you've already gotten your gift I bought your gift I had it assembled it's in the garage just like you asked for the exact model put together had a guy come out put it together it's all done you got what what you wanted sure we got the trip the whole thing when we get home what is expected on your actual birthday still the birthday right yeah vacation doesn't end I asked the same question of of Paulie because tomorrow will celebrate your birthday Ben didn't find it important at all so he took off so I'll be here at least what's expect I'm asking you what I'm asking Hannah what's expected of me tomorrow for you because I can't really do anything audio I can't make you something special because well you do all the audio it's not like I can throw a fastball by you yeah yeah so what what what is expected we not work together long enough like why like my wife does the same thing she asks me like hey where do you want to go for dinner like where where would you like what would you like to do and I'm like do you not does anybody know me do you just want to do I have anybody out there that knows me at all I know you and I got you a gift it's not here yet but I did get it Ben and I split it and it's awesome can't wait and I'll tell you what it is tomorrow I'll maybe show you a picture of it okay because because I I don't have it's not in yet so so what do I what would you like all I want you just want me to come up with something I just want you to enjoy your weekend in San franisco Paulie you know that doesn't work with me you're G to Guilt Trip me how much all right I got you the gift it's great and you're going to be really happy I thought it would have been fun maybe Saturday morning go catch around of golf with my boys Ben and woods well he's gone he's playing golf guys are gone I'll be gone so don't don't worry about me it's all good so you married you married the female me also who's like you pick all right so my question is I'm surrounded by crazy feeble people who need help with technology and apparently my birthday feeble how much money you want for for what's your price on what I need to give you so that you're not mad anymore it's like if T if Hannah would just take cash I would just give her cash I'd be like you know what happy birth here's $300 something like Seinfeld Seinfeld yeah that's $187 in cash that's something to sneeze at so I want to plan something but I mean Hannah told me I want you know what her quote was um I would like to be showered with you know agulation andent I go well I have a baseball practice on Sunday so what she goes flowers I go when when am I supposed to get those I I just am I'm the worst at it I get it but I will pay I will pay you know you can get money out of me if you want it I will absolutely I'm going to have to sit on this sit on it for a while get to it tomorrow do you want a cake tomorrow or something like maybe breakfast let's get breakfast tomorrow done I will order us breakfast tomorrow we will eat it live on the air people people will enjoy that just hey enjoy your weekend I'm going to enjoy the hell out of my weekend well suuck down mg griddles we got a great dinner plann tomorrow night little station youn all of it I'm sure no we planned it together Hannah says I have to plan and organize and perpetrate my own birthday that's exactly right and I'm sorry about that but this is this is who you married I I will give you I I will shower you with love we can maybe if you want to baby if you're listening we can pull a uh we can do a Shannon sharp and if you don't know what that means you I have been looking forward to talking about you will hear you will hear about that later I will offer you a Shannon sharp experience uh to my lovely wife Paul I will not offer you the same but the problem is I hate planning anything like for myself I feel uncomfortable like asking others to plan anything for me I get it man I'm the worst I'm sure it drives my wife insane when it's four days out I'm like I don't know where to go for dinner I feel bad like it's I don't care it's just my birthday it's fine he's going to guilt me into I'm going to end up giving probably like $1,000 here you go man have a great time I I I'll be you know how I am you know how I operate I beat myself up because I always think I can be doing more but so yeah that's where we will be uh let's talk some Padre's baseball certainly I mean what's there really to say uh a little bit dicey and we can talk about where you stand on the uh the Panic meter right now mine's mine's pinging a little bit a little bit just a tiny little bit never like dropping a game in the Wild Card Standings but that's exactly what happened we'll set the menu got a couple of really really great special sweet angel guests coming up today on the woodsy and Paul program Ben is out and we'll be right back Ben and woods 973 the fan e e e e e e e e e e e e e breaking news on 973 the fan presented by by betql smarter bet start with betql download the betql app or visit bet Breaking SDSU News ql.com today yeah big news breaking this morning in the world of college football San Diego State and three other Mountain West schools are set to join the Pack 12 Conference Paulie and you're a an Aztec for Life they're headed to the Pack 12 leaving the Mountain West to join Oregon state Washington State uh in all sports in a reformed Pack 12 starting in 2026 2027 according to multiple reports confirmed by conference source oh it's confir uh s they at 600 a.m. they had a press release emailed out it is uh it is official San Diego State to start play in the Pack 12 for the 2026 2027 campaign very good very good I I and I I know that it's going to be more money officially become a member of the Pack 12 on July 1st of 2026 now I was reading this uh article in the UT so every school that we just mentioned they're on the hook for exit fees to the Mountain West that with more than one year's notice of departure amount to three times the annual distribution which is about 6.5 million so you're you're essentially paying about $20 million to get out which is a it's a lot of money that's a lot of dough that is a lot of dough but listen I think this has been the goal for a long time you got get out of the Mountain West now again it's weird it was the goal and then it until it wasn't the goal anymore well until until a lot of teams left the Pack 12 you're good they had to rebuild that conference uh in some way shape or form and I think you know isn't it the pack six pack six yeah it's look college football is going to be in flux uh for a while they got to they got to change all the names I mean you don't have to change the SEC is fine the ACC is fine but the Big 10 and the Big 12 they don't have 10 and 12 teams anymore yeah that's exactly right I mean and and it's just one of those things as sports fans you just kind of roll with the punches you're like oh yeah Pack 12 was actually eight of us or seven of us or six of us or whatever my day was the pack 10 that's right and so yeah Big 12 is the big 14 or whatever I mean it just it's going to be it's going to be a little bit in flux for a while but I think ultimately it's a good I don't know good move I saw this I saw reports coming out yesterday about this and all signs had pointed to news breaking at some point Thursday morning and here we are with the news isn't it so right now the Mountain West has those teams plus a couple like the Wyoming the San Jose States you know the the lower division parts of the division so if you're just taking most of the Mountain West schools and the same pack two schools that are currently in your conference like Oregon State and Washington State isn't it still just the Mountain West with a different name point point 2.0 potentially yeah no I I listen like I don't know that I I just again I'm not ask Ben hey Ben Ben what do you think what are yours how mad is he he is rocking back and forth in his chair I bet we could call him right now and he would do it do it I mean I talked to you guys when I was in Hawaii I was four hours behind you like he's awake right now he's 100% awake 100% this is him missing out on this news is is devastating literally call him live on yeah call him live on the air I he could sue us I mean he has to allow us to run the uh the audio it's true but I you him missing this news is too much for to Bear can pull the quick one on him be like hey we only have a minute yeah oh he's big timing us wow hello oh we have he just dropped off Ben you had him I had him oh Ben call back just want to get your thoughts on the uh I'm calling back pack new pack 12 San Diego State Aztecs hello hi Ben hello hi hi Ben Hi how are you guys doing we're fantastic you're live on the air don't curse don't don't say anything oh okay just now don't curse got it thank uh just quickly your thoughts on the Aztecs joining the Pack 12 the pack two um I think that um it's going to be very expensive but ultimately it is probably what they had to do and in a few years it'll definitely look like a good move but uh I'm a little nervous about it anyway all right thanks for your time have a great uh rest of your trip and we love you very much be safe hit them straight thanks guys good to talk to you bye Benny only he could just pick up the phone anyway here's what I was think I mean hepr he wasn't already talking about it yeah he probably was just talking in his car all right let's uh let's wrap up last night Padres game next we'll get into that uh that 5-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners that let's be honest could have been a lot worse could have been a lot worse super quick setting of the menu uh in about an hour from now we're going to talk a little football it's a tradition on Ben and woods start of the Season we missed her last week but start of the Season we always talk to the great Amy tras she'll join us at 7:35 this morning always love having her on the show and then every Thursday at 8:35 we have eno sarus joining us for some smart baseball we have so much to get to between now and 10:00 I we scheduled some things to talk about I don't know that I can wait long enough yeah I've been looking forward to don't do this since about 3:00 yesterday I mean it really he really deserves his own segment he really Shar needs a full seg maybe he gets the whole seven maybe he gets the whole seven it's it's pretty nuts but we'll be right back I how much we can talk about this game last we'll wrap up uh last night's game yeah we I'm sure we'll Point some fingers I'm already seeing it uh already seeing it in the chat and I get it I get it let's go let's get after next Ben and woods 973 the fan e e e e e e e e e e e Padres Wrap-Up: SEA 5, SD 2 Padre's drop one 52 to the Seattle Mariners last night splitting that series and uh yeah it was it was a it was a I mean if you like you like overpowering brilliant pitching performances on the team that you're playing good game for you last night and I usually like dominant pitching performances but not when it's against us super duper fun to watch a guy just locked in like that ultimately I'm okay when it's a guy that's been doing it all year yeah exactly if it's some scrub it's the guy that he's got three career starts he's got an8 four five ER he gets you and he comes in and just shoves you're like who the hell is this guy yeah man it's uh you know look we'll talk about the pan our buddy Josh in Dallas Josh Coral said are we going to do a panic show after every every loss no no we're going to do Panic meter after every lock we're going to check where do you stand you had to check your pulse if you will I'm at like a four like I'm not panicked yet at all it's it's nerve-wracking it's dicey watching the standings every night watching you know the New York Mets just really really playing great baseball watching the Braves creeping you know watching the Dodgers continuing to smash home runs it's it's you do feel you know a little bit of that because with 15 games left to go anything can happen so uh we'll wrap up the ptter game right after this quick check of traffic from the 973 the fan traffic center here's Kelly dck well guys we're getting reports of a two vehicle accident sou on 5 before La Hoya Village Drive it's over the right shoulder also reports of some debris in the two right lanes on sou on 805 before Murray Ridge and KY Dan with Ben Woods San Diego's number sports station 973 the fan it's a shame if they lose oh a shame indeed it's a complete crap oh I did not like that here are the low lights from yesterday's game are you kidding me boo it's the Padre's wrapup presented by hamul casino with thrilling slots and tables and all the best rewards hamul Casino has all the fun you're looking for hamul Casino fun above all else we'll give it 16 minutes of salt and then we'll you know get back on the bump and and figure it out it's not your fault one and one to Ry the pitch from King swung online to right field and down for base hit Roos has scored Ro BL on his way Fernando's throw cut by Solano it is one scoring single for Cal righ and robl ended up halting at third base so one nothing Seattle King is ready here's the pitch swung on line into right field and a base hit robl has scored jrod's on his way fernand's throw just late a two-run single for Luke brayy and a three nothing Mar Le here is pitch seven of the at bat ripped into right field a fair ball going a bounce and roll all the way to the wall rayy and Turner will both score easily cord a feat first slide into second base two-run double and a five nothing marer lead here's the one and0 Fernando swings hits it in the air deep down the left field line it is gone a home run for Fernando tatis Jr Line Drive shot down the left field field side that will break up the perfect game the no hitter and the shutout hre are on the board here in the seventh inning as tatis homers for his second consecutive night one to Bogarts lined up the middle into center field in a base hit thr far rounding third on his way Rodriguez throw will be cut RBI singles Ander Bogarts Padres have another here in the seventh inning and it's 5 to2 one and two to a r Ro Arena and that's hit in the air to right field straight away in deep Fernando racing back he is at the wall leaps up and he made the catch Fernando goes over the right field wall and takes one away hit a homer in the top of the inning robbed a homer in the bottom of the inning and that ends the seventh here in Seattle one and two to cronenworth bounced up the middle to his right the second baseman palanco has it slings it to First and time and a 1 two three nth inning for the former Pryer Andre Smo as the Mariners earn a split in this two game set a 5-2 win here on a chilly evening in Seattle yeah a combination of things right W was really good man he was throwing the ball really well um perfect through six you know toddy jumped him um in the seventh but threw the ball extremely well he uh to do that against this lineup saying something so he did a really nice job yeah he did he was a lot of fun to watch um I mean and again taking the Padre's hat off really really good pitcher you know commands The Zone nasty late life on they were talking about on the broadcast the the the 95 just explodes out of his hand and guys were guys were way off they were he was you know he was in the zone all night uh some weak contact I mean listen you're you're watching that game last night and I I did when rosaa made that catch in like the fifth I think fifth or sixth made that catch off of Manny's when Manny smoked it to left I went oh yeah he's got uh pitch count was down like know hitter or Perfecto has got those plays oh yeah and I I sat there and went oh man but you know I think obviously the game changed in the third inning and Michael King I thought to Roos I thought he got I thought he got squeezed a couple times but ends up walking roas hits the next guy 02 pitch you know those are the things but listen man he gets the ground ball he needs Xander throws it crony boots it he booted it and I I did think for a second oh that that's clearly the transfer be and crony actually said after the game he goes yeah man just cuz I just cuz I didn't have my other hand down there like I caught it I was bringing it up ball fell out whatever they they overturned it uh you know that that those that error turned out to be a fatal one for the Padres could never get back after that I hated that you know I hated that for the guys and and I hated it for Michael King he seems to have some bad luck behind him it seems some really shoddy defense really only rear its head when he pitches and you know listen there there's weird anomalies in a baseball season that go like that it just there's certain guys that pitch and get no run support certain guys where the defense seems to take a night off when they pitch and and it's been that for Michael King but I will say this again about his stuff it's absolutely filthy it's absolutely filthy filthy stuff and still he finished five innings four hits one earned run one earned run two walks and sixks and it was that it was that longer inning uh as Kevin AC pointed out I think in the UT this morning it was that longer inning that probably robbed him of another inning I mean cuz he had finished with 90 he had the nasty stuff so uh yeah man listen you chalk it up but look they are I'm not super panicked right now they did drop a game in the uh the Wild Card Standings to the Arizona Diamond back so or half game I think back first time in a while that they are not the leader in the clubhouse as far as the wild card goes they dropped to the second wild card half a game and [Music] um it's not good radio cuz we're supposed to just speculate and react every single day Ben's GNA have magic numbers from here on out but so much can change still heading into that final week where you play