S1 Ep92: Baseball Downunder
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. The Hanukah Zombie, voiced by Mark Hamill, will be flying his TIE Fighter to visit all of the good little boys and girls out there (and Decapodians) this week, so the Promotes, Extends, or Trades the preeminent voice actors over the past twenty, thirty years. Following that, the team discuss...
42m Dec 14, 2020
42m
S1 Ep67: Winter meetings and more with Elizabeth Muratore
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 have Elizabeth Muratore of our sister blog Rising Apple on the show. We begin by discussing Elizabeth’s Mets fandom and how she began writing about the Mets. We also wax poetic about...
1hr 17m Dec 09, 2020
1hr 17m
S1 Ep91: Béisbol Caribe
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Because today is Pearl Harbor Day, the team takes a look at different movies that feature World War II in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, they weigh in on the Trevor May signing (and his WoW stuff) and the cuts made on the recent non-tender deadline. Following that, they take a look at baseba...
48m Dec 07, 2020
48m
S1 Ep47: To Tender, or Not to Tender?
Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.  This week, Brian and Chris reconvene for the first time in nearly 2 months (!) to discuss the state of the Mets' front office under Steve Cohen and the lack of a current general manager. Next, they discuss the decision to tender contracts to Steven Matz and Robert Gse...
1hr 10m Dec 03, 2020
1hr 10m
S1 Ep90: Thanksgiving 2020
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Because it’s Thanksgiving, the team took the week off from the usual format and instead talk about what they are thankful for. Steve is thankful for our one listener, Ringo, and the comment section. Lukas is thankful for that special dopamine hit that comes when the Mets have success. Ken is...
24m Nov 30, 2020
24m
S1 Ep66: We’re not doing that
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 Sandy Alderson becoming the president of baseball operations after their search did not go as they hoped. We then move on to Robinson Cano’s suspension for PEDs a...
1hr 10m Nov 25, 2020
1hr 10m
S1 Ep89: Down where the trade proposals play
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Believe it or not, but Toy Story turns 25 today, so the team takes a look in their toy boxes to see who and what they’ve forgotten about in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, with the completion of the Uni-President Lions, LG Twins, and Yakult Swallows seasons, the team hands out end-of-season a...
1hr 4m Nov 23, 2020
1hr 4m
S1 Ep88: Turn and face the strange, ch-ch-changes
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. A bunch of New York sports legends share the same birthday, so the team sorts through them in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, Steve gives 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. We focus on...
1hr Nov 16, 2020
1hr
S1 Ep1: I'm the Cake Boss
Welcome to APOTO (The Show), an all-star show hosted by Linda Surovich and Allison McCague from A Pod of Their Own, a show by the women of Amazin’ Avenue and Brian Salvatore from Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show). This is the first, but hopefully not the last, collaborative show of this kind during the 2020/2021 offseason. First up, we discuss new Mets owner Steve Cohen’s introductory press confe...
1hr 47m Nov 12, 2020
1hr 47m
S1 Ep87: Bye Bye Brodie
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. On this date back in 1519, Moctezuma welcomed Hernán Cortés into Tenochtitlán in what can only be described as a great blunder in history, so the team looks at other massive blunders in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions,...
59m Nov 09, 2020
59m
S1 Ep86: Lessons to be learned from the winners
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. On the heels of Steve’s catastrophic computer problems last week, and ironically on the 32nd anniversary of the first malware released into the internet, the team ranks computer hackers in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lio...
50m Nov 02, 2020
50m
S1 Ep43: Mickey Lolich
Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. Mickey Lolich was a young, fireballing left-hander who had a notable career with the Detroit Tigers. Lolich had the fortune to shine brightest on MLB’s biggest stage, spinning three complete game victories in winning the World Series MVP in the Tigers’ 1967 triumph ov...
29m Oct 29, 2020
29m
S1 Ep65: Happy birthday to me, it’s the end of the Wilpon era
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 Steve Cohen’s impending approval by MLB owners and how Bill de Blasio is grandstanding over a technicality. We also referenced a piece that appeared in The New Yo...
1hr 12m Oct 28, 2020
1hr 12m
S1 Ep85: The Exalted GM, Mr. Brodie
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Celebrating the heritage of a certain top pitcher who you’d never guess is Iranian, the team picks between other players who have backgrounds you would not realize at first glimpse in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, o...
1hr 26m Oct 26, 2020
1hr 26m
S1 Ep46: The Waiting Game sucks, let’s play Hungry, Hungry Hippos
Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.  This week, we lament the lack of Mets news, as well as the loss of Mikkeller NYC, which Chris reflected on earlier this week. We talk about Steve Cohen passing the next hurdle in his acquisition of the Mets, the post-season success of Travis d’Arnaud and Justin Turner...
