Rico Brogna: A New York Mets Podcast

The New York Mets continue to get hit game after game by every team in baseball and not one player or staff member seems to want to do anything about it. What a joke! For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

With one month to go in the season, the entire Mets organization has seemed to completely turned their back on what could be their greatest offensive player in the history of the team. Why does no one care about Pete Alonso? For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

Evan returns after a brief stint on the IL. The Braves always find a way to kick the Mets even when they're down. Plus, Shohei Ohtani updates, Doc and Darryl get their numbers retired and Pete Alonso trade rumors. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

No matter how good or bad the season is going, the one team Mets fans want to beat the most is the Atlanta Braves. Unfortunately it did not work for the blue and orange. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

Shohei Ohtani is unavailable to pitch the remainder of the 2023 season due to a UCL tear. Evan gives you the reason why Ohtani to the Mets makes so much more sense now. For comments, questions, or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

The Mets announced that Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden will finally get their numbers retired in 2024. Finally the fan base will get to celebrate these two Mets legends. Also, more news started to leak about Pete Alonso getting traded. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

From 'DA's New York Accent' ( Subscribe Here ): Many Mets fans may be surprised to know Ed Kranepool has the third most hits in franchise history. The beloved member of the ‘69 Amazin’ Mets was much more than just a good quote. He spent his entire career with the Mets, starting with the expansion team in ‘62, right through the dark years of the late ‘70s. He saw it all, from national punchline to...

Evan is a bit under the weather so Hoff is joined by Paul Rosenberg to talk about the great series win in St. Louis, Pete Alonso's bone headed play, who's really part of the future in '24 and much much more. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

The Mets seem to be picking up some steam. but they buried themselves too far back at the deadline to be taken serious, right? For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

Pete Alonso has been known to get a little "odd" here and there on and off the field. From how serious he takes the home run derby, humping the dugout after a teammate gets a big hit or even the LFGM. The other day however, it got a bit awkward as the Polar Bear threw away a players first hit into the stands. Whoops? For comments, question or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

The New York Mets are still in a playoff race but are making it look more like a tryout for the 2024 season. Who will return and who will manage the team? For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

From 'The PBP: Voices of Baseball' ( subscribe here ): This week's "The PBP: Voices of Baseball" features Howie Rose, the longtime radio voice of the New York Mets. Rose grew up a Mets fan and started the Marv Albert Fan Club, but to this day paints an honest portrait of the games he's calling. Rose also goes down memory lane with a handful of his favorite Mets memories, gives advice to young broa...

The New York Mets finish their homestand 5-5 just like Evan Roberts predicted. The problem is, they're still playing terrible baseball. Brandon Nimmo and Jeff McNeil are shells of themselves, Pete Alonso seems like he's about to be traded, and get this, Edwin Diaz thinks he's coming back in September. In what continues to be one of the dumbest season's in Mets history, Evan and Hoff take deeper di...

The Mets beat the Pirates two out of three games. Let's just say it's nothing to write home about. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

Brandon Nimmo was once one of the best lead off hitters in the game. Now, his on base has dipped while his power numbers are the best they've ever been. And, he still doesn't steal any bases!!!! For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoG@gmail.com

It was nice to see Edwin Diaz in Citi-Field Tuesday night on his bobblehead night. News has been circulating that Diaz wants to make a return in '23. Should the Mets tell him to relax and just wait till next season? For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

In another series verse the Atlanta Braves the Mets get completed destroyed. As if things on the field couldn't be much worse rumors of the Mets locker room being "toxic" have started to pop up along with trading Pete Alonso. Evan also goes through more emails!!! For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

The Braves continue to have their way with the Mets and it's getting annoying. If you're still locked into the Mets this season then you love being tortured, which Evan and Hoff clearly do. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

The Braves do it again. In the first three games of this series the Mets were outscored 34-3. This can not happen again. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

Is the Mets locker room "toxic"? The rumors started to spread over the week and Mike Puma did the research for us. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

The Mets finally win a series and it was led by Pete Alonso who went off for four home runs in three games. Plus. Brett Baty gets sent down, Cookie can't cook, and Ottavino doesn't like the 9th inning. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

With all the trades taking place you would think that now is the perfect time to see the rookies play. Well, the Mets have other ideas as Brett Baty was sent down before Monday's game. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

Tuesday was another example of why the Mets are so flawed. Pete Alonso hits another home run and then the bats went completely cold. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

In game 3 of the Cubs series, the Mets are in a position to win going into the 9th, but very quickly things get out of hand and Buck didn't have time for it. Plus your listener emails. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

On the first ever drunk Rico Brogna, Evan and Pete are drunk. On top of that, they discuss the Baltimore Orioles series, is it time to root for the Mets to lose games, the final test over the next two months, Evan's trip to Baltimore and of course your emails! For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com