the Dodgers you play the Diamondbacks and you kind of control your own destiny at least the way things are shaping up right now yeah they're half game out of the first spot in the Wild Card the Mets continue to to win they had they they were literally getting no hit into the ninth inning yeah and uh Francisco Lindor got a fast ball middle end hit it a mile continues to make a real strong case for an MVP V he does they're going to give it to Shi but he's he's you know this is a two-way player a lit like he plays offense and defense he's really really good but they're going to give it to sh Otani I mean I I would bet I'd bet anything I own on it um and hey you can't really argue with that guys going to have a 5050 going to be eight and2 for the Mets in their last 10 uh but yeah man they ended up piling on uh some runs and Extra Innings and took care of business in Toronto and continued to stay RedHot they're a game and a half behind the Padres right now uh Kevin AC points out in his newsletter this morning he was talking about the Braves of the team on the outside looking in and they lost yesterday so that was you know that was one bit of help I guess that the uh the Padre's got but he was talking about what needs to happen and this is a very it's very Ben ask as well when he was talking about what the Braves need to do dependent on what the Padres do in their last 15 games so if the Padres go 10 and five which is feasible Braves got to go 14- two the other side of the coin if the Padre's finish 4- 11 the Braves still have to go 500 eight and8 to get there because the Padre's do own the tiebreaker on the Braves now I don't know how you guys are feeling out there you're more than welcome to call 833 288 0973 we haven't checked in with you guys in a while but you're more than welcome to call and and tell me kind of where you stand I'm not I'm just not super panicked yet I'm not because again four I'm at about a four I'm at like a two a little yeah I'm I'm I'm okay I you know you look at a game like last night we talked about how just how filthy Brian woo has been all year some of the stats that they were putting out yesterday I mean he's up there in the realm of Randy Johnson Felix Hernandez as far as Mariners Excellence I mean he's a very very good pitcher that's stat they had last night was insane we tipped our cap about a hundred times last year we haven't tipped our cap a ton this year that's one where you would tip your cap I'm okay with that I look at a game like last night and I go Michael King still pitched pretty well I'm okay with that I want him to continue to pitch well I look at Fernando tatis Jr who made one of the greatest catches I've ever seen him make out there in right field and hit a ball 115.6 milph I think mhm absolutely tortur it two games in a row now the Home Run don't look now but that's two games in a row two home runs two insane defensive plays that throw from right center field the other night and then the catch last night if we can get him going I'm feeling really good yeah I mean I still feel really great about this team um you know I think obviously there's a lot of conditioning that's gone on in this town certainly and I I I wasn't here for a lot of that but I've been here 15 years you know I I pretty much have the idea of the pulse of where Padre's fans are I spent a lot of time on social media um you know I I I'm not much of a Doomer these days because I I I do I do think that they have shown enough uh you know heart and grit and everything else I mean look you lost by three runs last night when you didn't get a hit till the seventh inning or whatever so um yeah I I just I still believe very much in this team um I still believe in a lot of what I saw from the starting pitching uh we'll see how this weekend goes I'm actually going to be at Oracle tomorrow night my first time ever it's a big Series yeah big big Series against the Giants you know who else is playing this weekend I'm sure we'll talk about it maybe more tomorrow but you just mentioned the Braves they host the LA Dodgers for a three- game series starting tomorrow night in Atlanta Robert it begs the question who do you want to win that series look man I I can't R I can't in good conscience rude for that team I just can't I know it's probably the smart thing to do but I can't you know so I I listen you handle your business in San Francisco we don't have to worry about it just go handle your business that's it just win win two or three try to find a way to beat sleepy Bob sleepy Bob's got the he's got he's got your number a little bit this year all right so I'm uh I'm excited for the game I'm also terrified I mean I'm on pens and needles this is a huge huge series I do think I do think you know coming into next week yeah you can't look at the wh sucks is like oh it's easy three wins it just doesn't work that way we don't play well against those team we don't play well against those teams I just um Eric Mo says Darvish and cron is my concern I mean cron made an error it's going to happen um he doesn't really concern me at all darish gave me exactly what I wanted to see on Tuesday night darish got a win he got a win I'm not really concerned about him I wanted five clean Innings he gave us five clean Innings he ramping up gave up two solo shots I mean again not concerned I can't I cannot get super upset about that right now I just can't and I think you want to go hot take like I questioned leaving Mor Honan for more than three batters yesterday 100% it was a three-run game and he clearly did not have it and you know they didn't bust it open but all of a sudden he you know that one inning it hurt but I almost feel like it's kind of just nitpicking here at this point it was it was it was a turd game it was an easy one for me to just flush and move on to tomorrow night yeah you got really have no choice so I uh there were some real there were some interesting moves uh made yesterday too that we can talk about if you guys want to talk Padres today phone lines are open man 833 288 0973 I I if you want me to beat my fist and and perform for you uh I'm not quite there now you get sweat by the Giants this weekend yeah man it's going to be a different scene coming in on Monday morning because the time is now you know it's absolutely now you got to start playing really this is the a good time to to to refocus and start playing your best baseball you do have a really tough schedule coming up doesn't mean you can't win a series in San Francisco and it certainly doesn't mean you can't at least at a bare minimum win the series against the white socks but man that last week of the season is is looming large right now so you want to be able to stack a few more wins uh than you have lately you're you're kind of hovering around 500 ball uh the last 13 games you're actually a game under 500 the last 13 games so time to get your asses and gear a little bit so that's why my Panic meters at a four uh right now because there needs to be I think a sense of urgency and I I do see it I do I see good at bats I see I see a lot of effort and things like that but the result got to start chalking up a couple more dubs right now but yesterday pretty interesting uh decision by the San Diego potteries it's one of those decisions that makes me go oh they're not uh they're not messing around right now at all sent Luis campisano down to tripa El Paso and you know man Luis had he he was the starting catcher at the beginning of the year now he started off pretty well then he got hurt and Kyle higashioka stepped up and got got a little Wall-E pip there uh came back hasn't really done a heck of a lot since he's been back so Padre Skipper Mike Shel said that was a tough decision clearly a tough conversation for everyone involved especially campy if you know anything about Camp's history you know I that's what I'm most concerned about is how does he handle this from a mental standpoint you know he has had some struggles is he going to be all right is he fine to just go down I cannot imagine that was very fun for him yesterday having to pack his bag and head down to El Paso even though he's going to get the Lion Share of the Reps and they want him to go down there and catch and hit and really work on his game I don't think we'll see him back this year barring an injury to uh Elias Diaz or Kyle higashioka but yeah man he he just he said we looked up we realized camp wasn't getting as much time's still a younger player who's grown he's grown a ton behind the plate a lot of different phases preparation is really really good but it was best for him and us at this moment to go down and go play so um that's what happened man and and he's down there and hopefully he can he can figure it out because they did they only got 10 more games or 10 more days in the minor leagues they were smart for their season ends they they did it at the time where this was his allegedly his last option but they did it in such a way where because of the time they sent him down he has an option for next year as well so you can keep him in the organization continue to Foster his growth and uh see what happens see if you can turn him into a hitter man see because that's that's really where his value um can be I think I think he's got it in him to be a pretty good hitter so we'll see what happened but yeah he got sent down Tom Cosgrove uh got called back up yesterday don't know how long he's going to be on the roster Brandon Lockridge also is a very very Speedy out brought two guys because can't be went down and then they placed Martin Perez on the paternity list congratulations congratulations if you're listening and uh he's going to be pitching on Sunday now feels real good congrats buddy all right what do we want play him that audio of uh Taylor screaming again all right we will uh if you guys want to call in 833 288 0973 we'll get your temperature talk some more baseball the stretch run coming up here on 973 the fan e e e e e e e e e Big Games This Weekend welcome back mam Woods 9733 the fan am woodsy that's Paul reyle and the he's the executive producer of the program Ben Higgins is out on a golf trip you know just when we needed him the most uh he is he's Abandoned Ship I needed him to break I know I needed him to break down these numbers uh for me Paulie our buddy Tommy just tweeted current playoff odds Dbacks 93% chance to make the playoffs Padre's 92.9 they passed us pretty good man 92.9 the Mets 57% they're not playing playing like a team with a 57% Chance the Braves 55.8 this weekend the padr will take on the Giants the Dbacks will take on the Brewers the Braves will take on the Dodgers and the Mets will take on the Phillies we have I'd say by far knock on wood the easiest opponent of the weekend for all those teams that are in the mix you know the Brewers are tough Logan web tomorrow night Logan Webb tomorrow night you hit him a little bit the other night and then you kind of let him off the hook uh Braves and do is going to be insane Mets and Phillies is going to be bananas it's going to be bananas so let's go Phillies Braves and Dodgers I I I mean you have to you have to you have to have the Dodgers win those games you just do I'm not rooting for them but you have to have that happen and uh the Brew Crew needs to handle business against the Dbacks who look like they may be coming back down to earth and then go out and throw up 14 runs yesterday just an offensive Juggernaut at I swear to God every time I check the score they have 12 13 14 runs I go what is happening pull up their run differential real quick I my guess is that it's 4,000 uh because they have so many blowout wins every single time but Diamond Backs run differential is plus 102 I mean come on Padres are plus 71 yeah it's uh they they hand when they win man they win really really big Merill Kelly did have to come out of the game yesterday one of their their good arms had to come out of the game they said it was like a hyperextended knee so I'm sure there you know practicing with an abundance of caution right now uh Dodger starter Bobby Miller did not look good again so I I don't know if that's it for Bobby Miller uh but yeah Dodgers are kind of getting set man they're they're more than likely going to win that Division I think the Padres right now have a 2% chance of winning the division so yeah you don't worry about it man you go out and you try to get the best wild card spot you can at at this point you're five and a half games out of the division and so that is why you are not upset if the Dodgers beat up on the Braves this weekend you're they're the Braves are more on your radar right now than the Dodgers are now start taking these fools out dude that's what needs to happen if all of a sudden it's a two or two and a half games out of the division and then you have that three game series in La at the end of the year then we can talk about it of course but right now I think you just have to look you need one of those teams to fall off well and and the most important part the most important part is you need to win your ball game you need to handle your business Padres you got to you got to get right now tune it up just a little bit got a text from our buddy Ary Ary C and Franco said sounds like you're convincing yourself that they're going to be okay buddy I said yes I am that's exactly what I'm doing it's called coping uh but I mean look you're really coping with a 92.9% chance to make the playoffs I wish I got mono Paulie for two weeks and then I can just come back when the playoffs start I'm going to be around here licking handles rest of the day we have talked like crazy about fan graphs and how analytically this is what goes into their percentages I mean the Padres and the Diamondbacks are virtual locks for the playoffs they are telling you right now Padres should be there yep it's okay it's going to be okay Padres will get a seat at the table and it's just a matter of the Mets or the Braves Who falls off and I think a lot of people no one's going to be really at ease and till it's till you see that X next to the name I just I need like I need like a five game losing streak for the Mets or the Braves just get them out of here and then we can talk about all right should the padr actually go for the six seed and play Milwaukee well I was talking to Adam yesterday and he's like hey you're going to do you're going to have shilt on on Friday I go yeah and he goes it would be interesting to find out what his playoff rotation I go Adam I go we've we've got two weeks bro I go yeah I'm not going to asking what his playoff rotation is yeah I'm glad you asked actually we've already got it mapped out we're going to start Joe's going to get the ball game one like what I I was walking out the door and he's like that's I mean I'm throwing out ideas here uh you know ask him about where the playoff rotation is going to be I go yeah I think that's a little bit presumptuous I think yes I think it's a little bit presumptuous at this point do you dare me to ask Mike Shel tomorrow so and he thought who gets the Rock in game one yeah come on he will kill me he schil would absolutely decimate me and it would be Adam Clo's fault you say we had a call her on the line uh we do I don't know I haven't talked to this person but caller ID says Louis L you there good morning good morning guys how you guys doing good buddy how are you ah day another daughter hey really quick man I have a question about hotk kin sure um it sucks that he's hurt y right but is contract coming up correct and I'm wondering if you guys think it's a good idea to I mean try and get him on I don't want to say cheap because that's kind of like you know downgrading his play we know he's a great player we know he's GNA bounce back we know he's going to do well um but do you guys think it's a good idea to extend them like maybe in a little bit less money than what he was supposed to get because I have a really really bad feeling that the dodg is just going to gun Fort him and take him from us you know I don't know it's a good question it's I I I'm not trying to be a jerk when I say this my head is not quite there I'm I'm more kind of thinking about the guys that are are here now but if you're going to ask the question I'll answer it um I don't I I feel like he's going to be a giant next year even though they they have that that Anderson kid that's pretty good I just he's buddies with jung-ho Lee I felt like it was the Giants last off I felt like it was the Giants last off season I just I honestly don't think they bring Hassan Kim back I don't with with what they have I don't know who who starts next year except maybe Xander Bogart's but you're paying a tremendous you're paying him shortstop money so if H Kim's a free agent and leaves Xander Bogart's your short stop until potentially Leah Dallas deze gets here so I I I don't know how much I allocate son Kim I sure miss him though I do miss him now on this team uh as it currently stands you know and and I don't know I've not heard for sure that he's not coming back this season I have no idea um I just you know once Xander kind of was was cemented at at shortstop it looks like that's going to be the play moving forward uh I just don't know that you're going to move Xander back to second if Hassan Kim comes back in two weeks I just I have no idea what the plan is there's just too much uh there's too much unknown uh for me to answer intelligently about it uh real quick thank you for the call Lise we need a caller for real or fake it's a throwback Thursday I've got a game for you guys that I wrote up you wrote it up I wrote it up so it's a little different today little bit different you are going to qualify should there be a winner but you're actually not going to play caller so give us a call 833 288 0973 you're going to be Woods's Lifeline you're my lifeline