Ben & Woods start the 8am hour by resetting the show and talking about how some baseball players look like normal dudes, even though they are ELITE athletes. Then we get to our daily game of Take On Woods before we open up the phone lines and invite Padres fans to call in and let us know what they are hoping AJ Preller to do at the upcoming trade deadline. Can the Padres trade Dylan Cease and still make the playoffs in 2025? Listen here!
Jul 08, 2025•40 min
Ben & Woods kick off the 7am hour with some breaking news that SDSU basketball fans will want to hear, and we talk more about how encouraging it was to watch Yu Darvish make his 2025 debut last night! Then we get to "Don't (And DO) Do This" before the guys are joined by Padres broadcaster Jesse Agler who calls in an hour earlier than his usual Tuesday slot! Listen here!
Jul 08, 2025•42 min
Jesse Agler, the voice of the San Diego Padres, joined Ben & Woods on Tuesday morning! Listen here as Jesse talks about last night's loss to Arizona, getting the chance to call a milestone moment for Manny Machado, we give him this week's "incorporator" word, and MUCH more!
Jul 08, 2025•12 min
Ben, Woods, and Paulie are here for you on a Tuesday morning! We start the show with a little foreplay as Woodsy tells us all about the struggles of asking young children "what do you want for dinner?" Then we set the menu for today's show before we get to our Padres Wrap-Up which includes Manny Machado getting his 2,000th career hit, Yu Darvish returning to the mound, and the Padres losing 6-3 to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Listen here
Jul 08, 2025•45 min
Jul 07, 2025•2 hr 50 min
Ben & Woods kick off the 9am hour by looking ahead to what is a pretty big 4 game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks, and it starts tonight with Yu Darvish returning to the mound for the Padres! Then at the bottom of the hour the guys wrap up the show with The Reindl Report and a couple of Paulie's top stories from while we were away! Listen here!
Jul 07, 2025•43 min
Ben & Woods start the 8am hour with some more stories from the trip to Philadelphia last week, including some great audio from one of our Lyft drivers, "Philly Mike" and we talk about the ups and downs of the cross-country traveling. Then we get to our daily game of Take On Woods before the guys are joined by The Athletic's Dennis Lin who calls into the show each and every Monday morning! Listen here!
Jul 07, 2025•39 min
Dennis Lin from The Athletic joined Ben & Woods on Monday for his weekly conversation, sponsored by Jamul Casino! Listen here as Dennis talks about the Padres creeping towards the All-Star break, what AJ Preller may be working on as the trade deadline looms closer, Yu Darvish returning to the mound tonight, and MUCH more!
Jul 07, 2025•12 min
Ben & Woods kick off the 7am hour with some thoughts on the MLB All-Star rosters and Fernando Tatis Jr and Jason Adam both joining Manny Machado as the Padres representatives next week in Atlanta! Then we get to "Don't (And DO) Do This" before the guys are joined by our pal Craig Elsten for his weekly Monday conversation on the Padres, SDFC, and more! Listen here!
Jul 07, 2025•44 min
Ben, Woods, and Paul are BACK from a week off! We start the show with a little foreplay and scratch the surface on the many stories from our trip to Philadelphia before we set the menu for a jam-packed show on a Monday morning! And at the bottom of the hour we get to our Padres Wrap-Up and discuss last night's 4-1 win over the Rangers on Sunday Night Baseball and the Padres taking the weekend series from Texas! Listen here!
Jul 07, 2025•45 min
Jun 27, 2025•2 hr 47 min
Ben & Woods kick off the 9am hour talking about their lack of social media skills, and we preview this weekend's series between the Padres and the Cincinnati Reds. Then we bring back a very special edition of "Ben Reads Raps" before we wrap up the show with The Reindl Report and some of Paulie's top stories of the morning before we sign off for the next 10 days! We're heading to Philadelphia on Sunday for the week and will be back with you all on Monday July 7th!
Jun 27, 2025•41 min
Ben & Woods start the 8am hour with an early edition of The Manager's Report as Mike Shildt joins the show from Cincinnati for our bi-monthly conversation. Then the guys react to what Shildty said and play our daily game of Take On Woods before the guys discuss some updates in MLB All-Star voting and how the Padres are looking. Listen here!
Jun 27, 2025•40 min
Padres manager Mike Shildt joined Ben & Woods on Friday morning for The Manager’s Report! Listen here as Shildty talks about protocol for managers when they are objected, injury updates on Yu Darvish and Xander Bogaerts, switching up the lineup a little bit, and MUCH more!
Jun 27, 2025•15 min
Ben & Woods kick off the 7am hour talking about the disturbing Wander Franco story after Franco was found guilty of sexually abusing a minor, but he is not serving any prison time. Will he EVER play in Major League Baseball again? Then the guys welcome our Friday-regular Darren Smith who pops into the studio this morning to talk about SDFC's big win on Wednesday night, how the Padres are looking at the halfway point of the season, and MUCH more! Listen here!
Jun 27, 2025•43 min
Ben, Woods, and Paul are here for you on a Friar Friday! We start the show with a little foreplay as our final show gets underway before we head off on a show vacation to Philadelphia and will be back on the air on Monday July 7th! Then we set the menu for today's show and get ready to welcome our first guest of the morning as Clark Fahrenthold from Madfriars joins the guys in-studio with an update on the Padres farm system, who could be up helping the major league team soon, who could AJ Prelle...
Jun 27, 2025•44 min
The 97.3 staff discusses the big lineup changes Mike Shildt recently made and what we've learned about this team at the midway point of the season.
Jun 26, 2025•55 min
Jun 26, 2025•2 hr 50 min
Ben & Woods kick off the 9am hour with a trip down memory lane as Paulie digs through the archives and finds us a few fun clips from over the years that happened during this week! Then we go around some of the other results from around Major League Baseball last night before we wrap up the show with The Reindl Report and some of Paul's top headlines, including Top Gun 3 apparently coming soon? Listen here!
Jun 26, 2025•42 min
Ben & Woods start the 8am hour by hearing about Ben's latest story for Channel 10 that is incredibly emotional, and we congratulate Woodsy on making his first Instagram reel yesterday and only having to call Paul for help one time! Then we get to our game of Real or Fake on a Throwback Thursday before the guys are joined by Eno Sarris from The Athletic who calls into the show each and every Thursday! Listen here!
Jun 26, 2025•40 min
Ben & Woods are joined by Eno Sarris from The Athletic who calls in every Thursday morning for our weekly Smart Baseball segment! Listen here as Eno gives his thoughts on the Padres' performance this week, he takes his victory lap for his years of praising Adrian Morejon, where would he like to see Luis Arraez in the lineup, and more!
Jun 26, 2025•15 min
Ben & Woods kick off the 7am hour talking a little SDFC after a dominant 5-3 win last night put them in sole possession of 1st place, and a remarkable 4 goal performance from Milan Iloski! Then we get to "Don't (And DO) Do This" before the guys are joined by In-Season Sammy Levitt who just wrapped up covering 26 Padres games in 27 days! Listen here!
Jun 26, 2025•43 min
Ben, Woods, and Paulie are here for you on a Thursday morning! We start the show with some foreplay as everyone seems to be having a rough morning with Woodsy being up since 1am, and Ben forgetting his glasses and randomly bleeding on his hand? Then we set the menu for today's show and get to some Padres baseball with the highlights from Nick Pivetta's DOMINANT start against the Nationals as the Padres won 1-0 and took another series before the off day today. Listen here!
Jun 26, 2025•45 min
From 'Baseball Isn't Boring' (subscribe here): When it comes to Dylan Cease's appearances on the Baseball Isn't Boring podcast, the subjects have been wide-ranging, with talk of disc golf, poetry, meditation, and, of course, pitching. We give you another wide-ranging conversation as Bradfo catches up with Dylan at Petco Park to talk about his art - both and off the field. There is also some contract talk, as well. It's always a good time with Cease and this is no exception. To learn more about l...
Jun 25, 2025•20 min
Jun 25, 2025•2 hr 48 min
Ben & Woods kick off the 9am hour with some updates on both Robert Suarez and Yu Darvish as the Padres get ready to try and win their series with the Nationals later this afternoon. Then at the bottom of the hour we wrap up the show with The Reindl Report and Paulie's top stories of the morning, including a wild sports betting story that has users of a popular betting website VERY upset. Listen here!
Jun 25, 2025•42 min
Ben & Woods start the 8am hour talking about their flight to Philadelphia coming up on Sunday morning, and how to prepare the body for flying from the west coast to the east coast. Then we play our daily game of Take On Woods before the guys are joined by former MLB outfielder Mike Cameron who calls in on a Big League Wednesday to talk some ball and reflect back on his career! Listen here!
Jun 25, 2025•40 min
Ben & Woods chat with former MLB outfielder Mike Cameron who joins the show on a Big League Wednesday! Listen here as Mike talks about what he's up to these days, his time in San Diego in the mid 2000's, what it's like to watch his son in the big leagues, and MUCH more!
Jun 25, 2025•14 min
Ben & Woods kick off the 7am hour with Woodsy giving us YET ANOTHER example of why he is truly "San Diego's Concierge". Then we get to "Don't (And DO) Do This" before we play a brand new game called "Peel of Fortune" where Woodsy and Paul will go head to head in a trivia game, each representing a listener who will win a pair of tickets to see the Savannah Bananas at Petco Park in September! Listen here!
Jun 25, 2025•43 min
Ben, Woods, and Paul are here for you on a Wednesday morning! We start the show with a little foreplay and discuss an...interesting? take from Ben last night on the show's text thread... Then we set the menu for today's show and get to some Padres baseball as we bring you our Padres Wrap-Up and get to the highlights from last night's 4-3 win over the Washington Nationals, setting up a rubber match this afternoon! Listen here!
Jun 25, 2025•44 min
