Darren Smith and John Gennaro recap a weekend that didn't go so great for the San Diego Padres but went splendidly for San Diego FC.

Did Buster Posey's aggressiveness in trading for Rafael Devers steal some of A.J. Preller's thunder? Is Yu Darvish (or Michael King) ever coming back to pitch for the Padres?

Also, Darren does a slight mea culpa on the FIFA Club World Cup, which is off to a fun start despite getting somewhat lost in the shuffle of soccer overload in the US.

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Darren and John skipped the usual Friday scene at Mason Ale works and tried their best to ignore some of the darkest stories of the day. It doesn't always work, but the guys mostly spend the podcast talking about the NHL Stanley Cup Final, the NBA Finals, a Juan Soto vs. MacKenzie Gore rivalry, and the weekend ahead.

The guys also talked about Padres manager Mike Shildt, who is not a very popular manager amongst MLB players and seems to be fighting with his own bullpen strategies in a recent postgame press conference.

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Darren and John start off the show talking about the U.S. Men's National Team drama and how stupid it is before turning their attention to the San Diego Padres, who dropped their rubber match against the Dodgers on Wednesday and who might be working a trade in the next few days.

Later, the guys talk about what is lining up to be a really great NBA Finals after the Pacers showed up and won game 3 at home to take a 2-1 lead over the heavily-favored OKC Thunder. But you know what would make the Finals even better? A decent broadcast.

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John is back from Florida and has a lot of thoughts on the political divide between that state and California, which ties in well with today's conversations about international soccer coming to the United States this year and next.

After the guys talk a bit about politics and the Padres' beatdown of the Dodgers last night, they bring on Jeremiah Oshan from Sounder At Heart to talk through the battle between Sounders players and ownership over what they should be paid for playing in the FIFA Club World Cup and if the protests we've seen in Los Angeles might carry over into other cities during the tournament.

Finally, Darren and John are shocked at how bad things are going with USMNT and, later, they dig through the dates to try and figure out just how much the international tournaments will hurt SDFC over what should be a challenging next month of MLS action.

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Darren Smith and John Gennaro recap a loss for the Padres last night against the Dodgers, discussing about how the two teams stack up against each other and what tonight's game means for Dylan Cease, before Darren interviews Jon Wertheim from Sports Illustrated about the 2025 French Open and what it means for the future of tennis.

00:00 - Padres lose to the Dodgers on Monday night

44:55 - French Open 2025 recap with Jon Wertheim

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Darren Smith and John Gennaro touch on the protests in Los Angeles and SDFC's win in a friendly against Club América on Saturday before talking about the Padres winning a series in Milwaukee and talking about their memories of the Padres/Dodgers rivalry and what to expect this weekend in a series to determine 1st place in the NL West.

Just as an FYI: the sound quality, especially John's, is not great in the second half of this podcast due to some unforeseen technical difficulties.

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Darren Smith and John Gennaro are at Mason Ale Works, wondering if the Padres fans or Brewers fans drink more beer, and they recap NBA Finals game 1 and preview the upcoming Padres/Brewers series and SDFC vs. Club América.

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Vincent Goodwill from Yahoo Sports joins Darren Smith and John Gennaro to discuss the 2025 NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers, as well as who the Knicks might replace Tom Thibodeau with and the new changes to the NBA All-Star Game.

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