Woods is going to be playing real or fake and it's going to be easy you can do this Woods I have so much faith in you but if you need a Lifeline I don't know how much help the caller will be but they will be available to help you and uh if you can win real or fake they'll they'll qualify they will qualify you don't get to go to Vegas all right 833 288 0973 call in now I'll play for you and you will be able to help me right yes okay all right it's a little different some calls but uh yeah back to Kim I mean it's a it's a weird concept here in San Diego to not just extend everybody for 5 to 12 years I think that's the right move though I think um haven't we haven't we asked of that over the years like hey know when to just say thank you for your service here thank you for your time and let them move on it just doesn't happen a ton in San Diego so I think to me that me seems like the smartest move yeah I mean are you goingon to give him $150 million contract I think the Giants might be able to give him I'm just not going to Satan's Blowfish is certain one deals are worth it like what Bellinger did yeah 100% oneyear deal for hust on Kim all right man and but you know does he want a lot of pitching you need to resign does he want to do that you know you have you have a lot of holes next year I'm not I can't worry about next year's holes now this is a Ben topic that's a Ben topic and I I I'm just focused on beating the Giants tomorrow that's all I want and I'm going to be in the house I want to see it I want to see it in person beating the San Francisco Giants it's the only thing I care about is beating Logan web that little Bulldog just beating him at home it's all I care about all right who's on the line Paulie all right let's get to our game some are here for the compelling Sports talk with Ben and woods yeah you can go plow through another donut it's time for real or fake on 973 the fan uh tell the people what they'll win today all right we're just going to pull up the first caller here but first let you know what you are playing for if you can help woods and uh if Woods can win the caller will qualify for a two night stay at win or Encore Las Vegas and two tickets to see Awakening Awakening the thrilling spectacle at Win Las Vegas dazzles audiences with soaring aerialists bounding acrobats high energy choreography and comedic moments at the heart of this compelling story a hero must confront the forces of light and darkness in a quest to save the world a Mythic Adventure unfolds set amid the most technologically immersive theater ever designed tickets are on sale now at awakening.com Ben reads that every day supposed to he doesn't sometimes okay I'm nervous now I'm nervous now because I feel like this is going to be something that embarrasses me but I have no idea what it is that no uh first caller here I think is this uh Christian yeah this him Christian what's up man all right me and you buddy hey guys how you doing all right so it's I'm playing for you but you can help me okay all right this is this is very easy Christian this will be the easiest qualifier of all time you don't even have to do anything cuz Woods is going to know every single one going to be like NBA players or something dead no I wouldn't do that to you all right what do we got so uh last week we talked about the Netflix live event Kobe ASI versus Joey Chestnut the hot dog eating contest and I said yeah Joey Chestnut friend of the show former interview and woods goes we interviewed Joey Chestnut had no idea you had no idea so I have compiled a list of seven notable figures he just goes oh God he knows you're screwed Christian I'm sorry seven notable figures and the category is real or fake Ben and Woods interview I feel like I'm going to nail this all right here we go I'm ready all right start off with some easy ones here uh Mina KES have we ever had Mina KES on the show we have had Mina kimes on that is sure I am positive 100% yes told you that was an easy one a boy would thank you sir there's one for you John Smoltz your beloved John Smoltz this is a we had Maddox on we did have Greg Maddox on I'm going to say I'm going to say real we did have John Smoltz on ah yes there we go buddy to for two all right MLB network analyst Mark D Roa [Music] I'm you can ask Christian Christian have we ever had Mark D Roa on hopefully you're a long time listener I gotta go I am but I gotta go fake on this one I'm gonna go fake with you as well fake I don't recall this oh you guys really yes let's go three for three now full transparency when I sent this list over to Ben he's he's like we've never had D Ro on I love D roo you should get him on all right all right uh let's see here next up Stephen A Smith oh that's real we absolutely have have had him on it the last night I who pays attention Ben also forgot we had Stephen A Smith on we had him on it at the old station yes cuz he was starting a show on our station well done and and they're like hey you guys want to talk to like absolutely I cannot believe you remember that especially when Ben completely forgot Ben forgot it all right give me the rest of them all right uh Pat McAfee uh no we did not correct Aaron Andrews yes that was another ex host from our old station I don't think he had her on he did insult her though uh on Twitter and told her to go bake a cake and that the quote Pepe hole was the best thing that ever happened to her career he misspelled Peep and he spelled it Pepe Pepe your that Pepe hole was the best thing that ever happened to you all right I do remember that yeah and then last one uh Jeff passing oh yeah once one time one time look at me look at me I was really selling myself short today Paulie thanks for that well done Christian congratulations hang on the line we'll get your information during the break I like to flip it that was fun I like cuz I like to play do it again tomorrow yeah I want to do it again tomorrow all right do not do NBA or NHL players because I will embarrass myself uh certainly this who we play for we got Amy trass coming up at 7:35 always always love talking to our beloved Amy trass it's going to be a weird transition though because we have to talk we it's been an hour and 15 it's been an hour and 15 minutes so here's the thing I I I have to do this in uh certain Ms that we do if you got little ears in the car I would hate to have you leave Ben and woods and have to come back and hopefully you remember to come back but yeah it's a little bit of a sensitive subject uh that we're going to be discussing next adult material yeah adult content you know the viral viral video from yesterday this was this was a it's been a mind blowing week it really has been a mind-blowing week all around we'll get to uh what happened to Shannon sharp oh my uh we'll do that next Ben and woods 973 the ban e e e e e e e e e e e e Don’t (And DO) Do This all right you know what don't do this is two stories uh that make you shake your head and then we try to do a positive of story there at the end but um yeah I was at home yesterday uh Paulie and just was scrolling Twitter and I said what is this that I'm seeing about Shannon sharp ESPN's Shannon sharp had an Instagram live uh video that went I mean about as viral as you can go you know he went live he his phone let me see I'm going to pull up his account real quick I want to see how many followers he has he has a lot Shannon they call him onk I I guess I like Shannon sharp I do too fine he's fine he has 3.2 million followers so if you if you were a follower of Shannon sharp and I'm not on Instagram I saw this later after the fact but it would have popped up on my phone Shannon sharp has gone live and I'll I'll be 100% honest with you I would not have clicked on it if I was sitting at home watching television Shannon sharp is live I probably wouldn't have clicked on uh but that actually happened and well it it was recording him in a very compromising uh situation and it was a situation that all of us have done uh some of us do it more than others some of us would like to do it more perhaps maybe maybe on on their birthday maybe on their birthday maybe on their spouse's birthday at a hotel maybe in San Francisco would be good but you want to make sure that your phone is is turned off um and we can't look and you definitely don't want to go live you don't want to go live we can't are two consenting adults we can't yeah we can't play the Audio I listened to the audio yesterday and I I had the internal dialogue of can we play this on the air it's news and then I thought no probably not hey what don't you like viral content Adam isn't your favorite thing in the world Adam kugar boss viral content it doesn't get much more viral than this so it was Shannon sharp and he was uh he was involved in it he was into uh uh Kus intercourse live on Instagram live we can't play the audio but we can yeah we can we can recreate it with one of our own something like that uh her perspective for about three minutes and yeah and his perspective you heard both of them and uh you heard all of the Saucy talk that goes along goes along with it which by the way I I I I put myself paully I put myself in his shoes and I thought to myself he was not wearing shoes I put myself in his shoes and I thought to myself all right man if that was you and all your audience heard Mor the things that you say oh God would you ever right would you ever cuz on the on the surface I went big deal guys you know Afternoon Delight fantastic good for you you you scor great great job consenting adults everyone was way into it and I said who cares and then when I heard the stuff that he was saying and growling I went what if it was you Woodie what if it was you what if it was Ben what if it was Paul I'd probably say I got hacked which is exactly what his account did and that he he said he got hacked it didn't make sense right so he then I saw the video cuz like clearly you can like see the camera the phone being placed like on a nightstand yeah like there's no he was not hacked correct and he admitted as much later now some of from his team panicked panicked I think everybody that knows him panicked and they went and they posted they posted hey we uh I've been hacked we've been working vigorously to get this figured out I bet you were and uh yeah we heard you working vigorously so so yeah he went on he has a show with uh ooo it's called night cap night they went live for I think like an hour last night I didn't watch the whole thing they had a they put like a 20 minute condensed version of Shannon explaining everything he came clean he admitted fals he he was not hacked uh here's a little bit of what he had to say yesterday about it I'm very disappointed in myself um not for the ACT um I think there are millions of billions of people uh of consenting age that engage in activities um but but to have your most intimate detail on the audio to be heard I'm disappointed in myself I let a lot of people down um my kids um I reached out to them I called them I called my sister my friends obviously my friends reached out but got this was not staged came in I threw my phone on the bed um gauged in an activity I did not know IG live I've never been on IG live I've never turned IG live on so I don't know how it works and so um all of a sudden my other phone is going off and people are calling me FaceTime that I never talked to a day in my life on FaceTime and it didn't I'm like why are y'all calling me FaceTime and after a while Jamie uh uh Fritz who's been my longtime marketing guy he finally got through to me and he said uh Shannon you on IG live I'm like doing what you know like what am I on IG live for I ain't h no IG live button he says uh they can hear I like I'm like so now oo you know I say ask for patience he said they can hear now I'm starting to get agitated again because you called me and say I'm on IG live when I know I didn't click myself on IG live and you said they can hear me I said hear me doing what say it sounds like you were having sex man my heart sank it dropped very common mistake I imagine so Shannon sharp yeah he's he wear it for a little bit that phone call to your kids is probably very uncomfortable dad's going to be on all over the internet today I was hanging out with my friend Michelle and uh they got and then later the conversation turned and he started to get like way into it because then he was kind of like bragging a little bit you know he's like oh got it oh got it I was like all right all right so he's clearly not that upset so definitely the top that's that was Ben Higgins that was the clearly the top don't do this of the day got another one here uh out of college football so Purdue had a game recently at home and they had a halftime game where they student onto the field and he had to participate in an event and should he win he would get a free two-year lease on a brand new car nice his challenge was to kick three field goals in 30 seconds but three make three field goals it was a I think a 20 a 30 and a 40 yard field goal I don't know if he only got one kick for each or however many kicks you can get in 30 seconds but he did he kicked he made the 40 yard field goal on the last kick and everyone jumped up and down they told him on the field congrats you're a winner and then there was a social media post from Bob rman Honda said what an unforgettable kickoff at Purdue foot Purdue football's home opener last Saturday afternoon last week on rman field fans experienced the thrilling kicks for cash challenge one participant came so close to Victory finishing just 0.07 seconds past the time timer if only those extra milliseconds had fallen in his favor he would have snagged a 2-year complimentary lease from rman Auto Group uh check out the video below talk about a nailbiter you are kidding me thanks to everyone that came out blah blah blah blah blah so they told him on the field everyone said you he made it he made all three field goals in the amount of time and they told him congratulations you won this kid's getting a brand new car and then a couple of days later the dealership goes well actually you were .7 seconds your shoe was still touching the football or whatever and they said sorry man no no dice the outrage the community once this went public the community flipped out and I guess it's a half of a doodo this because the update to the story is the dealership came around and they they made it right I think they offered him either a cash prize or a 2-year lease on a car but I don't want to give them too much credit because they only did it cuz they came because they got caught yeah they got caught they didn't do the right thing no they did not do the right thing and that's just dumb that's if you have a marketing department there like my beloved Sano Ford would never even if they were s over my beloved Sano Ford would say I mean good enough here's a I mean cost them nothing dude here here's a two now we've done the right thing and look at us and blah blah blah but yeah everyone had to go out and and complain and write you know leave bad reviews and all that stuff oh yeah they were getting get dragged just getting dragged yeah well I mean yeah I'm glad this I'm glad this kid got his car or his cash prize uh and then finally for dooo this DD Mega dooo you knew he was going to do it I knew he was going to do it you knew he was going to do it none of us I didn't place any bets on it even though I knew it was going to happen yesterday of course in remembrance of 911 um Nick castanos does what Nick castanos does add it to the list one-1 pitch swung on and that one's hit well left field Carlson's going back he's at the track he jumps and that ball is gone a two-run shot for Nick castios he did it again he did it again add it to Witchcraft yeah he is a witch as I've said many times all right very excited about our next guest Amy tras NFL analyst for CBS Sports the princess of Darkness was don't do this Ben woods7 the fan give me a little heads up next time Paulie we only do it every day now I'll tease Amy TR coming up next looking forward to talking to her we'll talk some NFL with her and just life in general she's always such a good positive positive person great conversation every time that's next I'm bet Woods e e e e e e e e e e e did I hear right Paulie we have a earthquake Survivor on the line we do I did not feel anything but she's Amy Trask obviously I think she's in La L of earthquakes up lot of earthquakes up there didn't feel anything yet we will get to the princess of Darkness Amy tras the great Amy tras right after this quick check of traffic e [Music] it's our girl Amy tras who is just one of our favorite guests uh in the world NFL analyst for CBS Sports good morning to you princess of Darkness well good morning and you just you always have me smiling ear to ear when you play my favorite music as my walkup music uh it's so good to have your own walkup music and you know Amy this is why Amy tras is a perfect guest because the the temperature on football in San Diego Amy as you know uh is always a little iffy we never really know how to gauge it we all like football well enough but you know losing your team and and watching the move to LA is not the easiest thing for for football fans to stomach but even the football haters are like well it's Amy I have to listen because it's Amy trash you're that's why you're the perfect we don't talk to anybody really about football except for you so welcome back to the program well I am honored and thrilled and delighted to join you here I thought you were having me on so I could give you play byplay as to the earthquake we just had up here yeah but if you want to talk football instead of my seismic knowledge we can talk football I did not uh we didn't I never feel them I've felt one since I've been here for 15 years and it was a big one it was like Easter Jinx yourself you know what are you doing no Jinx yourself I I know I listen it we're such a baseball show that that jinxes at this point it's like we have so many jinxes and and and and so many uh superstitions it all it just all runs together after a while but this is uh I don't I don't want to date you here but like what is your what number of year is this in the NFL for you well okay before I answer that may I address your point about the Jinx yes okay while I was 30 years in the NFL almost 30 years with the the Raiders before I I left and and joined CBS Sports but during a huge chunk of that almost 30 Seasons there was always the you know don't do anything on game day to jinx it don't do a jinx don't do a jinx so I would have to you know I'd get up on game day and I'd only wear certain things and I'd only behave in a certain manner because you didn't want to be the one to jinx something and finally finally at one point in my career I had a little conversation with myself and I said you know what which bra you choose to where to the game is not going to have any impact whatsoever on whether we can block or tackle or cover look go ahead and wear whatever you want Amy pick whatever BL you want pick whatever you want because it's not going to impact the game so that's kind of where I am on jinxes yeah and I can't believe I and I can't believe I just said bra on the radio that's all right brazer you could have said it's fine our audience is we're an adult audience but no I I'm I'm with you I I watching baseball last night we were getting no hit and and I I said clearly it's the TV that I'm watching so I need to walk into the other room uh and it didn't work no it didn't work it didn't work it didn't work till later uh Amy but no I so for you covering the NFL uh as deeply as you do as deeply as you've been involved in it where do you now it's a little different position that you're in now but where do you I mean the health of the game is obviously through the roof I mean people still tune in in in ridiculous ridiculous numbers to watch their favorite teams their fantasy players whatever it may be the league stands and has been standing for a while in a really really good spot you are absolutely right and there was some um conjecture if you will among um media not Sports media as much as political media and other media you know will the ratings be down this year in light of the fact that it's an election year sometimes the ratings go down because people are watching the news they're watching the debate it hasn't impacted ratings at all ratings are up people love the game they absolutely do and and know I I find myself um you know because there's no team I've started playing fantasy football my son is six and we've have a we have a team together now he's starting to get really really into it and uh that that kind of has helped grow it for me and make me want to tune in a little bit more but I wanted to ask you too so the game in Brazil the the NFL look I I think people look at that in a vacuum and they say oh this is so great they're growing the game the players didn't seem all that excited about going over to grow the game in Brazil well you know I I did say something that I intended in good humor and I believe Eagles fans at least for the most part took it in good humor which is if you're sending the Eagles to play in another country that means Eagle fans are going to travel to that country and isn't sending Eagles fans to another country a violation of international law I think so didn't we like breach the Geneva Convention or something by sending Eagles fans to and Eagles fans if you're listening I love you I mean that in good fun um you're right you know there are players who don't enjoy the international games but I will tell you this from my years in the league teams and the league could not make travel any easier on the players um you know it's a chartered plane every player gets two to three seats per player you know the linemen get three seats the smaller players get two seats the seats turn around so you can play cards you can stand in the galley the whole time that's what I did every time we flew to any game I stood in the the galley and ate snacks the whole way um and you don't go through security in the airport as as a general rule security comes to you buses come to you there's no lines at the hotel they hand you the key on the way to the elevator that they're holding open my point being I get it you're right there are players who don't enjoy it but there's no way travel could be made any easier and look I know this we went and played a preseason game in Tokyo and in London and in Mexico City were the flights long in some of those es yep was the travel easy absolutely that's that's yeah I never really thought about it that way mine is always just more of like I always think isn't the NFL healthy enough I mean I how much is too much can can you actually continue to grow the game of football worldwide does it make that much of an impact in your opinion well clearly the league believes it makes that much an impact and look just do the numbers if you're going and playing in another country and you're wooing and wowing fans who might not otherwise follow the game and they then start following the game you are growing the avidity for the game you're helping ratings you are growing the game maybe it's in terms of eyeballs watching people listening people buying merchandise so you are growing the game now I'm going to get a little mushy for a minute okay sure um I'll kind of Channel my inner mom meaning my mom not you know this is the way my mom was um it can help bring the world together oh in some regards I mean and that's what sport has the power to do does it always work no should it work absolutely Sports has the power to unite and if the NFL taking these games to other countries helps bring the world a little closer well then yay I love it it's a great answer talking to Amy tras NFL analyst for CBS Sports now Amy uh every day in the segment before this segment we we have a segment we call don't do this we've been doing it for like six years and it's uh stories and sports that aren't very fun to talk about but we have to address they make you shake your head yeah we call it don't do this and uh this week we talked about uh well it's kind of a Hall of Famer or Hall of shamer I guess and don't do this deshun Watson yeah now you were an executive for an NL team any insight onto what Cleveland Browns Executives team officials how they're feeling and what they're talking about and what they're thinking as it pertains to DeShaun Watson this is happened now several times are they working on like a way to possibly get out of this contract we talked about like the massive massive salary cap hits that it takes they can't just cut him they would need like the the league to step in what's your read on all of this what are they thinking in Cleveland well I'm thrilled that you phrased the question as you did which is what our team Executives plural thinking about this and of course it goes beyond Executives to to everyone on staff because something like like this yes it has implications on the team itself are you you know if you've got a guaranteed country uh country you've got a guaranteed contract of an exorbitant amount you've got the cap issues so that's going to involve your football people your Finance people your legal people um if the league suspends him and we don't know whether the league will but that could give the team an out from the guarantees they will still have to confront the salary cap issues but remember the salary cap is simply a method of ACC and we see all the time look whether it's tax accounting or um you know cap accounting you can work around accounting issues we see all the time that teams do this but the reason I love the way you phrased your question is because it affects everyone on staff in the entire organization your PR department now has to deal with it your social media department has to deal with it the phones will be running ringing off the hook in the ticket office with season ticket holders Club seat holders swe holders who are angry about this every single area of the organization is impacted by something like this not just your Finance team not just your legal team not just your football staff so you know they're gonna have to wait and see what happens they will have an Escape Route if the league suspends him or if there is something otherwise determined to be violative of his contract if not they've got that big fat guarantee and by the way just because money is guaranteed doesn't mean a team owner can't say the hell with it I'm going to pay it I want them gone but I'm going to pay it I don't care let him go um and they're gonna have to make some tough decisions about that it's so funny uh Amy too because they they probably thought well we've made our tough decisions we made this bed we are going to lie in it and now you know mean I saw a tweet yes 23 I believe settled and then now the 25th one is is going to be too much so I just when you when you when you engage with people like this and again Second Chances third chances whatever uh that's up to each individual I mean the fact that they're going through this yet again in Cleveland is just kind of well speaks to how things have gone in Cleveland for a while well and you know you're absolutely right in every regard and that tweet that you that post that you just referenced you know it's falls in the category of funny not funny right because it is very funny but the topic itself of course is not funny and you know the organization is going to have to make some tough choices do you want to keep him on your team and by the way there are going to be people you know I am confident there are individuals in that organization not only on business staff but in the locker room but there are players in that locker room and coaches with that organization that don't like that he's with the team you know quite often when we hear of something like this people say well you know the women in the organization no no no stop there are men don't like this either yeah so you know that's something they're going to have to deal with um and there's Financial issues there's legal issues there's accounting ISS cap accounting issues um social media PR sales and everybody H you know every single fan of that team has the power of the purse do they want to continue buying tickets and Suites and club seats does this bother them enough that they stop those are all analyses that the the team is going to have to do what an absolute nightmare uh that that situation is well Amy tras always tells it like it is thank you so much for your time I want you to have a great weekend analyzing the NFL as you do so well and we will talk to you very soon you are very very sweet and I love you guys so much if you don't invite if you don't invite me back on I may just drive down to San Diego and storm the facility and just put myself on open invite open invite I mean you have car blanch anytime you want thank you so much to our beloved Amy trass the princess of Darkness joins us today again like one of not one of she is absolutely my favorite NFL guest period the end always tells it like it is has been in the war rooms knows you know we've talked to her before about JaMarcus Russell and like all the stuff that the Raiders have gone through she is dealing with Al Davis working with him on side by side for years yeah it's like how we work with Adam it's the same exact like little Al Davis is what what he's like I'll give him $100 if he dresses up as Al Davis for Halloween cuz I think he could I think he could absolutely pull it off uh Satan said let her fill in for Ben anytime she is welcome to come in and hang out because the thing about Amy tras is I want to talk to her about other stuff you know I want to talk to her about other stuff other than football but she's so dialed in and is always such a great interview so great job Paulie getting her and uh she never never disappoints uh we've got today's a throwback Thursday we've got some unbelievable audio now we were going to play it late I think we play but I think we play it next yeah in uh in typically the time where we kind of reset the show get back into Padre's talk in the second half we had something happened four years ago this week it changed the course of our entire like the show the most the number one most iconic drop yes in show history I'd say there's our there's our little Al Davis out there right now uh so yeah we're going to play that for you next stalking around on his phone yep and this is this is again it's some of the best audio we've ever found uh bar nut and and probably be where Ben and woods is trending if I'm being completely honest with you so uh we'll play that for you next we got Eno Saras coming up at 8:35 we'll have a Ryle report as well uh we got Parker McCollum tickets to give away got a lot to get to and of course we'll be talking pod race baseball Sammy lit's going to be in later for the round table maybe he'll pop in do the last segment with us and uh we're here man going to be hanging out with you guys if you want to call you can 833 288 0973 phones are open we're having a good time we're loose Ben and woods 973 the fan e e e e e e e e e e e Throwback Thursday all right man quick two hours halfway home uh here on a Thursday Ben and woods 973 the fan our beloved Benny be careful Benny if you're listening driving up to uh the Thousand Oaks area decent decent little Shaker this morning up there I saw uh some TV show they were recording and everything started to Shake in there so be careful watch the aftershocks wouldn't that be perfect for Ben to go up there they're like sorry bro the hotels we're shot it's on lockdown like structural structal damage just would be the worst going on vacation is always it's always that that anxiety before vacation you're like am I going to fall and break my hip before I leave for Hawaii you know what I mean like I am I'm like super careful Fantasy Camp may be the worst of all time when I am gearing up for Fantasy Camp it's around the holidays and I'm like I don't want to drive anywhere I don't want to do anything that could potentially get me hurt so that I don't get to go to Fantasy Camp I mean I won't leave the house Paulie I'm like that on every vacation though uh thanks for listening Ben and woods 973 the fan Benny is out on his way up to La for a little golf Excursion with his buddy Paul it's me and Paulie hanging out Paulie going to be the birthday boy on Saturday happy early birthday I'm sure I will shower you with agulation and cash and whatever else you need if you missed that segment the we did it in the six o'clock hour where I'm a little spun out because I don't know how to what I need to do tomorrow what paully expects from me you know for a Friday birthday celebration well uh I'll think about it all right you think about it I'll text your wife and we'll get into that but uh it was also a throwback Thursday we go back into the Ben and woods annals and archives and find some things that uh happen and I would say that this is a pretty pretty Monumental day in Ben and Wood's history yeah this week uh September of 2020 I don't know if this was a a report story or don't do this I think we just found it we and played it we we love good radio audio and we had two radio hosts they have a show had a show had a show together in Houston I don't remember the station but uh one of the guys name was Jason bradoock we actually ended up tracking him down we had him on the show great several times and uh they had a hot mic I don't know if it was a hot mic or I think the producer was just produc was recording throughout the uh they went to a commercial break went to a break it would be like you could do that you could set up something to record us and you could hear our comos between uh breaks so they were doing a segment they got into it a little bit with each other and then they went to break and the argument didn't just continue it ramped up well and actually some of this I believe was on the air if I'm not mistaken but uh these two guys got after it was that supposed to be funny cuz yes hilarious shut up crying and keeping this going on and just do the show I'm waiting for the punch line it's supposed to oh good God you're a child man quit being petty and do the show the radio the show sounds horrible right now you're telling about being petty when you just checked out of a show for an entire segment no I started doing the research you asked me to do during the last seg no you ask I'm sitting here talking to you and you're like huh what you don't even have your microphone I'm not going to sit here it's already been two segments of horrible if you want me to leave I'll cut off the mic and I'll leave just do the show it sounds horrible I'll do the show you we're good okay god dude like it could have stopped right there sto there done but no they kept it rolling as men tend to do in fights they keep going god dude that's dud do the show you're still crying do the show I already cut off the M the show you're not paying attention go do what you're doing go have a good time my God man you know go go do whatever the hell you doing it doesn't matter well do the show quit being a [ __ ] whatever I'm the one doing the show you're the one checking out have a good day see you gone dud do the show [ __ ] acting like a little [ __ ] on this dude that's the most embarrassing I ever did you act like a little [ __ ] right there me for the numbers I started giving you the numbers and I want to yell at you cuz acting like a [ __ ] today we're live on a you acting like a [ __ ] well you're acting like a dude this Houston I I get a lot of New York Vibes though from both of them at