Ben & Woods On Demand Podcast
7am Hour - Postgame Show Phone Calls + Adam Jones Joins The Show
Ben & Woods kick off the 7am hour by reacting to a call that Paul happened to hear on the Padres Postgame Show last night from "Mike", who is NOT a fan of the Ben & Woods program. Then we get to "Don't (And DO) Do This" before we're joined by our pal Adam Jones and hear about his experience at last week's All-Star Game, his excitement for Padres vs Orioles this weekend, and MUCH more! Listen here!
- Duration:
- 1h 1m
- Broadcast on:
- 24 Jul 2024
- Audio Format:
- mp3
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Follow and listen to Queens of the Court on the Free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcast. 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. I suspect that this happens more than you realize because obviously you can't listen every second of the day. Well, I mean, some of our tier ones do. They really do. You guys are nuts, by the way, and we love you so much for that. I just saw someone in the chat said they wish there was 20 hours of live programming every day here on 97 through the fan. We knock out for a 12. So we would need to add, you know, a couple more shows, three or three more shows. Yeah, I mean, it costs money. Tough to listen to every second of it. But you, Paul, he knows. Who goes 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. 10 to 2 a.m. So when I started in sports talk radio, I believe it was at least 5 a.m. to 2 a.m. on the old on the old mighty 690. We had how much? 5 a.m. to 2 a.m. You know, the final show today was 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. to 1 30 in the morning. Just spewing their hot tapes. Finishing the day with the last four hours. That's a tough shift. I mean, I know guys that that did overnight in at music stations, right? And they would just play a ton of records and pop a and be midnight one. And those shows could get a little bit squirrely. It was fun. Like, and the night owls would be up and listen, hey, can you play whatever for me? And they would shoot the breeze on the air and you get some goof. Like, that's kind of a harbor in radio. How much did you do on your old show? You did like the overnight or the multiple day broadcast? Oh, we did once a year for charity. We did a 28 hour radio show with with no commercials at all. Did you guys play music on? No. So you were live for 28 hours. So what we did do is we had, we would do some, Hey, this happened just to give us a breather. We'd play some best of and then, but it wasn't a lot. It was a lot of live radio. You're crying at the end of it. I'm not joking. I think we're weeping. When he first started, I think Jim Rome was doing eight to midnight. That was his slot. Yeah. That was his local slot. They probably paid him nothing, nothing to do that. And that's where he gets his start. That's where he, you know, hones his chops and all that. And, you know, now he's Jim Rome, but you get, um, as the day goes on, the collars sometimes get a little more loose. Yeah, loose, opinionated, lubricated, as it were, as the day goes on. So this probably happens more often, but Paulie caught this during the, now that is, that's surreal to catch it live. It was divine intervention. That really was, was leaving the gym and I missed the last two innings of the game or whatever. So I was like, I'm going to pop on the, uh, the Padres post game show. I want to hear my beloved Sammy Levitt. And I mean, bro, 30 seconds in as I'm listening, I flip on the radio and I hear Sammy. All right, let's, we're going to take some of your calls next. And I heard, I heard this. We lead things off tonight with Mike calling in from Chula Vista. Hi, Mike. You're on the Padres post game show. How are you? Sam, what's up, man? Doing well. Um, they got to give you your own morning show, Sam, tell the fan that we want you in the morning. No, I'm good. I'm good. Ben and Woods do a fantastic job. I'm a tier one myself. Um, I don't know about that. Oh, come on, Mike, Ben and Woods are the best. Come on. I, I am just, I am just fine in my, uh, in my role here with the, uh, with a great job. Um, I don't do you really care. Do you want to hear his, uh, whatever he called in to talk? No, that's not the trash that he talked to. It wasn't that bad. What's his name? Mike, Mike, I'm in the, uh, the stage of my life where I'm, I'm working on my personal growth. Okay. That's what I'm working on. And working on me, looking in the mirror more. And I just want to say to you, Mike, I thank you for listening, even if you don't like the show or I'm not your cup of tea or maybe it's Ben that you loathe or Paul, I don't know. I'm guessing it's probably me. Yeah, it's not me. It's probably me. Let's be honest. But I will say this. Mike, we have a, uh, we have a very, very, very deep and special connection with our audience, very deep and special. I've never, I've never experienced anything even close to it. It actually freaks me out sometimes when I think about it. Um, I know that you listen, I appreciate you listening and you're so more than welcome to be a part of the tier one family. So more than welcome. And, uh, we may not always agree and we may not always do the thing that you want to hear, but you're more than welcome in this, this family, uh, just, just so you know. So I, the one thing that I really enjoyed from that was hearing our teammate, Sam Levitt, have our bat, which is not something that you get a lot of. And I just, that made me very happy. So again, what's up, man? Doing well. Um, they got to give you your own morning show, Sam. Tell the fan that, uh, we want you in the morning. That was like a very nervous laugh from, yeah. Oh God. Oh God. Oh God. Tell the fan that, uh, we want you in the morning. No, I'm good. I'm good. Ben and Woods do a fantastic job. I'm a tier one myself. I'm, I don't know about that. Wow. Come on. My, Sammy, you're getting after him. Sammy just went 98 to that dude's hip for us. There are some people out there and I can respect it that do not want us to ever deviate from sports talk. Yeah, it's hard. And they want it to be 100% sports talk all the time. Padres off day. You better be talking about Aaron Rodgers. Right. That's practice. The lions draft, the maple leaves doing this off season, but even I recognize that it's good to mix some other stuff in, especially in the morning. Got to. And with that in mind, take on woods is coming up in a couple of minutes. We need to get testing eight, three, three, two, eight, zero, ninety seven, three, might call in our music trivia challenge that has absolutely nothing to do with sports, which is why we did it, but you can win a trip to Las Vegas. And it only takes like about three or four minutes. It's just a nice little palate cleanser before we get back to sports talk. And it's coming up momentarily. So if you want to call in, be our contestant today. Dial us up now eight, three, three, two, eight, zero, ninety seven, three, before July ends, get your name into the hopper for the drawing for the two nights stay at the Rio and the dinner and the day bed and the whole shooting match coming up in just a couple of minutes. I do need to thank quickly my son. I have, I maybe it's because I think this is like my 15th straight work day since I got back from vacation. And I'm starting to get a little loopy here at the end. And I got to work yesterday at Channel 10 at about three, three, fifteen. And I realized I left my work computer at home. Oh my god. You can't do your job. And I can't really do my job without it. All my stuff is on there. Just like Paulie's a server. It's really hard to do. And this is, traffic is starting to get really bad. It took me almost an hour to get there and I go, if I drive home right now and come back, I'm not even be back maybe in time for my six o'clock, much less have time to put it all together. What can I do? But I knew my son was home and I called him and said, I need a, I need a hero right now. I need a huge favor. I need a absolutely huge favor. I'm gonna owe you big time. Can you drive my computer down to me off the 94? We live in Encinitas. Oh my god. And drive back to the teeth of traffic both ways. This is usually traffic goes one way. But then it's going both ways traffic on the way down and ask traffic on the way back. And without hesitating, he hopped right in the car, makes me tear up, dude. Sweet angel got got in got got to me about an hour got home in about an hour at 15. Yeah, there's two hours of 15 minutes in the car. Oh my god. Just to get me my computer. You didn't wanted to thank him for that. I think that is epic move from Jack and I would have probably pull if I got any pushback. I would be like, do you know how many times? No, not even not even a smidge. Not even a smidge. Well, just you know how many times I've cleaned up your diapers and your butt, get in the car and bring me my laptop. My kid would have pushed back. He's also six. So yeah, and three. So that's awesome. Great move from the young man. Love it. Jeter says better get janky gift. Oh yeah, I said meals for on me the rest of the week, wherever you want to go out all of garden Texas Roadhouse all the hits play all the hits. Got your choice. I love it. Great job. Great job, Jackie coming through for the old man. Oh, yeah, well, we'll just all do a nice Texas Roadhouse trip. Oh, sounds amazing. I'd like to come actually get those rolls. You want to come with us? You want to come with us? So good. Give him a big ol yee. Yeah. Hey, Ben, give him a big Texas hell. Let's let's do a woods birthday dinner at Texas Roadhouse where they can give him a big ol I will murder it. I will murder Texas Roadhouse. That's idea you've ever had. I love it. All right, we got to contest it. Let's do it. It is time for take on woods. Is it Mike? No, it's not. It's time for take on woods. Woods. Woods. Take on woods brought to you by Valvolin instant oil change only takes 15 minutes. You don't have to get out of your car for directions and discounts go to socoutoilchange.com. That's socoutoilchange.com, as promised. Our contestant today is Matt. Matt, good morning. Good morning, guys. Don't worry about Mike. You got an awesome show. Thank you, Matt. Appreciate it. You're all ready. Can we give him an extra point for that? No, no, I got to stick with the rules. If you beat our Thai woods though, we will put you into the drawing for the getaway to the Rio Las Vegas. As I said, tonight's day, dinner for two day back, food hall, four new pools, remodeled rooms, new ownership. Check it out at Rio Las Vegas.com. All right, here are your category choices today. Matt, scene and heard five different song titles, including either the word scene or heard three five five song titles featuring the word lady and in honor of Xander Shoffley coming on later, X marks the spot. Five songs are artists that end in the letter X. So scene and heard three times a lady or X marks the spot, Matt. Heard scene and heard. All right. Again, we are looking for five different song titles. They all include either the word scene or the word heard 60 seconds pass. If you don't know it, we'll come back to it. First question is the two second song. If you give me the title and the artist of the music Poly plays, we'll give you the point for that one. Matt, are you ready? I'm ready. All right, 60 seconds on the clock. Again, the category is seen and heard. Your time begins when Paul plays the music. Good luck, Matt. Let's take on Woods. Correct. Several artists recorded it, but I bet you're wondering how I knew Marvin Gaye's version of which Motown classic landed in the Grammy Hall of Fame. Randy Bachmann said the recording of which BTO's biggest hits was never intended to be released and was just a joke for his brother Gary, who spoke with a stutter. The first line of which seven minutes single by progressive rock band Yes is the song's title followed by turn their heads each day so satisfied. I'm on my way. Tough one today. One more hit. The biggest hit for the Marshall Tucker Band was which 1977 single that combined the guitar and flute in an easy listening mix of country and rock. You can get this one. Several artists recorded it, but that was a tough one. We did get the one, so you're not out. Who knows? Bet you're wondering how I knew about your plans to make me blue. Heard it through the grapevine by Marvin Gaye. You ain't seen nothing yet is the BTO. I've seen all good people is the title of that Yes song and heard it in a love song is Marshall Tucker Band. I don't know how Woods is going to do here. Woodsie comes back to the studio. Matt score is locked in. Woods not getting the category here. Might be a tough one to figure out. We'll see. All right. 60 seconds back on the clock. Woods, your time begins when Paul plays the music. Good luck. Let's take on Matt. It's a CCR. Have you ever seen the right? Correct. Several artists recorded it, but I bet you're wondering how I knew Marvin Gaye's version of which most of the grapevine. Correct. Randy Bachman said the recording of which BTO's biggest hits was never intended to be released was just a joke for his brother Gary who spoke with a stutter. Ain't seen nothing yet. Correct. The first line of which seven minutes single by progressive rock band Yes is the song's title. Roundabout. No. The biggest hit for the Marshall Tucker Band was which 1977 single that combined the guitar and flute and an easy listen in a love song. Correct. Are you got four and you would have gotten the last one I think if you waited. Damn it. Sorry. First line you won the four to one. Yes is the lines is the song's title followed by turn their heads each day. So satisfied. I'm on my way. You know that you get the category. No. It's a scene and heard. Have you ever seen the rain? Heard it through the grapevine? You ain't seen nothing yet. I've seen all good people. Oh yeah. And then you got heard it in a love song. You did pretty well though in a tough category. I did not know that that was yes. Seen all good people. Seen all good people. That song the Marshall Tucker one. I when I was a little kid, I thought it was herty little love song. I thought it was pretty little. Pretty. Pretty. Pretty. Yeah. That's what I thought. Pretty little song can be wrong to jail. Pretty little song. Yeah. Good one. But it's heard it in a love song. It was a scene and heard was the category. I had to really puts the thinking cap on. Yeah. No long long. People pointed out some long questions. Imagine you didn't have time to go back after passing and by the time I read them all. So a tough one today. But would see another win. You've been on a good streak like I have. I do not like that Bachman. I don't either, baby. One of my least favorite songs of all time. We still have not done our worst songs bracket and we'll do it in the off season. That's in there I think. I would agree. How did we do that last week during summer break? We had all of you sitting there. We just didn't do it. Summer break was pretty successful though. I was very proud of those shows. Very proud. All right. Don't do this is coming up next. We already have our first cheating scandal of the Olympics and it hasn't even started yet. Wow. And there's another Olympic story that I was unaware of till yesterday that's the gnarliest, dumbest thing ever ever. He'll be back with that after traffic 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. This season the W is going to new heights and that means the Queens are ready to take it to court and the court. Welcome to Queens of the court and Odyssey original podcast. I'm your girl Cheryl Swoops and I'm Jordan Robinson. All WNBA season long. You can count on us to bring you interviews with some of your favorite WNBA stars, analysis of all teams and hot takes you can only find in this courtroom. Listen to Queens of the court, a WNBA podcast presented by AT&T on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts. 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 Wallet's 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. How do you already have a cheating scandal before the olympics even start? I'm so fascinated to know what it is. Don't do this is brought to you by the craft taco in Srennel Valley. Craft Taco is some of the best quality tacos in all of San Diego. Take a look at their happy hour specials today at the crafttacoat.com. The opening ceremonies are not until Friday, but competition about to get underway in the soccer tournaments and the teams are already there working out in Paris and practicing ahead of their games, including one of the very first games, Canada vs New Zealand Women's Soccer. The New Zealand Olympic Committee has already filed a complaint because they were at practice, and guess what? They spotted a drone flying over their practice. A drone that was being operated by a staff member for the Canadian Women's Soccer team. Now that he's no longer in the NFL, maybe he's onto Canadian Women's Soccer. The Canadian Olympic Committee said that a separate drone incident on New Zealand training on July 19th had come to light. As result, Canada head coach Bev Priestman said she would remove herself from overseeing Thursday's game against New Zealand. They call it an uncredited analyst, like a non-official staff member of the team, but it doesn't seem to matter. They're part of the team, and they were flying a drone over the other team's practice. I'd say that's a pretty big deal. Pretty big cheating scandal already at the Olympics. You want to talk about scandal at the Olympics. I sit down yesterday when I get home for lunch. I open up my phone, and I'm scrolling some news. The first time I've ever heard the name Stephen Vandavel. Ben been included on the Dutch beach volleyball team, but the problem is with Stephen Vandavel, he is a convicted child rapist. Great day 12-year-old English girl. He did four years in jail, three counts of rape against a child. He was released after serving only 12 months at a Dutch prison, then resumed his career, and they are isolating him from the rest of the people at Olympic Park. It seems like a really, really great lengths to go to, to protect a child rapist. You would think that when you're convicted of raping a child, there are a lot of teenage athletes. Bro, yes. Are you kidding? And you would think, and I think even in his sentencing, the judge was like, your dreams, your Olympic dreams, everything is over. Turns out, no, no, he's actually competing. And this was the most shocking thing. Peter van den Hugenbond. He's a former Olympic champion swimmer. He is the Netherlands chef de Michel, and he says, I'm surprised by the reaction. I'm surprised by the fuss. He's been active in international sport, the beach volleyball world for some time. He's played in world cups, European championships and world cups. But then you see things that are different around the games that things are exaggerated. He's not going to downplay it. We have respect. We have to respect that and help him as a member of the team be able to perform. I think, no, I don't think that that's incumbent upon you to protect a child rapist. You wonder if you'll end up facing LaCosta Canyon's James Bonninger. So in the US Olympic Beach volleyball team, the former NBA player. Again, like there has to be some sort of line. Like he did his time and he's out of jail, but like, this is it. That's one of those lines. I think that you can't, they kick somebody off for smoking cigarettes in Japan. And Japan, they're like, this guy's fine. She has some alcohol and cigarettes. Different countries have different law, different rules, I guess. How does that happen? How does that happen? The fuss, they called it. I would say child rape is a, is a fuss. Yes. This is where the Dutch, we're talking about the Dutch bro, come on. That guy should not be allowed to compete in for the country's highest honor. He's not an honorable person. I don't get it, man. I really don't. I really don't get it. It's only two things I hate bigotry and the Dutch. I get it. What was that for? It's like, I think it's Simpson's line. Austin power. Austin, that's Austin Powers. Right. Good one, Paulie. It's a gold number. It's, yeah, it's Michael Caine's, and he goes, there's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant to other people's cultures and the Dutch. Weird man. Very good, Paulie, good Paulie, weird. Better Paul than me. Very nice. All right. Finally, a little do do do this. We need a palette cleanser. Dean, mega doo doo. Pretty good palette cleanser. Guess what Kyle Higashioka, Padre's catcher, did on his off day in Washington, D.C. on Monday. This is really cool. Kyle Higashioka received a replica of the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to his grandfather's World War II unit during a ceremony at the National Museum of the United States Army. He was presented with the medal by retired general Eric Shinseki, and it was a medal that his grandfather received for serving in the 100th Infantry Battalion of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. And what made this team very unique is that it was made entirely up of Nisei soldiers, their second generation Japanese Americans who demanded the opportunity to fight for the United States. Even after their family members were interned in camps on the west coast, one of the darkest stains in American history, the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. But they were Japanese and they said, no, we are we live in this country. We're Americans. We want to fight against Japan. And they did. And they saw some really intense battles as part of the war, this this unit of Japanese American soldiers and Shigeru Higashiyoka was part of that unit passed away. But Kyle was there and they gave him the replica medal and give him a tour of the museum on his day off. Isn't that a really cool story? That is that's fantastic, man. And I started to talk about on the broadcast last night, but the audio cut out. My parents today, Kyle Higashiyoka had a really nice and then there's just like guitar music in the background. They're showing the metal and I'm like, what happened? What happened? And then he cut back in and then he would disappear again. The old mic didn't work. I was thinking, I wish I had known about this. I could have we could have asked Kyle about it when he was in studio. First thing I thought of. However, and this was Kyle's quote. I don't know that he would have had much of an answer. He said it was a really cool experience just learning more about my grandfather's time in the war. Because before this year, I really didn't know much about it at all. I never got a chance to talk to him about any of that stuff. So he's kind of, it was an educational experience for Kyle as well in learning about his grandfather and and their unit in the World War II were able to do and what heroes they were. It's pretty special, man. Very, very special. Very, very cool. And that is don't and do do this for a Wednesday. That was don't do this with Ben and Woods, a 97-3 the fan. All right, it was a big league Wednesday. It's been a couple of weeks. Adam Jones was at the all-star game. He's been all over the place. We'll get caught up with AJ the five time all-star. Next, when Ben and Woods continues on San Diego's number one sports station, 97-3 the fan. Good win for the Padres last night. Four nothing over the Washington Nationals. They'll continue the series today. Another 245 Ecowater SoCal pregame show, 345 first pitch from Nationals Park. And we're going to talk some baseball and more. We got Adam Jones standing by the five time all-star will join us right after this check of traffic on 97-3 the fan still summer in the States for Adam Jones, including a trip to the all-star game last week. I think I saw he's heading to Milwaukee coming up here and the five time all-star joins us right now here on Ben and Woods on 97-3 the fan. AJ, good morning to you. Gentlemen, how y'all doing? Always good to speak with you guys. Yeah, we missed you, man. We haven't, it feels like we haven't talked to you in forever. I'm going to be, now I'm going to be traversing the planet next week. I'll be in Hawaii and I feel very much like, yeah, I feel very much like you. I may check in with the boys too at some point, but I do. I feel like Adam Jones had enough to kawaii with my family for a week. I like, I miss Hawaii. I haven't been Hawaii in probably six, seven years and that's such one of my favorite places. The weather, everything, which is part of my life. I mean, man, I miss it. I can't wait. Please enjoy it. I will. Oh, I'm going to. Trust me. I'm going to really, really drink it in and hang with my boys. He's worried about the jellyfish. I am worried about the jellyfish in the manor war. I don't want to get stung by anything. Nothing. Well, I mean, it's all part of it. You know, I'm going to notion if you're just part of it, just stay in a pool. It's not part of the experience. It's not part of the experience. Nowhere does it say when you go to Hawaii? Get a floatie. Get a floatie and stay in hotel pool, okay? We're not staying in a hotel, though. I'm going to go. I mean, the only person that goes to Hawaii and stays dry for seven days. So what is it? You won't be dry. Yeah, that's true. That's true. It's a point at some point. Yeah. So what is the, what was the all-star experience like for you, a five-time all-star back at the game, Home Run Derby, seeing those guys, give it, give us some of your highlights. The all-star game was fantastic. Again, 32 first-timers, so young guys getting to share with their families and just getting to just be around the special, the specialty of this event. I told these guys, special oil guys who, I know a little better. I said, "Hey, cherish this, man. You're getting to spend time with your, with your teammates, but you're with the best players in the league. Your families get to enjoy this. Your families are the ones who really are really going to enjoy this because for the players, it's annoying, it's tactic, organizing, everything. But I just told the guys, let your family really, really enjoy this and soak it in because you'll always be an all-star. So just take this in, ask questions. Again, you're with the best guys right now in the world. So take it in and ask questions. And it seemed like everybody had a great time. The Home Run Derby was great. The skills competition was a little weird. It was a little weird. I think I could have won that right now. I was just blunt at the old time. But I think the whole thing, the game was great. Having scheme start, I think that was just good for the, for the powerness of the movement of the youth of baseball. And just overall, it was a great event and cap where I'm with. We had a great event always being around the guys just putting out and promoting our positive energy and promoting this game. Love that, man. And I know your, you know, your, your feet are in both camps. You know, you're watching the Padres every night. You're watching the Orioles. Pretty gnarly injury last night with Jorge Mateo, former Padre collided with Gunnar Henderson. The arm went the wrong way. And, you know, a lot of people are saying now, okay, does that pave the way for Jackson Holiday? The heir apparent, you know, to come back and get another shot in the big leagues. I actually saw him, AJ mentioned in trade talks, which is crazy to me. Like, and I understand he scuffled at the big league level, but he was one of those guys can't miss. The pressure on him has still got to be through the roof. What do you think they're going to do? You think they're going to bring him up? I don't think they're going to trade him. Well, I don't, I mean, I wouldn't trade it one one. That's a very, very special few years after he's one one. It's not like it's eight years ago. I mean, again, he's still 20. This with him, there's no, for me personally, there's no rush with him. Maybe Connor Norby is the, since he's the older guy, college guy can come in and fill in. And so see what we'll figure out with Mateo, just for the bridge. I think with Jackson, I don't think having him be a, I'd say like a relief. That's not, I don't think that's what we, we want him for. You want him to play. Like, hey, you're out of play. You're going to play 145 games. Not like, hey, we need you for the weekend. That's true. You can't do that with him. I'm, me personally, I don't think that. Unfortunately, you do have guys on the bench and on your roster, who you can do that with, especially older guys who understand these moves a little bit better. So I think that's why maybe Norby, but I've heard, you know, maybe Mullins and then talking about Mount Castle. Come on. The trade deadline, I think it's awesome though, because it opens up everybody's Pandora's box of thoughts. Oh, yeah. What, what, what, what are the oils going to do? Are they going to trade for door crochet? Is the party's been linked to crochet? Like, what, what is going on? Like, there's so many different options and different things and scenarios. I think that's a good thing, especially when guys are buyers. And what are the projects going to do? What are the Oreos going to do? You know that the Yankees are going to have to make a move. You know, the Red Sox are probably going to have to make a move. And Guadu and all that, the Dodgers are still trying to get a scoop. So like, and a Rosarina is the latest thing. They've been linked to around Rosarina. And you know, you figure he's not having a good year. Doesn't mean they're going to sell low on it. And they're not, they're still going to get, you know, because he's done it on the biggest stage. And I think you put him in that lineup, it's like, Oh my God. Now I have to hate Randy or Rosarina. Like, I have to hate show. Hey, oh, Tony. Now, which doesn't make me very happy. And you add athleticism. I mean, he's again, he's having a down year right now. Watch the, you're having a struggle. But you go to LA, you will all know happened. That's bright lights. They have no damn lights over there. That's a candle over there in Tampa. You got the bright lights over here. He's playing like a dark airplane hanger in Tampa. And then you go to LA. Yeah, weird things do happen. The lights are bright. You know what I mean? And like him being around show. Hey, being around monkey, being around Freddy. Hey, Oscar. Like, these are things that just juicy right on up. And I would hate to see him go to LA because, you know, over it could be over a 60 game span. He can, he can be one of the best players in the game. And that can be very, very scary when they already have three of the top five. Adam Jones is with us. And Padre is obviously heading to Baltimore this weekend. I think it's just going to be Manny's second trip back. Yeah, since, since he was a member of the Orioles. What's that going to be like? What what? I mean, what are the feelings about Manny and Baltimore still, you know, all these years later? Well, it's, I think it's mostly love. Obviously, you got those of fish and ados who Manny didn't do this. He didn't do that. He didn't do that. Manny raped and he played unbelievable defense. Jesus Christ, he didn't run out every single ground ball. Okay, we got it. Okay, that's what you want to cry about. The guy played a gas off. And to me, a lot of people, they always crying and playing about that, you know, what I hear from, but also to that, there's a lot of guys that say, man, I ain't seen, I ain't seen nobody since Brooks Robinson. Yeah. He played ball like that. And you know, it's what it's a good thing now that the Orioles do have a young infielder like Gunnar Henderson, like Westboro to be able to, I would say throw away Manny's time there, but like fans were able to move forward now and continue to move forward because now they have a generational talent in Gunnar, which I believe Manny is the same kind of guy, the generational talent. So I just think that, you know, I'm going to be there Friday. So I'm going to be excited to see the crowd reaction. I'm going to have one amount of AJ 10 beers and just watch a good baseball game. And hopefully, and then say, that's going to be a mixed emotions, right? It's the game where I can't lose. Yeah, right. Yeah, win win win. I can't lose, I can't lose this weekend. But who do I cheer for? See, there's like the civil lining. I'm just going to cheer in the bathroom. Yeah, yeah. What do you know? What jersey are you wearing? Cheer for both, right? Like you just excited to see good baseball and your guys do well. And you know, hopefully it's some good ball games, potteries have been playing some better baseball. I was, I think like all of us coming out of the break, stumbling seven, nothing you lose. You're like, this is going to be a rough second half. They rebounded. They beat a really good guardian team. They are pitching their asses off right now. Every single guy in the rotation is just taking it on their, their back right now. And it's just been so impressive to watch. And I just, I love it. And it's, it's so fun to watch guys go out and compete and be in the zone. And, and, and just attack hitters. It's been great the last few days. I mean, it's before we, I mean, obviously we, you guys have a job to do talk to sports, but before all that, you guys are fans of the game. So you guys want to see the effort. And again, you make your money by talking about it, but you want to see the effort. And that's, as a fan, now that I'm not a player, that's all I promote with players. They always ask you guys, how you feel? Hey, go out there and give it all you got. I mean, because at the end of the day, that's all the fan wants is for you to go out there and compete. Is the game hard? Is it difficult? Are you going to be in slumps and not play well? Of course, but a fan knows when you're not giving it your all. And that's one thing that I learned very early. And you got to respect that. And so that's why I always played hard for the fans. And you know, the Padres make it difficult for people because it's like they'll go on a five game losing streak and then they'll go on a five game winning streak. And you're like, huh, which team am I right now? Am I buying right now? Am I selling right now? Am I being a halt right now? So with them playing well, we talk about them buying. But if they go on a three game skid, we talk about them some. It's just weird. And you know, hopefully the Padres just want to, you know, sweep the Nationals. I don't know. I mean, take the series. And I don't know how I feel about this week. Everybody everybody needs W's. But again, I want them to be buyers, especially, you know, because again, we want, we want to see LA again in the playoffs because we got unfinished business. I'll give you a softball then. Adam Jones is with us. So not only are Padres fans packing Petco Park every night, but they've been traveling really well to road games. And I know there's going to be a big Padres fan contingent, even some tier ones at Camden Yards this weekend. What's your recommendation? Like first time visit to Camden Yards. What do you have to see? Where do you got to go in around the ballpark? Whatever. What are AJ's recommendations for Baltimore? For Baltimore, first off, you got to go to me. You got to Addie Burger got the place where I have a burger show in the menu. It's a low key spot. You've got your own burger. What's on your burger? Lay it on. What's on it? You got the beef, you got Kobe Jack, spicy pickles, lettuce and tomato. And then you got Hollup, you got Taylor Tots with natural cheese on the side. I took the elementary school back days. You know what I mean? You're like me, dude. And it comes with a do-vail beer. So that's a, that's a place that I like to go. Also a place that depends on, you know, your pocketbook. That's a really good Italian place to pack me out of. Delicious place in a breakfast place. It's called Simply Marie's. She is this black woman. She is amazing. Her life goal is to meet Oprah. And she has murals of me all in her damn place. Every time I'm in, every time I'm there, I go in there and she's drinking the biggest hug. And she makes me just, yeah, all the food making going to go right to sleep. But I'm a, I'm a small time person. I don't