Ben & Woods On Demand Podcast
7am Hour - Padres "Sunday Slump" Song + The Jurickson Profar Game
Ben & Woods kick off the 7am hour by playing a parody song that Paulie was able to put together using A.I. called "Sunday Slump" as we laugh about the Padres losing AGAIN on a Sunday. Then we get to "Don't (And DO) Do This" before we talk about the 2 wins for the Padres in Baltimore over the weekend, including Friday's epic win which has been dubbed "The Jurickson Profar Game"! Listen here!
- Duration:
- 1h 3m
- Broadcast on:
- 29 Jul 2024
- Audio Format:
- mp3
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You live in your neighborhood as well. So when you're shopping for a home, you want to know as much about the area around it as possible. Luckily, Homes.com has got you covered. Each listing features a comprehensive neighborhood guide from local experts. Everything you'd ever want to know about a neighborhood, including the number of homes for sale, transportation, local amenities, cultural attractions, unique qualities, and even things like median lot size and a noise score. Homes.com. We've done your homework. That's some Padres Dodgers to give away today. Tickets. That is to the games. Not actual players. Tomorrow. No. All right. Who wants Gavin Luxe called now 833-288-09. So I don't even think Dodger fans would call for that one. This is a home run. Yeah, he's playing a little bit better. He's been playing a little bit better. Gavin Visio coming up in the eight o'clock hour. We give away tickets to see the Padres and the Dodgers tomorrow. And then Paulie says tomorrow we'll have tickets for Wednesday's games. So stay tuned between now and 10 o'clock for your chance to get to what is going to be a pretty big series, just a two-gamer, which is because one of those games was actually played in Korea. This is where you only get a two-game series because one of those was a Padres home game. So just a short two-gamer couple of days this week. But we talked about yesterday's game and we got so into it. We forgot our whole the Sunday thing, the Padres not winning on Sundays, which of course has been a problem. They have last week's win as their only Sunday win since May, right? I believe. Yeah. We went back to like late May and they lost every Sunday game. They won last week, but right back to the losing ways on Sundays. And I don't know what the issue is, whether they're just, you know, too much brunch or whatever goes on on Sundays. Saturday night gets too big. I know I've had some pretty lazy Sundays myself, so. So this was amazing. I'm a little concerned about how good it turned out. Yeah. Because I've always kind of rolled my eyes a little bit at the whole AI. Oh, yeah. AI's coming and going to change your lives. But there's no way AI can replace human creativity. Right. Like the actual crafting of a song. Except it kind of has because the chord structures. There's a lot about AI that I don't like and I'm freaked out about and concerned about for the future. But if it's a if it's around and it can enhance our show. Let's use it. I'm going to use it. So Woods, when you and I were growing up, novelty songs on like morning radio shows were a big thing. Massive. Massive. Like Paul, you can't even wrap your head around. They did a song in Dallas to the tune of Eric Clapton's cocaine and it was coffee. Coffee. And I'm this was 40 years ago and I can still hear it in my head. When the Padres went to the 84 World Series, they had cub busters to the tune of Ghostbusters, which was the big. It took so much to put together one of those songs. You need musicians. You need songwriters. You needed a recording studio. It was like weeks of work that went into this content. Paulie, tell everybody what you did and how long it took. I created, well, I didn't create, I used AI to create a humorous song about the Padres' inability to win on Sundays in the style of bro country. And how long did that take? About 10 seconds. 10 seconds. And here is the result, which absolutely blew my mind. It's called Sunday Slum. There's a teen down in Caled by the sun, kid's banged. With a nickname from the Padres, but they can't seem to play. Come Sunday afternoons, they just fold and fade away. While the fans all say, why can't we win today? We've got the sun and shine, we've got the beach. But when it comes to Sundays, a wind's out of reach, beer in our head. Beer in our head. Hope in our hearts, but by the seventh inning, it's falling apart. All Sundays just no fun day, men will lose in every day. Oh my God. Our Sundays turn to the other day, since always just the same. Some get broke onto the parking lot, we'll wonder what we're wrong. And the Padres can't separate the curse and give us one sweet song. It's actually not bad. It's pretty good. It's not. Eric Grouper gives that guy a surfboard and he sells on Petco Park. And people pay $700 a ticket to go see the guy that sounds like that, my friend. Hunter said, wait a jinx us. He said, that's worse than that's what's in. That's not a jinx. It's not talking about how great we are. It's talking about how we can't win on Sunday. We're hoping to jinx Sunday. We're hoping to jinx Sunday, buddy. ♪ They just no fun day, when we're losing every day. ♪ That's 10 seconds that thing. Our Sundays turn to what? Butterdays? Blonder days. Oh, Blonder days. Butter days is better. I mean, my Sunday, what? Butter days. What happened to the craft? Creativity. The work that is required to put together a really horrible song. Right. Like, yeah, corn star and things like that we've played before. Like, man, at least I mean, at least they like got in the studio and did that song. You know, and some of the worst, you know, Florida, Georgia line songs you've ever heard. Those guys actually went in and actually had to sing it and play it and write it down and, you know, build a song around it. That is just incredible though. Some head over to our friends at KSON. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. To play it all day. To play this new hit tune. Want to throw out the phone numbers for take on Woods about five minutes. If you want to get in line to play and try to qualify for our trip to Las Vegas. 833-288-0973 last week to qualify for our July prize. 