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From Complex To Queens, Episode 135: Rules and regulations Sep 27, 2021

Show notes

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system.

This week for Promote, Extend, Trade, the team looks at some close calls regarding Mets-affiliated players and the Baseball Hall of Fame.

After, the they look at some changes that will be taking place in these last few games of the Triple-A season. Then, they discuss some rule changes that will be taking place in the Arizona Fall League.

Speaking of the Arizona Fall League, the teams throws out some suggestions of players they’d like to see participate in the AFL.

Following that, the team recaps the past week in Mets minor league baseball.

Ending things, the Wilponery of the Week.

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 at gmail dot com, and follow us on Twitter: Steve (@stevesypa), Lukas (@lvlahos343), (@KenLavin91), and Thomas (@sadmetsszn). And don’t forget to follow Amazin’ Avenue on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets!

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Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), Episode 79: Twitter Q&A Sep 23, 2021

Show notes

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.

The curent Mets product is bad, but we all know that. The season is more or less over, but we know that, too. So, we decided to bring the show to the listeners and solicited questions directly from Twitter! Topics discussed include Michael Conforto’s future, Pete Alonso’s home runs, and an Amazin’ Avenue battle royal.

Chris’s Music Pick:

Parquet Courts - Human Performance

Brian’s Music Pick:

The Album Leaf - In a Safe Place

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.

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A Pod of Their Own, Episode 103: May you live in interesting times Sep 22, 2021

Show notes

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 difficult position the Mets find themselves in this offseason—with lots of holes to fill, but not in a position to rebuild. We also talk about the possibility of Billy Beane as President of Baseball Operations.

In our baseball segment this week, we talk about the dugout spat between Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr. We also discuss the rising cost to attend a baseball game and how that makes the game inaccessible to fans.

We also remind everyone about our upcoming fundraising event this Saturday at Katch in Astoria at 5:00pm. Please come if you are able to! We have lots of awesome prizes to bid on—including a signed bat from Brandon Nimmo and a signed ball from Michael Conforto—all to benefit the National Domestic Violence Hotline.

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 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), Linda Surovich (@LindaSurovich), and Kellyanne Healey (@ellarebee). 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!

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From Complex To Queens, Episode 134: Put 2021 in the books (kinda) Sep 21, 2021

Show notes

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system.

We knew this moment would come eventually. It always does. The 2021 minor league season has come to a conclusion, for the most part. The Syracuse Mets season will continue, but 2021 is over for the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, Brooklyn Cyclones, St. Lucie Mets, and FCL Mets.

Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets!

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UnforMETable, Episode 69: Kevin Collins Sep 21, 2021

Show notes

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past.

The Mets signed Kevin Collins as a 17 year old in 1964. The infielder was rushed to the majors due to combination of baseball’s pre-draft era waiver rules and the young team’s many needs, and injuries and a lack of proper development time would soon stunt any opportunity for Collins to flourish.

Passed on the organizational depth chart by other youngsters such as Bud Harrelson, Collins transitioned to a role as a utility infielder. After missing out on an opportunity to claim a platoon role at third base in early 1969, the still young infielder would soon miss out on experiencing the Miracle Mets’ run, as he became a key component in the trade that brought eventual 1969 World Series MVP Donn Clendenon to New York.

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.

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UnforMETable, Episode 68: Mike Scott Sep 17, 2021

Show notes

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past.

The Mets drafted Mike Scott in the second round of the 1976 draft, hoping the hard-throwing right-hander would develop into a future pitching star. Unfortunately, Scott never developed a secondary pitch and his Mets career would fizzle out.

After some mixed success in his first couple of years in Houston, Scott would learn how to throw the split-fingered fastball from Roger Craig. With this new pitch—or perhaps some illegal doctoring of the ball—Scott would find sudden and massive success. And would make himself the biggest potential obstacle in his former team’s dramatic and treacherous path to the 1986 World Championship.

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.

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Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), Episode 78: Bad Play, Bad Tweets Sep 16, 2021

Show notes

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.

The Mets took two of three games from the Yankees over the weekend, giving one last injection of hope into this maddening season. But then the Cardinals came to town, and the Mets’ season looks more lost than ever. Plus, Steve Cohen continues to tweet, and no one seems particularly happy about that.

Chris’s Music Pick:

Amyl and the Sniffes - Comfort to Me

Brian’s Music Pick:

Colleen Green - Cool

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.

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A Pod of Their Own, Episode 102: John Smoltz is the Dan Brown of baseball broadcasts Sep 15, 2021

Show notes

This week, we begin by discussing all of the drama and emotions of the Subway Series, the coverage leading up to the 9/11 anniversary, and Sandy Alderson’s reported return for 2022.

Next, we talk about nationally televised games, game blackouts, and how baseball needs to find better broadcasters. We also give an update on minor league conditions and minor league pay.

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.

Look for A Pod of Their Own in your feeds every Wednesday and don’t forget: there’s no crying in podcasting!

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From Complex To Queens, Episode 133: Closing Time Sep 14, 2021

Show notes

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system.

Remember the Dreamcast? Remember how awesome it was at first but what a massive bust it was ultimately? The team takes a look at some Mets draft busts in Promote, Extend, Trade.

After, Steve, Lukas, and Thomas discuss how COVID-19 has impacted Binghamton over the last week or two and all of the roster moves that were made in response.

With a few weeks left for Syracuse and one week left in the minor league season for Binghamton, Brooklyn, and St. Lucie, the team takes a look at each affiliate and previews their upcoming series.

After, the team revisits the career of Jason Phillips in “Oh Yeah, That Guy!”

Finally, the Wilponery of the Week.

Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets!

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Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), Episode 77: Management Issues Galore Sep 09, 2021

Show notes

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.

While the Mets have had a relatively successful road trip thus far, the mismanagement of the team, both on and off the field, continues to be alarming. Whether it is the team's less than honest reporting of the Jacob deGrom injury, Luis Rojas's in-game management, or the continued mess that is the front office, it appears that the Mets need to clean house this off-season. Will they? That remains to be seen.

Chris’s Music Pick:

Meatbodies - 333

Brian’s Music Pick:

Pavement - Terror Twilight

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.

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