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 open the show with the storylines of Mets summer camp—Yoenis Cespedes dingers, the very Metsy free agent additions, and the fact that very few Mets outside of Jacob deGrom have guarante...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. In honor of the Fourth of July, the team picks which gratuitously over-the-top patriotic movie scenes to Promote, Extend, or 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 Swa...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.  Brian and Chris look at the changes in rules and structure coming to the shortened 60 game season, including the universal designated hitter, the three batter minimum rule, and the roster structure. They also look to the Mets' recent signees to look for any potential dia...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. With the earliest known complete recording of a musical composition having been recorded on a phonograph cylinder on this date in 1888, the team Promotes, Extends, and Trades the many musical recordings that have been made in the years since. Next, Steve gives us an update on our adopted C...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.  It's been a long while since we recorded an episode of (The Show), but we have returned to discuss the impending (we think?) return of baseball. This week, we don't dig into any of the proposed rule changes or the structure of the shortened season, but rather go into our...

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 all of the many rumors surrounding the Wilpons and the very wealthy people interested in buying the team.  Next, we talk about the agreement reached between the play...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. In Promote, Extend, Trade, the team recalls one classic historical blunder and discusses who they would want to be by their side during a slightly less well-known classic blunder. After, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, our adopted KBO team, 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 took to Facebook Live to tackle whatever burning questions listeners could throw at us. Minor leagues, Rob Manfred, the state of LGBTQ issues in baseball, our reading lists, this pod ha...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Following an exhausting twenty-four hours plus that Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas captured in our two From Complex To Queens live draft specials, the team returns to share their final thoughts about how they feel the Mets did in the 2020 MLB Draft. Sometimes, in the excitement of the momen...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. In part two of our special live 2020 Draft coverage, Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas break down the players that the Mets selected on night two of the 2020 MLB Draft. Following the selection of Pete Crow-Armstrong on night one with their first round pick, the Mets made a few interesting and...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. In a special 2020 Draft episode, Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas break down the 2020 MLB Draft, highlighting the picks and players that were selected before the Mets had the opportunity to come to the podium, and then the Mets’ 19th pick. Fans of the show should be familiar with their select...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Celebrating the life of Satchel Paige, who died on this day in 1982, the team ranks some of his celebrated exploits in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, and our adopted KBO team, the LG Twins. Finally, with the 2020 M...

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. Evan October is the singer and songwriter behind the Isotopes Punk Rock Baseball Club, or the Isotopes for short. The Vancouver-based band writes songs about all aspects of baseball, including a song about a beloved Met: “The Ball...

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 continue our conversation with the Daily News’s Bradford William Davis. In case you missed the first part of our conversation last week, you can find it here. We discussed where we envi...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. In honor of World Milk Day, the team discusses cheese in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, and our adopted KBO team, the LG Twins. Finally, the team looks tries to break down minor league expenses as detailed as possi...

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 the Daily News’s Bradford William Davis to the show and he discusses his piece on the small businesses around Yankee Stadium and this pandemic’s far-reaching consequences.  Next...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. When the Mets acquired Greg Goossen from the Dodgers organization for $8,000 prior to the 1965 season, the young catcher with power potential quickly became one of the more promising prospects in the young organization. Goossen never lived up to his potential with the Me...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. First, celebrating the original release of Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope, the team decides what Force powers would be most useful as a player in Promote, Extend, or Trade. After, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, and our adopted KBO team, 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 took to Facebook Live to show our listeners our favorite pieces of Mets memorabilia we own, sharing the memories behind each one—ticket stubs, baseballs, scorecards, and more! We also w...

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. Since 1998, Tim Kurkjian has been a mainstay at ESPN, covering baseball in print, on radio, and on television. He has authored three books, the most recent being 2016's I'm Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies: Inside the Game We All Lov...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. First, celebrating the 120th anniversary of Frank Baum’s Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the team decides what characters they would keep for a baseball team in Promote, Extend, or Trade. After, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, and our adopted KBO team, t...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. The oldest recorded manuscript in known human history dates back to today way back in 868, and it prompts Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas to Promote, Extend, or Trade the books they read in high school. After, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, and ou...

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 Mark Simon of Sports Info Solutions and The Athletic, and we discuss the ins and outs of measuring defense (and how the Mets are doing - spoiler alert: not great) and Mark’s cou...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Steve, Lukas, and Thomas have a hard time deciding which Star Wars video game rules the roost in a May 4th edition of Promote, Extend, Trade. Next, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions. Following last week’s interviews with Rob about the CPBL, the team...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. When the Mets acquired Darren Reed from the Yankees in the 1987 offseason, one could reasonably have hoped the organization had pulled another coup along the lines of acquiring David Cone for Ed Hearn. The young prospect made a quick impression in the team’s first spring...