Manny Machado laments being tricked into saying ‘expectations’: ‘You’re putting it in my mouth.’
"You guys always put us in these situations, and then we get caught, and then now I’m all over social media because you put something in my mouth."
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Padres’ Dylan Cease recalls discussing art museums with Jason Benetti
"He always showed interest in me outside of baseball, which was cool."
Padres-Diamondbacks’ wild finish sparks thrilling announcer calls
"That ball is back and it's headed into a — sea of San Diegans!"
Cameras capture fan getting tackled after rushing field in celebration
"Two points for a takedown"
Announcer Mark Grant mocks ‘clown’ fan who nearly crashes into Padres dugout
"What is that clown doing?"
Padres commentator Mark Grant blasts umpire’s “brutal, horrible” call
"You gotta be shaving me."
Bally Sports reached up to $78 million settlement with San Diego Padres in confidential agreement
After remaining confidential, a Bally Sports settlement with the San Diego Padres for $78 million became public during ongoing litigation.
Padres-Dodgers ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ matchup hits impressive viewership milestone
ESPN's 'Sunday Night Baseball' season is off to a strong start.
ESPN’s Buster Olney holds bizarre interview with fan after switcheroo trick
"So why is your wife mad at you?"
Announcers laugh at star player’s action when benches clear in MLB game
"Manny gonna make sure he gets that one more thing of sunflower seeds. This is high intensity."
Announcer confused by his own call
"Mercury retrograde -- whatever that means."
Karl Ravech repulsed at thought of people eating pig’s liver
"Is that an acquired taste?"
San Diego Padres color analyst holds up first pitch of Spring Training game for commercial break
"I thought one of two things. He's gonna hold it, or he's gonna eject me from the ballpark."
Did Padres push out long-time San Diego radio host John Kentara? (updated)
Scott Kaplan suggests that the San Diego Padres pushed long-time San Diego radio host John Kentera out of his 97.3 The Fan show.
Diamond demanding DirecTV pay for unaired Diamondbacks and Padres games
Manny Machado’s ‘Let’s f****** go, San Diego!’ was the latest unbleeped broadcast profanity
"And, you know, I leave you guys with this. Let's ******* go, San Diego!"
Yonder Alonso calls Padres beat writer a ‘bum’ over his Manny Machado reporting
Former San Diego Padres first baseman Yonder Alonso called out San Diego Union-Tribune beat writer Kevin Acee on...
Kevin Brown explains blink-182 to broadcast partner and sings ‘All The Small Things’
"Another world-class call from Kevin Brown."
Dave Sims hilariously burned Tim Anderson during Mariners game
"He took a harder shot than Tim Anderson did the other night."
ESPN’s Eduardo Pérez makes odd Fernando Tatís Jr. comments again
"I think he identified with being that guy—the lead-off guy, spark-plug. And those two toys, shortstop and leadoff, have been taken away from him."
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MLB says it has collected 94% of rights payments from Diamond Sports
Much of the doom and gloom about Diamond Sports and MLB has been overhyped.
Gary Cohen says Keith Hernandez almost didn’t survive first year on SNY
"It was almost the end right there."
Ken Rosenthal: Fernando Tatis Jr.’s All-Star snub sends ‘strong message’ in wake of PED suspension
"I can picture players sitting at lockers filling out their ballots and thinking, ‘**** this guy'"
MLB execs call taking over Padres’ broadcasts ‘absolute fire drill,’ ‘all-hands-on-deck situation’
"When we found out that we were going to have the game, 24 hours in advance, we sprung into action. We had meetings with the crew, with the talent, we had got all of our graphics loaded into the truck. Yeah, it was an absolute fire drill."