Faraway Friars Podcast

Beso and Omar gush about the state of the Padres entering the weekend, after a great start to the season. We discuss some players who made it happen, the NL Best, and ramble about the games ahead.

Beso and Omar take a moment to discuss the offseason, roster changes, and news around the league. They make predictions on the season ahead, and touch on the opening series vs Atlanta.

Omar and I react right after game 2, and give you our off-the-cuff thoughts and feelings about your San Diego Padres. We discuss the past series against the Braves, talk about the rest of the MLB playoffs going on around us, and of course talk a bit about how we feel about the upcoming series with LA. It's good to have Padres playoff baseball to talk about

Beso and Omar talk about recent events around the San Diego Padres, tackling things like Manny Machado, The M’s, Merrill Madness, and other things that start with M.  Also, there's a little ramblings on the WhiteSox at the very end, so if you live on Chicago's south side, you may want to turn us off at that point.

Beso and Omar give their thoughts and hot takes about the San Diego Padres, and where they stand Post-Trade deadline after sweeping LA. They cover recent events and some big transactions across the league as well.

Beso and Omar look at the Padres as they stand before this weekend's games, and look back on the recent series against the Nats, and some of our guys that have been shining in '24 so far.

Hey guys. Omar and I look at the first month of Padres baseball, coming off of our series win against the Brewers, and look at how the team is doing overall. We talk a bit about mlb news, and make our predictions for year-end awards for mvp and cy young.

Beso and Omar are back for another season of Padres baseball! A pair of fans give their take on the offseason, the roster, and give a prediction of the record for the San Diego Padres.

Beso and Omar wrap up this year of Padres Baseball with some callbacks to what was the 23 season, and look ahead to the offseason, with some talk about the mlb as a whole, and those still playing in October.

Omar makes a grid for Beso to fill out (similar to immaculate grid) based on padres history! Can you do better? Fill out your own without looking it up, and see if ya did better. Here's the blank: https://i.imgur.com/U7YIwTa.png Then Omar quizzed Beso a bit on his knowledge of Padres Pitching, followed by the answers. Here's Beso's filled out grid: https://i.imgur.com/e7yj0vm.png

Questions for trivia, based on stats as of 8/24/23 : 1. This Padre has played exactly 69 games, with 210 ab's, and has a .170 ba, with 4hrs. 2. This Padre leads the team in RBI's, and has 26 doubles, second on the team. 3. This Padre leads the team in SB's, and has 118 hits. 4. This Padre leads all with 7 triples, no other Padre has more than 1 5. This Padre has 26 hits in 28 games, an...

Beso and Omar take a look at the San Diego Padres recent games and news, as well as taking detours to look at signings across the league, and even across sports! How will the Pads do in August? Will it be enough to make the wildcard?

Beso and Omar discuss the good, the bad, and the future of the ‘23 San Diego Padres.

Hey guys! Omar and I take a look at how the Pads are playing recently, and discuss some positive trends and outliers. We do talk a bit about the Oakland A's reverse boycott and the struggle their fans may be having, as well as briefly touching on Messi in Miami, and new champions in the NHL and NBA.

Beso and Omar return to talk about the state of Padres baseball, including their recent series' vs the Giants and Dodgers, and how the team has been doing with Tatis in the lineup. Then we play a game of contender or pretender, looking at some of the curious cases of teams with an unexpectedly good record early on.

Beso and Omar take a look at the Padres early on during the season, including the return on their recent offseason moves. They also look at the league at a whole, talking about the new rules, some new unis, and the Rays streak to start the season.

Welcome back to this season of Padres Baseball! For the third year in a row, Omar and I talk all things San Diego Padres, and give a brief overview of the offseason, and recent news surrounding the club to get you prepared for what should be a fun season of baseball! We touch on things like the results of the WBC (and the Padres who played in it), offseason signings/resigning, and the roster/start...

Beso and Omar record for the first time in '23, and talk from the perspectives of fans of both the Pads, and Team Mexico, looking at the upcoming event. 

Today, Beso and Omar look back on a turbulent but exciting season of Padres baseball.  Thank you for listening along with us! Stay tuned for more episodes!  We will be doing a World Cup Pod in December, and many more in '23! 

In this special playoff episode of the Faraway Friars, Beso and Omar look at the first two games of the pads/phillies series, look at the dodgers and mets series a bit in retrospect, and look ahead to the rest of the series. 

Today, Beso and Omar have a short, but very special episode detailing the end of the season, and a look at the upcoming series versus the Mets. Go Padres! 

Beso and Omar return to look at the remaining games on the Padres schedule and look at the NL wildcard picture as a whole. 

In this episode, Beso and Omar tackle the recent news surrounding Fernando Tatis Jr, look at Bell, Soto, and Hader, and look at the September schedule. They also look at some recent news around the majors, including a short look at the O's and M's. 

Beso and Omar look at the Padres recent transactions, and how the new players have faired so far. Then we discuss the team's struggles vs the dodgers, before looking at the playoff picture. 

In this episode we look at the Padres play in June, look at some interesting teams at the break, and of course, discuss what it would take (and if it's worth it) for the Pads to land Soto.