S1 Ep38: Mike Marshall
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...
29m Jul 21, 2020
29m
S1 Ep71: An oral history of the Binghamton Mets/Rumble Ponies
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...
1hr 29m Jul 20, 2020
1hr 29m
S1 Ep40: Nearly There
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 Mus...
45m Jul 16, 2020
45m
S1 Ep54: Ask Us Anything Part II
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 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 u...
1hr 16m Jul 15, 2020
1hr 16m
S1 Ep70: Ode To Kingsport
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...
1hr 1m Jul 12, 2020
1hr 1m
S1 Ep53: Who can afford to opt out
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 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 guara...
1hr 12m Jul 08, 2020
1hr 12m
S1 Ep69: Not Nice
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 ...
54m Jul 06, 2020
54m
S1 Ep39: Baseball's New Rules Don't Rule
Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.  Brian and Chris look at the changes in rules and structure coming to the shortened 60 game season, including the universal designated hitter, the three batter minimum rule, and the roster structure. They also look to the Mets' recent signees to look for any potential ...
1hr 14m Jul 03, 2020
1hr 14m
S1 Ep68: Welcome! Bienvenido! Willkommen! Aloha! Shalom!
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. With the earliest known complete recording of a musical composition having been recorded on a phonograph cylinder on this date in 1888, the team Promotes, Extends, and Trades the many musical recordings that have been made in the years since. Next, Steve gives us an update on our adopte...
54m Jun 29, 2020
54m
S1 Ep38: Baseball's Back?
Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.  It's been a long while since we recorded an episode of (The Show), but we have returned to discuss the impending (we think?) return of baseball. This week, we don't dig into any of the proposed rule changes or the structure of the shortened season, but rather go into ...
1hr 14m Jun 26, 2020
1hr 14m
S1 Ep52: Reeks of Mets
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 all of the many rumors surrounding the Wilpons and the very wealthy people interested in buying the team.  Next, we talk about the agreement reached between the p...
1hr 6m Jun 24, 2020
1hr 6m
S1 Ep67: Eyes on Japan
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. In Promote, Extend, Trade, the team recalls one classic historical blunder and discusses who they would want to be by their side during a slightly less well-known classic blunder. After, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, our adopted KBO team, th...
58m Jun 22, 2020
58m
S1 Ep51: Ask Us Anything, LIVE!
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 took to Facebook Live to tackle whatever burning questions listeners could throw at us. Minor leagues, Rob Manfred, the state of LGBTQ issues in baseball, our reading lists, this pod...
1hr 37m Jun 17, 2020
1hr 37m
S1 Ep66: Final draft thoughts
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Following an exhausting twenty-four hours plus that Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas captured in our two From Complex To Queens live draft specials, the team returns to share their final thoughts about how they feel the Mets did in the 2020 MLB Draft. Sometimes, in the excitement of the mo...
35m Jun 15, 2020
35m
S1 Ep65: MLB 2020 Draft, Part 2
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. In part two of our special live 2020 Draft coverage, Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas break down the players that the Mets selected on night two of the 2020 MLB Draft. Following the selection of Pete Crow-Armstrong on night one with their first round pick, the Mets made a few interesting a...
32m Jun 12, 2020
32m
S1 Ep64: MLB 2020 Draft, Part 1
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. In a special 2020 Draft episode, Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas break down the 2020 MLB Draft, highlighting the picks and players that were selected before the Mets had the opportunity to come to the podium, and then the Mets’ 19th pick. Fans of the show should be familiar with their sel...
30m Jun 11, 2020
30m
S1 Ep63: Our draft board
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Celebrating the life of Satchel Paige, who died on this day in 1982, the team ranks some of his celebrated exploits in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, and our adopted KBO team, the LG Twins. Finally, with the 20...
