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 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 ridiculous double-standard surrounding the media’s treatment of Yoenis Cespedes compared to Madison Bumgarner. Next, we have a podcast book discussion of Baseball Maverick by Steve Kettmann—a book about Sandy Alderson’s time as GM of the Mets. We take a look at how the Alderson era looks in hindsight, talk about our favorite anecdotes in the book, and more. Finally, we wrap things up with Walk-off Wins, where each of us talks about what’s making us happy this week, baseball-related or otherwise. You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Amazin’ Avenue Audio podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever you get your podcasts. You can follow A Pod of Their Own on Twitter (@apodoftheirown) and you can also follow all of our co-hosts on Twitter: Allison McCague (@PetitePhD), Maggie Wiggin (@maggie162), and Linda Surovich (@LindaSurovich). You can also email the show at aa.apodoftheirown@gmail.com.  Look for A Pod of Their Own in your feeds every Wednesday and don’t forget: there’s no crying in podcasting! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 (spoiler alert: it isn’t good). Then, the team takes a way-too-early look at the upcoming 2020 MLB Draft, in which the Mets make their first selection at 19. Steve is interested in CJ Van Eyk from Florida State, Lukas is interested in Reid Detmers from the University of Louisville, Ken is intersted in Heston Kjerstad from the University of Arkansas, and Thomas is intrested in Pete Crow-Armstrong from the Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles. They also share who they’d like the Mets to select with their second round pick (53) and their compensation pick for losing Zack Wheeler (70). As always, you can listen or subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts. Got questions? Comments? Concerns? You can email the show at fromcomplextoqueens@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter: Steve (@stevesypa), Lukas (@lvlahos343), Ken (@kenlavin91), and Thomas (@sadmetsszn). Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 offensive prowess of the National League, Matt Harvey the reliever?, and more. Chris’s Music Pick: Minami Deutsch - With Dim Light Brian’s Music Pick: Ween - Quebec You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Amazin’ Avenue Audio podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts. If you’ve got questions that you’d like us to discuss on the air, email the show at aaaudiopodcast@gmail.com.  Make sure to follow the site on Twitter (@AmazinAvenue), as Brian (@BrianNeedsaNap). and Chris (@ChrisMcShane). And, until next time, Let’s Go Mets.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. A-Rod has been in the news recently, so Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas Promote, Extend, Trade the best players from Washington Heights. After, the team talks about the St. Lucie clubhouse and why this was yet another LOLMets moment that didn’t have to be. Next, they talk about the pay raises that minor league players will be receiving and how much of a difference the money might make in their lives. Finally, they talk about the MLB The Show 20 roster and the inclusion of licensed minor leaguers in the official product. As always, you can listen or subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts. Got questions? Comments? Concerns? You can email the show at fromcomplextoqueens@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter: Steve (@stevesypa), Lukas (@lvlahos343), Ken (@kenlavin91), and Thomas (@sadmetsszn). Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 taking a look at Baseball Prospectus’s surprisingly Mets-friendly PECOTA projections and ask ourselves the eternal question: are the Mets good? Next, we call out the Mets for some pretty classless treatment of their minor leaguers and also unpack the latest unfortunate chapter in the sign-stealing saga (spoiler alert: it’s not looking great for Carlos Beltran). Then, we welcome a special guest in D.B. Firstman, brilliant baseball writer and wordsmith whose book Hall of Name: Baseball’s Most Magnificent Monikers hits stores next month. They share their journey to writing this book (and what Mets make the cut!) and weigh in on the latest MLB rumblings. Finally, we wrap things up with Walk-off Wins, where each of us talks about what’s making us happy this week, baseball-related or otherwise. You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Amazin’ Avenue Audio podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts. You can follow A Pod of Their Own on Twitter (@apodoftheirown) and you can also follow all of our co-hosts on Twitter: Allison McCague (@PetitePhD), Maggie Wiggin (@maggie162), and Linda Surovich (@LindaSurovich). You can also email the show at aa.apodoftheirown@gmail.com. Look for A Pod of Their Own in your feeds every Wednesday and don’t forget: there’s no crying in podcasting! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. The Abbasid Caliphate effectively fell on this date back in 1258, as Baghdad was surrendered to the Mongols, and Steve, Ken, and Thomas try to decide what desserts are preferable from the regions it controlled in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, the team talks about the different things that go into evaluating prospects and how those things get weighed and factored in. Finally, Steve, Ken, and Thomas compare and contrast their individual lists and give their thoughts as to why they ranked certain players where they did. As always, you can listen or subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts. Got questions? Comments? Concerns? You can email the show at fromcomplextoqueens@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter: Steve (@stevesypa), Ken (@kenlavin91), and Thomas (@sadmetsszn). Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.  This week on the show, Chris is sick, so Allison McCague of A Pod of Their Own sits in. First up, Allison and Brian discuss the failed sale of the Mets to Steve Cohen, the Carlos Beltran mess, and just how this Mets’ off-season has been even Metsier than normal. Then, we look at the team’s needs going into spring training, and try to pinpoint a good move or two to put them over the top. And, finally, we look at the rest of the National League East, and try to decide who leveled up the most in the off-season. Allison’s Music Pick: Catherine Feeny - Hurricane Glass Brian’s Music Pick: The Centurians - Surfers’ Pajama Party You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Amazin’ Avenue Audio podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts. If you’ve got questions that you’d like us to discuss on the air, email the show at aaaudiopodcast@gmail.com.  Make sure to follow the site on Twitter (@AmazinAvenue), as Brian (@BrianNeedsaNap). and Allison (@PetitePHD). And, until next time, Let’s Go Mets.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Wilpons outdoing themselves and torpedoing another potential sale of the team. (timestamp) Next, we talk about a mish mash of topics that we felt were all worthy of discussion. First was death of Kobe Bryant, the complicated legacy he leaves behind, the press coverage, and the rush to be first instead of accurate. We then move on to Kris Bryant losing his grievance against service time manipulation and what the ramifications could be of that decision. We next discuss the Super Bowl and end with several Mets taking a stand against domestic violence. (timestamp) Finally, we wrap things up with Walk-off Wins, where each of us talks about what’s making us happy this week, baseball-related or otherwise. (timestamp) You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Amazin’ Avenue Audio podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts. You can follow A Pod of Their Own on Twitter (@apodoftheirown) and you can also follow all of our co-hosts on Twitter: Allison McCague (@PetitePhD), Maggie Wiggin (@maggie162), and Linda Surovich (@LindaSurovich). You can also email the show at aa.apodoftheirown@gmail.com. Look for A Pod of Their Own in your feeds every Wednesday and don’t forget: there’s no crying in podcasting! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. With his son playing in the Super Bowl, Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas reminisce about 1999, Pat Mahomes’ best season in a Mets uniform, and Promote, Extend, or Trade various things that were present in the world in 1999 (and it was a really good year). After, the team start discussing, dissecting and analyzing the next five players revealed from Amazin’ Avenue’s Top 25 prospects list for the 2020 season: Brett Baty (4), Matthew Allan (3), Andres Gimenez (2), and Ronny Mauricio (1). As always, you can listen or subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts. Got questions? Comments? Concerns? You can email the show at fromcomplextoqueens@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter: Steve (@stevesypa), Lukas (@lvlahos343), Ken (@kenlavin91), and Thomas (@sadmetsszn). Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. Long before he would be known primarily as the father of the reigning National Football League MVP, Pat Mahomes had a long, winding baseball career. His days as a top prospect for the Twins long past, Mahomes was an unheralded acquisition for the Mets prior to the 1999 season. However, Mahomes soon proved a reliable reliever for Bobby Valentine and his 1999-2000 playoff squads, contributing some clutch innings down the stretch as the 1999 squad fought tooth-and-nail for a playoff spot, and coming up big again during the postseason. It was a memorable time for Mets fans, Mahomes, and his young son Patrick Mahomes II, who shagged flies in the Shea outfield back then, and still occasionally sports his dad’s Mets jersey now. As always, you can listen or subscribe to this and all of our wonderful Amazin’ Avenue Audio podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, or listen wherever you get podcasts. If you’ve got an idea for a player to be featured on UnforMETable, let us know in the comments. Make sure to follow Rob on Twitter (@WolffRR), and you can now follow the show, too (@unformetable). Tune in next week for another tale from the Mets’ past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. First, in honor of the Seikan Tunnel connecting the Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido, Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas play Promote, Extend, Trade involving various Japanese mascots. After, the team start discussing, dissecting and analyzing the next five players revealed from Amazin’ Avenue’s Top 25 prospects list for the 2020 season: Franklyn Kilome (9), Thomas Szapucki (8), David Peterson (7), Francisco Alvarez (6), and Mark Vientos (5). As always, you can listen or subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts. Got questions? Comments? Concerns? You can email the show at fromcomplextoqueens@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter: Steve (@stevesypa), Lukas (@lvlahos343), Ken (@kenlavin91), and Thomas (@sadmetsszn). Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. Coming off of a painful end to the 2007 season and with Paul LoDuca aging, Mets General Manager Omar Minaya made the decision to trade his former top prospect Lastings Milledge to bring in Brian Schneider and Ryan Church from the Washington Nationals. Considered a defensive stalwart, Schneider served as the primary backstop for the Mets in their fateful last season at Shea Stadium as well as their first season at Citi Field—even scoring the Mets first run in their new ballpark. As always, you can listen or subscribe to this and all of our wonderful Amazin’ Avenue Audio podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, or listen wherever you get podcasts. If you’ve got an idea for a player to be featured on UnforMETable, let us know in the comments. Make sure to follow Rob on Twitter (@WolffRR), and you can now follow the show, too (@unformetable). Tune in next week for another tale from the Mets’ past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 kick things off by bidding farewell to Carlos Beltran - we really, actually hardly knew ye - and look at a few possible replacements. We also take a look at how this week illustrated Jessica Mendoza’s conflicting team and media roles. We also announce our inaugural APOTO book club selection! We’ll be reading Baseball Maverick by Steve Kettmann over the next month and discussing it on our February 25 show. All APOTO listeners are invited to read along and send us their thoughts via email or Twitter for us to share in our discussion. Next, we welcome Sheryl Ring of Beyond the Box Score and talk about what baseball has meant in her life before tackling the larger implications of the sign-stealing scandal and where Major League Baseball goes from here. You can read Sheryl’s take on Carlos Beltran here, her proposal for a reimagined approach to domestic violence suspensions here, and while you’re at it, just read the whole damn archive, because she’s a freaking gem. Finally, we wrap things up with Walk-off Wins, where each of us talks about what’s making us happy this week, baseball-related or otherwise. You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Amazin’ Avenue Audio podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts. You can follow A Pod of Their Own on Twitter (@apodoftheirown) and you can also follow all of our co-hosts on Twitter: Allison McCague (@PetitePhD), Maggie Wiggin (@maggie162), and Linda Surovich (@LindaSurovich). You can follow our special guest Sheryl Ring (@Ring_Sheryl). You can also email the show at aa.apodoftheirown@gmail.com. Look for A Pod of Their Own in your feeds every Wednesday and don’t forget: there’s no crying in podcasting! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. First, Steve, Lukas, Kenny, and Thomas Promote, Extend, Trade things associated with Atlantic City in honor of the birth of Enoch “Nucky” Johnson on this date in 1883. After, the team start discussing, dissecting and analyzing the next five players revealed from Amazin’ Avenue’s Top 25 prospects list for the 2020 season: Junior Santos (14), Harol Gonzalez (13), Kevin Smith (12), Josh Wolf (11), and Shervyen Newton (10). As always, you can listen or subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts. Got questions? Comments? Concerns? You can email the show at fromcomplextoqueens@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter: Steve (@stevesypa), Lukas (@lvlahos343), Ken (@kenlavin91), and Thomas (@sadmetsszn). Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.  First up, Chris and Brian say “this sucks” a bunch of times as we try to make sense of the Carlos Beltran situation, the Astros sign-stealing scandal, and what exactly this means for Beltran as a future baseball official. We then look at some of the frontrunners for the Mets’ managerial opening, and the weird circumstances that anyone stepping into the job will be facing. Finally, we talk about the signing of Dellin Betances, and how we have no idea what to expect from the Mets’ bullpen in 2020. Chris’s Music Pick: Meatbodies - Alice Brian’s Music Pick: Beulah - Yoko You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Amazin’ Avenue Audio podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts. If you’ve got questions that you’d like us to discuss on the air, email the show at aaaudiopodcast@gmail.com.  Make sure to follow the site on Twitter (@AmazinAvenue), as Brian (@BrianNeedsaNap). and Chris (@ChrisMcShane). And, until next time, Let’s Go Mets.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices