Home Run Applesauce: A New York Mets podcast

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue in Conversation, a new podcast from Amazin’ Avenue where we invite interesting people on the show to talk about themselves, the Mets, and more. Today, we welcome San Francisco Giants and ESPN broadcaster Dave Flemming to the show. On Memorial Day, Jacob deGrom and the Mets take on Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers, and Dave is calling the game for ESPN. Dave is a really thoughtful baseball fan, and we spoke about many aspects of the game. Plus, we get a food recommendation for Oracle Park aside from the garlic fries. 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 wherever you get podcasts. Check out AmazinAvenue.com for all your Mets needs, and make sure to follow the site on Twitter (@AmazinAvenue), as well as host Brian Salvatore (@BrianNeedsaNap).  Tune in for more Amazin’ Avenue In Conversation, and Let’s Go Mets.  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. This week, Brian and Chris discuss both being swept by the Marlins and sweeping the Braves, and how each series made us totally change our opinions on the team. Then, we catch up with all the roster moves and (hopefully) minor injuries that the team has suffered as of late. Finally, we discuss Mickey Callaway's almost short tenure as manager.  Chris’s music picks: Amyl and the Sniffers - Amyl and the Sniffers Brian’s music pick: John Vanderslice - The Cedars 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 wherever you get your podcasts. If you’ve got questions that you’d like us to discuss on the air, email the show at aaaudiopodcast@gmail.com. Check out AmazinAvenue.com for all your Mets needs, and make sure to follow the site on Twitter (@AmazinAvenue), as well as the hosts, 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 Amazin’ Avenue in Conversation, a new podcast from Amazin’ Avenue where we invite interesting people on the show to talk about themselves, the Mets, and more. This week, the Mets' assistant general manager of systematic development, Adam Guttridge, joins the show. Adam discusses his baseball origin story, including rooting for a team thousands of miles away, primarily though box scores, and how he surprised Dan O'Dowd. We also get into what his day to day looks like for the Mets, a few larger baseball trends, and where to eat at Citi Field. 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 wherever you get your podcasts. Check out AmazinAvenue.com for all your Mets needs, and make sure to follow the site on Twitter (@AmazinAvenue), as well as host Brian Salvatore (@BrianNeedsaNap).  Tune in for more Amazin’ Avenue In Conversation, and Let’s Go Mets.  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 by discussing the full blown Mets situation we have on our hands, including the injuries to Seth Lugo and Yoenis Cespedes. We also discuss how Robinson Cano is not the biggest issue on this team. (timestamp) Next, we welcome Emma Span to the show, Managing Editor of The Athletic MLB. She discusses her role at The Athletic as well as where she sees this model going in the coming years. For beleaguered Mets fans she gives suggestions on what other fun teams to follow this season. (timestamp) 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. (timestamp) 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 wherever you get your podcasts.  You can follow A Pod of Their Own on Twitter (@apodoftheirown) and you can also follow all of 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 UnforMETable, a new show from Amazin’ Avenue that looks back on less heralded, more obscure, but quintessential Mets players from the past This week, Rob Wolff travels back to the 1970s, as the Mets tried to get back to the promised land of the 1969 Miracle Mets. In 1973, they imported a light-hitting, smooth-fielding second baseman from the Atlanta Braves named Felix Millan.  Felix the Cat (“El Gatito”) was a key figure for the 1973 National League champions, providing solid defense and a steady, light-hitting (and well-choked-up on) bat. Although that glove would fail Millan on the biggest stage possible.  Millan would continue to be a stable, solid presence in the Mets infield until 1977, when an on-field incident would lead to the abrupt end of his major league career.  As always, you can listen or subscribe to this and 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, or wherever you get podcasts. If you’ve got an idea for a player to be featured on UnforMETable, let us know in the comments. Make sure to follow Rob on Twitter (@WolffRR), and you can now follow the show on Twitter @unformetable as well. Tune in next week for another tale from the Mets’ past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor leagues. This week, Steve is out of town, so Ken Lavin and Lukas Vlahos discuss some Mets’ managers past in Promote, Extand, Trade. After that, we run threw the hitter and pitcher of the week, Patrick Mazeika and Anthony Kay (who we just cannot stop talking about apparently). Next, we each discuss our favorite guy in the draft, with some wishful thinking about who might actually make it to the Mets at 12. Ken and Lukas like Andrew Vaughn a whole whole lot. Finally, we touch on one player from recent Mets’ minor league history, outfield Corey Vaughn. 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 wherever you get your podcasts. Email the show at fromcomplextoqueens@gmail.com, and follow us on twitter: Steve (@stevesypa), Lukas (@lvlahos343), and Ken (@kenlavin91). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue in Conversation, a new podcast from Amazin’ Avenue where we invite interesting people on the show to talk about themselves, the Mets, and more. This week, we welcome a former writer for Amazin’ Avenue, Matthew Callan, to talk about his new book Yells For Ourselves: A Story of New York City and the New York Mets At the Dawn of the Millennium. The book discusses the first Mets playoff teams in 11 years, their first World Series in 14 years, and is an absolute must-read for any baseball fan. You can get the book from all the usual sources online, but we recommend you grab it via Indiebound, so you can support your local independent bookseller. You can also follow Matthew on Twitter, @scratchbomb.  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 wherever you get podcasts. Check out AmazinAvenue.com for all your Mets needs, and make sure to follow the site on Twitter (@AmazinAvenue), as well as host Brian Salvatore (@BrianNeedsaNap).  Tune in on Fridays for more Amazin’ Avenue In Conversation, and Let’s Go Mets.  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. This week, Brian and Chris discuss the woes at the back end of the Mets’ rotation, specifically how after Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, and Zack Wheeler, there isn’t much happening right now. We then discuss the first season of Brodie Van Wagenen’s tenure as General Manager, as well as how Mickey Callaway’s sophomore season is shaping up. We end up with some quick hits on Jed Lowrie, the bullpen, and the backup catching situation. Brian’s music pick: Manos: The Hands of Fate Soundtrack, composed by Robert Smith Jr. and Russ Huddleston. Chris’s music picks: Big Thief - U.F.O.F.Mac DeMarco - Here Comes the Cowboy 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 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. Check out AmazinAvenue.com for all your Mets needs, and make sure to follow the site on Twitter (@AmazinAvenue), as well as the hosts, Brian (@BrianNeedsaNap) and Chris (@ChrisMcShane). And, until next time, Let’s Go Mets.  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 look at a key upcoming stretch for the Mets, and the injuries that may make or break it for them. (0:44) CONTENT WARNING: In the second segment of this week’s show, we speak about domestic violence. If this is content that is difficult for you to listen to or you would prefer not to hear it, skip ahead to the Seventh Inning Stretch segment. Next, we follow up on last week’s discussion of MLB’s problem with domestic violence with a look at Addison Russell’s return from suspension and new allegations surrounding Julio Urias.  If you or someone you know is in a dangerous situation or a victim of intimate partner violence, you can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline. There are also many state and national organizations that provide resources to victims and survivors, including the Pace Women’s Justice Center in New York. We then move onto more uplifting territory in a return to one of our favorite segments - the seventh inning stretch, where we read and respond to some of the messages sent in by our listeners. 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. Remember, 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 wherever you get podcasts. You can follow A Pod of Their Own on Twitter (@apodoftheirown) and you can also follow all of 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 UnforMETable, a new show from Amazin’ Avenue that looks back on less heralded, more obscure, but quintessential Mets players from the past This week, Rob Wolff travels back to the mid 1990s, as the Mets tried to build on Generation K by bringing in a couple of veteran outfielders, including Bernard Gilkey—would would go on to have one of the great single seasons in Mets history—which led to one of the great movie cameos in Mets history.  Post-Men in Black, Gilkey hung with the Mets for a couple of more seasons, until the acquisition of one Mike Piazza indirectly led to his departure from Queens. Gilkey would soon face off against the Mets in the playoffs before his career petered out. As always, you can listen or subscribe to this and 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, or wherever you get your podcasts. Make sure to follow Rob on Twitter (@WolffRR), and you can now follow the show on Twitter @unformetable as well. Tune in next week for another tale from the Mets’ past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor leagues. This week, Steve Sypa and Lukas Vlahos find some good in the bad in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, the team discusses the hitter and pitcher of the week, Carlos Gomez and Harol Gonzalez. Next, the guys discuss the 2019 MLB Draft and share who they will be following the closest. Finally, the team reminisces about two players that had success around this time in years past in Oh Yeah, That Guy. 