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Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. The first Negro National League game took place on this date back in 1920, so the team looks at some of the all-time Negro League greats in Promote, Extend, Trade. Next, Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas give updates on their Way-Too-Early Draft Special players of interests and discuss some recent...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. The Mets are a good baseball team, and are doing the things that good baseball teams do. Brian and Chris discuss the issues with the baseball, the return of starting pitching, and the fact that these Mets [knocks of wood with crossed fingers holding a rabbit’s foot] seem...

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 with a celebration of the Mets’ improbable comeback win against the Cardinals and the fact that the Mets very well may be a Good baseball team.  Next, we talk about the odd sequen...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. Born in Brooklyn, John Candelaria was a key member of the successful Pittsburgh Pirates teams of the late 1970s, culminating in the team’s 1979 World Series victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Candelaria eventually got traded to the Angels—coming within one game of facin...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. First, Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas give updates on their Way-Too-Early Draft Special players of interests. After, the guys review the Syracuse Mets, Binghamton Rumble Ponies, Brooklyn Cyclones, and St. Lucie Mets seasons so far. Ken is the first From Complex To Queens crew member to make it...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. We sincerely miss Jacob deGrom and Taijuan Walker that we used to go see at Citi in the summer. The Mets are hoping for a re-arrival of some pitching health! The Citi seats are forrest green, for a hundred in twenties, an a small service fee. Just watching the Mets’ runs...

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 Mets’ thrilling victory earlier in the day led by Francisco Lindor and how well he has played so far this season. We remain concerned about the bullpen but the o...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. Randy Tate was a young left-handed starter in the Mets’ organization with a strong arm but a lack of control. Tate had one large and key supporter in the organization—manager Yogi Berra. Going into the 1975 season, Berra saw the 22 year old Tate as a perfect fit for the...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. It’s Jed Lowrie’s birthday today, and perhaps the only player more unlucky injury wise than him was Jeremy Affeldt, so Steve, Lukas, and Ken discuss his worst injuries in Promote, Extend, Trade. Next, they give updates on their Way-Too-Early Draft Special players of interests. After, the guys...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. The Mets have gone 5-2 on their opening road trip, and have highlighted some surprising players along the way. Here Chris be bullish on Tylor Megill, Brian be (slightly) bullish on the bullpen, and both hosts gush over the arsenal of Chris Bassitt. Chris’s Music Pick: Cou...

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 Mets’ first five games of the season, over which they probably should have gone undefeated, but instead are 3-2 to start the 2022 season. We discuss the strong s...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. April 11 was, according to some algorithms, the most boring day in history, so Steve, Lukas, and Thomas discuss some of the most boring pitchers in Mets history in Promote, Extend, Trade. Next, they give updates on their Way-Too-Early Draft Special players of interest and discuss Baseball Amer...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. Today is the day! The Mets open the season on the road against the Washington Nationals, and Brian and Chris discuss the recent string of injuries, the trades that were made and not made, and generally try to get hyped for the season. Chris’s Music Pick: Etran de L’Air -...

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 with the bad news: the stress reaction in Jacob deGrom’s scapula that’s going to cost him about two months of his season. It’s a huge blow to the Mets and we discuss whether the t...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. First, Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas give updates on their Way-Too-Early Draft Special players of interest. After, the team discusses what they think is in store for the Mets’ top prospects and what they want to see for them this upcoming season. Wrapping things up, Steve is joined by right-ha...

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’re lucky enough to have very special guest Elizabeth Benn on the show. Liz is the Mets’ new Director of major league operations. She is the highest-ranking woman to hold a baseball oper...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. In honor of Ponce De Leon and the Fountain of Youth, the team discusses players who had incredible careers on the wrong side of 40 in Promote, Extend, Trade. Next, Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas give updates on their Way-Too-Early Draft Special players of interest. After that, the team reviews...

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 start with expressing our excitement about getting to watch Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer in spring training games. We cover that and other notes from camp, including which players were...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. First up, Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas give updates on their Way-Too-Early Draft Special players of interest. After that, Steve previews the 2022 St. Lucie Mets season. Next, Thomas previews the 2022 Brooklyn Cyclones season. Following that, Ken previews the 2022 Binghamton Rumble Ponies seas...

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 moves that the Mets have made since the end of the lockout—the acquisition of Chris Bassitt from the Oakland A’s and the signing of Adam Ottavino. We also discus...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. With the Ides of March almost upon us, the team discusses Mets players who had their careers cut short, much like Julius Cesar had his cut short, in Promote, Extend, Trade. After that, they give updates on their Way-Too-Early Draft Special players of interest. Following that, Steve, Lukas, Ken...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. There’s very little to say about the current Major League Baseball lockout, but that doesn’t stop Brian and Chris from podcasting! They discuss the impact that the lockout is having on their fandom and what point it becomes a bigger problem. Spoiler alert: it’s getting cl...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. A controversial book impacted international relations between Great Britain and Iran on this date back in 1989, so the team looks at some controversial baseball books in Promote, Extend, Trade. After that, they give updates on their Way-Too-Early Draft Special players of interest. Following th...

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 only good baseball news that has happened of late: the two historic hires made by the Mets .  But next, we talk about the thing everyone else is talking about: t...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. A New Jersey native who starred at Seton Hall, Rick Cerone seemed perfectly suited to play baseball in New York. It just took him a little while to get there.  Drafted in the first round by Cleveland, Cerone was traded to the expansion Toronto Blue Jays, where he caught...