Home Run Applesauce: A New York Mets podcast

Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, a show by the women of Amazin’ Avenue where we talk all things Mets, social justice issues in baseball, and normalize female voices in the sports podcasting space.  This week, we begin by discussing Jeff McNeil’s contract extension. We then discuss allegations of abuse against Khalil Lee by his ex-girlfriend. Lee was recently designated for assignment and the Mets picked up Sam Coonrod off waivers, who has some issues of his own. We also talk about Carlos Beltrán joining the Mets’ front office and Steve Cohen taking the other MLB owners to task in his interview with Jeff Passan of ESPN.  Speaking of other MLB owners, we begin our baseball segment this week with a hearty chuckle at Rockies owner Dick Monfort’s latest comments. We also talk about this piece from Daniel Epstein of Baseball Prospectus about regional sports networks going bankrupt and how Sinclair’s stock buybacks negatively impact the fan experience.  We also remind folks who are potentially concerned by the number of Mets playing in the World Baseball Classic of previous research done at The Ringer that reveals that there is not much evidence to support the idea that the World Baseball Classic leads to more injuries. Finally, we wrap things up with Walk-off Wins, where each of us talks about what’s making us happy this week, baseball-related or otherwise.  You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Amazin’ Avenue Audio podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts. You can follow A Pod of Their Own on Twitter and Instagram (@apodoftheirown) and you can also follow our co-hosts on Twitter: Allison McCague (@PetitePhD), Maggie Wiggin (@maggie162), and Linda Surovich (@LindaSurovich). You can also email the show at aa.apodoftheirown@gmail.com.  Look for A Pod of Their Own in your feeds every Wednesday and don’t forget: there’s no crying in podcasting! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. On this date back in 1988, one of the most iconic images in basketball history was photographed. Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas discuss the most iconic Mets photos in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, they discuss some important legal news regarding a player in the Mets minor league system and some important health news regarding another. Following that, the guys continue reviewing the 2023 Mets Top Prospects list, sharing opinions and insight on Jett Williams, Kevin Parada, Brett Baty, Kodai Senga, and Francisco Alvarez. As always, you can listen or subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or listen wherever you get podcasts. Got questions? Comments? Concerns? You can email the show at fromcomplextoqueens at gmail dot com, and follow us on Twitter: Steve is (@stevesypa), Lukas is (@lvlahos343), Ken is (@kenlavin91), and Thomas is (@sadmetsszn). Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Brazil celebrates Dia Da Saudade on January 30, so in keeping with the spirit of the day, Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas discuss what eras of Mets baseball they are most wistful for in Promote, Extend, Trade. Following that, the guys continue reviewing the 2023 Mets Top Prospects list, sharing opinions and insight on Dominic Hamel, Ronny Mauricio, Mark Vientos, Alex Ramirez, and Blade Tidwell. As always, you can listen or subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or listen wherever you get podcasts. Got questions? Comments? Concerns? You can email the show at fromcomplextoqueens at gmail dot com, and follow us on Twitter: Steve is (@stevesypa), Lukas is (@lvlahos343), Ken is (@kenlavin91), and Thomas is (@sadmetsszn). Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, a show by the women of Amazin’ Avenue where we talk all things Mets, social justice issues in baseball, and normalize female voices in the sports podcasting space.  This week, we begin the show with a Carlos Correa debrief in light of the information we have learned from the USA Today interview with Scott Boras.  We also discuss the Tommy Pham signing, the Tomás Nido contract extension, and the state of the Mets’ bench and whether Francisco Álvarez factors into the team’s plans for 2023. In our baseball segment this week, we talk about Hall of Fame voting, tell three recent stories of owners doing or saying silly things, and discuss the disturbing allegations of domestic violence and child abuse against White Sox pitcher Mike Clevinger, who is under MLB investigation.  Finally, we wrap things up with Walk-off Wins, where each of us talks about what’s making us happy this week, baseball-related or otherwise.  You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Amazin’ Avenue Audio podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts. You can follow A Pod of Their Own on Twitter and Instagram (@apodoftheirown) and you can also follow our co-hosts on Twitter: Allison McCague (@PetitePhD), Maggie Wiggin (@maggie162), and Linda Surovich (@LindaSurovich). You can also email the show at aa.apodoftheirown@gmail.com.  Look for A Pod of Their Own in your feeds every Wednesday and don’t forget: there’s no crying in podcasting! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. The National Association of Base Ball Players met on this date in 1857 to amend the Knickerbocker rules in what was, in effect, the very first baseball winter meetings, so Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas discuss which rules they’d like to bring back in Promote, Extend, Trade. After that, they answer a listener e-mail. Following that, the team has some final comments about the July 15 international free agent signings. Finally, the guys continue reviewing the 2023 Mets Top Prospects list, sharing opinions and insight on Joel Diaz, Jacob Reimer, Stanley Consuegra, Mike Vasil, and Calvin Ziegler. As always, you can listen or subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or listen wherever you get podcasts. Got questions? Comments? Concerns? You can email the show at fromcomplextoqueens at gmail dot com, and follow us on Twitter: Steve is (@stevesypa), Lukas is (@lvlahos343), Ken is (@kenlavin91), and Thomas is (@sadmetsszn). Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. The Mets and Carlos Correa finally ended their saga when Correa signed a six year deal with the Twins last week. Chris and Brian discuss how the deal (didn’t) go down and general thoughts on how the Mets can and should handle these situations in the Steve Cohen era. Then, there is a conversation recorded two days before every fourth outfielder signed with a team about what fourth outfielder the Mets should sign. Spoiler alert: Tommy Pham is barely discussed. Chris’s Music Pick: Levitation Room - Minds of Our Own Brian’s Music Pick: The Woods Band - The Woods Band You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Amazin’ Avenue Audio podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts. If you’ve got questions that you’d like us to discuss on the air, email the show at aaaudiopodcast@gmail.com Make sure to follow the site on Twitter (@AmazinAvenue), as Brian (@BrianNeedsaNap). and Chris (@ChrisMcShane). And, until next time, Let’s Go Mets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. The guys discuss dams and their preference of dam ownership in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, they discuss the international prospect free agent market, which began on January 15. Following that, the guys continue reviewing the 2023 Mets Top Prospect list, sharing opinions and insight on Jesus Baez, Bryce Montes de Oca, Layonel Ovalles, Jose Butto, and Matthew Allan. As always, you can listen or subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or listen wherever you get podcasts. Got questions? Comments? Concerns? You can email the show at fromcomplextoqueens at gmail dot com, and follow us on Twitter: Steve is (@stevesypa), Lukas is (@lvlahos343), Ken is (@kenlavin91), and Thomas is (@sadmetsszn). Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, a show by the women of Amazin’ Avenue where we talk all things Mets, social justice issues in baseball, and normalize female voices in the sports podcasting space.  This week, we have author Jason Klein on the show to talk about his new children’s book Yes Pepper: Girls Play Baseball, Too! We discuss the inspiration behind the book and its title, the book’s message of inclusion of girls who play baseball, the progress Major League Baseball has made in being an inclusive space for women and girls, and more. You can order Yes Pepper: Girls Play Baseball, Too! on Jason’s website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Target, or wherever books are sold. You can find more information about Yes Pepper, including Jason’s appearances on MLB Network and YES Network on Jason’s website. We wrap things up like we always do with Walk-off Wins, where each of us talks about what’s making us happy this week, baseball-related or otherwise.  You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Amazin’ Avenue Audio podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts. [audio embed] You can follow A Pod of Their Own on Twitter and Instagram (@apodoftheirown) and you can also follow our co-hosts on Twitter: Allison McCague (@PetitePhD), Maggie Wiggin (@maggie162), and Linda Surovich (@LindaSurovich). You can follow Jason Klein (@ByJasonKlein) and Yes Pepper (@YesPepperBook) on Twitter and find Jason’s work on his website. You can also email the show at aa.apodoftheirown@gmail.com.   Look for A Pod of Their Own in your feeds every Wednesday and don’t forget: there’s no crying in podcasting! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The last time Amazin’ Avenue hosted an ‘emergency podcast,’ it was to celebrate the signing of Carlos Correa. Well, about that...it didn’t exactly happen as we had hoped/predicted. And while the situation is a bummer, and it is, there are a variety of viewpoints that are emerging. Allison McCague, Thomas Henderson, Lukas Vlahos and Brian Salvatore work through their emotions, discuss the alternatives, and attempt to find silver linings in what is easily the strangest free agency story of 2022 and, perhaps, the last decade. As always, you can listen or subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts. Got questions? Comments? Concerns? You can email the show at AAAudiopodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter: Lukas (@lvlahos343), Thomas (@sadmetsszn), Allison (@PetitePHD) and Brian (@BrianNeedsaNap). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. It’s Elvis Presey’s birthday, so Steve, Lukas, Ken and Thomas discuss different kings in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, they discuss some recent news regarding two international players who one day might become Mets. Following that, the guys review the 2023 Mets Top Prospect list, sharing opinions and insight on William Lugo, Simon Juan, Eric Orze, Willy Fañas, and Junior Santos. As always, you can listen or subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or listen wherever you get podcasts from. Got questions? Comments? Concerns? You can email the show at fromcomplextoqueens at gmail dot com, and follow us on Twitter: Steve is (@stevesypa), Lukas is (@lvlahos343), Ken is (@kenlavin91), and Thomas is (@sadmetsszn). Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. When we last spoke, the Mets had just signed Carlos Correa. Except...that still isn’t official. Brian and Chris dig into the latest on Correa and the Mets’ relative silence elsewhere since before the holidays. And then, as is annual tradition, Chris and Brian highlight five of their favorite records from 2022. Chris’s Music Picks: Kevin Morby - This is a Photograph King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Ice, Death, Planet, Lungs, Mushroom, and Lava Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Night Gnomes Kikagaku Moyo - Kumoyo Island Ty Segall - Hello, Hi Brian’s Music Picks: The Bad Plus - The Bad Plus PLOSIVS - PLOSIVS Panda Bear and Sonic Boom - Reset Steve Lacy - Gemini Rights Tony Molina - In the Fade You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Amazin’ Avenue Audio podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts. If you’ve got questions that you’d like us to discuss on the air, email the show at aaaudiopodcast@gmail.com Make sure to follow the site on Twitter (@AmazinAvenue), as Brian (@BrianNeedsaNap). and Chris (@ChrisMcShane). And, until next time, Let’s Go Mets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. New year, new prospect list! With the Amazin’ Avenue 2023 Top 25 Prospect list beginning, the guys share their sleeper prospects, players they were individually highest on that did not make the collective list. Steve was high on right-handed pitcher Jonah Tong, Lukas was high on right-handed pitcher Zach Greene, Ken was high on shortstop Junior Tilien, and Thomas was high on Christian Scott. Depending on how you view these players, they might be high on hallucinogenics as well. As always, you can listen or subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or listen wherever you get podcasts from. Got questions? Comments? Concerns? You can email the show at fromcomplextoqueens at gmail dot com, and follow us on Twitter: Steve is (@stevesypa), Lukas is (@lvlahos343), Ken is (@kenlavin91), and Thomas is (@sadmetsszn). Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While this podcast isn't about the Mets or the Dodgers, it is about one of the true international treasures out there: "Weird Al" Yankovic. Hear Brian and Eric wax philosophical on "One More Minute," marvel at "The Saga Begins," and lament the continued timeliness of "Trigger Happy."  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, a show by the women of Amazin’ Avenue where we talk all things Mets, social justice issues in baseball, and normalize female voices in the sports podcasting space.  This week, we have Bradford William Davis and Dr. Meredith Wills on the show to discuss their latest findings about the 2022 baseballs reported by Bradford in Insider earlier this month. We talk about the three (yes, three) different baseballs MLB used in 2022, the non-random distribution of the “Goldilocks” (not too dead, not too juiced) ball, the league’s response to their findings, and more. We then wrap things up like we always do with Walk-off Wins, where each of us talks about what’s making us happy this week, baseball-related or otherwise.  You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Amazin’ Avenue Audio podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts. You can follow A Pod of Their Own on Twitter and Instagram (@apodoftheirown) and you can also follow our co-hosts on Twitter: Allison McCague (@PetitePhD), Maggie Wiggin (@maggie162), and Linda Surovich (@LindaSurovich). You can follow both Bradford William Davis (@BWDBWDBWD) and Dr. Meredith Wills (@Bbl_Astrophyscs) on Twitter; you can find Bradford’s work at Insider. You can also email the show at aa.apodoftheirown@gmail.com.  Look for A Pod of Their Own in your feeds every Wednesday and don’t forget: there’s no crying in podcasting! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Happy Christmas! Happy Hanukah! Happy Kwanzaa! Happy Holidays! The Mets have given us a great present under our Christmas tree! A super team that certainly seems poised to have another successful season that was assembled. The icing on the cake, the ribbon on top? The Mets were able to put such a team together without mortgaging the future! As always, you can listen or subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or listen wherever you get podcasts from. Got questions? Comments? Concerns? You can email the show at fromcomplextoqueens at gmail dot com, and follow us on Twitter: Steve is (@stevesypa), Lukas is (@lvlahos343), Ken is (@kenlavin91), and Thomas is (@sadmetsszn). Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices