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 welcome Ginny Searle of Baseball Prospectus and discuss a wide variety of topics including the baseball shutdown, the Red Sox punishment, J Lo owning the Mets, and the possible existenc...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas discuss what super powers they’d want for members of a baseball team in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, the team looks at how the coronavirus will be impacting the minor leagues once play begins, be it sometime in 2020 or afterwards. The precautions needed to e...

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, because we are all looking for ways to inject a little joy into our lives in the absence of baseball, we celebrate the spirit of the Queens Cookie Club by hosting a cookie club of our own....

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. It’s the twentieth day of the fourth month, and that apparently has some kind of drug connotations, so Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas discuss a few pitchers that are known for their own connections to such substances in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, they discuss the international market an...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. The Final Fantasy 7 Remake is finally out, and the team picks their favorite long-running, mostly continuity-less franchises in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, they discuss what should have been the start of the minor league and what we could’ve expected from the Syracuse Mets, Binghamton R...

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. Blake Jamieson is a New York based artist who is part of Topps’ Project 2020, recreating some famous baseball cards, including former Mets Dwight Gooden and Nolan Ryan. Jamieson specializes in mixing stencils and painting, and has...

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 on Brian Wright to talk about his book The New York Mets All-Time All-Stars. We discuss some of his unexpected discoveries about Mets greats, his personal Mets backstory, and the l...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. With a bunch of shows airing their season or series finales a bit prematurely thanks to coronavirus, the team chooses a few of the best in Promote/Extend/Trade. After, they discuss who has stepped up and who could still be doing more regarding all of the outreach efforts to help minor leag...

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 Noah Syndergaard’s Tommy John surgery and the ethics of getting it done during a pandemic Next, we talk about the best games we have seen live and we share some awes...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. John S. Pemburton first synthesized his recipe for Coca-Cola on this date back in 1886, so the team discusses their most and least favorite Coke variations in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, they discuss their favorite minor league prospects that they followed never made it to the major lea...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.  We last recorded an episode from the East Coast of Florida, tingling with anticipation for a new baseball season. Man, oh man, how times have changed. Now, Brian and Chris discuss what a year without baseball may look like, both from a fan’s perspective and from a contra...

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 the show by discussing the recent news that Noah Syndergaard has torn his UCL and will undergo Tommy John surgery. Next, we chat about some of the fun features Amazin’ Avenue has...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Honoring Lewis & Clark beginning their journey back home on this date in 1806, the team looks at these famous Mets homecomings and decides which to Promote, who to Extend, and who to Trade. After, they discuss what Major League Baseball has done for its minor league players in the wake of...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. Tony Fernandez sadly passed away last month after a long battle with kidney disease at the age of 57. Known primarily as a key figure on some great Toronto Blue Jays teams of the 1980s, Fernandez would come to the Mets in 1993 as the latest in a long line of veteran name...

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 the show by discussing the latest updates on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting baseball from the delayed season to paychecks for minor leaguers and stadium staff to how the s...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. This week, Steve is joined by Jeremy Wolf, who was drafted by the Mets in the 31st round of the 2016 MLB Draft and now runs More Than Baseball, a player advocacy group that looks to “empower every ballplayer with opportunities to live a better life during and after their careers.” Who was...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. In honor of Hachikō and Seymour, two dogs that waited for their deceased owners to return to them until their eventual deaths, the team decides between some of saddest, most gut-wrenching moments in animation in Promote, Extend, Trade. Next, Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas follow up on their...

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 Michael Conforto’s injury and what that does to the Mets’ outfield depth. We are also hopeful about the bullpen and we fully support mic’d up ballplayers. Next, we t...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. The Salem Witch Trials began on this date in 1692, so the team Promote, Extend, Trades and assortment of ungodly pitches. Next, Steve, Ken, and Thomas follow up on their selections in the The Inaugural Way-Too-Early Draft Special! and give updates on the seasons their respective picks have...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.  Our final show from Florida was recorded at Due South Brewing Co. in Boyton Beach. On it, we discussed our morning at Mets camp and our afternoon at the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, watching the Mets beat the Astros, 2-1. We also spoke with Mets’ prospect Ryley Gilliam...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.  A few days late, Chris arrives in Port St. Lucie, so he and Brian decamped to the Vine and Barley to record a live podcast. We were joined in person, and very occasionally on the mic, by Amazin’ Avenue alum Tim Finnegan to discuss what we saw and heard around Mets camp o...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.  This week on the podcast, Chris is sick, so Brian is in Port St. Lucie alone. This mini-episode features audio from Luis Rojas’s post-game remarks, as well as some discussion of the first day of this trip, including the news about Brandon Nimmo needing more cardiac tests...

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 the show with excitement because baseball is back! We talk about our bold predictions for the Mets in 2020 and the biggest story lines heading into spring training, including the...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Since the actual Battle of Los Angeles in 1942, numerous things have been given the same moniker and Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas Promote, Extend, Trade a handful of them. After, team follows up on the recent news regarding minor league players appearing in the upcoming MLB The Show 20 (s...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.  This week on the podcast, Chris and Brian discuss their looming trip to Port St. Lucie and talk about where their expectations are for the team going into Spring Training. Other topics discussed include: players in the best shape of their lives, core strength, the offens...