Darren Smith and John Gennaro are ready for a weekend with minimal plans so that they can watch all of the tennis, football, soccer and baseball that will be going on.....plus the Netflix documentary on the Dallas Cowboys that Darren is obsessed with.

The guys talk about tonight's Savannah Bananas' game at Petco Park, Mike Shildt having another grumpy interview with Ben & Woods this morning, why there's no point in paying attention to the Dodgers, and whether the Padres have the right winning mentality.

They also try out a new feature, called "Try This!", where they recommend things for people in the Section 1904 community to try out.

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The San Diego Padres have lost 8 of their last 10 games and seem to be in some sort of death spiral. They also don't play a game today. As such, it seemed like a great time to invite Dylan from Letters to A.J. back onto the show to talk about what the numbers tell us about this team and what the path forward is without Jason Adam and Xander Bogaerts.

But, first, Darren talks about the Jerry Jones documentary on Netflix and looks through some of the response to yesterday's interview with Chris Kluwe.

After Dylan leaves the show, Darren and John talk about Mike Shildt's approach with the local media before spending a couple of minutes discussing NFL RedZone adding commercials this year, for the first time ever.

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This podcast starts off with Darren Smith and John Gennaro trying to decipher what, if anything, is wrong with the San Diego Padres (2-7 in their last 9 games) and what can be done to fix them. But then the guys quickly move off of sports....

Chris Kluwe is a former NFL punter who made some news back in February when he was arrested at a Huntington Beach City Council meeting...

Since then, Kluwe has announced that he's running for a California Assembly seat, specifically representing the very-Republican district 72 where he is from.

He joins Darren and John for a conversation about saving democracy, finding motivation in fighting, why Citizens United needs to be unraveled, and his strategy for winning the empty seat and using it to protect the rights of Californians.

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It was a hell of a (long) weekend for sports in and around San Diego, but Darren Smith and John Gennaro only have about an hour to get into the San Diego Padres, who appear to be dealing with an identity crisis as the injuries pile up, and San Diego FC, who walked into one of LAFC's biggest moments in team history and took it for themselves.

Mondays are unlocked and free for everyone! Enjoy!

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Before Darren Smith heads off to San Diego FC training, he gets together with John Gennaro to discuss all of the sports that there is to watch this weekend. But first, the guys recap their individual adventures in trying to watch the SDSU Aztecs football game last night.

This being the first real weekend of college football, and just the third week of the EPL schedule, it has added quite a lot of viewing options for sports fans. The guys discuss what they're looking for from the San Diego Padres and talk about a massive game that awaits San Diego FC in Los Angeles this weekend.

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College football kicks off in a big way tonight, including San Diego State welcoming Stony Brook to Snapdragon Stadium, and the guys talk about their excitement before discussing Lee Corso's upcoming goodbye to College GameDay.

Later, fantasy expert Andy Behrens of The Deep Shot and The Athletic joins the show to give Darren and John some advice on how to deal with an autodraft, which new coaches will result in new opportunities for which players, why you should consider adding a 2nd QB to your league's fantasy roster, and a whole lot more.

Before the show closes, John points out that Freddy Fermín seems to be wearing down as the Padres' starting catcher and both guys wonder what different methods Manny Machado has tried to "figure out August".

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Darren Smith and John Gennaro are out of their depth when it comes to the San Diego State Aztecs football program, which kicks off their 2025 season against Stony Brook at Snapdragon Stadium tomorrow night, so (after discussing the Padres' comeback win in Seattle last night) the guys brought in the big guns:

Jon Schaeffer from the Jon & Jim show, the radio voice of the SDSU Aztecs, gets the guys up to speed on what went wrong last year, why there's optimism around the team for Sean Lewis' 2nd season as head coach, and what the Aztecs need to do to get more San Diegans paying attention to their football program.

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On today's podcast episode, Darren Smith and John Gennaro laugh a bit at the San Diego Padres losing the Vedder Cup to the Seattle Mariners and quickly move on to the business of football.

With (American) football kicking off for the San Diego State Aztecs on Thursday, and most of the rest of the college football world on Saturday, the guys talk about why they appreciate the cadence of sports that play 1 or 2 games per week instead of nearly a game every day.

They also dig through the mailbag and answer some of the questions in there and talk about the TV shows they've been watching.

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