Hits Different

The Mets won two games in Atlanta, both of which were normal. Then they came home and lost a game to Kansas City in a way that was perfectly normal. "When you meet a girl you don't start kissing her right away"—how many people talk about their relationships with their married coworkers. Dave, Ellen, and Kait are back in the regular studio (different room of Kait's apartment) and talking about the...

Guys it is so hot!!!! This week on Hits Different, we're podding from floor. It was too hot to pod in our "studio." We're talking about Carlos Mendoza getting fired (kind of, I think we actually skimmed over that a little), Steve Cohen popping off on a podcast in an unproductive fashion, and how HOT it is. Juicy report on mascot culture from Listener Mark. Let's go Mets? Hosted on Acast. See acast...

This week on Hits Different: We didn't know that Carlos Mendoza was going to be fired when we recorded!!! So we don't talk about that. Instead, Ellen, Dave, and Kait discuss the first time that every member of the Mets infield committed at least one error in the same game since 1962. A wonderful historical achievement. The Mets also gave up more than 50 runs in a week, allowed Bryce Harper to hit...

Welcome back to Hits Different!!! Sorry for taking a week off—we were all getting married. We're back and talking about the past 12 Mets games, all of which we remember with perfect clarity. Ellen has TWO egg rolls to review. Kait has a Citi Field Game Day Experience TM to review. When you get to the part where David is recapping the history of the Mets's Triple-A team and the New Orleans Baby Cak...

The Mets vanquished all of their demons by sweeping the Miami Marlins at home, and then they flew out to the Pacific Northwest to be a little embarrassing again. Mark "Swaggy V" Vientos responded to criticism by saying "I have to give myself props." This week on Hits Different, Ellen, Kait, and Dave report from a dank cave to talk about the pitchforks that are out for Swag, the lore behind the fak...

Ten years ago this week, Mets manager Terry Collins begged for one more chance to try to kill Chase Utley—and you know what? He was right. This time on Hits Different, David breaks down an iconic moment in Mets history. Also, Kaitlyn reveals another irritating feminist stance she has been stewing over, and Ellen receives some thrilling information in a voicenote from Listener Thalia. We talk a bit...

We were so back, then it was so over, then we were so back again, and then it was a little bit over. And next? Who knows! This week on Hits Different, Ellen and Dave recap their first Subway Series experience, and we get into conspiracy theories about why the Mets briefly gave Gary Carter's number to new Baby Met Nick Morabito. (Morabito has since switched to #55, in honor of Dicky Lovelady and/or...

This week on Hits Different, we're discussing the Mets' 5-4 road trip out West. At moments, the boys we love were bopping. At others, we were watching guys we had never seen before in our lives commit defensive errors resulting in runs. On Mothers' Day no less. David Stearns caught an attitude in his latest press conference and SOMEONE (no idea who) leaked an incredibly awesome thing that Pete Alo...

The Mets have been out west in the SNOW. They've scored some runs but they've also entered a "fluid" shortstop situation. They've decided not to fire their manager, but this announcement has done nothing to tamp down the utterly hysterical discourse about whether they should fire their manager. This week on Hits Different, we discuss David's new membership in the Society of American Baseball Resea...

The Mets won a baseball game, ending their worst losing streak since last week. But then they lost again. Everyone else's managers are fired. Swaggy V is back on the market. Citi Field has sprung multiple leaks and Ellen's parents were drenched. This week on Hits Different, Ellen, David, and Kait talk about another wonderful week of New York baseball. The Mets are off on a nine-game road trip and...

This week on Hits Different, we're talking about the Amazins' amazing 12-game losing streak, their longest since 2002. On Wednesday night, the streak finally ended, but at what cost? Francisco Lindor is now in a walking boot due to a calf strain so severe that he refuses to even look at the imaging. He hasn't looked down at his leg at all, actually. He doesn't want to know!!! How are you feeling a...

Many horrible things have happened. It's 90 degrees in April. We're without David. We're sweating. We're upset because the Mets won't stop losing. You would think at some point they would win because of a fluke, but they haven't. This week on Hits Different, Ellen and Kait mostly discuss their physical and emotional discomfort. Brett Baty is the only qualified hitter left in MLB who has yet to rec...

