Podcast appearances and mentions of Ben Woods

Ben & Woods kick off the 7am hour with some more thoughts on last night's All-Star Game, specifically how it ended with the home run Swing-Off, and how exciting it was to end the game that way! But...should Major League Baseball ACTUALLY consider implementing a swing off to decide games that are tied? Then we get to "Don't (And DO) Do This" and discuss San Diego FC terminating their loan with Forward Milan Iloski. Listen here!

Ben & Woods kick start the 8am hour with Ben and Paulie giving Woods some birthday gifts with today being his final show before turning 50 in Manchester this weekend! Then we play our daily game of "Take On Woods" before the guys talk about the long list of former Padres that have made the All-Star rosters over the last few years, and we react to a pretty powerful piece of audio from the world's #1 golfer Scottie Scheffler. Listen here!

Ben & Woods kick off the 9am hour with some continued thoughts on Scottie Scheffler's comments that we played to end the 8am hour, and the conversation gets pretty deep as we discuss what star athletes are looking for in life. Then Ben and Paul have one final birthday surprise for Woodsy with the help of some special guests before we wrap up the show with The Reindl Report and Paulie's top headlines of the morning. Listen here!

Ben & Woods start the 8am hour talking about Woodsy who is leaving tomorrow night for his trip to Manchester to see Oasis this weekend! Then we get to our daily game of Take On Woods before the guys talk about tonight's All-Star Game and a humorous moment captured on camera between Shohei Ohtani and our own Robert Suarez. Listen here!

Ben & Woods kick off the 9am hour by getting Ben's take on Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski being selected to the All-Star game which has everyone upset because he's only pitched in 5 games. Then at the bottom of the hour we wrap up the show with The Reindl Report and some of Paulie's top headlines, including the Rays being sold for nearly $2 billion! Listen here!

Ben & Woods kick off the 7am hour by talking about the Home Run Derby last night as Cal Raleigh beat Junior Caminero in the championship round to become the 1st catcher to win it! Then we get to "Don't (And DO) Do This" before the guys are joined by our buddy David Jay from Madfriars who covers the Padres farm system and gives us a full recap of the Padres' 2025 draft selections! Listen here!

Padres manager Mike Shildt joined Ben & Woods on Friday morning for The Manager's Report! Listen here as Shildt talks about the tough pitching the Padres have faced recently, their approach at the plate, Jackson Merrill's struggles this season, and MUCH more!

Ben & Woods kick off the 7am hour talking about some positive updates regarding Michael King and when he may take the next step in returning to the mound. Then we get to "Don't (And DO) Do This" before the guys are joined by San Diego radio legend Darren Smith who checks in each Friday morning to talk some Padres and SDFC! Listen here!

Ben & Woods chat with Dylan from the substack "Letters To AJ" who provides a brilliant analysis of the San Diego Padres' performance, and what should and should not concern fans. Listen here!

Ben & Woods kick off the 9am hour with some Smart Baseball, but with Eno Sarris on vacation for the next 2 weeks we chat with Padres blogger Dylan from the substack "Letters To AJ" who becomes an instant fan-favorite with his analysis of the San Diego Padres. Then we get to a fun Throwback Thursday clip from just one year ago before we wrap up the show with The Reindl Report and a few of Paulie's top stories of the day! Listen here!

Ben & Woods start the 8am hour talking about what the Padres are facing in the 2nd half of the season, but it starts with these next 4 games before the All-Star break. Then we play a game of Real or Fake on a Throwback Thursday before the guys discuss reports that Major League Baseball is discussing a plan to put a salary cap in place, and if that all but guarantees a lockout is coming after the 2026 season? Listen here!

Ben & Woods kick off the 7am hour talking more Padres baseball, and where the blame falls for the poor offensive performance throughout the majority of this season? Then we get to "Don't (And DO) Do This" before the guys catch up with Padres pre and postgame show host Sam Levitt who makes his weekly appearance on the show! Listen here!

Ben & Woods kick off the 9am hour with some news and notes from around Major League Baseball yesterday, and we preview tonight's game between the Padres and Diamondbacks as Dylan Cease gets the ball for San Diego. Then at the bottom of the hour we wrap up the show with The Reindl Report and a couple of stories from Paulie, including audio from our favorite head coach in the NFL. Listen here!

Ben & Woods start the 8am hour with a similar conversation we have every 6 months or so about how we're all paying WAY too much for services and subscriptions. Then we get to a quick game of Take On Woods before the guys are joined by Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo who we have been wanting to have on the show for quite a while, and Woodsy calls it "my favorite interview we've ever done." Listen here!

Ben & Woods are joined by Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo on a Big League Wednesday! Listen here as Torey talks about taking on the Padres and his thoughts on some of the San Diego players, how he became such a good leader with his team, and MUCH more! "That was my favorite interview we've ever done." - Steven Woods

Ben & Woods kick off the 7am hour with some continued thoughts on last night's win over Arizona, the tremendous pitching performances, and Mike Shildt getting ejected from the game. Then we get to "Don't (And DO) Do This" before the guys discuss the pregame decision from Shildty to move Jackson Merrill down to the 5th spot in the lineup. Listen here!

Ben & Woods kick off the 9am hour with Ben asking the guys if it makes sense at all for Padres fans to actually try and stomach rooting for the Los Angeles dodgers to beat up on any and all National League Wild Card contenders, and Woods isn't having any of it. Then at the bottom of the hour we wrap up the show with The Reindl Report and a couple of Paulie's headlines before we sign off on a Tuesday morning! Listen here!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

Ben & Woods kick off the 7am hour talking about both the Padres long-term and short-term future, and when (or if) AJ Preller needs to make some moves. Then we get to "Don't (And DO) Do This" before the guys discuss yesterday's surprising news that Fernando Tatis Jr is suing Big League Advance, who he struck a deal with as a teenager and now is facing a hefty bill to pay? Listen here!

Ben & Woods kick off the 9am hour with an early edition of The Reindl Report and a few of Paulie's top stories, including Florida Man making his way back into the news! Then at the bottom of the hour the guys chat with Jaclyn Lash from the Padres who has some very exciting news regarding concerts and events coming to Petco Park soon, and we discuss Jeff Passan's top 50 players who could be moved at the trade deadline next month. Listen here!

Ben & Woods start the 8am hour talking about summer plans, and the conversation turns to bowling where we find out a young Steven Woods was actually on a bowling team (??) and Ben apparently knows how to keep score in bowling? Then we play our daily game of Take On Woods before the guys are joined by Padres broadcaster Jesse Agler for our regular Tuesday conversation! Listen here!

Ben & Woods chat with Padres broadcaster Jesse Agler, who joins the show each and every Tuesday morning! Listen here as Jesse gives the guys some advice before their trip to Philadelphia this weekend, his thoughts on last night's loss and a look back at last week's series against the dodgers, and we give him this week's "incorporator" word!

Ben & Woods kick off the 7am hour with some thoughts on the suspensions that were handed down on Friday afternoon for Mike Shildt, Dave Roberts, and Robert Suarez, and we get to a very sad Shoutout To His Family for a friend in the local media. Then we get to "Don't (And DO) Do This" before we are joined by Craig Elsten who joins us each and every Monday morning! Listen here!

Ben & Woods kick off the 9am hour talking about the Washington Nationals coming to town starting tonight, and of course we revisit the infamous 2022 Juan Soto trade between the two teams. Then the guys give a couple of thoughts on the conclusion of the NBA Finals last night before we wrap up the show on a Monday with The Reindl Report and a couple of Paulie's top stories, including David Ortiz's ongoing beef with Rafael Devers? Listen here!

Ben & Woods start the 8am hour talking about how we spent our weekends, which included a golf tournament and assembling a new desk. Then we play our daily game of "Take On Woods" before we're joined by our Ben & Woods LINsider as Dennis Lin from The Athletic checks in as he does each Monday morning and gives us all of his takeaways from the Padres weekend! Listen here!

Ben & Woods catch up with Dennis Lin from The Athletic as we do each and every Monday! Listen here as Dennis talks about Xander Bogaerts' surprisingly hot week, taking 2 of 3 from the Royals, his thoughts on this week's series with the Nationals, and more!

Ben & Woods kick off the 9am hour by chatting with Eno Sarris from The Athletic who we missed while off yesterday! Then we bring you some Throwback Thursday clips on a Friday that give us all a good laugh before we wrap up the show with The Reindl Report and a few of Paulie's top headlines as we cruise into the weekend! Listen here!

Ben & Woods kick off the 7am hour with more thoughts on everything that went down last night between the Padres and dodgers as we hear a little from both Mike Shildt and Dave Roberts with their postgame comments. Then at the bottom of the hour, Darren Smith makes his weekly visit to the show and with no SDFC match this weekend to discuss, we get all of Darren's thoughts on the weeklong series full of drama between the Padres and dodgers. Listen here!

Padres CEO Erik Greupner joined Ben & Woods on Friar Friday! Listen here as Erik comments on everything that happened on Thursday night between the Padres and dodgers, how much room the team has to add players at the trade deadline (or sooner), Manny Machado approaching 2,000 career hits, and MUCH more!

Ben & Woods start the 8am hour by chatting with Padres CEO Erik Greupner who returns to the show on a Friar Friday! Then we get to our daily game of Take On Woods before we take a time out and catch our breath by asking each other how the day off was yesterday, and we find out that Woodsy is STILL having issues with a stomach virus? Plus, Manny Machado did NOT hold back with some of his postgame comments last night! Listen here!

Ben & Woods kick off the 7am hour with some continued thoughts on last night's game and all of the drama that unfolded after both Fernando Tatis Jr and Shohei Ohtani were hit by pitches, warnings were issued, and Dave Roberts melted down after being ejected. Then at the bottom of the hour the guys are joined by Padres broadcaster Mark Grant who calls into the show on a Big League Wednesday! Listen here!

Ben & Woods start the 8am hour by talking about a text exchange the 3 of us had last night, and we try to help Woodsy out with his feeling the show is too monotonous lately... Then we get to our daily game of Take On Woods before we open up the phone lines for the first time in a while, and let Padres fans weigh in with how they're feeling about the team right now, what moves they would like to see made soon, and more! Listen here!