Home Run Applesauce: A New York Mets podcast

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. Chris Forsyth is a guitarist and songwriter who releases music as a solo artist and also as the leader of the Solar Motel Band. He compares his music to that of the late, great John Fahey, but instead of synthesizing the blues down to...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. During the end of the third game of the season, Brian and Chris convened to talk about the Mets' first series of the year in Philadelphia. They discuss the good - Pete, Jake, Dom, Marcus - the bad - the bullpen, managerial decisions - and the rust that must have formed fr...

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, Mets baseball is back! And the Mets’ (delayed) Opening Day game was every bit Mets baseball. We talk about that and the Francisco Lindor extension and how happy we are that he is a Met for...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. Let’s hop in the wayback machine all the way to the 2018 offseason, when new general manager Brodie Van Wagenen tried to put his mark on the team with some dramatic moves. After a major trade to acquire closer Edwin Diaz and second baseman Robinson Cano, the Mets tried t...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Happy Easter! In keeping with the spirit of the holiday, the team discusses players who had their careers reborn 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 Un...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. As happens with alarming frequency, Chris and Brian recorded this episode less than an hour before the Mets and Francisco Lindor agreed to the 10 year, $341 million extension. So, with that said, please ignore about half of their gripes expressed therein. Aside from the L...

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 latest on the Lindor extension talks, which are still not resolved, despite now being less than 48 hours away from Opening Day. We hoped we would get to break ne...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. With the organization reeling financially from the Bernie Madoff fallout, Sandy Alderson tried to unearth hidden gems. Such was the hope when the team acquired Collin Cowgill— an undersized outfielder who had posted some solid minor league numbers—prior to the 2013 seaso...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Happy Passover! The team has more than just a few bitter herbs on their plate, as they discuss the biggest players to be passed over by the Mets in Promote, Extend, Trade. After that, they give updates on their Way-Too-Early Draft Special players of interest. Following that, the team takes a lo...

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 Carlos Carrasco’s Grade 1 hamstring strain and what that means for the starting rotation.  Next, we discuss the latest on the Francisco Lindor and Michael Confort...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Memorializing Anne Hutchinson, the Puritan who was tried and exiled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony due to her religious beliefs and settled in New Netherlands, the team discusses the top players who were sent packing from Boston to The Bronx. After, the team takes a look at the upcoming 2021...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. Friend of the pod and co-host of the Metrospectives podcast Ted Berg joins Brian and Chris for the show today, bringing wit, wisdom, and Cole Hamels goofs to the pod. First up, the boys discuss Carlos Carrasco’s hamstring injury and what that may mean for the back-end of...

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 Deesha Thosar from the Daily News to discuss covering the Mets and her observations from spring training.  We also had to talk about the tumultuous offseason including the firin...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. On this date in 1961, nuclear disaster was narrowly avoided, so the team discusses colossal Mets minor league blunders in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, they discuss the biggest takeaways from the Mets’ top prospects in camp following the cuts and/or reassignments after the first week of spring...

Every Thursday, deputy site manager Brian Salvatore has been hosting a chat on the Locker Room app, where Mets fans can have a talk-radio like experience discussing the topic of the week. This week, the room's theme was 'the biggest misses of the off-season." In addition to the usual suspects - George Springer, Jackie Bradly Jr,, and some bullpen help - the gang also discusses the lack of Asian pl...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. Right before recording, the news broke that Carlos Carrasco’s elbow was barking a bit, and the Panic City Digest went back into production. Brian and Chris try not to subscribe right away, but are a little concerned about the bullpen. They also discuss the José Martinez i...

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 Taijuan Walker signing, José Martínez’s unfortunate knee injury, and the Mets’ resulting interest in third baseman Maikel Franco to provide righty pop off the be...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. A batboy in the Mets’ organization when his brother Marcus played in the team’s minor league system, it might have seemed fated that Matt Lawton would suit up for the Mets. Lawton came to the Mets at the 2001 trading deadline, where the struggling team were clear sellers...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. With the Beatles having made their radio debut on this date back in 1962, the team looks at some of the top Mets debuts in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, they take a look at some changes to the minor league schedule and the possible major repercussions. Following that, they give their thoughts...

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. Steve Gelbs is practically an institution on Mets broadcasts, acting as sideline/field reporter for the team since 2014. We discuss his role with the club and the network as well as some of the developments from the last year, includi...

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 author Andrea Williams to the show to discuss her book Baseball’s Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues. We talk with her about the history of the...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. In celebration of some good old fashion American imperialism, the team discusses pitchers from Texas in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, they discuss the Mets’ pitching depth situation in the starting rotation and in the bullpen. Following that, they discuss the Mets infield depth situation, high...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. On the anniversary of the U.S. National Hockey Team beating the Soviet Union National Hockey Team at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics, the team discusses the best Mets radio/television broadcast moments in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, they discuss spring training and the non-roster invitees who...

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 evaluating the Mets’ offseason—the moves the Mets have made, the holes that still need to be filled, the likelihood that we see Lindor or Conforto extensions, and more.  Next,...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. Although Joan Whitney Payson was certainly not obscure in her day—whether as a socialite from a prominent New York family, or in her endeavors in the worlds of art, horse racing, and philanthropy. But Payson’s other love was baseball—she owned a small stake in the New Yo...