Home Run Applesauce: A New York Mets podcast

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’ dire starting pitching situation, with recent bad outings by Michael Wacha and David Peterson. We go on to talk about the Phillies series, in which Bryce H...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast Amazin’ Avnue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Forging ahead without Steve (who will be back next week), we start by remembering Akira Kurosawa, who died on September 6th 1985 in Promote-Extend-Trade.\ After that, we check in our adopted NPBL, KBO, and NPB teams. In short, time to give up the Swallows and go all in on the Twins. We then talk...

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.  It’s an all Mets show this week on APOTO. Kellyanne Healey and Allison McCague talk about the passing of Met legend Tom Seaver, his legacy, and what he means to this franchise and its fanbase. Then,...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.  Tonight, it was announced that the greatest Met of all time, George Thomas Seaver, died at the age of 75. Brian and Chris celebrate his Mets career from afar, before shifting the conversation to the presumed new owner of the Mets, Steve Cohen. Also discussed are the trio...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Celebrating Hideo Nomo’s birthday, the team discusses what pitchers with crazy deliveries to Promote, Extend, or Trade. After, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, our adopted KBO team, the LG Twins, and our adopted NPB team, the Yakult Swallows. Next...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.  Thursday, August 27th will go down as one of the most historic days in Mets’ history for a few, mostly good, reasons. Brian and Chris discuss the events of the day, praise Dominic Smith for his on and off the field actions, talk about Brodie Van Wagenen’s leaked video cr...

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 Jen Ramos to the show and begin by discussing the Mets’ COVID situation and how that impacts the team the rest of the way. Next, we talk about Thom Brennaman using a homophobic...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. Claudell Washington debuted in Oakland as a teenager at the tail end of the A’s early 1970s dynasty. While he never quite lived up to some predictions of a Hall of Fame level career, Washington became a solid, well-traveled offensive contributor. His fascinating, lengthy...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. John Lennon’s killer was sentenced to 20 years to life on this date in 1981, so the team discusses what Beatles songs to Promote, Extend, or Trade. After, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, our adopted KBO team, the LG Twins, and our adopted NPB tea...

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 house of cards that is the Mets’ rotation—the continued struggles of Steven Matz, along with Corey Oswalt having to fill in for David Peterson. But, the 2020 sea...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. In honor of the anniversary of Fantasmagorie, widely considered by film historians to be the first animated cartoon movie, the team Promotes, Extends, and Trades more contemporary cartoon movies. After, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, our adopted...

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 welcoming Kellyanne Healey as our new guest co-host. We then discuss the Marcus Stroman and Yoenis Cespedes opt-outs and how the Mets made a mess of it like they usually do.  N...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. In honor of the founding of the Society for American Baseball Research in 1971, the team promotes, extends, and trades some stats. After, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, our adopted KBO team, the LG Twins, and our adopted NPB team, the Yakult Swa...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue in Conversation, a new podcast from Amazin’ Avenue where we invite interesting people on the show to talk about themselves, the Mets, and more. Jay Horwitz started working for the Mets in 1980 and, forty years later, has stories about just about every player to wear orange and blue. He's also the author of Mr. Met: How a Sports-Mad Kid from Jersey Became Like Family to Ge...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. Walt Terrell came to the Mets organization in a trade remembered more for the other piece in the deal—Ron Darling—as the two AA starters joined a struggling organization trading its lone fading star, Lee Mazzilli. Terrell was the first of the team’s young pitching prospe...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. First, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, our adopted KBO team, the LG Twins, and our adopted NPB team, the Yakult Swallows. After, the team discusses some roster moves over the past week involving Jordan Humphreys and Franklin Kilomé. Finally, with...

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 start with a chat about the first week of Mets baseball—from Cespedes homers to bullpen woes to the debuts of Andres Gimenez and David Peterson.  Next, we discuss the Marlins coronaviru...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.  This week, Chris and Brian look back on the first week of the season, including the Marlins shutdown, the string of Mets’ DFAs, the problems with Edwin Diaz, and the weirdness of watching baseball with cardboard cutouts and fake crowd noise. Chris’s Music Picks: The Murl...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the debut of Bugs Bunny, the team discusses Bugs Bunny foils in Promote, Extend, Trade. Next, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, our adopted KBO team, the LG Twins, and our adopted NPB team, the Yakult Swallows. F...

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 Marcus Stroman injury and how the rotation is pretty much in shambles but on the plus side their offense remains in tact.  Next, we talk about the return of base...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. The first reliever to capture a Cy Young Award after throwing over 200 innings across a stunning 106 games in 1974, Mike Marshall had an impressive major league career. After 700 appearances and 188 career saves, the coda to that career came in a New York Mets uniform, i...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. With the Comet NEOWISE lighting the night sky, the team discusses sci-fi movies in Promote, Extend, Trade. Next, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, our adopted KBO team, the LG Twins, and our adopted NPB team, the Yakult Swallows. After, the team ta...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.  This week, a little more than a week from Fauxpening Day (copyright 2020, Brian Salvatore), Chris and Brian look at the current state of the Mets, as well as health updates on Jacob deGrom, Robinson Cano, and Yoenis Cespedes. Chris’s Music Pick: Boris - No Brian’s Music...

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 return to Facebook Live to take more questions from Twitter, email, and the comments sections. We talk Mets DH, Opening Day plans, Yasiel Puig fandom, and more. We also wrap things up l...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. In Promote, Extend, Trade, the team discusses who they’d want to be stuck in an elevator with if they happened to be at Shea Stadium during the infamous New York City Blackout of 1977. Next, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, our adopted KBO team, t...