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 wherever you get your podcasts. Email the show at fromcomplextoqueens@gmail.com, and follow us on twitter: Steve (@stevesypa), Lukas (@lvlahos343), and Ken (@kenlavin91). 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. This week, Allison McCague (@PetitePhD) of A Pod of Their Own sits in for Chris, and she and Brian discuss the Mets’ catching situation, specifically the Travis d’Arnaud release, the Devin Mesoraco debacle, and the offensive prowess of Tomas Nido. Then, we discuss the Mickey Callaway managerial technique, the inevitable rise of Jim Riggleman and, perhaps, some reasons for optimism. Allison’s music pick for the week: Panic at the Disco - Death of a BachelorPanic at the Disco - Pray for the WickedVarious Artists - The Prince of Egypt Soundtrack Brian’s music pick: The Mountain Goats - In League with DragonsThe Baseball Project - Volume One: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails 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 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. Check out AmazinAvenue.com for all your Mets needs, and make sure to follow the site on Twitter (@AmazinAvenue), as well as the hosts, Brian (@BrianNeedsaNap) and Chris (@ChrisMcShane). And, until next time, Let’s Go Mets.  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 discuss the sad state of the Mets, including the Adeiny Hechavarria/Dominic Smith roster move, the pitching injuries, and the beleaguered offense. CONTENT WARNING: In the second segment of this week’s show, we speak about domestic violence. If this is content that is difficult for you to listen to or you would prefer not to hear it, skip ahead to the Walk-off Wins segment. Next, we speak about Major League Baseball’s domestic violence problem and our feelings about that as female baseball fans. Specifically, we cover the way domestic violence has been framed as a redemption narrative when it comes to players like Addison Russell, Roberto Osuna, Jose Reyes, and others, when it is the stories of victims that should be front and center. We then cleanse our emotion-laden hearts with Walk-off Wins, where each of us talks about what’s making us happy this week, baseball-related or otherwise. Finally, we read our favorite submission to our iTunes review giveaway and announce that the winner of the Jacob deGrom Cy Young bobblehead will be alerted Wednesday morning as the show goes live. Remember, 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 wherever you get podcasts. You can follow A Pod of Their Own on Twitter (@apodoftheirown) and you can also follow all of 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 UnforMETable, a new show from Amazin’ Avenue that looks back on less heralded, more obscure, but quintessential Mets players from the past This week, Rob Wolff travels back to the late 1970s, an era of big hair (but fortunately no plastic grass—at least at Shea). We’ll take a look at the brief but joyful Met tenure of the young, afro-sporting Nino Espinosa.  Hear about Espinosa’s impressive debut, looking like a solid young starter in 1977—including one memorable game in which he almost matched the recent dominance of Noah Syndergaard, driving in the only run of a 1-0 victory—over that year’s soon to be minted Cy Young award winner, Steve Carlton. You’ll also hear about his quick flame out, getting traded to the Phillies, where he was a member of the 1980 team that won the World Series, though he did not get to play in the postseason. Thereafter, his career ended abruptly; sadly, his life would tragically do the same not much later. As always, you can listen or subscribe to this and 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 wherever you get your podcasts. If you’ve got an idea for a player to be featured on UnforMETable, let us know in the comments. Make sure to follow Rob on Twitter (@WolffRR), and you can now follow the show on Twitter @unformetable as well. Tune in next week for another tale from the Mets’ past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the new podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor leagues. This week, Steve Sypa, Lukas Vlahos, and Ken Lavin go back in time to 1996 for Promote, Extend, Trade. After, the team discusses the hitter and pitcher of the week, Will Toffey and Tommy Wilson. Next, the guys discuss minor league baseball’s Copa de la Diversión initiative and share their favorites. Finally, the team reminisces about three players that had success around this time in years past in Oh Yeah, That Guy. 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 wherever you get your podcasts. Email the show at fromcomplextoqueens@gmail.com, and follow us on twitter: Steve (@stevesypa), Lukas (@lvlahos343), and Ken (@kenlavin91). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices