John Gennaro and Darren Smith discuss San Diego FC's 1st home match, the homophobic chants from the fans, funny names on the Padres and the crazy world of politics. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bandwagonbeach.substack.com
Lucky you! Darren Smith is back, virtually this time, to join me on the podcast for a 2nd time this week. We spent the first 40 minutes or so getting excited about SDFC’s inaugural home game at Snapdragon Stadium before touching on San Diego Padres spring training, remembering Gene Hackman, and responding to Jesse Marsch’s comments about relations between USA and Canada. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bandwagonbeach.substack.com
Darren and John talk about SDFC winning their first MLS game, what we've seen from Padres Spring Training, the red-hot St. John's men's basketball team and This Week In Trump. The SDPD stop by about halfway through to find out how the guys got into a bar that was closed. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bandwagonbeach.substack.com
Darren Smith joins John Gennaro (yes, again) to talk about everything that has happened since they got together last week.It’s the first match week for SDFC, the San Diego Padres appear to be going for it and the guys have thoughts on the SNL 50th anniversary special, the NBA All-Star Game and Elon Musk. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bandwagonbeach.substack.com
Darren Smith is in Florida, drinking Sicilian margaritas and generating thoughts on Super Bowl LIX, Kendrick Lamar’s halftime performance, the San Diego Padres (with pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training tomorrow) and This Week In Trump. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bandwagonbeach.substack.com
From the back patio of Border X Brewing in Barrio Logan, Darren Smith joined John Gennaro to talk about all of the things that cause John’s anxiety to be extremely high. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bandwagonbeach.substack.com
My wife Rebecca isn’t just a fan of the Dallas Mavericks, and she’s not just the person who made me a fan of the Dallas Mavericks, but she also covered the team for years as a beat reporter. We’ve spent the hours since the Luka Doncic trade trying to deal with our own emotions and decided to do some of it on a podcast. Enjoy! Unless you’re Nico Harrison. Then you should never enjoy anything ever again. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bandwagonbeach.substack.com
Is the San Diego Padres ownership situation to blame for the team’s slow offseason? Is it the reason Jurickson Profar signed with the Braves? And what would John Seidler look like as the “control person” of the team? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bandwagonbeach.substack.com
For the third week in a row, two unemployed guys who are passionate about San Diego sports (and politics) got together to talk about the San Diego Padres, the Los Angeles Dodgers, whether Roki Sasaki and Tanner Scott signing with the Dodgers is bad for MLB, what the Padres need to change about their roster in the next month…. and then we talked a little bit about inauguration day. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bandwagonbeach.substack.com
Darren and John are still unemployed and still talking into microphones, this time at Darren’s house in Imperial Beach. This conversation jumps all over the place, but it’s well worth your time. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bandwagonbeach.substack.com
You remember Darren Smith! He’s that guy from the radio who has been guesting on every podcast in town since he left radio. I lied and told him I had a podcast so that he’d come up and chat with me about the state of sports media, the Padres cutting spending, San Diego sports fandom, the future MLS team, dreams of an NBA arena in Mission Valley and so much more. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bandwagonbeach.substack.com
I know that a lot of the people subscribed to this newsletter/podcast subscribed to hear my thoughts on the San Diego Padres. It’s been a while since I dove deep into the team and gave any sort of grand thoughts. So, I thought I’d do that today, starting with the media covering the Padres and then getting to the roster construction. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bandwagonbeach.substack.com
I haven’t hosted a podcast in a really long time. I haven’t posted a podcast on Substack ever. I wanted to see how it works, so I recorded myself talking about Juan Soto signing with the Mets and a personal obsession with comparing Fernando Tatis Jr. to Luka Doncic. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bandwagonbeach.substack.com
My friend George Wrighster is a Dodgers fan. It’s not his fault, he grew up in Los Angeles and lives there to this day. But imagine my surprise when he started texting me, after the Padres swept the Braves in the wild card series, with trash talk. I replied with my objective thoughts about the Dodgers (not realizing that George was on the air with SiriusXM at the time) and….well, you should probably just listen. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bandwagonbeach.substack.com