Rico Brogna: A New York Mets Podcast

The season may be close to done for the New York Mets, but at the end of the day they'll still have Pete Alonso having one of the best games of his season over the New York Yankees at the stadium. Oh, and Velrlander was pretty good too... Too bad the bullpen wanted to give it back. For comments, questions and topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

In what should have been a laugher the New York Mets win a very tight game over the New York Yankees. HIGH FIVE! For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

The Mets find a way to beat the New York Yankees, yet, the end of the game left Mets fans feeling icky inside. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

From 'Baseball Isn't Boring' ( subscribe here ): The Mets might be seven games out of a postseason spot, but Brandon Nimmo is always in first place when it comes to living the life of a Baseball Isn't Boring podcast guest. Making his third appearance on the podcast, Nimmo joins Rob Bradford to talk about the greatness of the game, how it looks and feels different from what he thought in Spring Tra...

The Mets continue to nose dive. Even when they win it doesn't come easy. Is it really better to trade Max Scherzer than to bring him back in 2024. Plus more emails. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

It's been that type of season where the New York Mets take two days to win a game, but at least Evan had a semi good time. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

After the Mets win the first game in Boston, Max Scherzer and Carlos Carrasco take it upon themselves to pitch so bad the Mets have no chance of taking either Saturday or Sunday nights game. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

We're a week away from the trade deadline. Is there any value the Mets have that can be traded? For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

From 'Baseball Isn't Boring' ( subscribe here ): In the latest in the series of 'Trade Deadline Confessions', Mets slugger Daniel Vogelbach reflects on being dealt from the Pirates to New York just 11 days before last year's Trade Deadline. Vogelbach also offers perspective on what the dynamic is like from the players' viewpoint.

The Mets take another series as they now improve to 9-5 in July. However, a poor June makes winning a 2 out of 3 games not enough to get excited. Plus, Trevor Gott joins the bullpen is terrible party, Verlander dominates, and Buck screws things up in game 3. Also, we can't escape to mention that Pete Alonso is terrible. Oh, and Francisco Lindor finally gets it... AND "The Rico's" email us their th...

In what should have been an easy game one verse the Chicago White Sox, Trevor Gott decided to join the party in "how can we ruin a game in under an inning." Thankfully the Mets still won, but it wasn't easy. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

The Mets go from Justin Verlander being dominant over 8 innings, to Buck and company throwing away the next game. For comments, questions, or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

It's officially time to talk about trading Pete Alonso. Plus, we dive into emails from "The Rico's". For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

"The Kids" broke out early this season, but do Jim Riley and Anthony Rivera believe Buck Showalter has handled them well this season?

After all the optimism and the wait to get through the all-star break, reality has set in. The Mets are just not good enough in 2023. A three game series where the Mets scored 3 runs off of 10 hits, they were lucky enough to scrape out a win. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

What went wrong for the Mets in 2023? If you watched Saturdays game verse the Dodgers you'd completely understand the downfall. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

It felt like the all-star break took forever to finish, but maybe we needed to wait a few more days before the Mets played a game because Friday night was another lifeless performance. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

The Mets do enough on Sunday to avoid getting swept. Evan takes you through another pitiful game and reads some emails. For comments, question or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

On this episode Evan and Hoff review the first half of the 2023 season. There have been a lot of downs along with some positives. They go through the blame game, the MVP of the team, biggest bust, best wins and worst losses of the first half! For comments, questions and topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

Evan starts out this episode breaking out his list of reasons the Mets are so bad. Who tops the list for the blame game? For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

After talking about the laundry list of issues that have destroyed the Mets season so far, they've genuinely been okay offensively speaking. However, there is one person (maybe two) who have completely been a bust in the lineup all season long. Who could that be? For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

As we wrap up the first half recap, Evan puts together a list of best wins and worst losses. Is there one win or loss that defines the season? For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

From 'DA's New York Accent' ( Subscribe Here ): Few Mets players have garnered 105 games played and had the lasting impact of George Theodore. He was nicknamed "The Stork," befitting his 6'5" frame, and became a fan favorite over two seasons in '73 and '74. Theodore discusses his eccentric personality, and "clubbing" in '70s NYC. He talks about what he learned from, and why he wishes he had more t...

And just like that, the 6 game winning streak is over and the Mets have now lost 2 in a row going into the all-star break. Max Scherzer looks done and the bats are dead. Is there any hope for this season? For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

The New York Mets looked like they were turning the corner and finishing up the first half of the season on a high note. Then they go in lose two in a row to another struggling team and it feels like the season is over again. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com