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UnforMETable, Episode 18: Willie Montanez Jul 30, 2019

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Welcome to UnforMETable, a new show from Amazin’ Avenue that looks back on less heralded, more obscure, but quintessential Mets players from the past

As the trade deadline approaches, we take a look at the career and Mets tenure of the colorful, well-traveled Willie Montanez. Traded eight times in the course of his career—including being involved in one of the most memorable trades in major league history—Montanez eventually found his way to the Mets in the 1977 offseason.

In one of the bleaker seasons in Mets history, the first basement injected some much-needed verve into a moribund season, his memorable and stylized home run trot even inspiring some memorable spoofing. Hear about Montanez’s tenure in Queens along the way of his many major league stops.

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.

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From Complex to Queens, Episode 18: Trade deadline looming Jul 29, 2019

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

This week, the team plays Promote, Extend, Trade focusing on the great state of Pennsylvania.

After, the team discusses the hitter and pitcher of the week, Arismendy Alcantara and Tommy Wilson.

Next, Steve, Lukas, and Ken address all of the Noah Syndergaard trade rumors, and take a look at the players that could become Mets if Thor were traded.

Finally, the team reminisces about players that had success around this time in years past in “Oh Yeah, That Guy”: Akeel Morris, Tobi Stoner, and Stefan Welch.

And as a bonus feature, Steve gets cabbaged live on air!

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.

Email the show at fromcomplextoqueens@gmail.com, and follow us on twitter: Steve (@stevesypa), Lukas (@lvlahos343), and Ken (@kenlavin91).

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Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), Episode 16: Trade Deadline Speculation Jul 25, 2019

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

This week, with the podcast swap over, Brian and Chris reunite to discuss what a frustrating team the Mets are this season. So, more of the same!

First up, we discuss Robinson Cano and his three-home run game against the Padres on Tuesday night, as well as discuss why a Cano renaissance may not be the strangest thing to happen for the Mets.

Next, we look to what the Mets should do at the trade deadline, and argue for and against certain proposed trades, focusing on Zach Wheeler, Jason Vargas, Todd Frazier, and [gulp] Michael Conforto.

Finally, after a week off, the music selections return.

Chris’s Music Pick:

Mdou Moctar - Ilana (The Creator)

Brian’s Music Pick:

Frank Black and the Catholics - Devil’s Workshop

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 16: The road to Cooperstown Jul 24, 2019

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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 begin by discussing our poor slumping Polar Bear as well as the Mets’ handling of Zack Wheeler’s injury.

Next, we have to talk about domestic violence again. This time it was journalist Jonah Keri that was arrested for making threats against his wife.

We move on to the Hall of Fame induction ceremony and debate about letting those accused of steroid use into Cooperstown.

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 17: Fernando Tatis Jul 23, 2019

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Welcome to UnforMETable, a new show from Amazin’ Avenue that looks back on less heralded, more obscure, but quintessential Mets players from the past

Though current and future generations may come to know him more as the father of Fernando Tatis Jr.—visiting town this week with the San Diego Padres—Fernando Tatis was once himself a top prospect in baseball in the late 1990s.

We’ll hear about the promising start to his career—including a history-making day in 1999 when the third baseman became the only player in baseball history to hit two grand slams in one inning—before Tatis saw his career derailed by injuries.

After toiling in the minors for several seasons, Tatis came up to the Mets in May of 2008. We will reminisce about several memorable moments that the veteran supplied in that historic final season at Shea Stadium on his way to winning the 2008 National League Comeback Player of the Year award. In addition, we’ll touch on the prominent role former Met GM Omar Minaya played in Tatis’s career and life.

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 17: Bringing the heat Jul 22, 2019

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

This week, the team plays a speed-related Promote, Extend, Trade.

After, the team discusses the hitter and pitcher of the week, Travis Taijeron and Daison Acosta.

Next, Steve, Lukas, and Ken discuss the bread-and-butter of most pitchers: the fastball. The physics involved in how the ball travels, how hitters perceive it, and who has the best fastball in the Mets minor league system.

Finally, the team reminisces about a player that had success around this time in years past in Oh Yeah, That Guy.

Email the show at fromcomplextoqueens@gmail.com, and follow us on twitter: Steve (@stevesypa), Lukas (@lvlahos343), and Ken (@kenlavin91).

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Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), Episode 15: The Wheelers on the trade rumors go round and round Jul 18, 2019

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Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite, which this week is co-hosted by Chris McShane and Linda Surovich as we wrap up the week of mixing up the hosts on our podcasts for some midseason fun.

The show opens with discussion of the red-hot Mets’ four-game winning streak, which leaves them seven games under .500—and Mets fans maybe dreaming on something more, even though we fully realize it’s probably not going to happen. From there, we talk about the Zack Wheeler situation, the Mets’ hot hitters, and more before the break.

Coming out of the break, we run down the list of TRAID candidates, which includes Wheeler, Todd Frazier, Jason Vargas, and maybe Dominic Smith, Wilson Ramos, or Noah Syndergaard. And we wrap up by answering the questions we got for the show from folks on Twitter.

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 well as Linda (@LindaSurovich). and Chris (@ChrisMcShane).

And, until next time, Let’s Go Mets.

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A Pod of Their Own, Episode 15: A Crossover Extravaganza! Jul 17, 2019

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It’s a shake-up week at Amazin’ Avenue Audio and we welcome Lukas Vlahos and Ken Lavin as guest hosts while lending Allison out to From Complex to Queens and Linda to Amazin’ Avenue The Show.

This week, Maggie, Ken, and Lukas bemoan the Mets’ botched communications around Amed Rosario’s benching, as well as the classic Mets melange of bad process and bad luck that has landed Zack Wheeler on the injured list at the worst possible moment.

Then, we take a broad look at the state of labor issues in the minor leagues. The current system leaves the youngest and most vulnerable professional players open to sub-minimum wage, poor working conditions, and potentially dangerous experimentation. What will it take to get MLB to invest in their human resources?

And finally, we wrap things up as usual with our walk-off wins - one thing that made each of us happy this week!

You can find our guest hosts on Twitter as well: Lukas Vlahos (@lvlahos343) and Ken Lavin (@KenLavin91). And check them and the rest of the minors team out on From Complex to Queens, available every Monday in the same feed as A Pod of Their Own.

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 16: Richard Hidalgo Jul 16, 2019

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Welcome to UnforMETable, a new show from Amazin’ Avenue that looks back on less heralded, more obscure, but quintessential Mets players from the past.

This week, guest host Brian Salvatore traces the career of former Met Richard Hidalgo. Hildalgo came up with the Astros, had an amazing year in 2000, and a very good year in 2003 before coming over to the Mets in a trade in June of 2004. He hit 21 home runs in the summer of 2004, only to depart the team in the off-season.

Some of the things discussed in this episode: his connection to Bobby Abreau, his son signing with the Marlins, his abandoned ‘field of dreams,’ and the time the dude was shot during a carjacking, but played profession baseball just a few months later.

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). Guest host Brian is on Twitter (@BrianNeedsaNap) as well. Tune in next week for another tale from the Mets’ past.

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From Complex to Queens, Episode 16: 90th Percentile Outcomes Jul 15, 2019

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

This week, Steve is joined by guest hosts Allison McCague (from A Pod of Their Own) and Rob Wolff (from UnforMETable), who he immediately tasks with sorting the best Mets broadcaster trios in Promote, Extend, Trade.

After, the team discusses the hitter and pitcher of the week, Hansel Moreno and Frank Valentino.

Next, Steve, Rob, and Allison talk about 90th percentile outcomes and the paths that Pete Alonso, Jeff McNeil and Jacob deGrom took the the major leagues and how they developed into the all-stars.

Finally, the team reminisces about a player that had success around this time in years past in Oh Yeah, That Guy.

Email the show at fromcomplextoqueens@gmail.com, and follow us on twitter: Steve (@stevesypa), Lukas (@lvlahos343), and Ken (@kenlavin91). In addition, you can follow guest hosts Allison (@petitphd) and Rob (@wolffrr). And check out UnforMETable every Tuesday, and A Pod of Their Own every Wednesday, right here on Amazin’ Avenue

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