Amazin' Avenue: For New York Mets Fans

"The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor." - Albert Camus Look, you know what's coming in this episode. You can probably guess what we are going to discuss. Whether you choose to listen or not is up to you. Whatever. We'll understand if you don't. This wasn't some Mets/Marlins extra-inning disaster from 2013 Jeffrey and Greg can bitterly, but still bemusedly joke about. This was something else entirely.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our Game 3 World Series recap, Jeffrey and Greg are exuberant after the Mets win over the Royals at Citi Field. We also might be loud because we tried to record on podcast on Jeffrey's phone on the way back to the 7 train. Greg is in love with David Wright, Jeffrey is confused by Ned Yost, The Mets are back in the World Series, and we are all back in the New York Groove. The lesson is you should always listen to Rowdy Roddy Piper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 153 Jeffrey and Chris try to make sense of the first two games of the World Series. It's hard, because we are very tired, and the Mets have been kinda bad. We review the bizarre oddities of Game 1, the depressing thrashing in Game 2, and try and figure out a way back into the series for the New York Mets.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the first ever Amazin' Avenue Audio World Series preview Jeffrey and Greg are confused and terrified. This was true before every other Mets playoff series though, so a good omen perhaps? We discuss the Mets playoff rotation, how confident we are in the Mets bullpen, and who on the Royals scares us the most. Next, Andy McCullough, who you may remember from appearances on such podcasts as this one, joins the show to delve further in depth on the Mets World Series opponent. Then, David Roth is back to talk about Pat Misch, Alay Soler, and other non-World-Series playing Mets we have known. Finally we wrap things up with your emails. It's just like a regular podcast, except the Mets are about to play in the World Series ohgodohgodohgodohgodohgod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 151 of Amazin' Avenue AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   (so that happened, Jeffrey, Greg, and Steve try to talk about it coherently. They mostly succeed we think. On the agenda: The 2015 National League Champion New York Mets are your 2015 National League Champions. They don't have great merchandise, but they do have Daniel Murphy, who is hotter than the rapidly expanding universe after the Big Bang which also resembles the speed and trajectory of all his crazy dingers.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

It's another milestone episode for Amazin' Avenue Audio! Seems like this one came around quickly. Maybe because we are doing podcasts after every playoff game and THE METS KEEP PLAYING PLAYOFF GAMES YOU GUYS. This one was similar to the previous two. Good pitching, scrappy runs, Daniel Murphy dongs, DANZA KUDURO, and the Familia fist pumps. What happens next? We have no idea. This is crazy. We also answer your e-mails about what pro wrestler we would like to curse us out on Twitter because it is that kind of night (the kind of night where the Mets are up 3-0 in the NLCS to be specific). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 149 of Amazin' Avenue Audio, Jeffrey and Steve recap the Mets Game Two win over the Cubs in the NLCS. We've run out of things to say about Daniel Murphy, and we can't say it any better than Pedro when it comes to Noah Syndergaard, so we just end up exchanging recipe ideas by the end of the show. Though there is some (more) real talk about our emotional state as it relates to the 2015 Mets for those of you that (rightfully) demand actual Mets content in your Mets podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Mets won Game 1 of the NLCS behind a sterling performance by Matt Harvey, and Jeffrey and Steve are hear to talk about it in Episode 148 of Amazin' Avenue Audio. Not at the bar where they were watching the game (Jeffrey's phone died), but several hours later when we were all very sleepy. "Let's do it in ten minutes" was the off-air directive, so of course enjoy thirty minutes of discussion on Harvey shoving, Familia freezing, Murph murphing, Beltran playoff stat reading, and general incoherent babbling. Up the Night Owls! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Amazin' Avenue Audio's measured, reasoned review of NLDS Game 5, Jeffrey, Greg, and Steve consider the big questions? Like is Jacob deGrom a "big game pitcher?" Is Noah Syndergaard a "Big game pitcher?" Is Jerurys Familia a "big game pitcher?" Have we reached peak Daniel Murphy? And what do we think of the Chicago Cubs? There's also some great NYC ambient sound because Greg decided to walk his dog during the pod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Amazin' Avenue Audio's NLDS Game 4 recap, well, things didn't go to Terry Collins (also our) plan, so the Mets are headed out West for a do or die Game 5, whch hopefully won't be as crazy as Blue Jays/Rangers. We tip out hat to Clayton Kershaw (though we wish he could have waited another year to smash some #narrative) and talk about how we are coping with the impending Game 5. Fortunaely the Mets have one bad hombre on the mound. Next, we answer your e-mails about America's favorite shorstops and suitable punishments for Chase Utley. Finally, we wrap things up with a slightly concerning IFK Goteborg update. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our Game 3 NLDS wrap-up, Jeffrey and Chris take time out of the Mets blowout to chat about pacing your boos, America's favorite shortstops, and big dongs. We also get serenaded by exuberant (and possibly inebriated) Mets fans belting out Bily Joel. It's all in a day's work on Amazin' Avenue Audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeffrey and Steve discuss Game 2 of the NLDS and some have some very harsh words for Chase Utley. Parental discretion is advised. We probably should have also talked about Syndergaard's start, and the bullpen managenment in the seventh inning, and the Mets recent offensive struggles, but any and all of that would be burying the lead here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

