Home Run Applesauce: A New York Mets podcast

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. The 1988 Mets seemed poised to cruise into their second World Series in three seasons and a glamorous matchup with the Oakland A’s. That was before they ran into the force that was Orel Hershiser that season. The Cy Young winner battled through a lengthy recovery from la...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Steve witnessed a shocking upset while watching the GCW Homecoming show in Atlantic City this past Saturday, so the team discusses some shocking moments in video game history in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, Steve unfortunatley gives the last CPBL/KBO/NPB update. He has a new job and unfortuna...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. This week, From Complex to Queens co-host Lukas Vlahos sits in for Chris. Brian and Lukas discuss the recent acquisition of Rich Hill, and what sort of an impact Hill may make on the Mets rotation for the rest of the season. They also discuss the bizarre series in Cincinn...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. With the 2021 MLB Draft in the rearview mirror, we take a look back to June 1984, when the resurgent Mets were in first place—and held the first overall pick in the draft. The team would use that pick on Shawn Abner, a “can’t miss” high school outfielder the team envisio...

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 legal ins and outs of the Trevor Bauer situation with Sheryl and what does (and does not) constitute consent. We also touch on her personal as a victim and her i...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. With all twenty rounds of the 2021 MLB Draft done and over with, the team shares their final thoughts on what went down on day one/two/three, shares who they like, who they don’t, and how they feel about the future of the Mets’ minor league system with this infusion of players. Were the Mets wi...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. The All-Star break is typically a time when your team is, more or less, out of the news. But the combination of the MLB Draft, the Home Run Derby, and the All-Star Game itself has led to a lot of Mets news. Brian and Chris discuss Pete Alonso's prodigious dinger hitting,...

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 celebrating Pete Alonso’s second straight Home Run Derby victory. We also give Taijuan Walker much-deserved kudos for being named as a National League All-Star and get hyped ab...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. With their first round selection in the 2021 MLB Draft, the Mets selected Kumar Rocker, a right-handed pitcher out of Vanderbilt University. On day two of the 2021 MLB Draft, the Mets made their selections from rounds two through ten. In round two, they selected Calvin Ziegler, a right-handed p...

MLB great John Kruk joins Sam Wilson, John Stolnis, Brady Klopfer and a host of community guests from around SB Nation to watch the 2021 MLB Home Run Derby! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Reviewing the start of the 2021 MLB Draft, the team reviews the Pittsburgh Pirates (1), Texas Rangers (2), Detroit Tigers (3), Boston Red Sox (4), Baltimore Orioles (5), Arizona Diamondbacks (6), Kansas City Royals (7), Colorado Rockies (8), and Los Angeles Angels (9) selections. There were a f...

SB Nation’s all-star cast (Sam Wilson, John Stolnis, Eric Stephen and guest Jeremy Brener) breaks down everything that happened in the 1st round of the 2021 MLB Draft! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. With the 2021 MLB Draft right on our doorstep, the team holds a partial mock draft. Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas put on their GM hats and pick for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1), Texas Rangers (2), Detroit Tigers (3), Boston Red Sox (4), Baltimore Orioles (5), Arizona Diamondbacks (6), Kansas City...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue in Conversation, a podcast from Amazin’ Avenue where we invite interesting people on the show to talk about themselves, the Mets, and more. Gabby Vélez, head coach and founder of Reinas Baseball, began building the foundation for a girls’ baseball team in 2018. Reinas Baseball is an 18-and-under Girl’s Baseball Organization dedicated to expanding the racial, cultural, and...

SB Nation welcomes you to it’s coverage of the 2021 MLB All-Star Week, powered by T-Mobile! On today’s episode, Sam Wilson, John Stolnis, and Brady Klopfer break down the rosters, set the state of the league, discuss trade rumors PLUS Talking Chop's Demetrius Bell joins the show to talk about the move from Georgia to Colorado! 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. After winning series against the Yankees and Brewers, the Mets find themselves still in first place in the National League East. Going into the final series of the first half, Brian and Chris discuss the team’s lack of offense, lack of starting pitching, lack of effective...

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 have a very special show lined up for you all. We reunited, live and in person, in the Citi Field parking lot before Monday’s game between the Mets and the Brewers to discuss Tylor Megi...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. Pat Zachry hit the ground running in his major league career—winning a share of the 1976 National League Rookie of the Year award while winning a dame in each of the NLCS and the World Series with the Cincinnati Reds. Zachry would go from first to last in mid-1977 when t...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Happy (Belated) Fourth of July! In honor of Independence Day, the team takes a look at the most patriotic American video games in Promote, Extend, Trade. Next, Steve gives updates on our adopted CPBL/KBO/NPB teams, the Uni-Lions (CPBL), the LG Twins (KBO), and the Yakult Swallows (NPB). Followi...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. We are sorry to interrupt your Bobby Bonilla Day celebrations, but Brian and Chris are on the hunt for starting pitching. Focusing on the Royals, Pirates, Twins, and Rockies as potential trade partners, we identify six potential starters for the Mets to acquire. Chris’s M...

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 bemoaning how the Mets can’t seem to score any runs, despite the fact that many of their position players have returned or are close to returning from the injured list. Next, w...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. Matt Franco pursued a career in one of the two great passions of his family—not acting, like his uncle Kurt Russell—but baseball—also like Russell, who had an early career in minor and independent league ball. Franco would make it further than his uncle—or his grandfathe...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. On this date back in 1997, Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield had a boxing match that took an unexpected turn, so the team looks at other sporting events that did not live up to the hype in Promote, Extend, Trade. Next, Steve gives updates on our adopted CPBL/KBO/NPB teams, the Uni-Lions (CPBL),...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue in Conversation, a podcast from Amazin’ Avenue where we invite interesting people on the show to talk about themselves, the Mets, and more. Jason Fry is someone who has been able to take his passions and, not just appreciate them from afar, but get so deep into them, he winds up on the inside. What does that mean? Well, Jason went from Mets fan to writer who had access to...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. While many of the Mets faithful are fully entrenched within the confines of Panic City, Brian and Chris remain slightly more optimistic about where the Mets find themselves. That is, namely, in first place and with a winning record. The cavalcade of injuries marches on, a...