Mets Podcast - We Gotta Believe

It’s starting to look more and more like there’s not going to be a baseball season. IF that's the case, this will end up going down as the biggest black eye in baseball history. The NBA and NFL are eating MLB’s lunch, meanwhile there's reports that some (billionaire) owners don't even want the season to happen so they can limit their losses!! The guys break down Scherzer's response to the owners,...

It's a big Cleminem birthday podcast and with that comes a surprise announcement from Big Sexy himself! The guys discuss Bartolo wanting to finish his career with the Mets, what that could mean for his larger-than-life legacy and how much merch we'd be slinging if they brought Sexy back. We also delve into the current negotiations with players and MLB, top rivalries that we'd wished we had and REL...

Blake Snell came out throwing heat this week against the league and not only does he not want to risk his health to play half a season, but he damn sure isn't going to do it for anything less than half his paycheck. KFC and Clem breakdown his rationale, why the millionaires should get the benefit over the billionaires and the dangers of ranting on a live-stream from the comfort of your home. Also,...

Bartolo #BigSexy Colon will go down in Mets lore as one of the greatest signings of all-time. He was a cat off the mound and an assassin in the strike zone, but nothing quite compared to watching Big Sexy swing the stick. From the helmets that never fit to the bats that were never flipped, Bartolo made every AB must-watch. But one day will live on in history as the day "the impossible happened." T...

Baseball will (hopefully) be back come July and MLB has FINALLY come up with a plan that's got people excited! 3 SUPER DIVISIONS BASED ON REGION. KFC and Clem break down the re-envisioned East, talk about having to play the Yankees on a regular basis and decide which players will become the newest Met killers. We also get back into the Mets Misery Bracket, moving to the Southern division. Only the...

This week the one and only Jeff McNeil returns to the pod to talk about life in Port St. Lucie. We get his thoughts on the universal DH, robot umpires and what it's going to be like to play the same position every day (most of the time). He weighs in on the Beltran storyline and why he thinks Rojas was the best choice to manage the club, his days spent on the golf course and why he's got a bone to...

Anyone that's ever said "never meet your heroes" clearly has never met Howie Rose. The voice of the New York Mets joined the pod to talk about the wild ride of 2020, the state of the team and his first week on Twitter. We got into what he can expect from the depths of #MetsTwitter, his memory of the Mr. Met Fingergate, all-time favorite “Put It in the Books!" moments, what he REALLY thinks of thos...

Baseball is deciding on new and radical measures to try to get the season up and running and KFC and Clem have some strong thoughts on what that would mean for 2020. Robot umpires, 7-inning games and living in Arizona with no fans? At what point does it stop being baseball? AND would the World Series Champion really be the champion? (Yes, if it's the Mets; no for anyone else). We also finish off t...

The guys got exactly ONE matchup into the bracket before getting side tracked by the best moments in the worst games. The Endy Catch should go down as one of the best moments in sports history and instead, it's just a blip on the radar of heart-wrenching losses. We delve into decapitated pets, beaten father-in-laws, car accidents, slutty Mrs. Claus and much more! In any other context, you wouldn’t...

Baseball is banned, the team is under quarantine AND THE METS STILL FIND A WAY TO GET HURT. If you thought sports being gone was just a dream, well this injury is your “Inception” totem. This is not a dream, folks. This is New York Mets baseball through-and-through. Noah Syndergaard will have Tommy John surgery Thursday, officially marking the death of the "Power-5 Era." It’s Pete Alonso’s burden...

Baseball is on hiatus until further notice and we have no idea when it'll actually be back. KFC and Clem hopped on the pod from self-quarantine to figure out what the hell is going on, what it means for the Mets and who will most likely have a freak injury during the down time. In these uncertain times, Mets fans have to band together and who better than We Gotta Believe to pass the time! The 2020...

Cuncel the acquisition and Cuncel the Cohen. According to MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, the deal is dead. We went from our highest of highs to lowest of lows and it's all thanks to that slimy weasel, Jeff Wilpon.  Sources say that at the last minute, Jeff asked to extend his 5-years of team control, wanted (basically) a life-time job in senior management, demanded a raise as COO and requested use...

No exaggeration- this is the most pivotal podcast we have done as it pertains to the New York Mets. We're talking end of days type shit. According to a source, THE STEVE COHEN DEAL IS DEAD. Our fears have been realized and the Wilpons found a way to screw it up. If this is true, we're the first ones to the news, but if there were ever a time where you pray you're wrong, this is it. We'd gladly tak...

The baseball world exploded again today and this time the Mets got caught with shrapnel. Carlos Beltran's tenure as the New York Mets' manager has ended before it even begun.  ONLY the Mets could get wrapped up in a cheating scandal where they were the only ones not cheating. KFC and Clem hopped on for an Emergency Pod (with special guests Shea Girl Shea and Keegys F Baby) to cover it all and if t...

The Wilpons are selling and we're going from the poorhouse to the penthouse! Steve Cohen is our savior and is set to become the wealthiest owner in baseball. The man whose life is loosely based on Showtime's 'Billions' is not only the richest, but is apparently also the most ruthless. And guess what? We Love It. The guys declare the Fire Wilpon movement a success, we talk Tiki Bombs and recognize...

The Mets' most successful free agent signing, Carlos Beltran, is back in the Orange and Blue! After missing out on Joe Girardi the Wilpons did what they always do, retread. The question is, will Beltran remain pristine and Mets-proof or will he suffer the same fate as so many managers before him? Are we getting the media-hating Beltran of the past or the new school clubhouse guy that the Yankees a...

The Yankees are officially done in October and KFC and Clem are ready to give the Astros a parade in the Canyon of Champions. After a full decade of coming up short, we declare the New York Yankees the new age Braves-good enough to make the playoffs, but never quite getting over that hump. Gone are the days of the Steinbrenners' check book buying titles and the guys could not be happier. If the Me...

The Yankees fans of the office had to sit through a tortuous live-stream where they couldn't see a single pitch and KFC and Clem loved every minute of it. We talk Mets manager hopefuls, Carlos Beltran sets off a red flag saying he'll only manage in Flushing and the team STILL hasn't interviewed Girardi! Right now we're manager-less, but the guys like it that way. All Mets fans really want is a tea...

We give a rundown of the Twin Cities' misery and KFC and Clem decide that they are #Done with all Minnesota sports in general. Doesn't matter what the Twinkies do in the regular season, the Yankees are their personal boogeymen and no amount of wins will change that. The Astros dropped one to the Rays, the Nats are threatening the Dodgers and the Braves and Cardinals are battling for our hate. As a...

EMERGENCY PODCAST: The guys needed a day to let it all sink in and gather their thoughts. The flight to Florida, the Brodie conference call, the immediate managerial lists- all of it. And after all that time, we are just left with more questions. The team's future is up in the air and this has now become Brodie's biggest decision of his tenure.  The team's got all offseason not to screw it up, but...

The season is over and we're left with the aftermath of what could have been. The guys autopsy the death of the team and try to figure out whether or not this year was a disappointment. KFC breaks down some cumbridge logistics, we run through manager hypotheticals and play M,F,K with good/bad Mets' closers. Nobody wants to get away from this franchise more than we do, except for maybe Mickey Calla...

The team is dead, but we're officially ready to call Pete Alonso the new king of New York. He took the league by storm and will be taking home the ROY when all is said and done. He's already reached 50 HRs to activate Frank the Tank's Polar Bear Plunge and with 5 more RBIs, there could be a KFC debt payment upcumming. Things take a dark turn as the guys compare this season to movie plots, we revie...

Special guest Paul Lo Duca joined the podcast this week to recap his time spent in New York and what he thinks of this year's squad. We got into which fans he thinks are the best in the world, what we need to do this offseason and how the MLB should be handling the "first responder hat" controversy. Paul also spoke about his time spent with The Vulture, if booing is bullying and whether or not Mic...

This team keeps fighting our cuncels and we can't even be mad. We've got fringe players pushing us over the top, Juanny Beisbol BLASTING HRs, Justin Wilson saving games and breaking our brains and Todd Frazier making us eat our words yet again! There will be no triple cuncel, we're just gonna ride this out for all it's worth. One day we're world beaters, the next we're a triple-a ball club. The se...

We know our teams and we know our truth. The rest of this season is just box scores, highlights and Pete Alonso at bats. This team may not be going anywhere, but our young players sure are! Kevin addresses the double cuncel/uncuncel controversy, the guys consider sacrificing their young for a World Series championship, KFC and Clem have a "my guy-off" and breaking Jets news sends the pod over the...