833-288-0973. Before that though, a bunch of other moves. The trade deadline is not until tomorrow, but this weekend saw a ton of activity Woods. Biggest move in your mind. From over the weekend. Was it? I was floored by the Christopher Morel and Isaac Paredes. I was floored by it because I think like everybody, I considered the Cubs to be out of it. Well, they said they're out of it. They said, yeah, they said we're not playing for this year. And this idea of acquiring Isak Paredes is not really for this season. He's under control a couple of more years and they're looking to win next year and the year after. But that one was kind of a shocker, but probably won't have a big impact on the rest of this season. I thought the Phillies getting Carlos Estevas was pretty big as well. Right after trading Sir Anthony to make this. They're playing some chess here. They really are. They trade with the Orioles to kind of fill each other's needs, but then come right in and grab another reliever to replace Sir Anthony Dominguez. That's some next level GMing by David Dombrowski. He's good. There with the Phillies. Jazz Chisholm going to the Yankees. This is the one that I think got the most headlines because it was the Yankees. I don't know. What are they going to do with him? Where are they going to play him? Well, he was playing center field last night. Yeah, they have a center field. They're pretty good. Well, with the most part, and they have Trent Grisham, who's now what? Never going to play. Right. You could play him instead of Verdugo a little bit. I mean, they have a they have a you could try him in the infield, but then you have to move Glaibre Torres. So they talk they don't want to move them. They actually talked to him after the game asking jazz if he would take ground balls at third base. And he said, sure, whatever they need. Glaibre said, no, I want I'm a second baseman, which is exactly what you want. That's just a weird fit, you know, they need some more athleticism. They don't steal many bases. He kind of fills that need. Sure. Let's be honest, Jazz Chisholm is a little more hyped than actually good. I don't know if that was a great deal. They would have been better off with Paredes if they could have gotten him. He would have he would have filled instantly one of their needs, but they couldn't land him. The Cubs got him when the Dodgers and Yankees both wanted him. That's why that was such a shocker for me over the weekend. I mean, and again, you know, the the AJ Preller deal was shocking when it came down yesterday as well. So there's been some pretty decent moves that I've liked. I think a lot of teams have gotten better. And Matt's who are right there with the Padres half game behind in the wild card race, picked up a couple of players. They got Ryan Stanik from the Mariners to fortify their bullpen. Although he got lit up by the Braves in his first appearance. And get our friend Jesse Wanker from the Washington Nationals to be a fourth gun outfielder or kind of part-time starter for them is Jesse Wanker. Some people have called him. I don't got to watch the Mets though. I mean, they're, you know, it's now a six team race for three spots right now with maybe the Giants being the seventh team possibly in a wild card race. But, you know, you get to play better than at least three of those teams to make sure you get into the wild card at the end of the year. And the Mets are clearly going for it. The Braves kind of stopped the bleeding though with a couple of wins over the Mets this weekend. But the Diamondbacks are hot. They lost yesterday in extra innings, but they've been winning a lot. They're right on the Padres tail. The Pirates are still in it. Padres have six huge games against the Pirates coming up. Those are going to be absolutely critical. So you look at those standings and you got to keep an eye out on a bunch of teams right now in the National League and what they're doing and still, may still do before tomorrow at three o'clock. Yeah, I mean, there's still some huge names that could potentially be moved over the next couple of days. You know, Blake Snell probably being the top of the heap there after striking out what 15 hitters and six innings the other day for the Giants. And, you know, they're in that weird, on that weird precipice of like, "Oh God, what do we do?" Well, John Haman, just 10 minutes ago, posted that the Orioles with new, wealthier, win-oriented owner and great prospect stash are aiming high and among teams to check in on Blake Snell, crochet and scuba are also potential fits. Yeah, so, you know, the Dodgers have been pretty quiet, but pretty quiet. I mean, very quiet. Now, they're under, I mean, you know, listen, Twitter is Twitter. It's a small percentage of your fan base, but they're pretty vocal. And to look at Dodgers Twitter right now, the panic is real. So, you know, if you're Andrew Friedman, you look at your lineup that you ran out this weekend against the Astros, you go, "Yeah, man, we need, we need to smell Paredes would have been a phenomenal fit for them as well." I really thought he was going to go there. They were not willing to meet the price on him, I guess. So, I don't know who they go get. And we can talk about what the Padres still trying to do with starting pitching a little bit later, but in terms of what's available, the shines a little bit off of crochet with his big poison pill, of getting a contract extension. You say Kakuchi's been pitching terribly. Terribly, lately, Blake Snell obviously is drawing tons of interest. So, there's tons of competition. Tyler Anderson is still out there, maybe someone like Cal Quantral. If the Rockies are willing to deal with them, they just go for a fifth starter type. There was a report that came out this morning about the Rockies that said they're not going to extend Cal Quantral. So, he, I would imagine, is available. So, it would be interesting to pick up Cal again. We'll talk about that, obviously, over the next 24 hours plus. Right now, though, let's get to our first game of the week. It is time to take on Woods. It's time for take on Woods. Woods. Woods. All right, let's see. Let's go to, is this Aiden? We get that right. Hello? Who's this? Hey, are you calling for take on Woods? I'm calling for take on Woods, I'll do that thing. All right, well, hold on. Now, if you're not calling for take on Woods, I put you down. We can hold you on. Let's try Robert. Robert, are you there? Hello? Yeah. Hello. Hey, Robert. Morning, guys. All right, you ready to play take on Woods? Hell yeah. All right, let's get to it. Take on Woods brought to you by Valvoline Instant Oil Change. It only takes 15 minutes. You don't have to get out of your car for directions and discounts. Go to SoCalOilChange.com. That's SoCalOilChange.com. Let's get right to it. If you can beat or tie Woods, you will qualify for our grand prize drawing trip to the Rio Las Vegas two nights, dinner for two, a day bed at the Rio pool, one of their four sparkling new pools, part of their renovations with new rooms, brand new food hall and more. Get the, get your rooms now at real Las Vegas.com. All right, here are your categories. Robert, we've got X marks the spot. Those are five songs your artist ending in the letter X. Got the afterlife. Those are song titles and artists, including the word after. And we've got oceans five. Those are song titles and artists, including the word ocean. So X marks the spot, the afterlife or oceans five. Robert, what would you like to play? X marks the spot. X marks the spot. All right, today we are looking for five songs or artists that end in the letter X. Have 60 seconds to answer as many as you can pass. If you don't know one, we'll come back to it. If there's time left on the clock, if you beat her tie woods, that is, we'll get you into the drawing. First question is the two second song. Pauli's going to play you some music. He's queuing it up now. If you can give me the title and the artist, one of which has the X at the end, you'll score that point. Two part are there. Robert, you're ready to play? Yeah. All right, 60 seconds on the clock in the category X marks the spot. Robert, your time begins when Paul plays the music. Good luck. Let's take on woods. [MUSIC PLAYING] English new wave band Frankie Goes to Hollywood topped the charts with which debut single released in 1983. [MUSIC PLAYING] Which thrash metal band considered one of the big four is named after a bacterial infection that sounded sufficiently evil to guitarist Scott Ian? [MUSIC PLAYING] Two years after hungry like the wolf in Rio, which 1984 song finally became the first number one hit in the United States for Duran Duran. [MUSIC PLAYING] He just hung up. Wow. All right, we've never had that. That was an unfortunate game of take on woods. [MUSIC PLAYING] He literally hung up. [MUSIC PLAYING] I don't even know where to go from there. He dropped the bad word. He dumped him. I dumped him. And then I dumped for the word. He hung up. Yeah, then he hung up. Well, at least he knew when you do that on the radio, you're done. [MUSIC PLAYING] He also probably read the writing on the-- Well, they're going to have it on there. Let's see how woods go. Let's make woods think he really needs to step up. Come on, woods. I won't give all the answers. In fact, I never got to the last question. [LAUGHING] Chat knows some of these. All right, bring your A game here, woods. [MUSIC PLAYING] Trinky category. OK. You ready? I'm ready. All right, 60 seconds on the clock. Your time begins when Paul plays the music, good like woods. Let's take on Robert. [MUSIC PLAYING] Way, way, way. That is Nirvana. And it's-- I'll come back to it. English new wave band Frankie Goes to Hollywood, top the charts with which debut single released in 1983. Relax? Correct. Which thrash metal band consider one of the big four is named after a bacterial infection? Anthrax. Correct. Two years after "Hungry Like the Wolf" and Rio, which 1984 song became the first hit number one in the United States for Duran Duran? Uh, say it again. Two years after "Hungry Like the Wolf" and Rio, which 1984 song finally became the first-- The reflex. Correct. Salt and pepper were willing to have a frank discussion about the birds and the bees. Let's talk about sex. Correct. Back to our two second song. This is something with an X. Something with an X. Something with an X. Something with an X. You need it. Yeah. How can you-- you need it. Shut up. Come on. Come on, it's Nirvana. I know. Hey, wait a minute, everybody passes. Oh my god. I can't believe you're going to lose it. Oh my god. Oh my god. Congratulations, Roberts. Hold on. I still can't. It's actually Robert didn't get any right. You win. Oh. In fact, young-- Not only did he not get any right-- He cursed it on the back report questions. No, he didn't. You're going to kill yourself. Oh, no, on this one. What is it? Part-shaped box. Part-shaped box. Yeah, all I thought was all apologies. So it was the first thing that went in my head, and I couldn't get it out. They all ended in X. He went pass, pass, pass, pass. Part-shaped box. Ben read a question. You guys, ah, S, and it just looks the greatest. Just stuck with eight, and me. He was calling in for some pot raise talk, and he said, well, we'll switch to Robert, but that is-- that was my mistake. He is fantastic. Heart-shaped box. Relax, anthrax, the reflex, and let's talk about sex. Next marks, six spots. I hope you enjoy to get it. All right. All right. Well, I always don't do this. Robert, you just made don't do this as well. First ever time that you wrote the contestant, and don't do this. Adam Clue just sent a banger to the group thread and said that Collar laid his golden fiddle down, because he knew that he'd been beat. [LAUGHTER] That was amazing. Oh, my lord. Whoo. You guys probably scared me to death. You need it. You need it. I'm like, shut up, shut up. Everyone says I was smiling too much. Oh, lord. That was tough. Not really. All right. Don't do this coming up, Nick. Did you want to talk about the opening ceremonies at the Olympics a little bit? I will if you don't. Because I've got to do do this from the opening ceremonies. Let's come back with that and more after traffic here at 97 through the fan. Just the tease here. I have never seen Woodsy so passionate about maybe anything. He's mad. He is hopping mad. I watched. I enjoyed the opening ceremonies. This man was fuming for about 10 minutes this morning. Pacing. Just pacing this room. You may be on suspension for a week while you're on vacation if you don't spend me for a week. You know how long the vacation excitement. Coming up next on 97 through the fan. You don't just live in your home. You live in your neighborhood as well. So when you're shopping for a home, you want to know as much about the area around it as possible. Luckily, homes.com has got you covered. Each listing features a comprehensive neighborhood guide from local experts. Everything you'd ever want to know about a neighborhood, including the number of homes for sale, transportation, local amenities, cultural attractions, unique qualities, and even things like median lot size and a noise score. Homes.com. We've done your homework. Now with the MLB app, you can get baseball your way. Pick your favorite team, your favorite players, and get customized highlights, stories, and breaking news right on your home feed. Follow the action with Game Tip, where 3D replays add another dimension. Plus, notifications can keep you connected to every pitch, every hit, every game, the MLB app. Baseball, your way. Download it now for free from the App Store or Google Play. Blackout and other restrictions apply major league baseball trade parts used with permission. Nice. Today's episode is sponsored by Nerd Wallet Smart Money Podcast. Get your head in the financial game with smart investing and budgeting tips straight from the nerds. Nerd wallets experts will set future you up for success. With dependable, fact-based insights, no financial misinformation allowed. Learn how to save on your summer vacation. Find your next credit card, or loan for a big purchase, and invest in your next index fund. Make smarter decisions in 2024. Follow Nerd Wallet Smart Money Podcast on your favorite podcast app. Don't do this. It's time for Don't Do This. What were you thinking? Three stories from the world of sports that make us all shake our heads. Why? How many times do I have to tell you? I'm sorry. I fudged up, guys. You idiot, moron. Now, come back. The apple sometimes does far fall from the tree. Don't do this. Do not tweet that. With Ben and Woods. I like a Nickelback song or two. On 97.3, the fan. Don't do this. Brought to you by The Craft Taco in Serenno Valley. Craft Taco is some of the best quality tacos in all of San Diego. Go to CraftTaco.com. Take a look at their happy hour specials today at the CraftTaco.com. When Woods was very worked up, not about the opening ceremonies, but the reaction. Oh, man, it bummed me out. To the opening ceremonies on Friday from Paris. It really brought me back to the '80s and the satanic panic. You got to remember where I lived. I lived in Texas. And it came from and come from a really religious family. My grandfather was a primitive Baptist preacher. My grandfather was a primitive Baptist, which is about as hardcore as you can get. My dad is a very devout Catholic. I was exposed to a lot of religion, was grew up in the church, et cetera. And I remember the satanic panic of the '80s. My favorite band is being called Trial. And I remember getting into dozens and dozens of arguments with my parents and family members about this satanic music I was listening to. And it really just kind of spun me out again to see it kind of come back full circle. When in reality, that's not what it was at all. It wasn't that then. And it's not that now. And it really, I was like, phew, off the-- I was just completely lost it, talking about it again. I remember, I mean, think about like, when I was a kid, when we were kids, been ACDC, fun loving band from Australia. No, no, no, no. It actually stands for after Christ, Devil Comes. No, it doesn't. It doesn't. It never did. Kiss, kiss. I want to rock and roll all night and party every day. I was made for loving you. That actually stands for Knights and Satan Service. No, it doesn't. They were sitting around a room. They looked at each other, what about kiss? It's a good man name. That's it. ACDC, so Hells Bells. Hells Bells, right there in the name. Right there in the name. I remember often came out to hundreds of save opportunities. Secretly turning Olive Sandie going to Devil Worshippers. Demonic. Didn't know that. I heard when I was a kid. I grew up in a family where I had family members that wouldn't let their kids trick or treat, because it was demonic. And I'm like, hmm, really she's dressed as Rag of the Yan, just getting some candy on a Wednesday night. Listen, you can be offended about anything you want to be offended about. But I think when you understand the context and the history behind the opening ceremonies, it gives it a little more clarity. And it just-- the satanic panic was such a part of my youth. And I hated it. And I defended it vehemently. And I will do the same-- So it's pretty avant-garde. That was awesome. Oh, Gojira came out and just shredded. And to have-- by the way, we all need to remember, that wasn't in America. That was in France. It's a different country. They have different history. That was a history lesson. And in the Greek, the Olympics come from Greek culture. They talked about that in there. They did that. It was their interpretation. So again, I really thought the opening ceremonies were incredible. They do. And I just think that if you want to get offended about something, you can. You can. But make sure I think-- I want to tell people how to live or fan. I really don't, but the consternation over it brought me back to a really dark time of just kind of dumb discourse. Oh, Gojira is so good. It's so good. And the funny thing is, they sound so heavy in hardcore. All of their lyrics are about the beauty of the earth, the wondrous feeling of dipping your head in a stream. It's all about the earth and loving each other and things like that. And even if that wasn't your thing, I thought another do-do-do this moment. Celine Dion coming back after the health issues that she's battled. And while stiff person syndrome sounds kind of cookey, apparently it was horrific for her. She's like a clip from a documentary that's either already been made or being made about her. And she'd let a camera into the room while a doctor was working with her. And it was heartbreaking. And to come back and singing the Eiffel Tower. And I mean, come on. She's an amazing, absolutely slated. Now, I experienced it slightly different in a way that just Ben would. So I was watching with my son. And here's what we did, because this is very us. When they were doing the parade of athletes down the barges, down the Senn River. You know, they go alphabetically, but in French. So we were trying to guess which country would come up next, just based on our geographic knowledge of the world. Like what would come up? OK, Nicaragua just came up. What would be the next end country? That would be North Korea. And we did this like for a good 30/40 thing alphabetically, the countries of the world. I don't want to laugh at you because you're doing something with your kids, and you both enjoyed, and educational. It didn't jog anything in my mind, my mind at all. But yeah, DJ Vix, different strokes for different folks. DJ says that was absolutely disgusting. I can't believe you approve of that mockery. It's atom.clueg@autacy.com. And the funny thing is, they're going to be offended about my non-offense, so then they're going to write Adam an email, because I was not enough offended. So it's atom.clueg@autacy.com. So I didn't want to do this today, but we will, and we did. Speaking of don't do this, what these two guys did to me on Friday is don't do this. And they pranked me, and they just killed me. I don't think it's a don't do this. I think it is a don't do this. I think it is. I think we are just going to just agree to disagree on this one. You guys got me so good. We'll play that for you at eight. Thank you. Paulie had a do-do-do this from-- Dee-dee, mega-doo. I miss this. Oh, this was awesome. So Randy Rose Reyna was traded to Seattle. Was that Thursday night that it was reported? Yeah, we had to-- we talked about it on Friday morning. That's what I thought. But Friday night, he was still in Tampa. But he was no longer a member of the Tampa Bay race. And I saw it clip going around. He still went to the game. Now you didn't go through the players' entrance and sitting in the dugout. He's no longer a member of the race. You get a couple of days, I think, after you're traded. Well, he also played this weekend for the Mariners. Yeah, yeah. But he had traded that afternoon full Friday to grab your stuff and went to the game and sat with his family. It was really cool. It was really cool. And you can see his wife and tears. And he had big sunglasses on. He was clearly emotional. He had his child with him. Then he got up, walked up through the concourse, was signing, taking pictures. It was emotional, man. I mean, that's where he came off. Yeah, very cool. See if he can help the Seattle Mariners fix their offense that just is not matched up to their pitching staff. And they've actually been caught by the Houston Astros now, which is they were probably not expecting that, considering how the Astros started the season. All right, let's don't and do do this for a Monday. That was don't do this with Ben & Woods, a 97-3 the fan. We did talk about yesterday's loss. But we haven't really gotten into the two wins. We need to give them their credit and their due. Big time. Especially Friday. You said there are no moral victories. I was hoping for a moral victory on Friday. Got an actual victory on Friday. Maybe the most surprising win of the year for the San Diego Padres. Talk about that when we come back with Ben & Woods on San Diego's number one sports station, 97-3 the fan. Another trade just came down. Stove continues to boil, Ben. The water on the stove, I should say. Stove doesn't boil. It's just a stove. Your stove is boiling. Check. Get a new stove. Call the fire department. Yeah, the Kansas City Royals have just acquired. Right-hander Michael Lorenzen from the Texas Rangers. And going back to the Rangers is left-handed reliever, Walter Pennington. Sounds made up. Triple A reliever. Yep. Top 30 prospect in their system before the year. So just kind of an arm on the rise for a mediocre fourth to fifth starter. But let's be honest. Padres could use a mediocre fourth to fifth starter. Michael Lorenzen would have been a great fitty. And the price tag isn't insane, which gives me at least some hold. Give me a little hope. You know, maybe there's a player out there on the Michael Lorenzen mold that could work for the Padres. Now, maybe they were in on Lorenzen. Maybe they weren't. Maybe he's not someone that AJ and his scouts think that highly of. And they've got their their sights set on another pitcher like that. I do. I don't think that they are going top of the market, though. I think crochet not going to happen for the Padres. Well, you say that, man. I do say that. You say it. Holy cow. You say it, but you just-- We've thought it before and been wrong. Oh, we've been so wrong. And, you know, again, the point was made on Twitter yesterday, all the people that the Padres are linked to. And I think they're still linked to Snell, crochet, scuba. I think, of course, you're going to make calls and find out if you could potentially, you know, work some magic. But if AJ Preller has shown us anything-- I mean, did anybody on this radio station or anywhere else say, Jason Adam is a guy, they're going to be targeting? No, the answer is no. I just didn't hear me on Friday. Oh, yeah, you probably did drop that in. The answer is no. It's no. He works kind of behind the scenes, around the margins. And, you know, he's really good at that. So now, hopefully, you know, this acquisition really helps bolster the bullpen. But I certainly don't think he's done by a long stretch. But we'll see. We'll see. But there's another one off the board. But the price tag was not through the roof at all. Like, not even a little bit. So Tyler Anderson is another name they've been connected to. But again, I just-- I always feel with AJ if there's smoke with AJ, there's not necessarily fire, right? Like, any time that there's a little smoke around a guy, usually pivots and goes another direction. And I don't think-- you know, I don't think that's why he pivots and goes another direction. I just think that he's working on deals that nobody has any idea of. One thing we do know about the Padres front office over the last couple of years-- and you guys can back me up on this-- it's been pretty tight-lipped, pretty tight-lipped. Not a lot of stuff has snuck out. Now, it was a couple of years where it was-- like, nothing was kept in. Nothing was kept in. And I think they figured out how to keep that stuff inside. Keep in mind that when you're assessing the value of a potential trade, as fans, we immediately just think, well, how good is that player? Sure. But when you're an executive, sometimes a more important part of the equation is how expensive are they? And how much control is left on that player? Which is why the price tag on Jason Adam was fairly high. Two more years of pretty affordable control for a really good reliever, whereas the price tag for someone whose contract is expiring or is more expensive is not going to be that high. You know, look at a guy like Tyler Anderson. He's got $13 million next year and the remainder of $13 million this year. He's kind of right in the middle there in terms of affordability. Garrett Crochet, though, he's got multiple years at an affordable price tag, pre-free agency. The price tag is going to be way, way higher for a guy like that considering how good he's been. But that's a huge part of the equation when it comes to the trade deadline. Not only how good he's been, his demands. You know, his demands of-- That's pushing down the value again. Exactly. So you just never know what he's able to swing and what they're able to work out. John Marosi, 37 seconds ago. Dodgers are among the teams discussing, you say, Kakuchi trade proposals with the Blue Jays, the Twins, Padres, and Astros also are involved. A Kakuchi deal is seen as very likely before the trade deadline ends tomorrow. Ooh, but again, he's been struggling lately. Now, that doesn't mean he can't turn it around and be fixed. He's been a pretty solid starting pitcher, but you're not buying high right now and you say Kakuchi. Yeah. All right, let's check traffic. When we come back, talk about the wins from over the weekend for the San Diego Padres in Baltimore next year on 97-3, the fan. And baseball coverage on the fan is presented by T-Mobile, switch to T-Mobile. You can get tons of benefits. They'll save on every plan versus AT&T and Verizon. Use their savings calculator to find out how at tmobile.com/switch. Well, I will say Friday was a surprise to me. In fact, on Friday, I told you my parents were celebrating their 50th anniversary. That's right. My brother and sister and I got together. Got them a bottle of Dom Perignon. Chilled it, delivered it to their hotel where they were staying in Delmar. You're bearing the lead. What? You know what? Tell us what you did with how you got the bottle of Dom. Costco. Right. Did you make money off this deal? I mean, I don't think my brother and sister both read remotely 100 bucks. And as we said, let's get a good bottle of champagne. Dom was the best they had. It's retail value is like $300 to $400. But at Costco, it was like $250 something plus tax. So what? Maybe I-- maybe I'm $20 or something at the end of the day. I mean, not a lot. I also did all the legwork in driving and delivering and everything. I was going to say, that's the cost of doing business. For your brother and your sister, that's the cost of doing business when they say, I can't make it. I know you can. I'll give you the-- if you make a little extra cash off this, that's fine. My point of the story, though, is that I pulled in about $420. It's a drop off the champagne at their hotel. And at a measure, I just walked the first two batters of the game. And I walk up and my parents can't get the game on the TV in the hotel room. And I go, don't worry about it. They're going to get absolute slaughters today. Just enjoy your evening. Yes. Don't worry about the Padres. You'll be better off than the rest of us who have to watch the game. And of course, I get a text from my mom the next morning. They won. You told me they were going to lose. I really didn't think they were going to lose on Friday night. It had to be the most surprising outcome of the season, maybe, for the San Diego Padres. Without a measure on the mound, walking the first two batters in the bottom of the first stadium going, this is going to get. Og Lee. Yeah, got the double play. And then you gave you that little, tiny gimmer. Glimmer of hope. And think about this, man. You beat the Baltimore Orioles. You started out a measure. You used Austin Davis and Logan Gillespie in the same game. And you won that game six to four. Thank you, too. One, Jerrickson Profar. My God. That man is on a different planet. Xander Bogart, three for four with a double. Jackson Merrill, Hassan Kim, Campusano. Each had two hit games. Just fantastic. And I loved the aggressiveness of, not-- Don't let them see Adam Maisure too much. That's exactly right, man. I mean, we were talking about-- I said, man, if you can get nine outs, that would be tremendous. He went two and two thirds. Eight. Even better. That's fine. That is absolutely fine. One earned run, two walks. The walks are so confounding. Because, again, not like I sit and watch his minor league starts, but all the reports on Adam Maisure, it's not always a control guy. When he gets to the big leagues, Ben, he loses his own. And I don't know if it's nerves. Still, I don't know what it is. But, again, great managing by Mike Schilt, because you won that game. They were aggressive by pulling him out of there. Jerrickson Profar just carried us. So we heard-- now, do we have both the calls of the Jerrickson Profar home run? Jesse's was great. I heard that one earlier in the week. But fantastic. The second go-ahead home run. And he just put in the team on his back incredibly. Well, of course, swings, hits it in the air. Deep to center field. Mullins is back. Still going back at the wall. Going to go. Second of the night for Profar. Padres go back in front in the ninth inning. Jerrickson, with his 18th of the year. And it's 6 to 4. Off of Craig Kimbrell, the former Pot Ray. But Paulie always does a little more leg work on these. And you realize the Orioles actually have been scuffling a little bit. They were probably looking at that game as like, OK, this is one we've got to win to kind of turn things around and get going. And after they scored the two, they tied it up. I think they were feeling pretty good. And the Padres just crushed their soul. Jerrickson did in the ninth inning. Ribbon a deep center by Profar. Mullins racing back. It's gone. [CHEERING] Jerrickson, Profar's second to run a homer of the night. 