48m Oct 22, 2020
48m
S1 Ep84: Alderson Avenue, Part 3
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. It’s Yoenis Cespedes’ birthday, so we celebrate by looking back at his best moments with the Mets in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, 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. N...
1hr 26m Oct 18, 2020
1hr 26m
S1 Ep17: Anthony DiComo
Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue in Conversation, a podcast from Amazin’ Avenue where we invite interesting people on the show to talk about themselves, the Mets, and more. Anthony DiComo started at MLB.com as an intern in 2007. He’s been on the Mets beat since 2011, and over that time developed a good relationship with David Wright. Now, just two years after his retirement, Wright and DiComo have wri...
33m Oct 16, 2020
33m
S1 Ep64: This is a Marcus Stroman stan account
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 free agency and who the Mets should be in on this offseason, especially with the addition of Steve Cohen. We then discuss the news that should Cohen be approved h...
1hr 24m Oct 14, 2020
1hr 24m
S1 Ep84: Alderson Avenue, Part 2
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. On the anniversary of the very first Oktoberfest, the team talks about beer in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, 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. Next, the team discusse...
1hr 19m Oct 12, 2020
1hr 19m
S1 Ep42: Butch Huskey
Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. Butch Huskey was a promising power prospect in the Mets organization in the mid-90s. With a build to match his name and scouts comparing him to Mark McGwire, there were high hopes that Huskey would unlock that power for the Mets. A player without an obvious position o...
42m Oct 06, 2020
42m
S1 Ep82: Alderson Avenue, Part 1
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Celebrating the anniversary of PBS’ first broadcast on this date back in 1970, the team decides between classic PBS children’s shows we (presumably) grew up on in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, our adopted KBO team, ...
1hr 20m Oct 04, 2020
1hr 20m
S1 Ep45: The Sandy Man Can
Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.  The 2020 season is over, and the Mets managed to end it in the most depressing way possible, with injuries, blowouts, a poor deGrom start, and missing out on the largest pool of playoff teams in history. But not all hope is lost; Steven Cohen has hired Sandy Alderson ...
1hr 9m Oct 02, 2020
1hr 9m
S1 Ep63: The “devil magic” is good player development
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 talking about the good, the bad, and the ugly from the 2020 season, including the embarrassment of missing the playoffs in the age of expanded playoffs. We also discuss Sand...
1hr 32m Sep 30, 2020
1hr 32m
S1 Ep81: For the times they are a-changin’
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. With Ted Williams securing his place in history with a .406 batting average on this date in 1941, the team talks about who’d they want to take up from cryonic slumber next to in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, our ado...
44m Sep 27, 2020
44m
S1 Ep16: David Wright
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. There are few people in the history of the New York Mets as beloved or important to the team and its fans as David Wright. Wright, who has a new book, The Captain: A Memoir due out on October 13th, joined Chris McShane and Bria...
29m Sep 22, 2020
29m
S1 Ep80: Villines Club 4-4-4-4 Life
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. With the HMS Olympic colliding with a British warship and almost sinking- barely escaping the fate her sister ships would have- the team talks about the worst possible luck in a baseball context in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-Pres...
54m Sep 20, 2020
54m
S1 Ep44: Enter the Cohen
Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.  The Mets’ playoff chances are looking less and less likely with each game, but the overall future for the Mets looks a little bright, or a little less Wilponian, with the announcement that Steve Cohen and the Wilpons have agreed on a deal to sell Cohen 95% stake in th...
58m Sep 17, 2020
58m
S1 Ep62: There are no angels in baseball
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 officially selling to Steve Cohen and our complicated feelings on the matter.  Next, we talk about how once again Rob Manfred dropped the ball when it...
1hr 11m Sep 16, 2020
1hr 11m
S1 Ep79: So sayth the Neimoidian “Now there are two of them!
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. With the Major League Baseball season having come to a premature end on this date in 1994, the team discusses events that they would’ve liked to have seen in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, our adopted KBO team, the L...
1hr 3m Sep 14, 2020
1hr 3m
S1 Ep41: Bill Denehy
Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. Bill Denehy was a wild, fireballing young right-handed prospect in a Mets organization suddenly rife with them in the 1960s. Denehy’s fastball was considered second only to Nolan Ryan’s, and the team likely envisioned both of them headlining a rotation with the team’s...
29m Sep 10, 2020
29m
S1 Ep61: Temper Tantrum Week
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 Mets’ dire starting pitching situation, with recent bad outings by Michael Wacha and David Peterson. We go on to talk about the Phillies series, in which Bryc...
1hr 15m Sep 09, 2020
1hr 15m
S1 Ep78: Trade Talk, Catchers, Kurosawa
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast Amazin’ Avnue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Forging ahead without Steve (who will be back next week), we start by remembering Akira Kurosawa, who died on September 6th 1985 in Promote-Extend-Trade.\ After that, we check in our adopted NPBL, KBO, and NPB teams. In short, time to give up the Swallows and go all in on the Twins. We then t...
53m Sep 07, 2020
53m
S1 Ep60: #41
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.  It’s an all Mets show this week on APOTO. Kellyanne Healey and Allison McCague talk about the passing of Met legend Tom Seaver, his legacy, and what he means to this franchise and its fanbase. The...
1hr 14m Sep 04, 2020
1hr 14m
S1 Ep43: Fare Thee Well, Franchise
Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.  Tonight, it was announced that the greatest Met of all time, George Thomas Seaver, died at the age of 75. Brian and Chris celebrate his Mets career from afar, before shifting the conversation to the presumed new owner of the Mets, Steve Cohen. Also discussed are the t...
56m Sep 03, 2020
56m
S1 Ep77: The Ballad of Bud Fowler
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Celebrating Hideo Nomo’s birthday, the team discusses what pitchers with crazy deliveries to Promote, Extend, or Trade. After, 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. N...
45m Aug 31, 2020
45m
S1 Ep42: Dom Smith, Leading the Way
Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.  Thursday, August 27th will go down as one of the most historic days in Mets’ history for a few, mostly good, reasons. Brian and Chris discuss the events of the day, praise Dominic Smith for his on and off the field actions, talk about Brodie Van Wagenen’s leaked video...
55m Aug 28, 2020
55m
S1 Ep59: A conversation with Jen Ramos
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 Jen Ramos to the show and begin by discussing the Mets’ COVID situation and how that impacts the team the rest of the way. Next, we talk about Thom Brennaman using a homophob...
1hr 17m Aug 26, 2020
1hr 17m
S1 Ep40: Claudell Washington
Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. Claudell Washington debuted in Oakland as a teenager at the tail end of the A’s early 1970s dynasty. While he never quite lived up to some predictions of a Hall of Fame level career, Washington became a solid, well-traveled offensive contributor. His fascinating, leng...
32m Aug 25, 2020
32m
S1 Ep76: The Freshmen
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. John Lennon’s killer was sentenced to 20 years to life on this date in 1981, so the team discusses what Beatles songs to Promote, Extend, or Trade. After, 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 ...
58m Aug 24, 2020
58m
S1 Ep58: We’re pro-fun
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 house of cards that is the Mets’ rotation—the continued struggles of Steven Matz, along with Corey Oswalt having to fill in for David Peterson. But, the 2020 ...
1hr 14m Aug 19, 2020
1hr 14m
S1 Ep75: Don’t you (forget about me)
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. In honor of the anniversary of Fantasmagorie, widely considered by film historians to be the first animated cartoon movie, the team Promotes, Extends, and Trades more contemporary cartoon movies. After, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, our adop...
49m Aug 16, 2020
49m
S1 Ep57: I saw a take on Twitter and got mad
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 welcoming Kellyanne Healey as our new guest co-host. We then discuss the Marcus Stroman and Yoenis Cespedes opt-outs and how the Mets made a mess of it like they usually do....
1hr 12m Aug 12, 2020
1hr 12m
S1 Ep74: What we’ve got (and remember that)
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. In honor of the founding of the Society for American Baseball Research in 1971, the team promotes, extends, and trades some stats. After, 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 ...
40m Aug 10, 2020
40m
S1 Ep15: Jay Horwitz
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. Jay Horwitz started working for the Mets in 1980 and, forty years later, has stories about just about every player to wear orange and blue. He's also the author of Mr. Met: How a Sports-Mad Kid from Jersey Became Like Family to...
22m Aug 06, 2020
22m
S1 Ep39: Walt Terrell
Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. Walt Terrell came to the Mets organization in a trade remembered more for the other piece in the deal—Ron Darling—as the two AA starters joined a struggling organization trading its lone fading star, Lee Mazzilli. Terrell was the first of the team’s young pitching pro...
28m Aug 04, 2020
28m
S1 Ep73: Deep end of the pool
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. First, 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 discusses some roster moves over the past week involving Jordan Humphreys and Franklin Kilomé. Finally, w...
49m Aug 02, 2020
49m
S1 Ep56: Lindigs
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 start with a chat about the first week of Mets baseball—from Cespedes homers to bullpen woes to the debuts of Andres Gimenez and David Peterson.  Next, we discuss the Marlins coronav...
1hr 1m Aug 01, 2020
1hr 1m
S1 Ep40: Weirdness, Week 1
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 M...
59m Jul 31, 2020
59m
S1 Ep72: Minor transactions with major impact
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...
49m Jul 26, 2020
49m
S1 Ep55: So about that pitching depth
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 b...
1hr 14m Jul 24, 2020
1hr 14m