The San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers will be opening the 2024 Major League Baseball season on March 20th in Seoul, South Korea. First pitch for game one of two of the first ever regular-season games played in South Korea, will be 3:05 a.m San Diego time. This will not stop Padres flagship radio station, 97.3 The Fan, from hosting a watch party at a casino with their listeners.
The announcement was made on the Ben & Woods show and host Ben Higgins said to the audience watching on YouTube, “That graphic…is correct, 3:05 AM, maybe the first ever San Diego radio promotion that starts at 3 in the morning. I have been here my whole life, I don’t remember another one.”
Co-host Steven Woods said, “If you want to come hang out and watch a game with us, you have a chance to do that.”
Following the game, the station will air its usual post-game show and then Higgins and Woods will start their show and broadcast live from the sight of the watch party.
“I am curious to see how many of our listeners will join us at that time of the day,” Higgins said. Woods had some ground rules as it related to his appearance at the watch party. “…If the Padres get down 8-0 in the first, I am going back to bed. I will be leaving the hotel and I will see you guys for the show.”
Earlier this week, the station announced a new weekly Padres roundtable which will air on Thursday mornings. The show will feature Higgins and Woods along with station hosts Annie Heilbrunn, Craig Elsten, Tony Gwynn Jr., and Chris Ello.
