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A Pod of Their Own, Episode 47: A conversation with Mark Simon May 06, 2020

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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 welcome Mark Simon of Sports Info Solutions and The Athletic, and we discuss the ins and outs of measuring defense (and how the Mets are doing - spoiler alert: not great) and Mark’s countdown of the greatest Mets home runs of all time.

Next, we each share who our favorite Mets player is, and share some listener responses as well - add yours in the comments below!

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 find out more about Mark’s walk-off win, Save with Stories, on Instagram and stream New York City Ballet’s Digital Spring Season along with Maggie here.

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 through the embedded player below.

You can follow A Pod of Their Own on Twitter (@apodoftheirown), you can also follow our guest Mark Simon (@MarkASimonS ays), in addition to 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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From Complex To Queens, Episode 58: Eyes on Taiwan May 04, 2020

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

Steve, Lukas, and Thomas have a hard time deciding which Star Wars video game rules the roost in a May 4th edition of Promote, Extend, Trade.

Next, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions.

Following last week’s interviews with Rob about the CPBL, the team talks a little bit more about the history and culture of the league.

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!

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UnforMETable, Episode 36: Darren Reed Apr 30, 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.

When the Mets acquired Darren Reed from the Yankees in the 1987 offseason, one could reasonably have hoped the organization had pulled another coup along the lines of acquiring David Cone for Ed Hearn. The young prospect made a quick impression in the team’s first spring training in Port St. Lucie—beginning a string of impressive springs that let Ralph Kiner to refer to him as Mr. March.

Despite his memorable March exploits over several seasons, Reed never could crack the depth chart of the Mets impressive late 80s outfield before injuries began to chip away at his once promising future.

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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A Pod of Their Own, Episode 46: A conversation with Ginny Searle Apr 29, 2020

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This week, we welcome Ginny Searle of Baseball Prospectus and discuss a wide variety of topics including the baseball shutdown, the Red Sox punishment, J Lo owning the Mets, and the possible existence of Baby Met.

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), you can also follow our guest Ginny Searle (@ginnysearle), in addition to 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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From Complex To Queens, Episode 57: From Complex To Queens Goes International Apr 27, 2020

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

Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas discuss what super powers they’d want for members of a baseball team in Promote, Extend, Trade.

After, the team looks at how the coronavirus will be impacting the minor leagues once play begins, be it sometime in 2020 or afterwards. The precautions needed to ensure everyone stays safe will put pressures on teams that may not be able to handle them.

Next, Steve interviews Rob, who runs cpblstats.com, Dan, who runs mykbo.com. What lessons can we learn from Taiwan and South Korea in regards to expediting the return of baseball? What are the teams of the CPBL and KBO? Who are some of the players we should be aware of? Who should we, as Mets fans, root for?

We also encourage you to follow our two guests, Rob (@gocpbl) and Dan (@mykbo)!

Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets!

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A Pod of Their Own, Episode 45: APOTO Cookie Club, LIVE! Apr 22, 2020

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This week, because we are all looking for ways to inject a little joy into our lives in the absence of baseball, we celebrate the spirit of the Queens Cookie Club by hosting a cookie club of our own. Allison, Linda, and Maggie each bought a box of Insomnia Cookies and tasted all the flavors live on the pod, which we streamed on Facebook Live. Linda even recreated J.D. Davis’ cookie eating method. Spoiler alert: the cookies were pretty good.

But as we do every week, 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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From Complex To Queens, Episode 56: Margaritaville Apr 20, 2020

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

It’s the twentieth day of the fourth month, and that apparently has some kind of drug connotations, so Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas discuss a few pitchers that are known for their own connections to such substances in Promote, Extend, Trade.

After, they discuss the international market and why it will largely be unaffected by the coronavirus pandemic, for good or bad.

Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets!

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From Complex To Queens, Episode 55: This is a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year Apr 15, 2020

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

The Final Fantasy 7 Remake is finally out, and the team picks their favorite long-running, mostly continuity-less franchises in Promote, Extend, Trade.

After, they discuss what should have been the start of the minor league and what we could’ve expected from the Syracuse Mets, Binghamton Rumble Ponies, St. Lucie Mets, and Columbia Fireflies, and share what they were looking forward to.

Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets!

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Amazin’ Avenue in Conversation, Episode 12: Blake Jamieson Apr 09, 2020

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Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue in Conversation, a new podcast from Amazin’ Avenue where we invite interesting people on the show to talk about themselves, the Mets, and more.

Blake Jamieson is a New York based artist who is part of Topps’ Project 2020, recreating some famous baseball cards, including former Mets Dwight Gooden and Nolan Ryan. Jamieson specializes in mixing stencils and painting, and has done quite a few of athlete portraits. Check out his portraits, his puzzles, and follow him on Twitter and Instagram.

Check out AmazinAvenue.com for all your Mets needs, and make sure to follow the site on Twitter (@AmazinAvenue), as well as host Brian Salvatore (@BrianNeedsaNap).

Tune in on Fridays for more Amazin’ Avenue In Conversation, and Let’s Go Mets.

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A Pod of Their Own, Episode 44: A conversation with Brian Wright Apr 08, 2020

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This week, we have on Brian Wright to talk about his book The New York Mets All-Time All-Stars. We discuss some of his unexpected discoveries about Mets greats, his personal Mets backstory, and the latest MLB scheme to try to salvage the season.

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. (1:04:35)

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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