About this episode

Darren Smith and Marty Caswell discuss the Padres' recent successes and interview Jared Diamond about the team's ownership and Mason Miller's journey in baseball.

Another Padres series win, another incredible Padres comeback. Darren Smith and Marty Caswell discuss the latest heroics by Gavin Sheets versus the Rockies, and why Xander Bogaerts is the one guy they want at the plate during a rally. What's the buzz going to be like in Mexico City, and will we perhaps see or hear from someone in Padres ownership? Marty and Darren are joined by The Wall Street Journal's Jared Diamond, who first broke the story of Jose Feliciano and Kwanza Jones buying the team. Jared details why the new owners have already been fully vested by Major League Baseball, the true impact of all the limited partners and what we know to this point about what kind of owner Feliciano might be. Jared reiterates the big shoes for Feliciano to fill, and why Peter Seidler may have been the best owner in all of professional sports, plus, the Padres case for the best team in MLB, Jared also takes us behind the scenes of. his latest piece on the Padres electric closer Mason Miller, and his incredible story in college baseball, from an underwhelming prospect with type 1 diabetes to possible Cy Young candidate. Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at…

People in this episode

Hosts: Darren Smith, Marty Caswell

Guest: Jared Diamond

Topics covered

• San Diego Padres
• MLB ownership
• baseball comebacks
• Mason Miller
• sports analysis
• team performance

Keywords

• Padres
• Jared Diamond
• Mason Miller
• MLB
• baseball
• ownership
• comeback
• sports

Sponsors

Square, SeatGeek

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Wall Street Journal, Major League Baseball

Places: Mexico City, Rockies

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