Home Run Applesauce: A New York Mets podcast

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Remember the Dreamcast? Remember how awesome it was at first but what a massive bust it was ultimately? The team takes a look at some Mets draft busts in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, Steve, Lukas, and Thomas discuss how COVID-19 has impacted Binghamton over the last week or two and all of the...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. While the Mets have had a relatively successful road trip thus far, the mismanagement of the team, both on and off the field, continues to be alarming. Whether it is the team's less than honest reporting of the Jacob deGrom injury, Luis Rojas's in-game management, or the...

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 what feels like at LEAST a month’s worth of Mets crammed into one week—soon after Javy Báez’s post “thumbs down” storybook ending, the Mets went on a winning streak....

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. With a few weeks left in the minor league season, the team takes a look at each affiliate and plots a course for them for the rest of 2021. After, the team revisits the career of Max Wotell in “Oh Yeah, That Guy!” Finally, the Wilponery of the Week. As always, you can listen or subscribe to the...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. When Brian and Chris last podcasted, things looked incredibly different for the Mets than they did when they recorded on Wednesday night. After a four-game winning streak (three if you’re being pedantic and don’t consider the suspended game victory as part of the win stre...

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’ “thumbs down” gesture and the ensuing media circus and what it says about the relationship between players and fans. Next, we tell our Mets origin stories—...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. Randy Milligan spent parts of seven seasons working his way up through the Mets minor league system. Buried on the depth chart behind the powerful, star-studded 1980s Mets, Milligan had an MVP season in AAA Tidewater and was a personal favorite of a very young Norfolk ch...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Starting things off, Steve discusses how the Mets’ minor league system did last week. After, following up on our conversation from Episode 130, the team takes a look at a few specific players and highlights in detail how they have improved in 2021 and how those improvements will cause them to b...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. Things have not looked good for the Mets all month, and things continue to be bleak around the team. Brian and Chris (unsuccessfully) search for reasons for optimism, beyond players returning from the IL, before, essentially, declaring the season lost. Prove us wrong, Met...

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 talking about the Mets’ horrible West Coast road trip, which furthered their demise and whether there is any reason at all for optimism now that Javy Báez and Francisco Lindor...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. Jack Fisher had already established a reputation as a workhorse before the Mets acquired him in a special draft for the recent expansion teams prior to the 1964 season. His tenure in Baltimore was solid, even if he is primarily remembered there for surrendering historic...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. CM PUNK! CM PUNK! CM PUNK! CM PUNK! The team talks about what big Mets returns they would want to be a part of in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, the discuss the mid-season prospect lists released by the major baseball prospect publications and the Mets players who made them. Next, the team disc...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. The Mets have lost five of six on their tour of the National League West, and have not seen the return of any of their injured stars. Things were looking dire, and then Steve Cohen tweeted about how bad the offense is playing. It's been a hell of a week on Mets Twitter, a...

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 lamenting the fact that the Mets have gone from toast to burnt toast since our last episode. We also discuss how this could potentially be fixed moving forward and if it can be...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. Philip Humber was drafted third overall by the Mets in 2004 with great hope—one pick after the Tigers selected Justin Verlander. Humber would suffer through arm problems before suddenly getting thrust into a key game pennant race in 2007, as the Mets’ once commanding div...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas settle things once and for all and determine the best burgers in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, the team takes a look at the 2021 Mets Top Prospect list and look at all of the positive developments to have occurred in 2021 despite the overall poor records of most t...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. After a vacation-aided week off, Brian and Chris return to lament the August Mets and their two (2) victories this month thus far. After touching on the recent comments by Zack Scott and the recent promotions within the front office, they also dig into Michael Conforto an...

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’ horrible slide from first place in the NL East to third place, culminating with Zack Scott’s press conference in which he threw his players under the bus. ...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. Esix Snead has a name you can’t forget, with some of the best speed of his era to boot. Unfortunately, his speed was his primary skill, and his Mets, and MLB career, was not as memorable as his name. Snead had two Major League call ups with the Mets, with one very memora...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. The Abbey Road cover was shot on this date back in 1969, so the team looks at some of the most iconic Mets photos in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, Steve and Ken hand over the mic to Lukas and Thomas to kvetch about the Mets’ abysmal draft, since they weren’t able to join in the emergency rage...

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’ trading deadline acquisitions, Javier Báez and Trevor Williams, who we are happy about, but the Mets should have done more. Next, we delve into the Kumar R...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. A college star at UCLA, Eric Valent was a supplemental first round draft pick for the Phillies in 1998 who seemed to have a bright future. However, his progress through the minor leagues seemed to stall at AAA. Acquired by the Mets as a minor league free agent prior to t...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. The USS Nevada was an indestructible ship that was finally put to her grave on this date decades ago, so the team looks at the most indestructible baseball players in Promote, Extend, Trade. Next, the team discusses the MLB trade deadline, the acquisition of Javy Baez & Trevor Williams, the dep...

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 two newest Mets, Javier Baez and Trevor Williams, and debate how they’ll fit into this team. The lack of bullpen arms acquired at the deadline is a sore spot for both hosts. Despite a rough series with the Braves, optimism abounds, d...

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 reviewing how the Mets’ second half has gone so far—Pete Alonso’s hot streak, J.D. Davis’ return from the injured list, Francisco Lindor’s injury, the acquisition of Rich Hill,...