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Ben & Woods On Demand Podcast

Ben & Woods On Demand Podcast
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Ben and Woods bring a unique sound to the San Diego airwaves with an entertaining and informative show. As a couple of true baseball junkies, Ben and Woods could not be happier to be on the home of the Padres. Listen here for big moments from the show, weekdays, 6AM - 10AM PT on 97.3 The Fan.
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Ben & Woods kick off the 9am hour with The Reindl Report and a few of Paulie's top stories this morning! Then the guys touch on a little bit of College Football from the weekend before getting back to some baseball at the bottom of the hour and previewing both of today's NLDS games in the MLB postseason. Listen here!
Dennis Lin (The Athletic) joined Ben & Woods on Monday morning for his final regular Monday segment of the season. Listen here as Dennis speculates on what will happen with AJ Preller who enters the final year of his contract next season, what free agents the Padres may look to re-sign, and MUCH more!
Ben & Woods start the 8am hour by talking a little more about the Padres offseason, and which players are set to hit free agency and which players we think the Padres should look to bring back in 2026. Then we play a game of Take On Woods before the guys are joined by Dennis Lin from The Athletic for his final weekly segment covering the Padres this season. Listen here!
Ben & Woods kick off the 7am hour with more thoughts on AJ Preller's future with the San Diego Padres, and we go over the MLB divisional round series' from the weekend. Then we get to "Don't (And DO) This" before the guys are joined by our pal Craig Elsten for his weekly segment talking Padres offseason and some SDFC as well! Listen here!
Ben, Woods, and Paul are here for you on a Monday morning! We start the show with a little foreplay and get a hilarious story from Woodsy who was coaching T-ball yesterday, and Paulie details a pretty crazy Amazon delivery mishap that happened at his new place on Friday. Then we set the menu for today's show and dive into some Padres offseason talk with Ben bringing a list of things he would like to see the team address, and the guys focus on whether or not AJ Preller will get a contract extension as he enters the 2026 season in the final year of his deal as President of Baseball Operations. Listen here!
Ben & Woods kick off the 9am hour by opening up the phone lines and allowing Padres fans to call in and voice their opinions on the Padres 2025 season coming to an end. Then at the bottom of the hour the guys give some of their final thoughts on the Wildcard exit, what types of conversations we will be having during the offseason, AND we spin the topic wheel a few times to wrap up the show. Listen here
Ben & Woods start the 8am hour by talking about whether or not AJ Preller will return in 2026? SHOULD he return? Then we play a quick game of Take On Woods to break things up for a minute before the guys react to some audio from Manny Machado postgame, who had a viral exchange with our pal Jake Garegnani from CBS 8. Listen here
Ben & Woods kick off the 7am with a lot more to say on yesterday's season-ending loss, and how Jackson Merrill is the heart and soul of the San Diego Padres. Plus, was that the worst strike call we've ever seen, when Xander Bogaerts had the bat taken out of his hands in the 9th inning? And our pal Darren Smith joins the show at the bottom of the hour to give us his thoughts on the abrupt end to the Padres season. Listen here!
Ben, Woods, and Paul are here for you all on a Friday mourning. Listen here as the guys discuss yesterday's 3-1 loss to the Cubs in the Wildcard, and the end of the 2025 Padres season. What went wrong? Where does the blame fall? What changes need to be made? All that, plus our Padres Crap-Up in the 6am hour, listen here!
Ben & Woods kick off the 9am hour with The Reindl Report and a couple of Paulie's top stories of the day, including a hotel chain experimenting with scent-based alarm clocks? Then we look ahead to a do-or-die Game 3 for the Padres today against the Cubs, and give our thoughts on the other 2 elimination games in the MLB playoffs as well! Listen here!
Ben & Woods start the 8am hour by revisiting a funny moment that happened earlier in the week on the show and got completely looked over. Then we play a game of Real or Fake on a Throwback Thursday before the guys are joined by The Athletic's Eno Sarris for our weekly "Smart Baseball" segment! Listen here
Ben & Woods kick off the 7am hour talking about game 3 of the NL Wildcard later this afternoon between the Padres and Cubs, with the winner moving on to face Milwaukee in the NLDS, Then we get to "Don't (And DO) Do This" before the guys head out to Chicago where Postseason Sammy Levitt is standing by and gives us his thoughts on yesterday's win and the decisive game 3 coming up! Listen here!
Ben, Woods, and Paul are here for you on a Thursday morning! We start the show with a little foreplay and talk about what a great afternoon we all had up at PRK101 in Carlsbad yesterday for the 97.3 watch party! Then we set the menu for today's show and get right to our Padres Wrap-Up and all of the highlights from yesterday's 3-0 win over the Cubs to force a decisive game 3 today! Listen here!
Ben & Woods kick off the 9am hour by hearing some pregame comments from both Mike Shildt and Jake Cronenworth who held press conferences before game 2 of the NL Wildcard today. Then at the bottom of the hour, Postseason Sammy checks in from Wrigley Field and gives us his thoughts on Game 1's loss and the Padres season on the brink of ending. Listen here!
Ben & Woods start the 8am hour by welcoming former Padres and Rockies manager Bud Black to the studio who joins the guys for the hour to talk some postseason baseball! Listen here as Buddy talks about what he's been up to since he was let go in Denver, how managing in the playoffs differs from the regular season, AND Buddy insists on getting the opportunity to play "Take On Woods"! Listen here!
Ben & Woods kick off the 7am hour by beginning to turn our attention to game 2 later today between the Padres and the Cubs as the Padres season is now on the line, and Dylan Cease looks to be the stopper. Then at the bottom of the hour the guys go around some of the other results from the Wildcard round in baseball yesterday as 3 other teams, including the Padres, are facing elimination today. Listen here!