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Despite seemingly not knowing the rules to the tournament, the United State get luck to fall their way with Italy winning Pool B after defeating Mexico last night and despite all efforts, San Diego State might not need to win the Mountain West Tournament to hit it big on Selection Sunday. Braden is here to break down last night's games in the World Baseball Classic and how the Quarterfinals shake...

Braden and Frank once again take a look back at San Diego FC's gritty win last night over Deportivo Toluca FC before looking at the Padres bench battle and looking at the latest in NFL Free Agency

Braden takes a look at San Diego State's Mountain West Tournament road as they begin play tonight against Colorado State before looking at everything they need to do in order to make the NCAA Tournament

Braden is joined by Sam Levitt in Peoria after a Padres day off to discuss the Padres bench battle, rotation question and Sam's BBQ order form the other day before today's Sports Thread

Braden and Frank react to the gritty performance from San Diego FC last night against a powerhouse Deportivo Toluca FC squad in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions Cup last night before looking back at Italy's win over Mexico allowing the United States to advance to the Quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic

Walker Buehler may not have had a sparkling perfect line yesterday, but some believe that he might have done enough to make the Opening Day roster for the Padres. Braden is here to dive into the metrics from Buehler's start to see what stood out to lead to such a prediction. We will also dive into the latest with Joe Musgrove getting some extra rest before looking at San Diego FC's upcoming CONCAC...

Braden dives deeper into a new article written about Mark DeRosa's managerial decisions last night against Italy before getting into the cancelation of the Maxx Crosby trade and San Diego FC's match in the CONCACAF Champions Cup against Toluca

Braden takes a look at an article that was posted yesterday about Joe Musgrove is going to be getting extra rest over the next few days before ripping into Sammy Lev's BBQ dinner from last night and ranking every MLB team into tiers

Braden takes a look at how Walker Buehler performed yesterday by looking at the analytics from his start before hearing what both Walker and Craig Stammen has to say bout the outing

Braden and Frank discuss last night's World Baseball Classic game between the United States and Italy before putting Mark DeRosa under a microscope for not knowing the US wasn't clinched into the Quarterfinals before starting to discuss Walker Buehler's start yesterday against the Angels

We're getting to the point of Spring Training where teams are starting to look closer to what they're going to look like on Opening Day and what a better thing to do in the middle of the week than to rank them all! Braden is here to go through the tiers before taking a deeper dive into individual performances at camp such as those from Jake Cronenworth and Alex Verdugo. We will also keep you updat...

Braden and Frank discuss San Diego FC's win over Sporting Kansas City on the road on Saturday night before diving into the San Diego Toreros signing of a new head basketball coach in Iowa State's JR Blount

Braden dives into comments made by Outfielder Alex Verdugo about why he decided to join the Padres and what he's doing to improve this offseason and camp before trying to predict the roster halfway through Spring Training

Braden gets the latest from Sam Levitt at Padres Spring Training including a report on Joe Musgrove's health before hearing about the Atlanta Hawks promotion that got shut down by the NBA

Braden and Frank debate what happened in the World Baseball Classic between Cal Raleigh and Randy Arozarena last night before discussing Jake Cronenworth's Spring Training and the position battle brewing between Ty France and Jose Miranda for what could possibly be the final bench spot

This offseason saw a number of unexpected coaching changes within the Padres organization and through the firs month of the 2026 season, it's been met with high praise from the team's top stars. Braden is here to discuss who said what about the Padres new coaching staff going into the season before taking a look back at what the team did over the weekend. We will also dive into with Joe Musgrove's...

Braden takes a look at some of the moves that have been made on a very busy opening day for the NFL's 2026 calendar year before taking a deeper look into some of the individual performances from some of the bubble Padres in camp before looking at San Diego State's win against UNLV this weekend

Braden tries to get inside the head of Frank as they discussed why Frank willingly stayed in an awful hotel in Arizona over his NASCAR/IndyCar weekend before today's Mid-Day Sports Standoff

Braden and Frank give you an update on everything that is happening and that has happened in the World Baseball Classic before diving into the importance of Joe Musgrove in the 2026 season and the competition in this year's camp

Braden breaks down comments made by Padres players throughout the Spring about the new and younger coaching staff and the more technological and analytical approach they're taking

While everyone was focusing on Walker Buehler's debut for the Padres, it was the offense that took the spotlight scoring 12 runs in the second inning and never looking back from there. Braden takes a look at the Padres offensive explosion yesterday before turning his attention to the battery; Walker Buehler and Freddy Fermín for deep dives into Buehler's outing and Fermín's first chance as a start...

Braden and Frank discuss where Fernando Tatis Jr. will hit in the lineup before breaking down what San Diego State needs to do this weekend to still win the Mountain West as well as Drake Hills joining the show to preview San Diego FC this weekend

Braden breaks down the latest lawsuit that the NCAA has filed on Ole Miss and Trinidad Chambliss before diving into what the potential MLB salary cap could be and how fans are reacting to the potential of MLB getting a salary cap

Braden takes a deep dive into the analytics of Walker Buehler's start against the Seattle Mariners just like we did with Joe Musgrove's start and debating whether or not Freddy Fermín is ready to be the Padres everyday Catcher

Braden discusses the prestige and quality the World Baseball Classic is starting to garner as stars like Fernando Tatis Jr. get set to take the field for their countries and we hear from Walker Buehler to see how he's feeling after his first start of the Spring