These podcasts after every Mets playoff game were a better idea before the 9:45 announced first pitch, but Jeffrey and Greg brave sleep deprivation, jet lag, and not enough coffee to bring you a podcast recap of the Mets Game One win over the Dodgers in Los Angeles. We discuss the greatest magic trick Michael Cuddyer ever pulled, Jacob deGrom's dominant start, the unfailing entropy of Daniel Murphy, and compare David Wright to what is probably your favorite movie (but not Jeffrey's). We also preview Game Two before sending Greg off for a much-needed nap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 142 of Amazin' Avenue Audio, the crew has discovered the meaning of the universe, and it is the Mets in the playoffs! Greg and Jeffrey look back on their favorite Mets from 2015 and forward to how we are feeling about the Dodgers series (Greg is optimistic, Jeffrey pessimistic, F###n shocker as Billy Wagner would say). Next, David J. Roth of Vice Sports is here to discuss...the 2001 Diamondbacks baseball-reference page? Ichiro pitching? Eventually we get to the Mets as well. This kind of stuff tends to happen when he stops by. Then, Mike Vorkunov of the Star-Ledger gives Chris McShane some insight into the Mets roster machinations on the eve of their first playoff series in nine years. Finally, Mike Ferrin XM of Sirius joins us from somewhere on I-78 to shovel a little dirt on the Nationals grave and ponder how the Mets might fare against Kershaw and Greinke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In Episode 140 of Amazin' Avenue Audio, Jeffrey and Greg are back in studio to discuss the Mets recent offensive woes, the Blue and White Wizards recent League Cup victory, Jeffrey's gambling woes, our collective mental state, and of course to answer all your e-mails that have piled up over the last two weeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a special live edition from PitchTalks at Katch Brewery in Astoria, Queens, Jeffrey and Greg are joined by special guests Toby Hyde of the Mostly Mets Podcast and Maggie Wiggin of MetsBlog. We discuss Mets TV crossovers, what we missed on Michael Conforto, if Steven Matz is a "big game pitcher" (there are children in the audience), and whether Kevin Plawecki and Dilson Herrera have roles on the 2016 Mets. Then we take live audience questions on future Mets shortstops (no live jingle this time), the next exciting Mets pitching prospect (ummmm), and what the Mets need to accomplish in the subway series before ending the show with some much needed catharsis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the "Yoenis Cespedes is probably not the NL MVP but he is the MVP of our hearts" edition, Jeffrey and Steve try to make sense of the Mets sweep of the Nationals. Failing that, they babble incoherently about Yoenis Cespedes and answer e-mails about Dillon Gee and Eric Young jr, because BartYOLO.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the "Well, guess we are re-recording on Saturday" edition, Jeffrey and Steve discuss the sound and fury around Matt Harvey's innings limit, and then a probably anti-climactic bit about the Brooklyn Cyclones, because Jeffrey saw them this week. Next, Chris talks to Marc Carig of Newsday about the Mets hot August and what the future may hold for the 2015 Mets. Nothing about Matt Harvey though, because that was recorded on Thursday. Then, Joe Sheehan of Sports Illustrated is here to discuss if the Mets are actually good, if it matters, and why the Nats haven't been good. There is some more Matt Harvey talk here too. Finally we wrap up with your e-mails, and a brief IFK Goteborg update. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the "We will probably not do an e-mail show ever again" edition, Jeffrey and Steve answer seventeen of your e-mails. There's a bullpen tryptich, a duo of Matt Harvey, and we officially end our hiatus from discussing Daniel Murphy's contract status. Oh, there's also a trilogy of Wilmer Flores questions, a prospect pronunciation guide, an anecdote about Jeffrey's college pro wrestling days, and of course, a query about an obsccure short-season player. The Mets also made a trade, so I guess we have to talk about that too. Sigh.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices