Darren Smith and John Gennaro would love nothing more than to talk about soccer and basketball today, but instead they spend almost all of today's podcast breaking down the parade of beanballs between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres over the last two weeks that culminated in a fight between managers Dave Roberts and Mike Shildt and potentially a long-term injury for Fernando Tatis Jr.

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While John golfed, Darren welcomed Alex Kirkland from The Spanish Football Podcast & ESPN to talk about the Hot Chicken, the FIFA Club World Cup and how Spain became so dominant in the men’s and women’s game. It’s also World Tapas Day, so great timing to talk Spanish cuisine with a Madrid resident.

There’s also a few thoughts on the Padres demoralizing series against the Dodgers, which thankfully ends tonight.

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Darren and John talk about NASCAR potentially coming to San Diego and then recap another Padres loss to the Dodgers before bringing on Jared Diamond from the Wall Street Journal to talk about replay in baseball, MLB looking for a TV broadcaster to replace ESPN, the MLBPA potentially getting into legal trouble and more.

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