Ben & Woods start the 8am hour addressing their "Best Friends For Life" contract that the show signed with Manny Machado back in February 2023, and how a 30 second radio "bit" doesn't excuse them from criticizing Machado when necessary. Then at the bottom of the hour we get our weekly check-in with In-Season Sammy and get Sam Levitt's takeaways from an ugly weekend in New York where the Padres were swept by the Mets. Listen here!