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, the Mets are on a roller coaster and we’re along for the ride. Big wins and big losses have dominated, but Big Pete has broken the Mets season home run record and we are so happy for him. N...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure, but quintessential Mets players from the past. As the Mets welcome the Cubs to town in a pivotal series with playoff implications, we look back at a utility player who divided the bulk of his major league career between the two franchises—Chico Walker. Hear about Walker’s extensive time in the min...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor leagues. This week, the team pays homage to Windows 95 in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, the team discusses the hitter and pitcher of the week, Corey Oswalt and Andres Regnault. Next, Steve goes over his trip to Kingsport, Tennessee and Pulaski, Virginia to see the Kingsport Mets. He touches on all of th...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. This week, A Pod ofTheir Own’s Allison McCague sits in with Brian to discuss the injury to Marcus Stroman, and how that affects the team’s playoff hopes. Next up, we discuss how the players around the fringes have been excelling for the Mets as of late, and compare Joe Pa...

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’re pretty jazzed about how well the Mets have been playing, including the starting pitching stepping it up, Amed Rosario continuing to roll, Juan Lagares’ strong week, the solid addition...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure, but quintessential Mets players from the past. With Marcus Stroman, Steven Matz, and Joe Panik on the scene, the current Mets feature an inordinate number of players on the team with New York connections. Today we look back a player the Mets drafted straight out of Francis Lewis High School in Que...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor leagues. This week, Steve is out of town again so Ken and Lukas discuss this past week in Mets minor league baseball, as well as our players of the week, Dilson Herrera and Mickey Jannis. The Lukas and Ken then review the Mets roster depth at Triple-A to see what in-house reinforcements there might be to...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. First up, Brian and Chris discuss the rollercoaster of a week that just passed, from the weekend’s comebacks to the struggles in Atlanta. They also look ahead to the rest of the season’s schedule, and identify what they need to see to feel confident in the team. Next, the...

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 in the playoff hunt! Whoo! But we also had to talk about Edwin Diaz’s struggles and what the Mets should do with him. (timestamp) Next, we talk about Ariana...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure, but quintessential Mets players from the past. As the Mets are streaking in real life, we look back at a young outfielder who burst onto the scene with the the Mets in 1975. Mike Vail seemed like the next big thing as he quickly set a team record—and tied a National League record—with a 23 game hi...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor leagues. This week, Steve is out of town so Ken and Lukas discuss this past week in Mets minor league baseball, as well as our players of the week, Rene Rivera and Drew Gagnon. The Lukas and Ken then discuss Amed Rosario the prospect, and take a look at his second-half hot streak to see if there are any...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure, but quintessential Mets players from the past. With the trade deadline just in our rear view mirror, we look back at the brief Mets tenure of reliever Royce Ring. Ring was a first round draft pick of the Chicago White Sox, heralded as a closer of the future. While his career with the Mets—and afte...

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 wax poetic about the Amazin’ Mets tearing their way through the Wild Card standings, talk about what else they need to do to improve, and mull over why the trade deadline was so generall...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. First up this week, we welcome Lukas Vlahos from our sister show From Complex to Queens to discuss what minor league options the team has to replace Robinson Cano, either at second, or to replace Jeff McNeil in the outfield when he moves to second base. Next, Chris and Br...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor leagues. This week, Steve and Ken discuss the hitter and pitcher of the week, Sebastian Espino and Drew Gagnon. After, they take a look back at a variety of minor leagues, both top prospects and organizational farmhands, who ended their careers prematurely and retired due to injuries. Finally, the team r...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. First up this week, Chris and Brian discuss the trades that brought Marcus Stroman to the Mets and sent Jason Vargas to the Phillies. Then, we debate what the Mets’ game plan is for this season and next - if there is one - and then rebuke the idea that Noah Syndergaard ha...

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 sharing our reactions to the Marcus Stroman and Jason Vargas trades, along with a lot of conjecture about what exactly it is the Mets are doing. Next, we have a discussion of ho...

Welcome to UnforMETable, a new show from Amazin’ Avenue that looks back on less heralded, more obscure, but quintessential Mets players from the past As the trade deadline approaches, we take a look at the career and Mets tenure of the colorful, well-traveled Willie Montanez. Traded eight times in the course of his career—including being involved in one of the most memorable trades in major league...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor leagues. This week, the team plays Promote, Extend, Trade focusing on the great state of Pennsylvania. After, the team discusses the hitter and pitcher of the week, Arismendy Alcantara and Tommy Wilson. Next, Steve, Lukas, and Ken address all of the Noah Syndergaard trade rumors, and take a look at the p...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. This week, with the podcast swap over, Brian and Chris reunite to discuss what a frustrating team the Mets are this season. So, more of the same! First up, we discuss Robinson Cano and his three-home run game against the Padres on Tuesday night, as well as discuss why a C...

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 our poor slumping Polar Bear as well as the Mets’ handling of Zack Wheeler’s injury. Next, we have to talk about domestic violence again. This time it was journalist...

Welcome to UnforMETable, a new show from Amazin’ Avenue that looks back on less heralded, more obscure, but quintessential Mets players from the past Though current and future generations may come to know him more as the father of Fernando Tatis Jr.—visiting town this week with the San Diego Padres—Fernando Tatis was once himself a top prospect in baseball in the late 1990s. We’ll hear about the p...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor leagues. This week, the team plays a speed-related Promote, Extend, Trade. After, the team discusses the hitter and pitcher of the week, Travis Taijeron and Daison Acosta. Next, Steve, Lukas, and Ken discuss the bread-and-butter of most pitchers: the fastball. The physics involved in how the ball travels...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite, which this week is co-hosted by Chris McShane and Linda Surovich as we wrap up the week of mixing up the hosts on our podcasts for some midseason fun. The show opens with discussion of the red-hot Mets’ four-game winning streak, which leaves them seven games under .500—and Mets fans maybe dreaming on something more, even though we 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. We are back in your feeds after our brief hiatus last week. It’s a shake-up week at Amazin’ Avenue Audio and we welcome Lukas Vlahos and Ken Lavin as guest hosts while lending Allison out to From Comp...