6 for Padres. That's it. It's me in the throat. [LAUGHTER] But all-- oh, I just always passed up. Well, just punch me in the throat. That is an all-time drop. That's an all-time drop. Who wasn't that? Who's on the rocket? That was spectacular. The Orioles' announcers are. They'll just punch me in the throat. I mean, Soul Stolen by Jerrickson, Profar. Man, they snatched it, dude. They snatched the soul out of these Baltimore Orioles that night. Holy smokes. Jeff Arnold, Kevin Brown's cut curse. Yeah, Kevin Brown's the play-by-play. He was the guy who was suspended. He was one of them, at least. But then-- Ben McDonald, somebody said. Dominic says Ben McDonald. I remember him. Former top draft pick, right? Well, you couldn't have collected and hoarded more Ben McDonald cards than your old pal Woodsy did back in 1989 or something. I mean, my dad and I were like, this is the next Tom Seaver. I got another one. I mean, we hoarded them. That was your retirement. It's kindling now. He had him and Greg Olson, who were on the same team, had two of the nastiest hammers that I have ever seen in my whole life, why that guy didn't go on to become so young as beyond me. But I'll just punch me in the throat. I mean, now I feel like I want to hear the call from Saturday's game when Arias and Henderson collided and dropped the pop-up. Because if they were already feeling bad about Friday, that was the key just to get the Padres going. And the second inning on Saturday, when two on, two out, you get the pop fly. You feel like, OK, Dean Kramer, I'm out of the inning. And a lack of communication, the shortstop and third baseman run into each other. Padres scored two and never looked back in that game. Went on, of course, to the 9-4 win with Michael King, just another outstanding effort. I mean, six and a third. Two hits, two earned runs, nine strikeouts. And that doesn't really do it justice. Because both of those runs scored after he left the game. If you wanted to press them, you might have gotten out of that inning, too. They didn't, because they didn't need to. But gets his ninth win of the season. And you had three hit games from both Manning Machado with the three run homer. And Xander Bogart, too. Doubled and tripled and has really been-- I mean, you predicted it. I don't know how or why. But you said, I think Xander Bogart's is going to finally get going here after coming off the injured list. And he certainly has. First it was all singles. Now it's extra base hits. Now he's full Xander at the moment. Can he keep it this way for the rest of the season? Man, that would be a difference maker for the Padres. There's no question. Congratulations to Manning Machado for getting his on one swing, 998th, 999th, and 1,000th career RBI. What a career for Manny. Really, really special moment for him to hit that bomb there in that game. But Michael King, man, star of the game for me, certainly just continues to go out and pitch like a boss. Just like a total, total boss. Every time he grabs the ball, you feel like you have a good chance to win. So I loved that game Saturday. That was epic. That was on the golf course, actually, that day. Watching in the cart, and it was awesome. I also think quietly, Jackson Merrill continuing to do Jackson Merrill things had a couple of sacrifice flies and a double in that game. He had an RBI double on Friday. The power, which was-- Remember, he had that week and a half where everything just seemed to be going out of the yard? Yeah. It's kind of disappeared again. And he had a couple of warning track flies. But he continues to come through when you need to make contact. He's doing it. Good ABs, man. You know, he's not showing the signs that some rookies do of a very long season of just kind of petering out and running out of gas. If there is one guy who's kind of running out of gas lately, it's been Jake Cronoworth. Not going to get too panicked, but after a hot start, he's definitely not swinging at it as well as he has lately. Maybe it's just a regular slump. I'm not going to worry too much about Jake. He's always putting the work in. And hopefully, he'll get going again. But he's definitely-- He's like in a 3 for 30 right now. And yeah, he hits some balls hard in that stretch as well. He's not finding the holes. But yeah, man. I mean, look, they talked about it. Kevin Acey did again this morning. Like Donovan Solano is there's another series where he didn't play, you know. Ben, it's a nice time. I mean, he can hit righties as well. It doesn't really matter. You don't have to platoon him. But to get Jake a little breather, I expect Jake to be in there certainly against glass now. But I think he gets Kershaw. Maybe Donovan Solano start at first base. We have seen the rotation of the DHs where Jake DH today, Rice DH today, Zander DH today, and they're just getting kind of guys off their feet and keeping them out in the field like two out of every three days, Manny DH today. Good point here by Ray. Let's shout out Victor Rodriguez. The much maligned hitting coaches of the San Diego Padres over the years. Victor Rodriguez has got these guys playing good baseball. We're going to give him all that credit. Hang on to that. He deserves more than the last 10 seconds here. So we'll get to that. But we have our audio from the prank. We pulled on wood. You guys right after the show. He did this to me. Coming up next year in '97 through the fan. Now with the MLB app, you can get baseball your way. Pick your favorite team, your favorite players, and get customized highlights, stories, and breaking news right on your whole field. Follow the action with Game Tip. Where 3D replays add another dimension. 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Luckily, Homes.com has got you covered. Each listing features a comprehensive neighborhood guide from local experts. Everything you'd ever want to know about a neighborhood, including the number of homes for sale, transportation, local amenities, cultural attractions, unique qualities, and even things like median lot size and a noise score. Homes.com. We've done your homework. (upbeat music) - Now the trade just came down. Stove continues to boil then. The water on the stove, I should say. Stove doesn't boil. It's just a stove. - The stove is boiling. (laughing) Check. - Get a new stuff. - Call the fire department. - Yeah, the Kansas City Royals have just acquired, right-hander, Michael Lorenzo from the Texas Rangers. And going back to the Rangers is left-handed reliever, Walter Pennington. Sounds made up. - AAA reliever. - Yep, top 30 prospect in their system before the year. So just kind of an arm on the rise. For a mediocre fourth to fifth starter. But let's be honest, Padres could use a mediocre fourth to fifth starter. - Michael Lorenzo would have been a great fit here. - And the price tag isn't insane, which gives me at least some hope. - Gives me a little hope, yeah. - You know, maybe there's a player out there on the Michael Lorenzo mold that could work for the Padres. Now maybe they were in on Lorenzo, maybe they weren't. Maybe he's not someone that AJ and his scouts think that highly of, and they've got their sights set on another pitcher like that. I do, I don't think that they are going top of the market though. I think crochet not gonna happen for the Padres. - Well you say that, man. (laughing) - You say it. - I do say that. - You say it. Holy cow. You say it, but you just. - We've thought it before and been wrong. - Oh, we've been so wrong. And you know, again, the point was made on Twitter yesterday. All the people that the Padres are linked to. And I think they're still linked to Snell, crochet, scuba, I think of course you're gonna make calls and find out if you could potentially, you know, work some magic. But if AJ Prowler has shown us anything, I mean, did anybody on this radio station or anywhere else say Jason Adam is a guy, they're gonna be targeting. No, the answer is no. - You just didn't hear me on Friday. - Oh yeah, you probably did drop that in. The answer is no, it's no. He just, he works kind of behind the scenes around the margins. And you know, he's really good at that. So now hopefully, you know, this acquisition really helps bolster the bullpen, but I certainly don't think he's done by a long stretch. But we'll see, we'll see. But there's another one off the board, but the price tag was not through the roof at all. Like not even a little bit. So Tyler Anderson is another name they've been connected to. But again, I just, I always feel with AJ if there's smoke with AJ, there's not necessarily fire, right? Like anytime that there's a little smoke around the guy, usually pivots and goes another direction. And I don't think, you know, I don't think that's why he pivots and goes another direction. I just think that he's working on deals that nobody has any idea of. One thing we do know about the Padre's front office over the last couple of years, and you guys can back me up on this, it's been pretty tight-lipped, pretty tight-lipped. Not a lot of stuff has snuck out. Now it was a couple of years where it was, like nothing was kept in, and I think they figured it out. They figured out how to keep that stuff inside. Keep in mind that when you're assessing the value of a potential trade, as fans, we immediately just think, well, how good is that player? Sure. But when you're an executive, sometimes a more important part of the equation is, how expensive are they? And how much control is left on that player, which is why the price tag on Jason Adam was fairly high. Two more years of pretty affordable control for a really good reliever, whereas the price tag for someone whose contract is expiring or is more expensive is not gonna be that high. You know, look at a guy like Tyler Anderson. He's got 13 million next year and the remainder of 13 million this year. He's kinda right in the middle there in terms of affordability. Garrett Crochet, though, he's got multiple years at an affordable price tag, pre-free agency. The price tag is gonna be way, way higher for a guy like that considering how good he's been. But that's a huge part of the equation when it comes to the trade deadline. Not only how good he's been, his demands. You know, his demands of-- That's pushing down the value again. Exactly. So you just never know what he's able to swing and what they're able to work out. John Marosi, 37 seconds ago. Dodgers are among the teams discussing you say Kakuchi trade proposals with the Blue Jays, the Twins, Padres and Astros also are involved. A Kakuchi deal is seen as very likely before the trade deadline ends tomorrow. Whew, but again, he's been struggling lately. Now that doesn't mean he can't turn it around and be fixed. He's been a pretty solid starting pitcher, but you're not buying high right now and you say Kakuchi. All right, let's check traffic when we come back, talk about the wins from over the weekend for the San Diego Padres in Baltimore next year on 97.3, the fan. And baseball coverage on the fan is presented by T-Mobile, switch to T-Mobile. You can get tons of benefits still save on every plan versus AT&T and Verizon. Use their savings calculator to find out how at T-Mobile.com/switch. Well, I will say Friday was a surprise to me. In fact, on Friday, I told you my parents were celebrating their 50th anniversary. That's right, okay. My brother and sister and I got together, got them a bottle of Dom Perignon, chilled it, delivered it to their hotel where they were staying in Delmar. You're bearing the lead. What? You know what. What? Tell us what you did with how you got the bottle of Dom. Costco. Right. Did you make money off this deal? I mean, I don't think my brother and sister both been only a hundred bucks. Right. And as we said, let's get a good bottle of champagne. Okay. Dom was the best they had. It's retail value is like three to $400, but at Costco, it was like $250 something plus tax. So what? Maybe I, maybe I, 20 bucks or something at the end of the day. I mean, not a lot. I also did all the legwork in driving and delivering and everything. I was gonna say, that's the cost of doing business. For your brother and your sister, that's the cost of doing business when they say, I can't make it. I know you can. I'll give you the, you can, if you make a little extra cash off this, that's fine. My point of the story though, is that I pulled in about 420. It's a drop off the champagne at their hotel. And at a major, it just walked the first two batters of the game. And I walk up and they can't, my parents can't get the game on the TV in the hotel room. And I go, don't worry about it. They're gonna get absolute slaughters today. Just enjoy your evening. Don't worry about the Padres. You'd be better off than the rest of us who have to watch the game. And of course, I get a text from my mom the next morning. They won. You told me they were gonna lose. Well, I really did think they were gonna lose on Friday night. It had to be the most surprising outcome of the season. Maybe for the San Diego Padres, without a measure on the mound, walking the first two batters in the bottom of the first stadium going, this is gonna get ugly. Yeah, it got the double play. And then you gave you that little tiny Gimmer, Gimmer. Glimmer of hope. And think about this, man. You beat the Baltimore Orioles. You started out a measure. You used Austin Davis and Logan Gillespie in the same game. And you won that game six to four. Thank you too. One, Jurikson Profar. My God, that man is on a different planet. Xander Bogart, three for four with a double. Jackson Merrill, how's on Tim? Can Pissano each had two hit games? Just fantastic. And I loved the aggressiveness of, not, of my shell. Don't let them see at a measure too much. That's exactly right, man. I mean, we were talking about, I said, man, if you can get nine outs, that would be tremendous. He went two and two thirds, even better. That's fine. That is absolutely fine. One earned run, two walks. The walks are so confounding because again, not like I sit and watch his minor league starts, but all the reports on out of measures, not only is he's a control guy. When he gets something about, when he gets to the big leagues, then he loses the zone. And I don't know if it's nerves, still, I don't know what it is, but, hey, again, great managing by Mike Shilt because you won that game. They were aggressive by pulling them out of there. Jerks and Profar just carried us. - So we heard, now do we have both the calls of the Jerks and Profar home run? Jesse's was great. I heard that one earlier in the week, but fantastic. The second, go ahead, home run. I mean, he just putting the team on his back incredibly. Profar swings, hits it in the air, deep to center field. Mullins is back, still going back at the wall. Gonna go! Second of the night for Profar. Padres go back in front in the ninth inning. Jerks in with his 18th of the year, and it's six to four. - Off of Craig Kimbrell, the former podray, but Pauli always does a little more leg work on these. And you realize the Orioles actually have been scuffling a little bit. They were probably looking at that game as like, okay, this is one we've gotta win to kind of turn things around and get going. And after they scored the two, you know, they tied it up. I think they were feeling pretty good, and the podrays just crushed their soul. Jerks in did in the ninth inning. - Reven a deep center by Profar. Mullins racing back, it's gone. - Jerks in Profar's second to run a homer of the night. Six for Padres. - It's me in the throat. (laughing) - Oh, I just almost passed out. - Well, just punch me in the throat. - That is an all-time drop. - That's an all-time drop. - Who wasn't that, who's on the-- - Who's on the rocket? - That was attacking. - You don't know who the Orioles' announcers are, but punch me in the throat. - I mean, soul stolen by Jerks in Profar. - Man, they snatched it, dude. They snatched the soul out of these Baltimore Orioles that night. Holy smokes. - Jeff Arnold, Kevin Browns got cursed. - Yeah, Kevin Browns, the play-by-play. He was getting suspended. He was one of them at least. - But-- - Ben McDonald, somebody said. Dominic says Ben McDonald. I remember him. Former top draft pick, right? - No, you couldn't have collected and hoarded more Ben McDonald cards than your old pal, Woodsie, did back in 1989 or something. I mean, my dad and I were like, this is the next Tom Seaver. I got another one. I mean, we hoarded them. - That was your retirement. - It's kindling now. He had him and Greg Olson, who were on the same team, had two of the nastiest hammers that I have ever seen in my whole life, why that guy didn't go on to become so young as beyond me. But I'll just punch me in the throat. - I mean, now I feel like I want to hear the call from Saturday's game when Arias and Henderson collided and dropped the pop-up, because if they were already feeling bad about Friday, that was the key, just they got the Padres going and the second inning on Saturday when two on, two out, you get the pop fly. You feel like, okay, you know, Dean Kramer, I'm out of the inning and a lack of communication. The second or the shortstop and third baseman run into each other. Padres score two and never look back in that game. Went on, of course, to the nine-four win with Michael King, just another outstanding effort. Six and a third, two hits, two earned runs, nine strikeouts, and that doesn't really do it justice, because both of those runs scored after he left the game. If you wanted to press him, you might have gotten out of that inning too. They didn't because they didn't need to, but gets his ninth win of the season and you had three hit games from both Manning Machado with the three run homer and Zander Bogart, so doubled and tripled and has really been, I mean, you predicted it. I don't know. - I don't know how or why. - But you said, I think Zander Bogart's is gonna finally get going here after coming off the injured list and he certainly has. First it was all singles. - Yeah. - Now it's extra base hits. Now he's full Zander at the moment. Can he keep it this way for the rest of the season? Man, that would be a difference maker for the Padres. - There's no question. Congratulations to Manning Machado for getting his on one swing, 998th, 999th and 1,000th career RBI. What a career for Manny. Really, really special moment for him to hit that bomb there in that game. But Michael King, man, star of the game for me, certainly just continues to go out and pitch like a boss, just like a total, total boss. Every time he grabs the ball, you feel like you have a good chance to win. So I loved that game Saturday. That was epic. That was on the golf course actually, that day. Watching in the cart and it was awesome. - I also think quietly, Jackson Merrill, continuing to do Jackson Merrill things, had a couple of sacrifice flies and a double in that game, had an RBI double on Friday. The power, which was like, remember, we have that week and a half where everything just seemed to be going out of the yard. It's kind of disappeared again and a couple of warning track flies. But he continues to come through when you need to make contact, he's doing it. - Good ABs, man. - You know, he's not showing the signs that some rookies do of a very long season of just kind of petering out and running out of gas. If there is one guy who's kind of running out of gas lately, it's been Jake Cronoworth not gonna get too panicked, but after a hot start, he's definitely not swinging it as well as he has lately. Maybe it's just a regular slump. I'm not gonna worry too much about Jake. He's always putting the work in and hopefully he'll get going again. But he's definitely-- - He's like in a three for 30 right now. And yeah, he hits some balls hard in that stretch as well. He's not finding the holes. But yeah, man. I mean, look, they talked about it. Kevin A.C. did again this morning. Like Donovan Solano is, there's another series where he didn't play, you know. Ben, it's a nice time. I mean, he can hit righties as well. It doesn't really matter. You don't have to platoon him. But to get Jake a little breather, I expect Jake to be in there certainly against glass now. But I think against Kershaw, maybe a Donovan Solano start at first base. - We have seen the rotation of the DHs where Jake DH today, rise DH today, Zander DH today, and they're just getting kind of guys off their feet and keeping them out in the field like two out of every three days, Manny DH today. - Good point here by Ray. Let's shout out Victor Rodriguez. The much maligned hitting coaches of the San Diego Padres over the years. Victor Rodriguez has got these guys playing good baseball. You know, we're going to give him all that credit. - Hang on to that. He deserves more than the last 10 seconds here. So we'll get to that, but we have our audio from the prank. 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