Bandwagon Beach

Darren Smith and John Gennaro respond to some recent video of Joe Musgrove, talking about what he wants to see in the next San Diego Padres owner, and Craig Stammen, who is visiting some of his Padres players in the Dominican Republic and has thoughts on the local cuisine. The guys then welcome back to the show Sean Kelly, Formula 1 statistician and host, known as the "Virtual Statman," who provid...

Darren Smith and John Gennaro talk about San Diego FC, and the situation with Hirving "Chucky" Lozano that will be hanging over the team this offseason. It seems like he's destined to play somewhere else next year, but it's certainly not guaranteed. We'll wait to find out. The guys then talk about San Diego State, who went from probably hosting the Mountain West Conference Championship game to bei...

The first ever season for San Diego Football Club came to an end on Saturday night, when they lost in the Western Conference final to Vancouver Whitecaps FC by a score of 3-1. It was not a particularly close game, despite its proximity to the MLS Cup itself. Darren Smith and John Gennaro talked on Monday morning for the first time since that game, did a short recap of it (and the showing from the...

Darren Smith and John Gennaro check in on each other's Thanksgiving day plans and talk about the NFL's slate of games for the day before celebrating a win for San Diego State's men's basketball team over Oregon and talking about Mikey Varas and San Diego FC, who are tough MFers that understand what it means to live in San Diego. Darren then sits down with his wife to provide a full shopping guide...

After calling San Diego FC's thrilling 1-0 win over Minnesota United FC, punching SDFC's ticket to the Western Conference final of the MLS Cup Playoffs, Darren Smith and John Gennaro jumped on and recorded an instant reaction podcast episode. After getting a little bit of sleep, John woke up and ranted a bit about San Diego State losing a basketball game by 40 points to Michigan and the San Diego...

Darren Smith checks in on how John Gennaro's ribs went over the weekend before the guys explore their own excitement over tonight's playoff game between San Diego FC and Minnesota United FC at Snapdragon Stadium, and spend a minute discussing the potential scheduling conflicts ahead. They also play audio of Darren interviewing SDFC player Corey Baird, who grew up in San Diego County and has some c...

Darren Smith and John Gennaro start the podcast by discussing the anxiety around smoking a rack of ribs but quickly get into a weekend preview by ranking their top 5 sporting events of the weekend. The guys then play the audio of San Diego Padres manager Craig Stammen on Buster Olney's Baseball Tonight podcast, where he made it clear that he's close with Manny Machado before calling out Fernando T...

Darren Smith and John Gennaro start today's podcast by trying to make sense of ESPN's new relationship with MLB teams and what it might mean for San Diego Padres fans going forward before welcoming to the show AppleTV MLS play-by-play announcer Keith Costigan for a preview of Monday's playoff game between San Diego FC and Minnesota United FC, as well as his thoughts on Ireland's path to the 2026 W...

Darren Smith and John Gennaro kick off the episode by remembering their former coworker, San Diego Padres legend Randy Jones, who passed away this morning. The guys spend some time telling personal stories and talking about Randy's place in Padres history. They then welcome onto the podcast Jeff Rueter from Five Asides , who joined the show back in May , to talk about USMNT's impressive win over U...

Darren Smith and John Gennaro kick off today's podcast by talking about some technical difficulties and jokingly being called out by a "rival" Padres podcast before getting into San Diego FC, who announced earlier today that they were exercising the permanent option on Luca Bombino's loan from LAFC . The guys play some audio from SDFC Sporting Director Tyler Heaps, who spoke openly and honestly ab...

Darren Smith and John Gennaro had conflicting schedules on Monday, so the usual early Monday weekend recap got moved to late afternoon. As such, the guys are a little loop as they discuss the very strange NFL season, SDSU fans getting angry after a win over Boise State, San Diego FC preparing for a huge playoff game on Monday, the Padres re-signing LHP Kyle Hart, and a bunch more. Section 1904 is...

Darren Smith and John Gennaro preview the weekend ahead, starting with an explanation of what weep holes are and how to clean them ahead of this weekend's deluge of rain that is expected to soak San Diego county. We get a full report from the Section 1904 Weather Desk so that we know how to prepare. Then, on the two-year anniversary of Peter Seidler's passing, the guys talk about Sheel Seidler men...

News broke this morning that the Seidler family is looking for investors to take ownership of the San Diego Padres, marking the end of the Peter Seidler era for the team. Darren Smith and John Gennaro jumped on YouTube and reacted live to the news, being sad about Peter Seidler's legacy, wondering how this affects A.J. Preller's potential extension with the team and his offseason moves, and even t...

Dennis Lin from The Athletic joins Darren Smith and John Gennaro from the MLB GM meetings in Las Vegas to talk about the San Diego Padres hiring Craig Stammen, what we should expect in Year 1 and the challenges that the new manager faces, as well as all of the other big decisions that face the team this offseason (A.J. Preller's contract extension, free agency, the trade market, etc.) 00:00 - Fern...

John's back from his trip to New Orleans and, after the guys talk a bit about what makes New Orleans so special and John talks about the World War II Museum, the guys bounce around to some of the reactions to the San Diego Padres hiring Craig Stammen as their new manager and yesterday's press conference introducing him to the assembled media. The guys play sound from Padres CEO Erik Greupner and P...

It’s Monday! That means it’s the Weekend Recap episode, which is always unlocked for everyone whether you’re a paid subscriber or just checking out Section 1904 for the first time. With John Gennaro enjoying beignets and Hurricanes on Bourbon Street, Darren Smith sucked down a few double espressos and started the podcast talking about Craig Stammen’s introductory press conference earlier in the da...

With John out of town, Darren talks with former San Diego Padres manager Andy Green about new San Diego Padres manager Craig Stammen, who had Andy Green as his manager when he first joined the Padres as a free agent in 2017. Section 1904 is a community-supported media company. If you like our content, considering subscribing at Section1904.com to support our work for as little as $5/month. This is...

Jon Schaeffer from Jon & Jim on San Diego Sports 760am joined Darren Smith and John Gennaro today and we promise that there is plenty of San Diego State Aztecs talk, both about the football team and men's basketball team, but first... The San Diego Padres finally announced a new manager hire and it's former Padres relief pitcher Craig Stammen, whose name never came up on the list of possibly o...

Darren Smith and John Gennaro start off today's episode with a conversation about Tom Brady (and Paris Hilton) cloning dogs and how this is all exactly the same as Jurassic Park before switching to the San Diego Padres, who have lost Yu Darvish for next season and Victor Rodriguez for the foreseeable future, after he left the Padres to join the Houston Astros as their hitting coach. The guys then...

Darren Smith and John Gennaro kick off today's podcast by highlighting the criticism of San Diego State's attendance by the head football coach of the University of Wyoming. Was it over the line? Was it correct? Is it going to end up hurting Sean Lewis' recruiting efforts? Is there anything that can be done to solve this long-standing problem? Is this a side effect of San Diego viewing itself as L...

Darren Smith and John Gennaro battled some internet issues while recapping a wild weekend that included the Los Angeles Dodgers winning games 6 & 7 in Toronto to take the World Series away from the Toronto Blue Jays, Fernando Tatis Jr. winning a Gold Glove in right field, San Diego FC letting the Timbers steal game 2 in Portland, and SDSU beating the crap out of the Wyoming offense. Also, in t...

We are lucky that the children of San Diego have a place like Rady Children's Hospital in town when the worst happens. Not just because of their expertise in care, but because how much thought has been put into child-sizing medical care and making the experience one that is a lot less scary than it otherwise would be. That's why, when Section 1904 subscriber Mason reached out to me and told me abo...

In this extra long episode to get you ready for the weekend, Darren Smith and John Gennaro discuss the San Diego Padres' search for a new manager and wonder which journalist will break the news when it happens. The guys then talk about the World Series, starting with how they're going to watch while passing out candy to trick-or-treaters tonight, and really focusing in on Blake Snell's comments af...

Darren Smith and John Gennaro start off the podcast talking about mischief they have gotten into, and avoided, when they were much younger. They then dive into the San Diego Padres managerial search, which is down to three (?) finalists, discussing how A.J. Preller might be factoring his own future as the team's President of Baseball Operations and General Manager into the decision. Game 5 of the...

Darren Smith and John Gennaro kick off today's podcast with a conversation about their preferred Halloween candy and their process for handing out candy each year, as well as the proper pronunciation of the word "data". The guys then reflect on last night's World Series Game 4, which felt like a hangover, before diving into what little bit we know about the San Diego Padres' search for a new manag...