Obviously when we recorded this episode and we said "the Mets have yet to see a game slip away because of the bullpen" the Mets had yet to see a game slip away because of the bullpen. They did so about 12 hours later. C'est la vie! This week on Hits Diff, Dave and Kait are missing Ellen, who is in Guatemala, and Juan Soto, who is in an ice bath probably. We miss them equally! Kait tried to fill in...

One day into the 2026 season the new-look lineup for the New York Mets was knocking Paul Skenes out in the first inning, silencing the haters, and securing David Stearns somewhere between 4 and 6 meaty biographies one day. One week into the 2026 season and the New York Mets have sole possession of last place in the NL East. In the season-three regular-season premiere of Hits Different, Ellen, Davi...

Our long national nightmare is nearly over, and the next season of the Mets is almost HERE. Ellen, David, and Kait got together this week to talk a little bit about spring training, but mostly about a cursed video the Mets put out in which almost everyone on the team revealed that they have never seen a movie specifically created for adult viewers. (Exception: Brett!) We're very excited to get bac...

Hello New York, are you okay? The city is about to go Day After Tomorrow, there's no snow day on Monday according to our NEW MAYOR, our baseball team was completely overhauled in the span of a week and is now staffed by STRANGERS. This week on Hits Different, David, Ellen, and Kait talk about David Stearns's plan to make the Mets as hot as possible and whether we forgive him for what he's done pre...

The darkest Hits Different day has come. Ellen, David, and Kait are talking about the Mets' horrifying decision to let Pete Alonso leave New York. </3 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode starts with a 10-minute discussion of the film Rookie of the Year, which some may call "cope." Alas, the 2025 New York Mets were bad. Isn't that more interesting than them being good? (That's cope.) Ellen, David, and Kait talk about who they would most like to see in the World Series and come to an identical conclusion which is likely to shock you: We don't want the Philadelphia Phill...

Dom Hamel we hardly knew you!! Hope you clear waivers, bud. You will always be the MLB-record-breaking 46th pitcher the New York Mets were forced to use in a single season due to a series of ailments and flaws. This week on Hits Different, we are just trucking along. We are just doing our best! Poor Ellen was not upright for a lot of this. I showed everyone my heinous and tragic prize from the Met...

Uploading this AFTER Pete Alonso single-handedly saved the Mets season. Pete Alonso Met for life. Pete Alonso greatest Met of all time. Sorry for the delay. This week on Hits Different, we're talking about what some are calling the most cursed week of baseball in history. After a spectacular NOBLETIGER situation in which Edwin Diaz took his shoes off on the mound and then destroyed the Cincinnati...

David is on vacation, Ellen is back from vacation! She tells us all about her new favorite ballpark (omg) and another ballpark she went to last week that she also liked but not as much. We spent more time than we felt good about trying to figure out when Pete and Haley Alonso are having their baby. Sorry, it was girl talk! This isn't a Larry Stylinson, Babygate situation, we're just excited. Longg...

Francisco Alvarez is sort of like the Joker if he was nice. He wears the craziest suits I've ever seen and after he breaks a bone or tears a ligament in half it's a matter of days until he is back to peak physical performance. Also he kind of growls wordlessly sometimes. This week on Hits Different, David and Kaitlyn discuss the head injury that Kaitlyn suffered last week, compelling her to sleep...

This week on Hits Different, Ellen, David, and Kait catch up on another brutal week of Mets baseball. But for one brief, shining moment there was a Camelot... Pete Alonso broke the Mets all-time homerun record which was one of the greatest moments of many lives. And he beat the Braves' brains in to boot. We are all so happy that Pete received a startlingly large piece of artwork made from baseball...

Sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry—Kaitlyn and Producer Nathan were on vacation in Maine and had to watch the Mets get walked off from the top of a stunning seaside mountain. This episode is very late and—we assume— depressing! This week on Hits Different, Ellen and David are talking about what the Syracuse Mets should be named. Respectfully, this is the only part of the episode I was able to read a tr...

Mark "Swaggy V" Vientos was NOT traded to the Miami Marlins, Chicago White Sox, or Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday and for that we are so grateful. He celebrated the news with an Instagram photo dump that included a new girlfriend whom he did NOT tag. Producer Nathan tried to figure out who she was by scrolling through all of Mark's Instagram follows and clicking manually onto the profile of each h...