The Section 1904 Podcast

This is the “Coach’s Conversation with Head Coach Mikey Varas”, recorded ahead of Wednesday’s match against Houston Dynamo. These previews are heard on the SDFC Kickoff Show on San Diego Sports 760 and the IHeartRadio App . Our pregame coverage starts 30 minutes before kickoff for most matches. We talked about the Club’s decision to travel straight from Salt Lake to Houston, what went wrong in the...

(This is the audio-only version of Monday’s MartyTimeTV / Section 1904 joint venture. You can find and subscribe to this podcast on Apple and Spotify and right here on Substack by clicking the button below. To watch this episode, click here .) Timing is everything! Just as we started recording Wednesday’s show, news broke. Lucas Giolito. Padre. Marty and I were joined by our friend, ESPN’s Eric Go...

(This is the audio-only version of Monday’s MartyTimeTV / Section 1904 joint venture. You can find and subscribe to this podcast on Apple and Spotify and right here on Substack by clicking the button below. To watch this episode, click here .) Darren and Marty are back and focussing on the Padres news both on and off the field. After a few minutes discussing television wardrobes and makeup, we tal...

Here's this week's “Coach’s Conversation with Mikey Varas”, recorded ahead of Saturday’s match against Real Salt Lake. These previews are part of the SDFC Kickoff Show on San Diego Sports 760 and the IHeartRadio App . Pregame coverage starts 30 minutes before kickoff for most matches. Why is Mikey so confident things will turn around? How difficult has it been to analyze this team when it’s often...

It was early and I was connecting for my weekly Ben and Woods hit when I got a text from Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal . A very good morning indeed, as news quickly spread to Padres fans in San Diego and all across Major League Baseball. The Padres are reportedly being sold to Jose E. Feliciano Jr and his wife, Kwanza Jones, for a staggering $3.9 billion . You can read the story here ....

Darren and Marty are back and talking about Fernando Tatis’s exhaustion over Eddie Vedder questions and how Luis Campusano has decided to not give a fuck . Padres have won six straight and will try to make it seven on Wednesday night. (For more on the Pivetta injury situation and Padres reported interest Lucas Giolito, check out the latest Friar Territory episode ) We also talked to golf reporter...

(This is the audio-only version of Tuesday’s MartyTimeTV / Section 1904 podcast. If you’re interested in watching this conversation, click here ) MLB.Com’s AJ Cassavell stopped by the show to talk about the options for Nick Pivetta (this was recorded before the IL announcement), and whether it makes sense for Fernando Tatis Jr to play second base. AJ also gave us some insight into covering a rooki...

(This is the audio-only version of this show. While we had our share of technical issues on YouTube today, as always you can watch the unedited version of this show on MartyTimeTV by clicking here . You can also find this show and all shows on ApplePodcasts and Spotify ) Many things happened in local sports this past weekend. Not only did the Padres sweep the Rockies, but they supplied plenty of s...

I love talking to Bob Scanlan and could do so for hours. In this episode - the latest from the MartyTimeTV / Section 1904 Podcast joint venture - we talked to Scan for 30-40 minutes about the Padres daily lineup construction, BABIP, how teams are using Artificial Intelligence to detect pitcher’s “tells”, plus a few other Padres-specific topics. We also learned a few things about Bob’s game day pre...

This podcast hasn’t had much of a cadence to it and that’s been bugging me. I’m not sure that the Section 1904 Podcast will ever return to five shows per week - and maybe that’s a good thing! - but I do aim to be a bit more consistent here and in the podcast space. With that, there have been a few questions I’d like to answer about this podcast and some of the things that have changed from the ori...

Welcome Section 1904 / MartyTimeTV Joint Venture! The first half of this Podcast is Darren briefly talking about the Padres weekend in Boston, Heath Bell’s comments on Craig Stammen and the most recent Friar Territory episode , before talking about SDFC’s disappointing trip to San Jose over the weekend. The Chrome y Azul have seen FIVE red cards in 10 matches (all competitions) and have been witho...

If you’re looking for a full hour of soccer talk, you’re in the right place. Lots of things are happening in the global game and this episode covers a bunch of different topics. First, we caught up with our friend, ESPN’s Eric Gomez , who joined us from Miami where he was covering the opening of Lionel Messi’s new MLS home. Eric and Darren relived the experience of watching a match in Toluca befor...

It’s a new baseball season with a new manager and hitting coach yet 2026’s start feels similar to 2025’s ending. Sure, this is where everyone will shout “SMALL SAMPLE SIZE!”, which is the proper retort to anyone pointing out that the Padres have two home runs and are 29th in slugging percentage through four games. Thankfully, MLB.Com’s AJ Cassavell is our guest and available to speak logically abo...

One of the first sports programs I can remember was ABC’s Wide World of Sports . It was a weekend show hosted by the brilliant sportscaster Jim McKay and highlighted so many random sports from around the world, that it was must watch TV as a kid. Where else could you get your Demolition Derby fix in the 80s? The line most remember from the show was “ The Thrill of Victory and The Agony of Defeat"....

Life for a St. John’s fan used to be a lot of fun. The team was always relevant and usually pretty good and watching the Johnnies at Madison Square Garden was an event. Did you see the movie “ Coming To America ”? They didn’t go to a Knicks game in the double date scene, they went to watch St. John’s, where Prince Akeem got very stimulated! Run-DMC rapped about them. ESPN Big Mondays. Louie and hi...

SDFC’s run in the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup ended in Toluca on Wednesday night. The Diablos Rojos won the match 4-0 and advanced 6-3 on aggregate. Hear from Darren, who was at both legs of the series, hours after the second leg at historic La Bombonera. Thoughts on the match, plus an exclusive conversation with Captain Jeppe Tverskov, minutes after being eliminated. SDFC will next be in action o...

(This is the audio only version of our conversation with Matt Vasgersian. For the full YouTube version, click here. ) Matt Vasgersian joined us from his Miami hotel, getting set for the World Baseball Classic semifinal between Venezuela and Italy (we were briefly interrupted by room service, delivering a roll of toilet paper and some tissues to the room…shrug emoji). We talked about Team USA’s win...

I’m going to miss watching San Diego State face New Mexico in the Mountain West Conference Tournament. Seriously. It always felt like a real rivalry. The games mattered and almost always delivered, on and off the court. Before I turn my focus to SDFC, I offered a few words about the final matchup between the winningest MW Tournament teams. San Diego Football Club takes on FC Dallas tonight. We wil...

If there actually are 27 distinct categories of emotion, as researchers have suggested, then San Diego Football Club’s match against Toluca FC covered most of them on Wednesday night. An incredible win against a true Liga MX power is a statement, regardless of what happens next week at elevation. SDFC played a man down for almost the entire match and, yet, it still felt like they were dominating p...

What’s better than one podcast? Two podcasts. OK - it’s actually one podcast, broken into two different parts. I was at San Diego Football Club’s training ground this morning and stuck around for the press conference ahead of Wednesday’s CONCACAF Champions Cup match against Toluca FC. Marty scheduled an interview with MLB.Com’s AJ Cassavell for 10AM. Fortunately, we were able to divide and conquer...

On the SDFC Kickoff Show, we have a segment called “Inside the Six”, which is usually a 1-on-1 interview with a player or coach relevant to the previous or upcoming match. Ahead of the SKC match, I talked with Marcus about his MOTM performance, feeling the love from Frontera SD and what is was like watching Bryan Zamble - the newest Right to Dream Academy product - start his professional career. I...

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In the latest episode of the joint venture between MartyTimeTV and the Section 1904 Podcast , we visit with our friend Eric Gomez - life long Padres fan and reporter for ESPN in Mexico City. We talked about the buzz from the WBC, how MLB can bottle some of the enthusiasm for the regular season and if Craig Stammen should give Manny Machado the captain’s “C”. We then talked about living in Mexico w...

This is the audio-only version of a conversation between Marty Caswell and Darren Smith from Friday, March 6th. To watch the video, find the link below. Marty and Darren provide a few updates on joining the Friar Territory Podcast and what to expect from that show all season before diving into the Padres news from the week. Of course, there is still much discussion regarding Fernando Tatis Jr and...

Many of you have asked about the sudden end to Section 1904 and what was next. Though I don't have all the answers and am still sorting through options, there are some things to update. In this pod - randomly recorded on a Tuesday afternoon - I'll give you the latest on my media whereabouts, including my new role on Friar Territory , my continuing role with San Diego Football Club and the rekindli...