Home Run Applesauce: A New York Mets podcast

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Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), Episode 41: Weirdness, Week 1 Jul 31, 2020

Show notes

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

This week, Chris and Brian look back on the first week of the season, including the Marlins shutdown, the string of Mets’ DFAs, the problems with Edwin Diaz, and the weirdness of watching baseball with cardboard cutouts and fake crowd noise.

Chris’s Music Picks:

The Murlocs - Young Blindness

The Village Vanguard Friday/Saturday Livestreams

Brian’s Music Picks:

Deep Space Duo - Spacetones

John K. Samson - “Fantasy Baseball at the End of the World”

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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From Complex To Queens, Episode 72: Minor transactions with major impact Jul 26, 2020

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

Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the debut of Bugs Bunny, the team discusses Bugs Bunny foils in Promote, Extend, Trade.

Next, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, our adopted KBO team, the LG Twins, and our adopted NPB team, the Yakult Swallows.

Finally, the team discusses transactions and moves involving minor league players made in preparation for opening day and the rest of the 2020 season.

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!

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A Pod of Their Own, Episode 55: So about that pitching depth Jul 24, 2020

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 Marcus Stroman injury and how the rotation is pretty much in shambles but on the plus side their offense remains in tact.

Next, we talk about the return of baseball, how Juan Soto tested positive for COVID-19 just hours before the season was set to begin, and how the Blue Jays are still without a home.

We then introduce our all-virtual Dollars 4 Dingers fundraiser that will take place through the month of August and will benefit New York City food banks.

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), 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!

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UnforMETable, Episode 38: Mike Marshall Jul 21, 2020

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

The first reliever to capture a Cy Young Award after throwing over 200 innings across a stunning 106 games in 1974, Mike Marshall had an impressive major league career. After 700 appearances and 188 career saves, the coda to that career came in a New York Mets uniform, in a the second half of a season that might be the closest analog we have to this pending 2020 season—the strike-shortened 1981 season.

We’ll look at how a stretch of decent baseball put a .500 Mets team only a couple of games out of playoff position in the 50ish game sprint of the 1981 second half, as well as areas off the field in which Marshall had a lasting impact—such as his study of pitching mechanics and unlikely role in the development of Tommy John surgery.

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 your 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.

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From Complex To Queens, Episode 71: An oral history of the Binghamton Mets/Rumble Ponies Jul 20, 2020

Show notes

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

With the Comet NEOWISE lighting the night sky, the team discusses sci-fi movies in Promote, Extend, Trade.

Next, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, our adopted KBO team, the LG Twins, and our adopted NPB team, the Yakult Swallows.

After, the team talks about the Binghamton Mets/Rumble Ponies and all of the history that we will be losing from their contraction.

Finally, Ken sits down with Joe Campione, a former Binghamton Mets/Rumble Ponies employee, who offers his own, special perspective as an insider.

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!

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Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), Episode 40: Nearly There Jul 16, 2020

Show notes

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

This week, a little more than a week from Fauxpening Day (copyright 2020, Brian Salvatore), Chris and Brian look at the current state of the Mets, as well as health updates on Jacob deGrom, Robinson Cano, and Yoenis Cespedes.

Chris’s Music Pick:

Boris - No

Brian’s Music Pick:

Hiroshi Suzuki - Cat

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 54: Ask Us Anything Part II Jul 15, 2020

Show notes

This week, we return to Facebook Live to take more questions from Twitter, email, and the comments sections. We talk Mets DH, Opening Day plans, Yasiel Puig fandom, and more.

We also wrap things up like we do every week 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 70: Ode To Kingsport Jul 12, 2020

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

In Promote, Extend, Trade, the team discusses who they’d want to be stuck in an elevator with if they happened to be at Shea Stadium during the infamous New York City Blackout of 1977.

Next, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, our adopted KBO team, the LG Twins, and our adopted NPB team, the Yakult Swallows.

After, the team talks about the Kingsport Mets and all of the history that we will be losing from their contraction.

Finally, Steve sits down with Mark Davis, who offers his own, special perspective as one of the most knowledgeable Kingsport Mets fans out there.

Got questions? Comments? Concerns? You can email the show at fromcomplextoqueens@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter: Steve (@stevesypa), Lukas (@lvlahos343), and Thomas (@sadmetsszn).

We encourage you to also follow our special guest, Mark Davis (@kmetsfan)!

Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets!

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A Pod of Their Own, Episode 53: Who can afford to opt out Jul 08, 2020

Show notes

This week, we open the show with the storylines of Mets summer camp—Yoenis Cespedes dingers, the very Metsy free agent additions, and the fact that very few Mets outside of Jacob deGrom have guaranteed contracts beyond 2020 and therefore the luxury of being able to opt out of the season. We also chat about the latest rumors about the sale of the team and the resurgence of a possible Steve Cohen deal.

Next, we talk about this issue of opting out more broadly across baseball and how it is a luxury afforded only to the few players who have already gotten paid, while the rest of the players are faced with the difficult choice between their health and their livelihoods. We also discuss MLB’s bungling of the health and safety protocols, leading to many teams having to shut down their workouts.

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 69: Not Nice Jul 06, 2020

Show notes

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

In honor of the Fourth of July, the team picks which gratuitously over-the-top patriotic movie scenes to Promote, Extend, or Trade.

Next, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, our adopted KBO team, the LG Twins, and our adopted NPB team, the Yakult Swallows.

Finally, the team discusses the official announcement that there will be no 2020 Minor League Baseball season and how certain teams and certain communities are being robbed of the ability to say goodbye.

Got questions? Comments? Concerns? You can email the show at fromcomplextoqueens@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter: Steve (@stevesypa), Lukas (@lvlahos343), and Thomas (@sadmetsszn).

Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets!

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