need to go to the biggest restaurants, the prime ribs. And being in a place for so long, I was able to find small places. And I was able to, you know, just go there and be incognito and enjoy myself. And Baltimore's a really good city like that. There's also one place, Club Vail. Club Vail. That is a must. Club. It's a must. I look, I grew up on Mexican food. This is the closest thing. You don't get to it. It is amazing. Absolutely amazing. I, uh, you're, you're real tight with C.C. Sibathia. Yeah. So I watched a clip yesterday, speaking of food, I was, it had me howling. And it was him and Jimmy Rollins. And there was somebody else. I can't remember who it was. But they were talking about the cheese steaks in the visiting clubhouse in Philly. And C.C. said, bar none the best in the city. And the first time he showed up, he was with the Brewers and him, Prince Fielder, Corey Hart, put down 20. There's like competitions to see which teams and which players can eat the most. Well, it's all strategy. The Phillies aren't allowed to get it in their own. They do it because apparently you eat one and you're like, you fall asleep. And so these two, they actually said C.C. told a story goes when we went back with New York, Joe Tory took him out of the clubhouse. We were not allowed to order him. Jimmy Rollins said, we wanted him so bad, but we knew what they would do to us. So we stopped, like we would have to send a club to grab a couple here and there. But we weren't allowed to have them. They were like, they did it as a strategy to like get people fat and sleepy. Have you ever had one of those? I've had about, let me count about 48 coming in there. It's a well known thing. You got to have one. And you know, I would always ask Buck, hey, because we didn't go to Philly often, but that third game. Hey, let me get that day off. Let me get that day off. So you can eat a cheese steak. Oh, it's all true. And the thing made it the best is that you got it customized. It's like, if you could eat Ruth Chris on your couch, they want to make it that much better. 100%. So they make, they make you the customer. You can get it a little bit extra meat, a little bit more hot and they won't judge you. You know what I mean? So that's incredible. You do what you, oh, it's everybody knows. And some teams come in there, you're like, damn, and you look at this, they are, they're results. And if you see, they got swept, just better believe they ate a lot of damn cheese steak. And then quick, quickly, I'm just, what about at the ballpark at Camden Yards? I mean, I heard of Boogs barbecue. I mean, what's anything at the ballpark? Boogs barbecue, obviously, it's still a staple. About the fourth inning, there's to be a breeze that came around centerfield. Nice to just look at to my right or my left and be like, damn, I miss boobs. I would love to get a nice brisket sandwich. In the ballpark, they have some ballpark food. I'm not the craziest about like a crab. Yeah, I'm with you. I have hot dogs or something like I'm not. I'm with you. I can't do all that. But there's one company in their sponsor, my dad and John podcast Jimmy Sifu, they have these crab cake, they're called a crab cake egg rose. Oh, my Lord. Oh, my Lord. Yes, that is the most at the ballpark. Jimmy Sifu crab cake egg rose. It is a must. All right. Last thing for me. Good win for the Padres last night for nothing over the Washington Nationals. They'll continue the series today. Another 245 Ecowater SoCal pregame show, 345 first pitch from Nationals Park. And we're going to talk some baseball and more. We got Adam Jones standing by the five time All-Star will join us right after this check of traffic on 97 3 the fan still summer in the States for Adam Jones, including a trip to the All-Star game last week. I think I saw he's heading to Milwaukee coming up here and the five time All-Star joins us right now here on Ben & Woods on 97 3 the fan. AJ, good morning to you gentlemen. How y'all doing? Always good to speak with you guys. Yeah, we've missed you, man. We haven't talked. It feels like we haven't talked to you in forever. I'm going to be traversing the the planet next week. I'll be in Hawaii and I feel very much like yeah, I feel very much like you. I may check in with the boys too at some point, but I do. I feel like Adam Jones had enough to kawaii with my family for a week. I like that. I like I missed the one. I haven't been in Hawaii in probably six, seven years and that's such a one of my favorite places. The weather everything is just perfect in Hawaii for me, man. I miss it. I can't wait. Please enjoy it. I will. Oh, I'm going to. Trust me. I'm gonna really, really drink it in and hang with my boys. He's worried about the jellyfish. I am worried about the jellyfish in the man of war. I don't want to get stung by anything. Nothing. Well, I mean, it's all part of it. You know, I'm getting an ocean. It's just part of it. Just staying a pool. It's not part of the experience. It's not part of the experience. Nowhere does it say when you go to Hawaii, get a floaty and stay an hotel pool, okay? We're not staying in a hotel, though. I'm gonna go. I mean, the only person that goes to Hawaii and stays dry for seven days. So what is it? You won't be dry. Yeah, that's true. That's true. It's noise at some point. So what is the, what was the all-star experience like for you, a five-time all-star back at the game, home run derby? Seeing those guys, give it, give us some of your highlights. The all-star game was fantastic. It's again, 32 first-timers. So young guys getting to share with their families and just getting to just be around the special, the specialty of this event. I told these guys, special oil guys, who I know a little better. I said, "Hey, cherish this, man. You can spend time with your teammates, but you're with the best players in the league. Your families get to enjoy this. Your families are the ones who really are really going to enjoy this because for the players, it's annoying, it's tactic organizing everything. But I just told the guys, let your family really, really enjoy this and soak it in because you always get an all-star. So just take this in, ask questions, again, you're with the best guys right now in the world. So take it in and ask questions. And it seemed like everybody had a great time. The home run derby was great. The skills competition was a little weird. It was a little weird. I think I could have won that right now. I was just bunted the whole time. But I think the whole thing, the game was great. Having schemes start, I think that was just good for the powerness of the movement of the youth of baseball. And just overall, it was a great event and cap where I'm with. We had a great event always, being around the guys, just putting out and promoting our positive energy and promoting this game. Love that, man. And I know your feet are in both camps. You're watching the Padres every night. You're watching the Orioles. Pretty gnarly injury last night with Jorge Mateo, former Padre collided with Gunnar Henderson. The arm went the wrong way. And a lot of people are saying, now, OK, does that pave the way for Jackson Holiday? The heir apparent to come back and get another shot in the big leagues. I actually saw him, AJ, mentioned in trade talks, which is crazy to me. Like, and I understand he scuffled at the big league level, but he was one of those guys can't miss. The pressure on him has still got to be through the roof. What do you think they're going to do? You think they're going to bring him up? I don't think they're going to trade him. Well, I mean, I wouldn't trade a one one. That's very, very, no, especially a few years after he's one one. It's not like it's eight years ago. I mean, again, he's still 20. With him, there's no, for me personally, there's no rush with him. Maybe Connor Norby is since he's an older guy. college guy can come in and fill in until see what we figured out with Mateo, just for the bridge. I think with Jackson, I don't think having him be a, I'd say like a relief. That's not, I don't think that's what we want him for. You want him to play. Like, hey, you're out of play. You're going to play 145 games. Not like, hey, we need you for a weekend. That's true down. Like, you can't do that with him. I mean, personally, I don't think that. Unfortunately, you do have guys on the bench and on your roster who you can do that with, especially older guys who understand these moves a little bit better. So I think that's why maybe Norby, but I've heard, you know, maybe Mullins and then talking about Mount Castle. Come on. The trade deadline, I think it's awesome, though, because it opens up everybody's Pandora's box of thoughts. Oh, yeah. What was what the oil is going to do? Are they going to trade for door crochet? Is the pottery has been linked to crochet? Like, what, what is going on? Like, there's so many different options and different things and scenarios. I think that's a good thing, especially when guys are buyers. And what are the Padres going to do? What are the Orioles going to do? You know that the Yankees are going to have to make a move. You know, the Red Sox are probably going to have to make a move. And Guadu and all that, the Dodgers are still trying to get a scuba. So like, Anna Rosarena is the latest. They've been linked to around Rosarena. And you know, you figure he's not having a good year. Doesn't mean they're going to sell low on it. And they're not, they're still going to get, you know, because he's done it on the biggest stage. And I think you put him in that lineup. It's like, Oh my God. Now I have to hate Randy Rosarena. Like I have to hate Shohei Otani now, which doesn't make me very happy. And you add athleticism. I mean, he's again, he's having a down year right now. I've watched it. He's having a struggle. But you go to LA. You will know what happens. That's the bright lights. They have no damn lights over there. That's a candle over there in Tampa. You got the bright lights over here. He's playing like a dark airplane hanger in Tampa. And you go to LA. Yeah, weird things do happen. The lights are bright. You know what I mean? And like him being around Shohei being around Mookey, being around the Freddy K. Oscar, like these are things that just juicy right on up. And I would hate to see him go to LA because you know, over it could be over a 60 game span. He can, he can be one of the best players in the game. And that can be very, very scary when they already have three of the top five. Adam Jones is with us. And Padre is obviously heading to Baltimore this weekend. I think it's just going to be Manny's second trip back. Yeah, since, since he was a member of the Orioles. What's that going to be like? What what? I mean, what are the feelings about Manny in Baltimore still, you know, all these years later? Well, it's a bit, I think it's mostly love. Obviously, you got those aficionados who Manny didn't do this. He didn't do that. He didn't do that. Manny raped and he played unbelievable defense. Jesus Christ, he didn't run out every single ground ball. Okay, we got it. Okay, that's what you want to cry about. The guy played his ass off. And to me, a lot of people, they always cry and complain about that. You know, what I hear from, but also to that, there's a lot of guys that say, man, I ain't seen it. I ain't seen nobody since Bruce Robinson. So he played ball like that. And you know, it's what it's a good thing now that the Orioles do have a young infielder like Gunnar Henderson, like Westboro to be able to, I would say throw away Manny's time there, but like fans were able to move forward down and continue to move forward because now they have a generational talent in Gunnar, which I believe Manny is the same kind of guy, the generational talent. So I think that, you know, I'm going to be there Friday. So I'm going to be excited to see the crowd reaction. I'm going to have one of my AJ 10 beers and just watch a good baseball game. And hopefully, and then say, that's going to be a mix of emotions, right? It's the game where I can't lose. Yeah, right. Yeah, win win win. I can't lose. I can't lose this weekend, but who do I cheer for? See, there's like the silver lining. I'm just going to cheer in the bathroom. Yeah, yeah. What do you know what jersey are you wearing? Cheer for both, right? Like you just excited to see good baseball and your guys do well. And you know, hopefully it's some good ball games. Pottery's been playing some better baseball. I was, I think like all of us coming out of the break, stumbling seven, nothing, you lose. You're like, this is going to be a rough second half. They rebound and they beat a really good guardian team. They are pitching their asses off right now. Every single guy in the rotation is just taking it on their, their back right now. And it's just been so impressive to watch. And I just, I love it. And it's, it's so fun to watch guys go out and compete and be in the zone. And, and, and just attack hitters. It's been great the last few days. I mean, it's before we, I mean, obviously we, you guys have a job to do talk to sports. But before all that, you guys are fans of the game. So you guys want to see the effort. And again, you make your money by talking about it, but you want to see the effort. And that's, as a fan now that I'm not a player, that's all I promote with players. Hey, always ask you guys, how you feel? Hey, go out there and give it all you got. I mean, because at the end of the day, that's all the fan wants is for you to go out there and compete. Is the game hard? Is it difficult? Are you going to be in slumps and not play well? Of course, but a fan knows when you're not giving it your all. And that's one thing that I learned very early. And you got to respect that. And so that's why I always played hard for the fans. And, you know, the Padres make it difficult for people because it's like they'll go on a five game losing streak and then they'll go on a five game winning streak. You might cry, which team am I right now? Am I buying right now? Am I selling right now? Am I being a halt right now? So with them playing well, we talked about them buying, but if they go on a three game skid, we talk about themselves. It's just weird. And, you know, hopefully the Padres just want to, you know, sweep the nationals. I mean, take the series and I don't know how I feel about this weekend because everybody everybody needs W's. But again, I want them to be buyers, especially, you know, because again, we want, we want to see L.A. again in the playoffs because we've got nothing to business. I'll give you a softball, then Adam Jones is with us. So not only are Padres fans packing Petco Park every night, but they've been traveling really well to road games. And I know there's going to be a big Padres fan contingent, even some tier ones at Camden Yards this weekend. What's your recommendation? Like first time visit to Camden Yards. What do you have to see? Where do you got to go in around the ballpark, whatever? What are AJ's recommendations for Baltimore? For Baltimore, first off, you got to go to me. You got an Addie Burger got the place where I have a burger still in the menu. It's a low-key spot. You've got a burger. You got your own burger? What's on your burger? Lay it on us. What's on it? You got the beef, you got Kobe, Jack, spicy pickles, lettuce and tomato. And then you got Hollup, you got tater tots with nacho cheese on the side. I took the elementary school back days. You know what I mean? You're like me, dude. And it comes with a do-vail beer. So that's a place that I like to go. Also a place that depends on your pocketbook, but it's a really good Italian place, Pagliata. Delicious place and a breakfast place. It's called Simply Marie's. She is this black woman. She's an amazing, her life goal is to meet Oprah and she has murals of me all in her damn place. Every time I'm in, every time I'm there, I go in there and she's drinking the biggest hug and she makes me just, yeah, all the food making want to go right to sleep. But I'm a small time person. I don't need to go to the biggest restaurant, the prime ribs. I'll be in a place for so long. I was able to find small places and I was able to, you know, just go there and be incognito and enjoy myself and Baltimore's a really good city like that. It's also one place, Club Dale. Club Dale. Club Dale. Look, I grew up on Mexican food. This is the closest thing you're going to get to it. It is amazing. Absolutely amazing. You're real tight with C.C. Sebastian, yeah? So I watched a clip yesterday speaking of food. It had me howling and it was him and Jimmy Rollins and there was somebody else, I can't remember who it was, but they were talking about the cheesesteaks in the visiting clubhouse in Philly. And C.C. said, "Bar none the best in the city." And the first time he showed up, he was with the Brewers and him, Prince Fielder, Corey Hart, put down 20 cheesesteaks. There's like competitions to see which teams and which players can eat the most. Well, it's all strategy. The Phillies aren't allowed to get it in their own. They do it because apparently you eat one and you're like, you fall asleep. And so these dudes, they actually said, C.C. told a story goes, when we went back with New York, Joe Torrey took him out of the clubhouse. We were not allowed to order him. Jimmy Rollins said, "We wanted them so bad, but we knew what they would do to us." So we stopped. Like we would have to send a clubby over to grab a couple here and there, but we weren't allowed to have them. They were like, they did it as a strategy to like get people fat and sleepy. Have you ever had one of those? Oh, I've had about 48 coming in there. And brother, oh, it's a well-known thing. You got to have one. And you know, I would always ask Buck. Hey, because we didn't go to Philly often, but that third game. Hey, let me get that day off. Let me get that day off. So you can eat a cheesesteak. Oh, 100%. Oh, yeah. It's all true. And the thing made it the best is that you got it customized. It's like, if you could eat Ruth Chris on your couch, it would make it that much better. 100%. So they make, they make you the customer. You can get it a little bit extra meat, a little bit more hot and they won't judge you. You know what I mean? So that's incredible. You do what you do. Oh, it's everybody knows. And some teams come in there, you're like, damn, and you look at this, they are, they're results. And if you see, they got swept, just better believe they ate a lot of ham cheese. And then quick, quickly, I'm just going to, what about at the ballpark at Camden Yards? I mean, I heard of Boogs barbecue. I mean, what's anything at the ballpark? Boogs barbecue, obviously, is still a staple about the fourth inning. There's to be a breeze that came around centerfield. Nice to just look up to my right or my left and be like, damn, I miss boobs. I would love to get a nice brisket sandwich. In the ballpark, they have some ballpark food. I'm not the craziest about like a crab. Yeah, I'm with you. I'm with you. I'm with you. I can't do all that. But there's one company and their sponsor, my dad and Joe podcast, Jimmy Sifu, they have these crab cake mistake. They're called crab cake egg rolls. Oh, my Lord. Oh, my Lord. Yes, that is the most at the ballpark. Jimmy Sifu crab cake egg rolls. It is a must. All right. Last thing for me, one of our beloved tier ones is Dominic. He lives in Baltimore. He'll be at the game that you're at. If a weird guy named Dominic, he's not weird. But if a guy comes up, he says, hey, I'm Dominic Bennett Woods fan. He said he would do anything to have a beer with you. So, if you do see him, say hello. He's a really good dude. We can vouch for him. He's not going to do anything weird or creepy. So, he's a really good dude. Okay. Awesome. All right, man. I would love that. I would love to have a beer with him. And I have my own beer. We had him own beer for money. And so, he can buy me my own beer. Yes, buy Adam Jones. His own beer too. Yeah, we have our own beer too. So, settle down. We don't have any murals yet. Thank God. Thank God. I do not want a mural. I do not want a mural. Thank you, my friend. Have a great time. Always get him. Adam Jones, big league Wednesday. Yeah, just segment made everybody in San Diego hungry. So, I won't stop. Sorry about that. I won't stop thinking about crab cake egg rolls. I will not. I love crab cakes. I love egg rolls. Holy shit. I would love to have a breakfast place where they just, they have murals in me. You walk. Yes. Just makes you. Oh, you're back. It's good to see you. What do you want? It's amazing. I don't want a mural because it will not be a good member. The last time somebody painted a picture of us. Remember that? Yeah. Do you remember that? The last time, can we find that and put it up? The last time in a clock, we'll put it up in the chat. It's been a while. The last time that somebody painted a picture of me, it made me feel even worse about myself than I already do. Who hit me in the face with a bat or a pan or something? And look like a box. It was impressionism. It's not, it's not necessarily realism. It was kind of cubism. I'm not even sure what they were going with. You look fine. I found it. I'll pull it up for eight o'clock. We'll pull that up when we come back. Bigly Wednesday will continue with Brett Bohn going to join us at 8.35. We're also going to give away some Sebastian Maniscalco comedy tickets in the next half hour. So, do not go away. And then Xander Schoffley will be with us at 9.25 on a big Wednesday here with Ben & Woods on San Diego's number one sports station, 97.3 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. 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