Home Run Applesauce: A New York Mets podcast

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. The past week has been a whirlwind for the Mets: from rodent attacks to returning Dark Knights, the prior seven days have been quite eventful. We discuss the recent injures to Jacob deGrom, Albert Almora, and Jeff McNeil, the start of the minor league season, and the lege...

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 welcome Dr. Kat Williams and Dr. Leslie Heaphy from the International Women’s Baseball Center to discuss the history of women in baseball and how women have a rightful place in the game...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. Adam Wilk was signed prior to the 2017 season as an option for rotation depth or as a possible left-handed option out of the bullpen. But Wilk was unexpectedly pressed into action when the team suddenly needed a starter after suspending Matt Harvey for failure to report...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. With imaginary animals being in the Mets news lately, the team discusses some cryptoids in Promote, Extend, Trade. After that, they give updates on their Way-Too-Early Draft Special players of interest. Next, Steve gives updates on our adopted CPBL/KBO/NPB teams, the Uni-Lions (CPBL), the LG Tw...

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. Brian Baker only became a Met fan when he moved to New Jersey in the mid-2010s, but he has made up for lost time. If you’re a fan of punk rock, you know Brian as the founding bassist of Minor Threat, founder/guitarist/songwriter of Da...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. The Mets have finished a seven game road trip, coming back to Queens after playing 4-3 on the road. That happened despite a rash of injuries, the bats still not exactly waking up, the firing of their hitting coaches, and games against the two current division leaders in t...

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 past couple of weeks of Mets baseball, which have been quite the rollercoaster between the slumbering Mets offense revived by Donnie Stevenson, the firing of Chi...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. A glove-first, middle infield/utility player, Mario Diaz labored in the minor leagues for seven years before making his major league debut with the Mariners. After brief appearances Seattle from 1987-1989, Diaz was traded to a Mets team looking for middle infield depth w...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. On this date back in 1957, Walter O’Malley met with officials from the city of Los Angeles and made the decision to go west, so the team asks a question familiar to any Brooklynite in Promote, Extend, Trade. After that, they give updates on their Way-Too-Early Draft Special players of interest....

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. On Monday, Amazin’ Avenue’s resident film expert, Grace Carbone, was joined by Mets’ Director of Baseball Analytics Ben Zauzmer. Ben, in addition to his job with the Mets, is known for his Oscars predictions. His Twitter account, @Ben...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. Last week, Brian and Chris lamented the cold bats, and this week, they’ve frozen over. As frustrating as that is, they don’t think it is time to panic yet, citing the usual reasons (weird schedule, usual April shenanigans, past performance). They also debate the fifth sta...

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 had Bradford William Davis on the show to talk about all things COVID-19 and Major League Baseball—a beat Bradford has been covering for awhile. We chat about the new protocols for 2021...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. Signed as a minor league free agent prior to the 2009 season, Omir Santos seemed to be an organizational depth piece. Injuries got him a chance on the major league roster, which enabled Santos to provide a few memorable moments—including a Citi Field milestone and a dram...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. April 26th, 1992, there was a riot on the streets, tell me where were you? In Promote, Extend, Trade this week, the team remembers Sublime frontdog Louie and choose between the best dogs in baseball. After that, they give updates on their Way-Too-Early Draft Special players of interest. Next, S...

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. On Monday, Amazin’ Avenue’s resident film expert, Grace Carbone, was joined by Trevor Hildenberger, relief pitcher for the New York Mets, to discuss their mutual love of film. Among other things, they discuss Stanley Kubrick, college...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. Brian and Chris are flummoxed by the Mets, as they aren’t hitting en masse, but they are still in first place, and the pitching has been pretty good (well, at least it was until Wednesday night in Chicago). We know we need to be patient, but this has been such a weird las...

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 conversation with fellow Amazin’ Avenue writer, Grace Carbone. We had planned for this to be a fun episode about films, but of course we had to begin the show by discussing the l...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. In acquiring Mac Scarce in the 1974 offseason the Mets were bringing on a young, left handed reliever who had an impressive 1973 before struggling a bit in 1974. Still, the team seemed to think enough of him—and young catching prospect John Stearns—to part with franchise...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. A pair of famous weddings took place on today’s date (Grace Kelly and Prince Ranier of Monaco & Marie Antoinette and King Louie XVI) so the team looks at famous baseball power couples in Promote, Extend, Trade. After that, they give updates on their Way-Too-Early Draft Special players of intere...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. This episode was recorded using the Locker Room app, where Brian is hosting a Mets discussion Thursdays at 7:30. Download the app and join him there! Chris and Brian are joined this week by From Complex to Queens’s Thomas Henderson for a discussion of all things Mets over...

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. Josh Kolenik is the singer/guitarist/keyboard player for Small Black, a Brooklyn-based band who have released four full length albums, but most recently being this year’s Cheap Dreams, which just came out on 100% Electronica Records....

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’ uneven start to the season and we pick the players who are going to be our Dudes for the season.  Next, we talk about the abhorrent racism players face on...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. Julio Franco began his professional baseball journey when he was signed by the Phillies as a young shortstop out of the Dominican Republic in 1978. It was a journey that would ultimately land him in Flushing with the New York Mets almost 30 years later. With his career s...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. The Titanic left Europe on this date back in 1912, so the team looks at some of the best teams to not win the World Series in Promote, Extend, Trade. After that, they give updates on their Way-Too-Early Draft Special players of interest. Next, Steve gives updates on our adopted CPBL/KBO/NPB tea...

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. The Mets, Citi, and No Kid Hungry have been working together on the Citi Community Home Runs Program, where every home run hit at Citi Field sees Citi donate $2,000 to No Kid Hungry, an organization that fights food insecurity in New...