Home Run Applesauce: A New York Mets podcast

Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, an all-women led Home Run Applesauce podcast 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 discussion about the starting rotation—the strong work by José Quintana and Luis Severino the past couple of days and also Adrian Houser’s struggles. Though Carlos M...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, Home Run Applesauce’s podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Mark Vientos just had a signature moment, so we discuss some other signature home runs from ahem marginal Mets 1B prospects of years past. For whatever reason, that Mike Jacobs debut home run still sticks in all of our memories, even 15 years on. For draft updates, Carson Benge is pulling aw...

Welcome to Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World Series, the new/old favorite from Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. The Mets played .500 ball against the Dodgers and Giants, and now are welcoming J.D. Martinez to the team as they return to the East Coast. Brian and Chris discuss that as well as talk about the rotation's lack of innings, the upper minors pitching depth, and Wilpon PTSD. Chris’s Mus...

Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, an all-women led Home Run Applesauce podcast where we talk all things Mets, social justice issues in baseball, and normalize female voices in the sports podcasting space.  This week, we celebrate Sean Manaea. You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Home Run Applesauce podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you en...

Grace is back after a very exciting week of Mets baseball. She discusses the many highs, and a significant low, of the past seven days of Mets games. She also gets into the latest updates regarding Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara’s gambling scandal. Then she gets into another case of draconian laws levied at queer people this, time from Kansas. The proposed bill would mandate ID f...

Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, an all-women led Home Run Applesauce podcast 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 this good stretch of play the Mets are having (and against good teams!) thanks to contributions from up and down the roster, including from guys many people (...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, Home Run Applesauce’s podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. It’s just Thomas and Lukas this week, so we go long on our discussion of the best City Connect uniforms. We’re a big fan of the Mets’ iteration, ranking it in the top tier below only the Nats and the Padres. Big win for the team, and it seems MLB is getting better at this over time. On the d...

Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, an all-women led Home Run Applesauce podcast where we talk all things Mets, social justice issues in baseball, and normalize female voices in the sports podcasting space.  This week, we celebrate Tyler Jay. You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Home Run Applesauce podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjo...

Welcome to Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World Series, the new/old favorite from Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. The Mets have had two very good weeks of baseball, capped off a by sweep of the Pirates at home. Before they head out to the West Coast, Chris and Brian discuss the surprising excellence of the bullpen, some of the offensive highlights, and admit they were wrong (so far) about one pl...

Flushing is Burning is back after a fun week of Mets baseball. Grace begins by talking about the Mets bounceback, and Brett Baty (and the teams) looser nature, with a clearly different vibe this year. She also discusses the upcoming City Connect jerseys, and Jackie Robinson and his impact. Next, she dives into the recent news surrounding the transgender sports ban executive order in Nassau County,...

Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, an all-women led Home Run Applesauce podcast 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’ turnaround over the past week, fueled by the offense finally waking up. We celebrate the hot bats of Pete Alonso and Brandon Nimmo, Jeff McNeil look...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, Home Run Applesauce’s podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. This week, our promote-extend-trade focuses on recent Mets crowd memes. The rally parakeet remains undefeated, but this year’s iteration ha some potential. Moving on to draft updates, Ken very well might’ve nailed the Mets’ selection, as Carson Benge continues to hit well and fits the Astros...

Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, an all-women led Home Run Applesauce podcast where we talk all things Mets, social justice issues in baseball, and normalize female voices in the sports podcasting space.  This week, we celebrate Max Wiener. You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Home Run Applesauce podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enj...

Welcome to Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World Series, the new/old favorite from Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. The Mets bounced back and had a pretty damn good second week of baseball. Brian and Chris discuss the very brief Julio Teheran era, the bullpen churn, and the concern around the lack of J.D. Martinez. Chris’s Music Pick: Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger Brian’s Music Pick: The Magnetic F...

Grace is back with another episode of Flushing is Burning. She does a first week heat check, discussing the bright spots and lowlights of the Mets season so far. She also wades into the discourse over arm health in baseball and what can or can’t be done to fix it. Next, she discusses Kim Mulkey and the Washington Post piece discussing her less-than-stellar coaching practices and her homophobic beh...

Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, an all-women led Home Run Applesauce podcast 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’ rough start to the season, which is mostly due to the offense not performing. We also talk about Tylor Megill’s injury and Julio Teheran’s Mets debu...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, Home Run Applesauce’s podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. All the full season affiliates are under way now, so we discuss which roster’s we find most watchable for promote-extend-trade. Syracuse and Brooklyn are the favorites for sure, but Binghamton and St. Lucie certainly have their appeals as well. After our draft updates (every pick is looking...

Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, an all-women led Home Run Applesauce podcast where we talk all things Mets, social justice issues in baseball, and normalize female voices in the sports podcasting space.  This week, we celebrate Mandy Bell and Suzyn Waldman. You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Home Run Applesauce podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a...

Welcome to Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World Series, the new/old favorite from Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. The Mets haven't gotten off to the world's greatest start, but Brian and Chris have different thoughts on the first six games of the season. And, of course, they discuss a roster move that is already moot by the time the episode got released. Such is life. Chris’s Music Pick: Woods -...

Grace is back for Opening Day! She opens up with the first couple games of the MLB season, including the very chaotic Mets first game of 2024. She also discusses the last major free agent domino that has fallen, and the injuries already beginning to crop up. Next, she gets into the drama surrounding Korbin Albert, the USWNT’s young up-and-coming midfielder. She is the new holder of the squad’s #15...

Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, an all-women led Home Run Applesauce podcast 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 mostly bad, but pretty eventful opening series of the year. We chat about the bad starting pitching and hitting performances, but also the silver linings,...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, Home Run Applesauce’s podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. We skipped promote-extend-trade this week and breezed through draft updates because It’s bold prediction time. Here are the flags the gang is planting this season: Lukas Vlahos Mild - Ryan Clifford hits 35 bombs  Medium - Mets have 6 top-100 prospects next off-season not accounting for trade...

Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, an all-women led Home Run Applesauce podcast where we talk all things Mets, social justice issues in baseball, and normalize female voices in the sports podcasting space.  This week, we celebrate Zack Short. You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Home Run Applesauce podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enj...

Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, an all-women led Home Run Applesauce podcast 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 J.D. Martinez signing and the Mets’ final roster decisions as we head into Opening Day.  Next, we talk about the gambling scandal that has rocked the spor...

Grace is back with some huge stories. She starts with the world’s quickest recap of recent baseball news to get to the story of the week, maybe year: Shohei Ohtani’s betting scandal. Who did what, what we know, what we don’t, what situations make more sense than others, Grace attempts to make heads and tails of anything and walks away with neither. Then, Grace gets into the Nex Benedict situation....