1hr 17m Jun 08, 2020
1hr 17m
Evan October of the Isotopes Punk Rock Baseball Club
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. Evan October is the singer and songwriter behind the Isotopes Punk Rock Baseball Club, or the Isotopes for short. The Vancouver-based band writes songs about all aspects of baseball, including a song about a beloved Met: “The B...
40m Jun 05, 2020
40m
S1 Ep50: A conversation with Bradford William Davis, Part 2
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 continue our conversation with the Daily News’s Bradford William Davis. In case you missed the first part of our conversation last week, you can find it here. We discussed where we ...
52m Jun 03, 2020
52m
S1 Ep62: One man’s worth
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. In honor of World Milk Day, the team discusses cheese in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, and our adopted KBO team, the LG Twins. Finally, the team looks tries to break down minor league expenses as detailed as po...
51m Jun 01, 2020
51m
S1 Ep49: A conversation with Bradford William Davis, Part 1
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 the Daily News’s Bradford William Davis to the show and he discusses his piece on the small businesses around Yankee Stadium and this pandemic’s far-reaching consequences.  N...
42m May 27, 2020
42m
S1 Ep37: Greg Goossen
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 Greg Goossen from the Dodgers organization for $8,000 prior to the 1965 season, the young catcher with power potential quickly became one of the more promising prospects in the young organization. Goossen never lived up to his potential with the...
28m May 26, 2020
28m
S1 Ep61: Mets abroad
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. First, celebrating the original release of Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope, the team decides what Force powers would be most useful as a player in Promote, Extend, or Trade. After, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, and our adopted KBO team, th...
47m May 25, 2020
47m
S1 Ep48: Mets Show and Tell, LIVE!
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 took to Facebook Live to show our listeners our favorite pieces of Mets memorabilia we own, sharing the memories behind each one—ticket stubs, baseballs, scorecards, and more! We als...
1hr 13m May 20, 2020
1hr 13m
S1 Ep13: Tim Kurkjian
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. Since 1998, Tim Kurkjian has been a mainstay at ESPN, covering baseball in print, on radio, and on television. He has authored three books, the most recent being 2016's I'm Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies: Inside the Game We All ...
25m May 19, 2020
25m
S1 Ep60: Live! From New York! It’s From Complex To Queens!
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. First, celebrating the 120th anniversary of Frank Baum’s Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the team decides what characters they would keep for a baseball team in Promote, Extend, or Trade. After, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, and our adopted KBO team...
56m May 18, 2020
56m
S1 Ep59: Eyes on Korea
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. The oldest recorded manuscript in known human history dates back to today way back in 868, and it prompts Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas to Promote, Extend, or Trade the books they read in high school. After, Steve gives us an update on our adopted CPBL team, the Uni-President Lions, and...
55m May 10, 2020
55m
S1 Ep47: A conversation with Mark Simon
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 ...
1hr 14m May 06, 2020
1hr 14m
S1 Ep58: Eyes on Taiwan
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 t...
40m May 04, 2020
40m
S1 Ep36: Darren Reed
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 spr...
27m Apr 30, 2020
27m
S1 Ep46: A conversation with Ginny Searle
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 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 exist...
1hr Apr 29, 2020
1hr
S1 Ep57: From Complex To Queens Goes International
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 t...
1hr 5m Apr 27, 2020
1hr 5m
S1 Ep45: APOTO Cookie Club, LIVE!
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, 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 o...
1hr 6m Apr 22, 2020
1hr 6m
S1 Ep56: Margaritaville
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...
43m Apr 20, 2020
43m
S1 Ep55: This is a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year
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, Binghamto...
48m Apr 15, 2020
48m
S1 Ep12: Blake Jamieson
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 ...
23m Apr 09, 2020
23m
S1 Ep44: A conversation with Brian Wright
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 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 th...
1hr 12m Apr 08, 2020
1hr 12m
S1 Ep54: Jake Mangum Is Not Ichiro
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. With a bunch of shows airing their season or series finales a bit prematurely thanks to coronavirus, the team chooses a few of the best in Promote/Extend/Trade. After, they discuss who has stepped up and who could still be doing more regarding all of the outreach efforts to help minor l...
56m Apr 06, 2020
56m
S1 Ep43: They tried to make me go to rehab, CDC said no, no, no
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 Noah Syndergaard’s Tommy John surgery and the ethics of getting it done during a pandemic Next, we talk about the best games we have seen live and we share some a...
1hr 11m Apr 01, 2020
1hr 11m
S1 Ep53: The Best Player You Never Saw
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. John S. Pemburton first synthesized his recipe for Coca-Cola on this date back in 1886, so the team discusses their most and least favorite Coke variations in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, they discuss their favorite minor league prospects that they followed never made it to the major ...
51m Mar 30, 2020
51m
S1 Ep37: Stay Safe
Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.  We last recorded an episode from the East Coast of Florida, tingling with anticipation for a new baseball season. Man, oh man, how times have changed. Now, Brian and Chris discuss what a year without baseball may look like, both from a fan’s perspective and from a con...
47m Mar 27, 2020
47m
S1 Ep42: Noah Syndergaard’s UCL kicks us while we’re down
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 the show by discussing the recent news that Noah Syndergaard has torn his UCL and will undergo Tommy John surgery. Next, we chat about some of the fun features Amazin’ Avenue h...
41m Mar 25, 2020
41m
S1 Ep52: MiLB The Show 20
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Honoring Lewis & Clark beginning their journey back home on this date in 1806, the team looks at these famous Mets homecomings and decides which to Promote, who to Extend, and who to Trade. After, they discuss what Major League Baseball has done for its minor league players in the wake ...
45m Mar 23, 2020
45m
S1 Ep35: Tony Fernandez
Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. Tony Fernandez sadly passed away last month after a long battle with kidney disease at the age of 57. Known primarily as a key figure on some great Toronto Blue Jays teams of the 1980s, Fernandez would come to the Mets in 1993 as the latest in a long line of veteran n...
27m Mar 20, 2020
27m
S1 Ep41: Social distancing with Renee Dechert
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 the show by discussing the latest updates on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting baseball from the delayed season to paychecks for minor leaguers and stadium staff to how th...
1hr 18m Mar 18, 2020
1hr 18m
S1 Ep51: More Than Baseball with Jeremy Wolf
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. This week, Steve is joined by Jeremy Wolf, who was drafted by the Mets in the 31st round of the 2016 MLB Draft and now runs More Than Baseball, a player advocacy group that looks to “empower every ballplayer with opportunities to live a better life during and after their careers.” Who w...
33m Mar 16, 2020
33m
S1 Ep50: Reminiscing is fun
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. In honor of Hachikō and Seymour, two dogs that waited for their deceased owners to return to them until their eventual deaths, the team decides between some of saddest, most gut-wrenching moments in animation in Promote, Extend, Trade. Next, Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas follow up on th...
45m Mar 11, 2020
45m
S1 Ep40: So about that outfield 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 Michael Conforto’s injury and what that does to the Mets’ outfield depth. We are also hopeful about the bullpen and we fully support mic’d up ballplayers. Next, w...
1hr 16m Mar 11, 2020
1hr 16m
S1 Ep49: Going Back to School
Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. The Salem Witch Trials began on this date in 1692, so the team Promote, Extend, Trades and assortment of ungodly pitches. Next, Steve, Ken, and Thomas follow up on their selections in the The Inaugural Way-Too-Early Draft Special! and give updates on the seasons their respective picks h...
45m Mar 01, 2020
45m
S1 Ep36: The Port St. Lucie Diaries, Day 4 with Ryley Gilliam
Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.  Our final show from Florida was recorded at Due South Brewing Co. in Boyton Beach. On it, we discussed our morning at Mets camp and our afternoon at the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, watching the Mets beat the Astros, 2-1. We also spoke with Mets’ prospect Ryley Gilli...
41m Mar 01, 2020
41m