least one of them it is uh it is just it it happens it happens you're in here and you want it to be great hey see you gone dude do the show [ __ ] Jason bradic man was just like man you asked me to get numbers so I'm pulling up the numbers but you're also continuing to talk to me while you've asked me to pull up those numbers and then you're going to call me out for not paying attention and uh I it's just you can totally see it happening after a while it is frustrating Ben knows I get frustrated with him when he just losses over just stares off into this or he's on his phone that's the one that gets me the phone gets me with Benny and he knows that I told I was like Hey and you see him and now with the YouTube feed you can watch him go like this his head's down and we're on the air and I'm talking and I stop and he just goes and then puts his heads up like where am I so he's not a great multitasker which is f anyways tune in to Sammy L tonight yeah so I Paulie I can literally have a conversation with you and I can text you at the exact same time that I am having a conversation with you I can text you on your phone and uh continue to talk about what's going on in the World of Sports as I send you a text no problem not even going to know what happening but yeah you can see those guys I can open up my phone as we're sitting here talking about throwback Thursday September of 2020 Jason bradock oh there's Woodsy's text hi hi there it is I mean right back while I'm talking I say hey there so he said Satan's Blowfish says the dude is being super effing annoying how do you not respond in kind to this I don't know which one I think it's probably the guy the not Jason bradock the not I think it's the other guy and I don't know who I am in that scenario do the show you're still crying and do the show the show you're not paying attention go do what you're doing go have a good time God cuz I can see myself saying that yeah yeah but I could also see myself screaming sounds yeah so Jason bradock the one that says do the show [ __ ] he's the one that was trying to look up the numbers yeah yeah do the show you're still crying do the show I've already cut off the mic the show you're not paying attention I really can't I can he's like you asked me to look something up like just roll for like 30 seconds me find do the show [ __ ] do the show [ __ ] it's the best it's the best so those guys uh they are no longer a show and no I don't think I actually don't think it had anything to do with that I think they actually did a show for like another year or two together I don't think it was two I think it was I want to say it like six months cuz we had him on and he was really nice and we asked can we sell shirts he said sure I don't care yeah he did not parlay that into any he could have had like the do the show [ __ ] podcast like the Haw Tua girl he did not do the podcast [ __ ] dude that's it he did not parlay this thing uh he did not parlay this thing at all Maggie Nails it here in the chat she says Ben is a planner he's always thinking about what's coming next always waiting to talk instead of I'm going going to answer the question or I'm going to ask a question it is it's always planning the next move and that's listen but the chemistry you know still very strong uh in in here I don't think we would ever get to that point I I would get to that point he would never get to that point of like just do what you got to do uh what else you got Paulie well uh while we're on the subject of Ben one reason we'll keep him around is because uh one of the many reasons why we'll keep him around is well when when Ben breaks and starts laughing it's just one of the the best so endearing dude such a funny you can't hear it and not smile and uh we had an epic Breaking Ben moment uh on the same day actually but a year later the same day oh a year SE 15th 2021 got it and all the title is says Ben loses it during inspir reads So I listened to this yesterday I have no idea what set him off I don't know if it was context from the segment beforehand I I don't have that but if you listen to us uh on the radio or on the app especially you'll hear when we go to break we'll play traffic and then we have live reads right for a minute and a half or whatever so that's what Ben was doing he was trying to do a read for inspiri he got the giggles and he got the giggles I don't remember bad hey good morning happy Birthday to Hannah n Carol Woods Ben Higgins here telling you about inspir uh Hannah's a business owner she feeling Boxed In by the pressures of running that business getting pulled in different directions with remote work I started laughing remote Workforce HR stop laughing hiring and retaining top talent [Laughter] change he's getting me so good right now sorry there we go [Laughter] [Music] [Laughter] yeah we get back to this in just a minute I forgot this it's spity HR that makes a difference that's the whole read the whole in Spar paid money for that live read where he barely talks about what he gave it about 14 4 seconds maybe 14 seconds of copy before he lost it and then we had to I do remember he couldn't do it he had another minute or so to read about Insperity and why you should join Insperity and work with inspir and he just couldn't get to it he finally we just pushed it let him recover and then like the next break he did it again he did it again oh my God I don't what the hell got him what it got me I start about Hannah running business and then you must have said done something off the air here telling you about Insperity uh Hannah's a business owner she feeling Boxed In by the pressures of running that business getting pulled in different directions with remote work remote work forces HR I don't know what got him dude I do not I do not know we give that's one of the best ones we ever had that's a really good one that is a really good one dude oh I that's my favorite when he loses it it's there's nothing that makes me happier I mean I like a Padre's win like the next guy you know what I mean but when Ben Higgins loses it uh it just Delights me to know we talked about it on U on Monday we started the show asking him how his weekend was he had to put Reggie down and he got emotional it kind of freaks us out it's jarring to see Ben emotion and that's one side of it the other side of the spectrum is laughing and he doesn't even show funny uh emotions a lot so when he loses it I mean crying laughing can't breathe coughing falls out of his chair it it really stands out somebody said he it's contagious when Ben starts laughing it's contagious it just kills me every single time when I'm when I'm able to when I'm able to to break him it just gets me man uh that is those are two two of my favorite Clips I mean just incredible Clips uh that Paulie found for a throwback Thursday we got Parker McCollum tickets coming up we're going to give those away uh in the next segment you want to call now 833 288 0973 um and and we'll hook you up with uh tickets to Parker McCollum just a pair of tickets for you and I'm going to get the details on that this is what Ben is also very good at that I'm not it's right there on the rundown bet you can find it hang on bear with me do the show [ __ ] I can't just read the copy all it says I'm asking you to read the copy tickets that's all it says Parker McCollum tickets that's all I got keep scrolling down you know I'll do it on the second page in the purple bold Park mallum tickets call now for a pair of tickets to park mum at Cal Coast open air theater October 25th tickets are on sale now at ticketmaster.com boom thank you be right back e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e great Stereophonics from uh Wales Wells frier tour has ended did you see that Request Line was at the games in Seattle our buddy Tom a huge huge tier one and a huge Padres fan you guys heard about the Welsh frier Saga uh last week he continued flew up to Seattle caught a couple of games I believe they are four and three in the Welsh frer era so you know prob a little good luck got to see a couple of good games did see that one epic game but yeah you saw the epic game 4 and three is not uh not what you want it's okay this time of year uh Paulie you believe in superstitions Tom safe travels back yeah safe travels back buddy and uh you know listen if he lands in Wales and they start playing like they were before he got here you know that would that would be good but uh listen we did not kiss the roach this morning I I don't know how to feel about the roach right now still a very good record so I will give it some sugars and uh we'll see what happens uh I've got for you guys a a pretty interesting well no let's do the requests we got a couple of requests uh it's loose when Ben's not here we don't really have to stay on track we can kind of do what we want and Diego in the chat wanted to hear uh the voice of God who is our our voice guy you guys have heard him we're going to have eno sarus coming up next one of the greatest flubs in in benon woods history yes you know Harris son of a [ __ ] we uh yeah we were playing a clip last week of the voice guy just ruining my day taking forever to cut one simple liner and and we had talked about a clip that we played in April he could not say Annie hr's name right and we said we would find it track down the audio we actually never ended up getting back so Diego's losing his mind in our chat right now he's like please please I'm begging you please please play that clip it was so funny so here we're here to pleas man that's what we're here to do it's actually pretty timely because with Ben was leaving that weekend for something I don't remember where he was going in April but he was leaving and so we had to make a new open for the round table that said hosted by Annie hurn not hosted by Ben Higgins and that's what led to this alongside Steven Woods Craig Elston Chris hello and Sam levit here's your host Annie H Brin H Hi hin H yeah what am I what am I saying God Jesus hael Bren ha you Bren H how you doing here's your host Annie hbr hbr hbr hbr here's your host Annie hbr here's your host Hanny hany Annie hbr hen hibr sorry and and as I've told you in the past like he sends me this long ass than God thank God for it I get the whole thing good that's good I hate I hate that it's extra work no listen it's like a 9 Minute file for a 20 second liner I hate that it's extra work for you I do that said we would miss out on all of if he cut that and dumped it in the trash he just gave you the finished product it would be the worst got to start over I'll do it one more time here's your host Annie hbr hbr hbr h BR here's your host Annie hbr Brun Brun Annie hbr me Jesus here's your host Annie hbr here's your host Annie hbr here's your host Annie hbr here's your host Annie hbr that might be it it's that time prior faithful time to discuss everything going on with the Padre we've gathered the entire 973 the fan crew together to bring you the most in-depth discussion on the Friars in our weekly podr Round Table presented presented by sorry presented by San Diego round T Pizza alongside Steven Woods Craig Elston Chris ell and Sam levit here's your host Annie hbr Jesus here's your host bro what the hell I got to truck back it up here's your host hbr here's your host Annie hbr here's your host Annie hbr nailed it okay that is now I've forgotten how to say her name I don't know how to say it after listening to him fumble around with it but he is obviously he's a he's a pro and I again I am uh sorry that he sends all of that but I'm not it's so good it is so so good Annie hates that somebody said in the chat Annie I'm sorry I didn't mean to to relive you know a memory that you didn't nobody has ever said my last name right on the it takes them r r r renle Randall I get wood a lot Scott Scott Wood is uh something I've been called in my past uh as well so there you go Diego hope glad we can make you any other requests any other request I got one this morning somebody asked me right out of the shoot if I would do uh for Ben my Michael McDonald and uh They said since Ben is out they wanted me to do I keep forget not in love anymore I keep forget things will never be the same again for so there you go another request knocked out by you guys so uh we will be back very shortly we're going to have eno SAS coming up next I do have for you guys I want to try to put your mind at ease I just saw this on mlb.com which of these struggling contenders should be most worried where do the San Diego pod race fall in this group of seven you want the answer now kind of we got a couple minutes we got a couple minutes they're not on the list Paulie they're not even on the list they rank them list of contenders to be worried about yes which of these struggling contenders should be most worried written by Will leech You Know listen says a lot of these everybody knows it looks like we're not going to have a 100 win team for the first time in a full season since 2014 many reasons for that none of the teams that were um great over the the first half have been very good in the second half Padre's have been a little little different they have actually been good in the second half but they're talking about uh Team so the number one team that if you are a fan of the Cleveland Guardians you should be a little bit more concerned not that you're going to make the playoffs and there's a really good chance that you're still going to win the division about 85% 99.9% chance to make the playoffs but they are their offense is skidding a little bit led by Steven Quan they've got number two the Braves very impressive impressive that they've even stayed over 500 in the second half they have had so many injuries people continuing to drop for that team so yeah I think I don't think that's news to Braves fans but they after all their guys got hurt I don't know how much they were really expecting uh to contend it is kind of a miracle that they're still in it but he says if you're a Braves fan you are are pretty concerned the twins the Twins were 45 and 36 in their first 81 games they are 33 and 32 since and uh Roco baldelli is having closed door meetings three weeks before the uh playoffs start it is uh he has ripped his team he said that was an unprofessional series of baseball we just played I'm not commenting on anything else I don't think anything else has to be said so I don't think it's all smiles uh in Minnesota the Baltimore Orioles are 32 and 34 in their second 81 games uh in the second part of the season um they are not they have nothing at the back end of their Bullpen they do not know what to do to be able to close out games the New York Yan yanes 32 and 33 after the first 81 games lot of American League teams lot of American League teams Los Angeles Dodgers are now they're 37 and 28 but they have them sixth on the list um they were 50 and 31 in the first half 37 and 28 since right now they said look your game one starter is Jack flarity after that who knows yoshinobu Yamamoto looked good in his return but there's still a lot of questions but then again they are the Dodgers uh and a lot is expected of the Dodgers they are expected to win they were expected win 115 games this year that's not going to happen and then the last one is the Philadelphia Phillies and again San Diego Padres is not even mentioned in this as a contender to to be worried about probably because of a strong second half they have kind of Fallen back into that 500ish uh mode lately but again three weeks left in the season time to turn it around it did make me feel just a smidge better that they weren't even mentioned on here yeah we talked about it ear we're still we're not smashing the panic button four of 10 which is a very low number for me yes but I I literally I saw that I it's reassuring to hear I kind of took I was like oh God where are we going to be and I go oh we didn't even make it if they were number like two on that list that four turns into a six that four that four jumps to a six thanks to will leech's article but they weren't even mentioned so maybe it went down to a three uh we will be right back joined by our beloved Eno Saras from the athletic one of the smartest guys in baseball uh going these days we'll talk to him about the Padres everything else going on in the world of baseball are smart weekly uh baseball segment with Eno coming up next e e e e e e e e e e e welcome back men and woods 973 the fan always exciting to talk to our pal uh Eno s I'm about to hit him up for some Eno Sarris recommendations going to be going to to Oracle park for the first time tomorrow uh with my family excited for that going to go watch the boys play on the road yeah first time beautiful Stadium I hear I mean I saw it from the outside and it looks incredible and I will be inside it's probably going to be butt cold I was there one time went to one game it was the buster posie game where he got hurt really was at the game sitting in the left left told you I've said it before yeah I don't pay attention I just forget it was uh it was wild from way out there you knew something was something bad had happened that's a big one and uh yeah that changed the course of baseball it really did it changed the course of baseball history we'll talk to our palino sarus after a quick check of traffic Prem 973 the F traffic center here's Kelly dck well some folks are having a tough time navigating our roads here North down side of the 15 before the 88 there is a collision blocking the HOV lane also going to find on the westbound King freeway at Kelton Collision involving couple vehicles that's in the fast lane Northbound side of the 805 still clearing an accident before 47th Street westbound 52 before masted Boulevard Collision involving couple Vehicles that's over the right shoulder I'm Kelly Dan with Ben and woods San Diego's Nimble one sports station 973 the fan it's time for the super polish just to be named smart baseball weekly segment with Eno Harris saris son of a [ __ ] brought to you by 7 Mile Cino just 7 minutes from the ballpark by the bay in Chula Vista here's Eno sarus with Ben and woods on 9973 the fan all right I'm going to be leaning heavily on you uh this morning en know it's making my first Trek to Oracle Park tomorrow night with the family and uh listen I I know that your tastes are a little bit more refined uh much like Ben's but I wanted to get your uh must haves at Oracle Park before we get into spin rate and exit vo and all your favorite things to talk about uh so how much beer well so here's the thing I'm going to be with my two my two little guys I'll have probably a beer one beer oh no you can do all right hold on we're losing you a little bit there we go the cool thing you can do is uh enter through uh something called 58 social okay uh which used to be called the public house and um it's uh you can enter through there and then have some cool appetizers and if you're if you're at all early if you're not you can even you can get a beer in a plastic cup there and it'll be the best beer selection it's like a chalkboard beer bar you know where like they have they have good options so uh that's a good way to enter because it's right there at third and King it's the way you'd be entering anyway so you can just enter through that get your beer in a plastic uh cup and and go in um you know through the park that way so that's the best way to get in um and then once you're in um yeah there's uh you mean the garlic fries are the are the thing that everyone talks about y uh they're everywhere um you've also got um a crazy crab sandwich um that's behind home plate if I if I got it right um but um that's that's pretty good um I like the Poke Balls especially because they're kind of a a healthier alternative to some of the stuff that's out there I'm not really worried about healthy alternatives know I'm on vacation for my wife's birthday I'm not you know you're you're barking up the wrong tree here man somebody said the Carol corn is you have to get it they said they actually give you a fork uh to eat it so I'm looking forward to that I'm looking forward to grabbing I even had that have you not oh man apparently it's a it's a huge huge deal well and and obviously you know a huge huge series and you know the padr I they're not they're not stuck in neutral per se I you know there's a lot of tired kind of tropes we could throw out about them uh probably not playing their best baseball right now certainly a little bit sloppy last night but also ran up against Brian woo Who I I I knew he was good I guess I didn't realize he was that good for the entire season yeah he's a really interesting guy because he's one of a handful maybe about 10 pitchers in starting pitchers in baseball that have really um above average strong four seamers and two seamers yeah so he threw a lot of fast balls last night but by by having both kinds of fast balls and then both being good he's able to really uh keep people off balance and uh then he has two two different breaking balls as well so it's it's kind of funny when he came up there's some that were kind of like oh he's fastball slider and I'm like yeah but it's two fast balls and it's two sliders uh and he's got great command so yeah it was a he was a well pitched game last night I thought you know I thought King pitched well enough to to win too but 100% you know it was just uh you know when you go in into Seattle in particular um their their park augments strikeouts more than any other Park in baseball so um it's not surprising they kind of go in there and strike out and not score as many runs as you expect yeah which is you know again for for the Padres and again it's good as woo was what did he have five six sixks last night I mean it wasn't it wasn't through the roof uh but the Padres have been a really really good team about you know they've been putting the ball in play um but but it's you know sloppy defense last night really burned them um and listen I I I like the new lineup I like Xander sliding back over to short getting salanos bat in there he gives you a really good ab Luis arise you know never Strikes Out never takes an over uh was able to to to muster up a hit late and uh I just I'm not super panicked about this team as it stands right now en know no no I I think all the the pieces are there and um you know I know that the the Mets are coming on strong but um you know in terms of projections from here on out the Padre's are clearly a better team than the Mets um and uh I think it's actually good news that the Braves are falling back because supposedly the Braves are a better team on paper too so um you know I I think the Mets uh you know they have you know just think about the Mets versus the Padres the Mets rotation is uh clearly inferior to the Padres you know the Mets Bullpen clearly inferior to the Padres so um you know the they to have them beating up on the Braves that's fine for the Padres I think they'll make it in and then it's just a question in the postseason if you know sort of everybody's healthy and playing their best ball I'm happy to see tatis hit homers and Rob homers um I think that's a big part of of making this team a more Dynamic offense there's no question talking to Enos sis here on Ben and woods this morning and I saw last night like Benny texted the group chat and he goes 15.6 off the bat for tatis and then I looked this morning and that was the that was the fourth hardest home home run he's ever in which blew me away I mean the guy when he's locked in is such a game changer and uh it just it is a joy and again doing it with the glove the the play he made the night before when he threw out palanco trying to stretch a single into a double the Home Run he hit uh the you know last two nights have been you absolute missiles so to see him coming around yeah man sky's the limit I think yeah you know Manning and him that you know it's that's the that's the heart that's the power um and then you know I think AJ there was an article today uh by Ken Rosenthal in in the athletic about um how this is you know AJ's best job of putting together the pieces around um you know maybe last year was a better team on paper and had more stars or whatever but this year um you know it seems like the complimentary pieces really work so if you have tatis and Manny in the middle of the order providing power what's the best way to supplement that is is actually sort of contact and getting people on base and uh you know putting balls in play when they're on second base and stuff like that so um it's a really it's a really nicely put together team talking to our pal Eno Sarah's here on Ben and woods this morning so Eno this is a kind of a rambler here but I'm watching MLB Network yesterday and it's on and Dan Pack's on and I like Dan Pac I liked watching him pitch I like his commentary uh but I something caught my ear as I was kind of walking by the television and he did the thing that a lot of old older players do when he says well you know and this is just the state of pitching everybody's chasing vo and everybody's chasing Spin and it kind of stopped me in my tracks and I hit me and it and I went did guys in the 80s not try to throw harder did they not try to spin their curveball more why is this consistently and I know this is true I know that guys want to throw harder I know guys want to be able to spin the ball more didn't they used to they also wanted to throw hard back with like we do we romanticize pitching in the the 70s ' 80s and '90s as oh no these were all Craftsmen that never walked anybody and they just nibbled the corners they all threw 86 and I'm sitting there going I I vividly remember doc Gooden reaching back with everything he had to throw 96 when he was 20 years old yeah yeah yeah I mean it's like why every time you put on a broadcast you all you hear is Smoltz or whatever like all these guys just chasing the spin and this V and I'm like ah guys used to always like to throw hard too that's never really changed yeah I think one of the most amazing things about baseball is these equilibriums it finds I mean the walk rate in 1986 was 88.8% the walk rate in 2024 is 8.2% and in between it's never been higher than 99.1% or lower than 7.7% so it's like okay you know it's just we're romanticizing yeah we're just that's what it is we did a segment yesterday what is something that people romanticized but is actually horrible and I'm I should have said pitching in the 70s 80s and 90s we romanticize it but a lot of it was bad pitching you know what I would like to say is uh middle middle infields uh of those decades because I grew up in Atlanta and uh we had Jeff blouser uh Raphael Bellard Mark lmy and like I I do romanticize them because they were like my heroes going up I've looked at their numbers recently and been like yikes like what what was I rooting for there dude it just it it just blows my mind and I do understand and you had like you had the comments from Whit marfield last week you know guys are guys are just rear raring back these days throwing it as hard as they can they have no idea where they're going and and I just think to myself if you have no idea where the ball's going you're not pitching in the big leagues you're just not yeah there's some guys like that you know like Joe Bole here in in in Oakland um and you know he's up and down and in the minors and you know he's got to figure something things out you know Edward Cabrera on the Marlins like has a real hard time commanding things and you know yes he gets chances but that's not the norm in baseball I would say you know if there is an element of Truth here here are some things that happen have changed so the amount of Sliders that we throw uh has changed so just in terms of you know uh the the since we started tracking this in 2008 um you know sliders were throwing 14.5% of the time now we throw them 22% of the time and it's kind of rising every year so that's that's a difference we throw more sliders we throw fewer fast balls another thing that's changed is uh we throw more foring fast balls top of the zone I looked at it and the difference was uh over the course of a season you know something like 12 to 15,000 more balls at the top of the zone that sounds like a lot but you know we're talking about games and games and games and games and games you know what I mean that's like you know it's like a you know four or five more per game or whatever it is but um but it's still a lot and so 15,000 more balls high in the zone where it's harder to avoid the the ball right like you have more places to get hit if you if it's in the zone you just jump over it or you know you're you're there's two sticks down there your legs you know so um so I think it's that I think there's a there's that then I have looked into uh the the the free agent market and I have stuff plus and location plus and so I looked at how much every point of Stuff Plus was worth on the open market and how much every point of location plus was worth on the market and teams are paying for stuff over locations so to some extent and and that's because stuff is more consistent year to year and location comes and goes so you know there are some truths in what he's saying but it's not that everyone's rearing oh and the last thing is uh pitchers are pitching closer to their maximum so we used to have the the league used to be about three miles per hour between your sitting D on your on your fastball yeah and your maximum and now it's closer it's like under two so there's some truth to what they're saying but it's not all just like oh these guys are all idiots that have no idea where the ball's going it's not that's not the truth the truth is we throw higher in the zone we throw harder we throw closer to our maximum and we value stuff those all of those things together do add to more hit by pitchers they do absolutely and and that's that's wit's Point as to Pack's point you know I when I was growing up it was oh you never don't throw your fast ball up and if you're going to get it up make sure you get it up you want to work down in the zone and I think all of the changes in pitching in the last 10 years even even the last five years isn't it all just teams trying to be more economical and essentially be better build better pitchers and and and if I'm a GM I'm going to be honest with you you know I'm I'm probably paying for stuff I absolutely will would pay for a guy with ridiculous stuff uh over a guy that well he lo I mean Kyle Hendricks is a fun watch sometimes when he's on when he's off it's not great it's even easier to say that when you have Ruben Nea exactly and and you got Ruben nebla that can teach a guy a new pitch shape and stuff again they they act like baseball has done all this half Hazard Le and and they're just chasing guys that throw a 100 when in reality in my mind I'm like don't you guys see they want to build better pitchers and more effective pitchers yeah yeah and um I mean the a big thing is that the batting average on a ball and play is year in year out over the course of history about 300 and the batting average on a strikeout year in year out over the course of history is zero and so you know so you take your chances with the stuff so you optimize for stuff and you and you go for that and and it clearly hasn't have an effect on walk race so we're not it's not like they're walking everybody um and so I think that's an argument for like the command has actually been fairly steady compared to where it was before I mean I that's the thing that we the thing that really happens is you watch I watch a lot of Greg mtic and he missed his spots too I don't like people try to he never missed the spot yeah and like you know and that was the guy that was the best ated in the history of baseball corre so you know we we remember when a guy uh misses his spot you know we remember when Suarez like throws the fast ball to the wrong spot and gives up a homer because that's a big moment and that you know we have emotions attached to it and that's the that's the that's I'm G to say the failure of the eye test but that's the reason why the eye test doesn't work so well for me is because we have emotions as human be beings and those emotions affect what we remember and so your emotions affect like because I'm I'm a Psychology major so you know emotions affect how much you remember something so you're just G to remember those big ones a lot and not remember like it's like the Derek Jeter thing you're GNA remember him running into the stands and getting that ball you're going to remember the jump throws because they're exciting and you got and they won the game or they got the out and you're like wooo and you're just not going to remember the singles that went past the diving Jeter yeah that's that's a meme at this point but like you just don't remember those because they were kind of boring and Bal and they happened so often you didn't think about them so that's that's sort of why the eye test U Can can kind of fail you sometimes 100% en know you are brilliant this was one of my favorite uh spots that you've ever done on our show and you've done some great ones thank you so much and if you're going to be out at Oracle uh I'll be there tomorrow night uh maybe we can run in each other if not we will talk to you next week I I will be there I'll come where are you sitting I have no idea my wife got the tickets for her birthday so I I'm just along for the ride but I'll uh I'll text you uh tomorrow when we're in there all right all right buddy have a good one the great the great Enos s yeah Paulie it it really sticks in my craw and again you know how much I love the game of baseball and I I for all my old head takes all my old my Kendrick Lamar takes I'm getting roasted for that on the daily when it comes to baseball I I just I love it and yeah is it imperfect 100% but to hear every analyst these days crap on the guys every single game makes me nuts you don't really hear it in other sports you just don't yeah and it just it's every single game thank you you know for that all right we got a rle report coming up next excited about this I'm embarrassed about one of the stories you're going to be doing about my beloved uh Fighting Irish this actually embarrassed me oh yeah yeah let me tell you how to beat you coming up next e e e e e e e e e The Reindl Report welcome back benett woods 973 the fan it's great to be here with you got an hour left here and then I'll Jam over into the Next Room grab a slice of delicious Round Table Pizza fresh piping hot fresh pizza and uh sit in we'll do another hour of pad R's talk and uh looking forward to that I think Annie's going to host today Sammy lit's going to be filling in uh me L Elston Annie and Sammy it's good crew man if it was it it makes the round table a little bit more bearable uh I was really tired when I got in this morning I feel great now I feel like I'm a lot of energy yeah it's three hours down already Paulie and I feel like it's been a good fun show we've laughed a lot and uh We've we've been up to our Antics again Paul it's weird when Ben must dread going out of town because he knows there's going to be like a prank call or something's going to happen you called me yesterday afternoon how can we what can we do what can we do so we did something we did something yesterday and um like I'm sorry we're it's the long tease it's a long tease you're going to have to you going to have to uh tune in tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. to find it out we'll tell you exactly well we have to spare probably a little bit of details right now yeah 100% yeah but we got we got something for Benny I texted him just now Benny just remember we love you I actually can't wait for this he is going to be I I have no idea how he's gonna re I don't either I I thought to myself yesterday Paulie he could be livid legitimately mad and and hurt it was bold it was a bold bold decision by Paulie and myself and uh I showed my wife and she was I'll say this she was taken aback so soers uh Megan got home from work yesterday I go so uh woods and I did something today yeah we did something bad for Ben I showed her and she goes oh my she's what is wrong with you Hannah like clutched her perfect chest and I said yep that's happening so I just texted Benny Benny just remember we love you he has not responded yet so he's probably on his way up to LA right now so you guys will have to tune in tomorrow at 6 amm where we will get to the bottom of what uh oh what we did for now let's move on before get in trouble final report and get things started here with our Edition today's edition of the Ryle report now tuned to the greatest welcome to the Ryle 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 B it's the rindle 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 oh yeah all right still hasn't responded all no we'll see see it's going to be a good one yeah well all right let's get started here uh college football yeah the tease was uh how did you phrase it you how let me show you how to beat show you how to beat you so it was a doo this story on Monday for us Thomas hammock the head coach for eastern northern Northern Illinois University took down Notre Dame over the weekend we played the video of his postgame interview four touchdown favorites four yeah it's a rough one for you guys it was uh and we played the Audio I mean he was he was so it was so emotional it was powerful what sports is all about we said you expense I am a huge fan of this guy and uh look everybody wanted to talk to Thomas hammock after that moment after that win the interview and all of that and he went on uh this was it was bar stool yeah pardon my take he went on with those guys yesterday and they asked him about his relationship with Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman and this is I I don't think you see this very often and I think it speaks to the character more to the character of Thomas hammock yeah so I I saw that you offered to help out Marcus Freeman after the game like was that right after the game where you said coach if there's anything we can do to help you guys for the rest of the season if you want if you want any of the stuff that we saw in tape that we took advantage of you're happy to help him um that's I feel like that's an unusual thing for a coach to offer to an opponent that they just beat um do you think he's going to take you up on that yeah he I mean he has taken me up on it and we've talked uh on the phone a couple times and exchange text messages it was my first time meeting him obviously I have a lot of respect for him as a head coach uh I want him to do well um you know for obvious reasons and you know just because we compete it don't mean we can't help each other or try to assist each other uh to make each other better you know sometimes when you become a head coach uh you don't have many people you can really uh rely upon because nobody's going through what you're going through and I understand I don't understand what he's going through but I have an idea of some of the things if I can help him and help um him achieve the the type of things he want to achieve uh that's what it's about um you know paying it forward they're never going to play us again so um we will never be a common opponent and uh you know I want him I want to see him win a National Championship he's at a program that can win a National Championship so yeah I don't know how often that happens yeah like he said we're never going to play each other again I want to show him hey man this is what we saw and this is what we were able to expose in kicking your assw yeah we saw you had a horrible quarterback that you paid $2 million in the transfer Porter for portal for for nil I'm I can't even talk I'm so mad now we saw the character of Thomas hammock I believe that this was authentic 100% such a sweet sweet guy he wasn't doing it like I can see other people though going this is going to make me look good hey buddy hey little guy hey little guy let me get come over here you want some help come here I can see it being a little condescending yeah from from somebody else but I loved it I do love it it is a good and clearly Marcus Freeman needs all the help that he can get so thanks for bringing that up Paulie hey no problem thank you give me one second here I'm going to get this uh up and running on our video stream because uh we got a reaction here so did you see what happened with Joe Buck and his bride Michelle bisner Buck I did she had a freak Accident Injury yeah I mean it was it's a freak accident it's a freak occur she broke her ankle did on the golf course with her husband Joe Buck correct and everyone what what's going on well apparently as The Story Goes Joe Buck was teeing off and his wife was standing somewhere where she could have gotten hit with a ball off to the left and he P you have the audio you want me tell the story CU I watched I'm just kind of setting it up because Joe Buck like Adam schfer I think tweeted this out he's like another ESPN Stafford hurt himself in Mexico separated his shoulder or something so uh Joe Buck had to respond after this news broke I'll play that for you right now now here's Joe Buck the date July 7 the uh location Cabo San Lucas Mexico uh I was getting ready for the American Century championship and Tahoe and Michelle and I with our kids taken care of thought we'd go play a few holes and have some fun there she sitting in the front seat yep uh yeah and we got to 10 and I said why don't I hit a couple of drives off 10 and then we'll go get something to eat well 10 is a little left to right hole and Michelle has been known to do headstands uh during the course of our courtship and marriage and even prior to even Joey uh arriving on the scene and so she did a headstand at the end of the tea box for good luck out into my left and at the exact moment that I was teeing off uh she decided with her feet in the air to do the splits thereby dropping her right leg a little bit to the side right in my line of fire and I hit a golf ball Taylor made with little designs on it Simply the Best into the inside of her right ankle and shattered it it's a it's a one in a billion shot so that's why um freak accident though total freak accident couldn't it's like if you were having a competition you would never ever be able to do it this was like God or the universe just directed this ball right into my ankle bone oh my God I can't even and I bet Joe Buck swings it pretty good he's a rich guy he is a celebrity he's got a lot of money play a lot of golf probably plays a lot of golf can probably probably pipe it pretty well so again she's doing a a headstand and or a handstand for good luck as he's teeing off off to the left and then she just does the splits and her foot comes down into the line far enough like had she gone straight up straight vertical up and down headstand she might have been okay just far enough to be in his sights and oh God that had to hurt thought of someone driving a golf ball into your ankle it so hard that it shatters your ankle I mean bro I've hit my ankle like with a bat before or a club graze it and it hurts it hurts like a son of a you ever hit been hit with a ball playing in on the course remember I got smoked by a ball one time somebody hit it over Hill it was on a bounce though but it hit me pretty good no I don't think I have my dad got hit in the neck one time walking off the green walking off the green and a ball like pully I was right there I was probably 13 and it just goes you can hear like the and it just goes boom side of the neck and heing he didn't even drop to his knees and he looked he's like hey and I'm 13 I never heard my dad get that upset I don't I still don't think he cursed and the guys were like dude we're so sorry and he like a big old welt right right on the side of his neck could have killed him could have absolutely killed him if you're playing golf be careful be careful stands behind people Doan stands behind people in their line of fire I'm glad dude's just trying to cover up the fact that he was hitting the ball at her to get her to stop doing effing handstands I don't think was trying to do I told you I told you you keep doing it this is my nightmare yeah it's like the uh the the William Tell like hey let's put this apple on your head let's see if I can get it off with it's like a jackass stuff that they were doing basically holy cow all right and then uh to wrap things up really powerful story yesterday out of Nash Tennessee this is unreal I know exactly where this happened I've been to Nashville once there is a pedestrian bridge that goes across the river there right in downtown right outside of downtown where the Titans stadium is NRG or Nissan Stadium I think right there next to the stadium big pedestrian bridge and uh John bonji happened to be on that bridge filming a new video yep I don't know if it was for that song Or maybe saw this story I go I hope he doesn't play it cuz it's going to make me laugh and this is not a funny story no it's not but every time not it's every time I hear that it makes me laugh every time it's a very serious story luckily it has a very good ending so I feel okay playing that drop but uh so yeah Bon Joy is on this bridge filming a video and he noticed that a woman was standing on the wrong side of the the brid and we know what that means and he walked over to her and was able to convince her not to jump and he helped her back over the bridge uh there was like City cameras on the bridge I'm showing it on our live stream if you're watching but you can just see him he walks up and he just you know softly approaches like hey how's it going what's what's going on gives her a big hug pulls back over the railing and it it's just like I I got emotional when I was watching it yesterday it's unbelievable and he saved This Woman's Life Play it again if you want he even good for him number one number two again top five drop of all time he even sh I don't want to play it anymore Corona content yeah yeah there he is leaning over saying you know hey it's okay giving her a hug and John Bon Joi man that's very sweet and very awesome and you know saved her life that's brilliant you know you want to think you would you would obviously try to do the same thing Big H if you were in that position if you were in his position but I I I don't what do you I don't know what you say to somebody well I mean look that you obviously run the risk of them not listening and you're right there of course you take the chance though of course you go up and try try to do that but very very very very cool by John bony who I've always loved big fan of John bony even even in the even in the Chona thank you Paulie for that Rhino report we have coming up next well a [Music] threesome e e e e e e e e e e e e e Ben Woods 973 the fan Paulie let's get let's get sexy NFL Threesome can Ben and woods interest you in a threesome a threesome would be fun oh not that kind of threesome dang it we're talking Ender rounds the best tight ends in the world he must work out and going all the way in this game of inches nice it's the NFL threesome with Ben and woods brought to you by hamul Casino fun above all else on 973 the fan personal pile 69 offense he was giving him business yeah it's the NFL 3 and we do it uh every Thursday here on benam woods and uh we're going to give you the Thursday night football preview going to give you the most enticing game on the schedule and if you are a gambling uh man or woman the bet that we like the most so that's uh kind of the new structure of the NFL threesome and obviously tonight's game uh listen Battle of The Undefeated Paulie oh yeah the one and0 bills against the one and0 Dolphins somebody is going to leave here at 500 Buffalo did not look good for a lot of their game on Sunday last week they they did rally in the second half and and the final score looked like they blew them out of the water but they they they came out really slow and the Dolphins almost lost to the Jags to they only won 20 to 17 so tonight is going to be uh a battle of of you know listen everyone wants to see Tua against Josh Allen and the line right now is dolphins are favored at home by about two and a half I'm probably staying far away from that I just again betting on the NFL is always a difficult uh Prospect early early you just you don't know what to have I mean like I'm trying to decide did Miami play down or is Jacksonville good and they better ex exactly I honestly a lot of weapons on Miami you really need I'd say you need about say you need about a month in the NFL to see like hey how's the new offensive line holding used to be the quarter Mark not it's now it's like probably about four games until you like okay I got a general idea of of you know the the real deal and and guys that are just not going to have that season and you know I'm looking over the schedule this week and you know for week two Paulie I'm looking at it going all right I'm not seeing any that really I'm seeing a couple that I'm like yeah I'm interested to see how that goes I think obviously Bengals and Chiefs is is your big division rival you are are talking about um Joe burrow against against Pat Mahomes and you know Joe burrow finally answered the question yesterday and it was funny because I don't know if you saw this going around this week I told you in V about I don't think either of you had seen it somebody had gotten video of Joe burrow uh he's had wrist problems so he's massaging his wrist might I recommend Joe QC kinetics 619 614 pain uh he's massaging his wrist he they're they're cutting to him all the time and every time they cut to him he's like kind of rubbing his wrist his wrist is killing him picks can't pick up a a gatorade bottle to like drink it it's too heavy for i' I've been there I've been there when my wrists were hurt you guys no I couldn't do anything if I banged it on a table I was done this is an NFL quarterback who also did not have a good game uh Bengals are 0 And1 right now so they asked him about it yesterday he goes oh no I haven't seen that going around everything's fine so I mean that's what they're going to tell you so I don't know how to how to I I'm assuming that the Chiefs are going to roll because they looked really really good uh but that's my my that's my most entertaining game uh of the week what about yours I think mine's actually tonight's tonight's a good one it's a real good one can't go wrong I think those are going to be it's going an even matched teams I I I think maybe I'm just bitter because Cincinnati ruined my Survivor pool along with and Michaels and Adams but they look they look terrible I think Kansas City is going to roll them this weekend Kansas City extra rest already they played on Thursday night last week and so they're going to be well rested at home against team that did not look good at all getting beat by the Patriots uh for the Bengals so I I I think that's going to be a bit of a blowout and I was looking at all the other matchups on Sunday I'm like yeah I'll I'll have Red Zone on and they'll go to all the all the different games but there's not a lot of enticing matchups New York Tennessee Seattle New England the Giants and commanders I mean that is just a Chargers Panthers like it's it's not a great week of games by the way yeah in we in week two the one uh the one I like I really I really enjoy watching uh um the Detroit Lions play football I just do I I like them a lot they're fun that could be a now I'm surprised by this line I am too and I looked at this and and Baker Mayfield had a really really good game and Detroit Tampa Bay's going on the road and they're getting seven and a half points so I I I'm looking at that going all right I'll take Baker Mayfield that is uh easily the biggest spread of the weekend yeah I'll I'll take that seven and a half points and that's that's my that's the one I'm going to I would actually Tampa Bay plus the seven and A2 yeah Tampa Bay plus the 7 and a half as much as I love Golf and as much as I love what the lions are capable of uh offensively I think I think Baker can hang in and give him a touchdown and and you know half a point I like that bet and I I I'm kind of with you on the Chiefs that's my best betus five and a half feels like a no-brainer that's that's a touchdown that is touchdown difference in your golden I I think at home extra rest bad team bad opponent give me that all day the question is moot puts in the chat anyone know what Mayfield's quarterback rating was this week actually we do based on that call we got I got two numbers for you 49 and 149 you're going to figure it out I can't do this I'm not doing this number one Christ number one town Watson's quarterback rating number two Baker Mayfield's quarterback rating okay yeah 149 or 142 uh yeah dude Christ so K Yeti said this week for uh sports betting the NFL is going to be tough hey let me tell you something the NFL is always tough it is always always tough to bet I find college football tougher to bet oh I find college football a delight when you have like these 31 point spreads at least you know in the first couple of weeks that's so many points and these the good schools the the top 10 schools that are playing these lowlevel teams they get you know 29o favorites and all that they they do cover but those are terrifying to pick take the Aztec under yeah and bet against Notre day and that will you will you will make yourself some cash azex under for me is hit 40 times I mean it is like honestly because for some reason I mean they were heavily favored uh in the last game no they weren't they were they were slight dogs uh in the last game didn't score a point so the the under uh for the atics hits a lot uh and the NFL me has just always I I've never been good at it I've never ever been good at the NFL and and I don't enjoy betting the NFL I love betting college football and baseball but um all right San Diego State at Cal Saturday night 7:30 on ESPN what's the line the line is Cal minus 18 and a half and the overunderish 47 and a half Danny O'Neal may not play so I I they're backup options I'm I'm really unfamiliar with uh to this point so yeah I I I think 2 and0 playing well but yeah that's uh that's our NFL 3ome so tonight we'll we'll have some coverage of uh the game for you tomorrow we'll talk about yeah no p r tonight no p r tonight so good football game on good football game to watch give us a little something to do all right we'll come back next we'll wrap it up I don't know if Sammy lit's in the building yet he might be if not we will uh we will wrap it up and get you ready for the round table here on benam Woods 973 the fam e e e e e e e e e e e e final segment of benett woods today been a fun show miss you Benny if you're listening we love you and uh we're sorry Woodsy Going To A Gala in advance just remember that uh tune in at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow got a round table coming up in about 24 minutes and so stay tuned right here on 973 the fan going to be doing one hour of uh Padre's talk no commercials uh Paulie I don't know what kind of shape I'm 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better throughout the day learn more and plan your trolley trip at sdmts.com that's sdmts.com I'm Killy Dan with benam Woods San Diego's number one sports station 973 the fan so what's going on we got no Padre's game tonight we just mentioned that you got a little Thursday night football but there you know no high stress Padre's game to keep you up tonight no no I I will be attending a uh a gala this evening and it's the first Gala I've been to In in quite a while and normally when I get invited to Gallas uh especially mid is uh I I would typically always say no I I can't make it but I got a DM a couple of weeks ago I haven't even talked about this yet uh because I'm very nervous but I got a DM from sheel Sidler uh the the Widow of our beloved uh owner Peter Sidler and she invited me wanted to know my email address and wanted to invite me to the lucky duck foundations showcase Suare and I uh said of course I mean if she'll s asked me to do something I'm going to do it mhm and so I that's that's an easy yes I my heart like fluttered a little bit and I said okay great I'm in and black suit Black Tie what are we doing well so it's one of the Myriad of things I'm nervous about okay is the dress coat and you let's decipher this together like you can't dress like Peter would dress no Peter could dress like that because pet he can wear a 4X sweater correct and like jogging pants yeah and whatever HEC does dress code for tonight's galipo is uh let's keep it effort effortlessly stylish well I don't have that what what does that mean it says think smart casual jeans slacks polos dress shirts skirts or dresses are all perfectly appropriate kindly avoid tank tops Dam damn it shorts flipflops and athleisure wear which I'm wearing currently uh to keep the evening polish so I said no baggy tank top and joggers tonight so I said to Hannah I said so suit no tie she goes no you're not wearing a suit no tie just wear like nice pants and a button- down shirt I go okay I can do that so I guess that's but then I feel like I'm going to walk in and everyone it's it's in delmare it's fancy everyone's going to be in a suit I feel like I think you go suit no time that's what I said she said no so I'd rather keep in mind I'm an idiot when it comes to dress codes anytime it's there there's a wedding or an event and I read the it's like you know summer business casual I go what the f does that I don't know what that means so I'm I'm obviously uh I'm not great like I'm I'm I'm nervous obviously this is not this is a bit outside of my a my comfort zone and B my circle right and so lucky duck Foundation are they raising money yeah yeah it's you said it's a showcase it's a Gala yeah and there's you know there's a dinner and there's a Sammy hi Sammy there's a dinner there's um appetizers cocktails things like that so number one you don't want to over drink no when you go there if you have any at all you want to just make sure you keep it at one I mean nobody should but especially the guest of sheal seidler I would say uh don't do that so I'm I'm very nervous about that hobnobbing with the uh the Rich and Famous is not I'm not great at it I'm not great at it so that then it came down to but I I'm so honored number one I want to get that you know out there I I I was absolutely blown away and when I told my wife I said we are absolutely going 100% Going uh because of the honor and I just I'm very very honored to be asked and then I looked at I looked at what they're auctioning off tonight and I said oh well they're they know I'm in radio they know I don't make a ton of D hand us pretty well we did pretty well together but they didn't you always want to invite rich peoples to your Gala Sammy levit joins us on the program as well what what are we discussing I'm going to a Gala tonight I was invited by she the lucky duck foundation so I'm like very honored to go but I I'm also like um I'm nervous because I get nervous really about everything uh but so I'm looking at some of the the things that they were going to uh auction off at the event now they didn't call me there like hey we got to get the rich guy here like my father-in-law he gets invited to every Gall he probably turns down four gallons a day cuz they want a guy there that has some scratch right but but as a guest you feel obligated to spend some money that's why you're there it's a fundraiser she gave me the tick she gave us tickets so we are going as her guests and I don't want to walk in I'm not you know I won't mention him because he's on a golf vacation right now but I'm not going to go in there and just eat drink yeah and and just take advantage of everything for free just eating all the free appetite so you feel like you're going to to spend some money so I was like okay well let me check out and see what they're offering to things to bid on to right how about and Paulie if there's anything that jumps off the page you know your birthday is coming up let me know yeah we spent some time this morning have no idea what to get me this uh I I can I can get down with this some of these things all right well how about a Rolex submarine or watch starting bid is I have a nice Apple watch but I think a rooll I starting bid is uh is $9,000 that's one o or Paulie I could send you in Megan to the Los Los Cabos Beach House vacation uh $122,000 okay I would take that could do the Padre's owner's box experience don't worry I won't like leave you stranded in the middle of a pennet race to go to Cabo go on the off seon right yes um tickets to the owner's box four grand that'd be fun you're you're really looking for like the here's the four tickets to the zoo type that thing that that might fit more of a more of my budget here's the uh Puna deita Beach vacation at 15 uh large for that a trip to Las Vegas Paul you guys like Vegas 7500 here nice the east cape Cabo beach front it's uh it's only three grand might be a swing I what's the what's the cheapest so yeah what is the cheapest there's super sports package $15,000 Final Four game so they have the they're going to give us the paddles oh here's a Oregon vacation house do 7500 on that they're going to give us the paddles oh so it's like a live like a live so they may have the baskets of things that you can walk you write your name down for 250 300 like I'm down I want to SP Mone I I totally agree with you that this is a situation where if if you can find something that's within reason for your price range and that's not a knock on you and Hannah but you know if you can find find something within reason you don't own any sports franchises correct but if if you can you this is the situation you should you should bid on and try to yes try to do your part uh Manny say where is the movie night package 100% every auction has ever that existed has a basket with some mikanik and some popcorn and a blanket I just snotted I can picture it with the the bag of popcorn the The Milk Duds the mik and Ikes and then like four free movie passes even that thing goes for 175 you know what I mean if like at at the auctions when you're trying to raise money so so I don't know a I don't know what to wear B I don't know how to act C I don't know how much money to spend well I think the the dress is pretty easy I mean look nice jacket pants I think jacket no tie you can take the jacket off if you deem it too much when you get there so listen there are people that can pull off the Ben wears it on the news every night he can pull off black slacks in a blue jacket Eric grer huge in his warp he always has the different Blazer whatever I've never been able to do the mismatch so mine is a I'll be wearing a suit with no tyannah said no she said no why not it's a nice too much it's it's an I mean this is going to be a nice a really nice fundraiser event jeans in there I'm not wearing jeans obviously but I don't want to be overdressed you don't you can't wear like a pair of slacks and a shirt and a jacket uh yeah I don't have a matching jacket all my jackets are suit jackets oh they don't look good with the slacks that I have you know what I'm saying I also don't know how to act oh that you'll be fine Woody see I I actually think that you don't give yourself enough credit I think you are one of the more people person know say that but it's just my personality I think I think you're and this is not me psychoanalyzing you I think you feel like you you maybe have more trouble in those situations I I watch you like when you come to the ballpark or you're at a live people love you oh thank you thank you and you interact really well I don't think you give yourself enough credit I in fact I think you will thrive in this situation this is tonight tonight I think you're going to be fine this is a good bit here the the money part of it that could get a little so I'm sitting next to Shi Sidler she's raising her paddle do I just egg her maybe she'll get my birthday present maybe she will but to your point maybe there will be ultimately some some smaller budget items ohn hope hope you're ready for a movie night you could you could also hey you know throw up your paddle and what happens happens I come in tomorrow I'm like guess who holds a brand new Rolex submarine or watch for 13 Grand uh somebody said in the uh in the chat Go full Top Hat full Top Hat tuxedo just show up like a big dumb idiot so that's tonight so again Paulie I sh just kind of slouches in the chair when you walk in like gu Dumb and Dumber suits oh Christian makes a good point just place the very first bid uh do I have 4,000 yes you do right here you know I'm going to win it you know will oh yeah you can't play that game yeah it's very dangerous so yeah all right well I'm going to great what a what a wonderful what a wonderful thing to do what a wonderful invite that's aesome it was it was very special to me very special you are notorious for ambient purchases correct take a little ambient get a little loopy imagine and you have no idea what you bought so pop in ambient like 20 minutes after you get there yeah and let Hannah drive home and uh let's just see what you got see what happens I'm running around pantsless at the lucky duck Foundation no I I promise if Sheil if you're listening I will not embarrass you I probably won't say five words so I uh I'm very very honored and touched uh to be included and and asked and uh it's going to be a really special night and look forward to spending some time with she I I I've talked to her briefly uh but I had when I when I met Sheil for the first time and the only time uh we did the whole show about Peter we love Peter yeah um she thanked us and wrote me a really sweet email and sent me a really nice package for all the guys and it was really really a sweet moment and so I it it's been part of the reason I've acted the way that I've acted this year is because that's Peter never panicked every time we talked he never panicked he just was not a guy that panicked about this baseball team um and so I've tried to take some of those lessons uh from him this year but first time I met her I got to talk to her and I I remember out of the corner of my eye my dad was with me down on the field and he was talking to AJ preller so I I was I was listening her but I wasn't hearing her cuz all I could hear was my dad behind me like so you look what are you looking at in the market you like a catch her and I'm just like I had to play interference there so I wasn't able to really get in deep with her and I'm very excited to spend some time with her tonight uh and just again very very touched and honor wonderful yeah it's going to be a lot of fun uh not as much fun as the Round Table's going to be here in about 10 minutes yeah I mean uh they got me in here you know I'm not used to sitting in in traffic to get here because I I very rare ly Drive during rush hour times like in this city in general I just I just don't I never do either and when I do I lose my mind yeah it it's brutal on the 15 there it was it was 9:30 and it still backed up so they got me here yeah got you here B out Ben out Tony on the road Tony on the road you're in the round table today and you're not hosting no not that I know okay did you tell Adam at you day off he knows does he since when does he care but you you you know you know what Adam does it's it's not a demand it's an ask it's not a must it's an ask now it's not even a really aggressive ask at all there's not even usually like a double up on the ass we don't know what that means we only get aggressive ass yeah see I don't I I just get I just get asked and if I if I didn't want to do it he would say all good but like it's there's like a slight you know has a really good way he has a good way about him where he he's almost so nice to me at least about it that it may makes me of course want to do it he does the thing uh to me and he he always starts with the Preamble of listen you can say no if you want to and I'm like well now I have to say yes cuz I'm a big old yes man I like to I like to help as much as I can but I I it he gets me almost every time with that now to the point though where I'm like I can't I sometimes I'm like I just can't do it man there's just no way I tell you guys what he did to me the other day he told me I could tell this story so I what was poly Tuesday it's th Tuesday Tuesday I had a rough one I I I woke up early got here at 4:00 in the morning it was not feeling great just not having a good day and he came in after the show and he's like you good I'm like no not really I'm just kind of just having a rough one he's like oh sorry man if there's anything I can do I go I just I need to sleep dude I'm I'm cashed and he said okay yeah so I did my production went home fell asleep I laid got right in bed laid down 11:15 phone rings it's Adam I go hello hey hi what are you up to nothing just chilling hey I just wanted to let you know if you need anything I'm right I'm here for you and I said and I go oh thank you man and he said did I wake you up I go yeah he goes oh no I go but I told you the one thing I needed was sleep he called me right in the middle of my sleep he felt so ter I go you know what man it's fine I got up I had lunch I went back to bed everything was fine but but he is that kind of guy he is that kind of guy he's a sweet angel sweet angel so hopefully I don't embarrass the entire crew tonight Paulie I think you're going to do great and we'll have I would figure out this this dress thing though this seems fixable I almost want to drive by at 5 see what everyone else three different and then run home and change it's fairly close run home and change and be like cuz I don't want to be overdressed but I certainly don't want to be underdressed but I see I think you could roll with a suit no tie and probably be okay even if you're a tad overdressed I'd rather be a tad overdress than underdress Sam and I I I will tell you I really mean it from a social perspective I don't think you give yourself nearly enough credit you you to me are like you to me are like a chameleon like you can you can fit in in in any type of environment setting crowd well we'll see this is this is a different one and Hannah too yeah this is a different one going to be fine so uh just to bring it all back home here before we got about a minute left um we kind of alluded to something that we did for Benny or two two Benny with for him yeah on his trip up to LA this weekend to do a little Golf and and woods you said you texted did Ben you said the thread with all three of us you said Benny just remember we love you Ben's responded what did he say he said oh no oh yeah he knows he knows something up he has no idea what no idea what but uh we will tell you that whole story 6:00 a.m. tomorrow yeah and I'll have some uh bring in my new maybe a new sailboat or something that I buy tonight you never know what's going to happen at the lucky duck but uh thank you guys for tuning in he it'll be it'll be for a good cause yeah 100 the best cause the best CA what would pet for it exactly what would Peter Sidler do go for it just live like Peter all right I will believe you me enjoy that Rolex we'll be in tomorrow round tables next right on 973 the fan