Good baseball podcasts?

[Guest 41Forever]

Do you guys listen to any good baseball podcasts?



I've been listening to the ESPN Baseball Tonight podcast with Buster Olney because there isn't much out there, but it's very much an ESPN product and everything that goes with that.



I've tried Mike Silva's Talkin' Mets podcast. Like with a lot of one-host podcasts, there's a lot of pontificating and self-congratulating and not a lot of substance. It's been adequate for January, but I rarely make it to the end of an episode.



Shea Anything from SNY with Tracky and Doug Williams is a good listen, but hasn't posted anything since the winter meetings. Hopefully it will start up again soon.



I recently discovered Jay Horwitz's alumni interviews, and those are fun.



What do you guys listen to?

[kcmets]

Just wondering, am I the only one who can't remember the last time they

listened to a podcast (and I'm not entirely sure I ever listened to one)?

[G-Fafif]

SABRcast with Rob Neyer (in-depth interviews with highish-profile guests).

Baseball by the Book (baseball books).

Good Seats Still Available (defunct sports teams & leagues; some baseball).



The Metrospective if you're an Athletic subscriber, hosted by Pete McCarthy and Tim Britton, for what's going on at the moment.



A Metsian Podcast with Sam Maxwell, Mike Lecolant and Rich Sparago (I'm on now and then).

Baseball and BBQ with Jeff Cohen and Leonard Aberman, a pair of Mets fans.

Mets Musings with Gary McDonald, a refreshing non-blowhard.



The Press Box: the nexus of media and sports, entertainment and politics, hosted by the exquisite Ringer writer Bryan Curtis and his pal David Shoemaker. Not a ton of baseball.

[Guest 41Forever]

Those sound good and I'll check them out!



I did find one called Talkin' Baseball MLB Podcast from something called JOMBOY Media which talks to actual players and is interesting.

[Ceetar]

effectively wild, it's league-wide but it's good.



THe alumni ones seem fun, I haven't gotten there. A Pod Of Their Own from Amazin' Avenue is sometimes pretty good. I'm not a fan of most of the other Mets ones.




=kcmets post_id=31315 time=1581267849 user_id=53]
Just wondering, am I the only one who can't remember the last time they

listened to a podcast (and I'm not entirely sure I ever listened to one)?

[kcmets]

It's a fair and appropriate question. Let's see if anyone else is a non-pod before

judging me. And btw, you're often one of the crankiest here, so if you're calling

me a crank I'm humbly flattered.

[Ceetar]

It's a fair and appropriate question. Let's see if anyone else is a non-pod before judging me. And btw, you're often one of the crankiest here, so if you're calling me a crank I'm humbly flattered.

It's litearlly a thread about podcasts with replies suggesting podcasts!



I only respond to only 1/50 nonsense music posts with "I don't listen to music" And those are only usually because someone labeled them absurdly and I didn't realize.

[kcmets]

=Ceetar post_id=31330 time=1581281148 user_id=102]It's litearlly [sic, lol] a thread about podcasts with replies suggesting podcasts!

[Benjamin Grimm]

I've listened to one and a half podcasts

[seawolf17]

The only baseball podcast I spend any real time with is Rain Delay Theater, where Gelbs and Wayne interview Mets players, past and present. There have been some incredible gems there: Wilmer, Howie Rose, and McNeil come to mind immediately.

[stevejrogers]

I do have a bit of a podcast subscribing habit...



Here are Metly ones that have put out episodes since September (any older ones may have podfaded (ended with, or without a trace), especially with no sort of regular season wrap episode):



Talkin' Mets with Mike Silva

The Mets In The Zone (part of Comfortably Zoned Network Feed)

Locked On Mets

Simply Amazin

Amazin' Avenue (they have a few different good shows on the same feed)

New York Mets 101

We Gotta Believe

A Tale Of Two Boroughs: A Subway Series Podcast (yeah it's on both)

Giant Mess: A Giant-Mets Fan's 1 Man Show

The Put It In The Books Show (On TheCineSportsTalk Radio Network Feed)

MetsMusings

The Mets Are Run By Idiots

Welcome To The Podcast

For All You Kids Out There

Amazin' Mets Alumni Podcast With Jay Horowitz

New York Mets Podcast (MLB.com)

A Metsian Podcast

Mets Across The Pond

Flipping Bats & Winning Games

MetsRewind

Mets360

Shea Anything

The Bad Guys Pod

The Mets Talk

Mets Farm Report

The MetsCast

Ya Gotta Believe

Panic City

Rain Delay Theatre

Gotham Mets Pod

Greener Grass Mets

Orange and Blue Thing (The 7 Line's pod)

2019 MLB

Mets Overtime

[Guest 41Forever]

I do have a bit of a podcast subscribing habit... Here are Metly ones that have put out episodes since September (any older ones may have podfaded (ended with, or without a trace), especially with no sort of regular season wrap episode): Talkin' Mets with Mike Silva The Mets In The Zone (part of Comfortably Zoned Network Feed) Locked On Mets Simply Amazin Amazin' Avenue (they have a few different good shows on the same feed) New York Mets 101 We Gotta Believe A Tale Of Two Boroughs: A Subway Series Podcast (yeah it's on both) Giant Mess: A Giant-Mets Fan's 1 Man Show The Put It In The Books Show (On TheCineSportsTalk Radio Network Feed) MetsMusings The Mets Are Run By Idiots Welcome To The Podcast For All You Kids Out There Amazin' Mets Alumni Podcast With Jay Horowitz New York Mets Podcast (MLB.com) A Metsian Podcast Mets Across The Pond Flipping Bats & Winning Games MetsRewind Mets360 Shea Anything The Bad Guys Pod The Mets Talk Mets Farm Report The MetsCast Ya Gotta Believe Panic City Rain Delay Theatre Gotham Mets Pod Greener Grass Mets Orange and Blue Thing (The 7 Line's pod) 2019 MLB Mets Overtime

Thanks, Steve! I'll check out some of those!



I have heard a couple of "Locked on Mets" episodes. Still trying to figure out what I think about it. The quality makes it seem like it's a random guy in his basement. But he made some interesting points and seemed to know what he was talking about.

[stevejrogers]

I do have a bit of a podcast subscribing habit... Here are Metly ones that have put out episodes since September (any older ones may have podfaded (ended with, or without a trace), especially with no sort of regular season wrap episode): Talkin' Mets with Mike Silva The Mets In The Zone (part of Comfortably Zoned Network Feed) Locked On Mets Simply Amazin Amazin' Avenue (they have a few different good shows on the same feed) New York Mets 101 We Gotta Believe A Tale Of Two Boroughs: A Subway Series Podcast (yeah it's on both) Giant Mess: A Giant-Mets Fan's 1 Man Show The Put It In The Books Show (On TheCineSportsTalk Radio Network Feed) MetsMusings The Mets Are Run By Idiots Welcome To The Podcast For All You Kids Out There Amazin' Mets Alumni Podcast With Jay Horowitz New York Mets Podcast (MLB.com) A Metsian Podcast Mets Across The Pond Flipping Bats & Winning Games MetsRewind Mets360 Shea Anything The Bad Guys Pod The Mets Talk Mets Farm Report The MetsCast Ya Gotta Believe Panic City Rain Delay Theatre Gotham Mets Pod Greener Grass Mets Orange and Blue Thing (The 7 Line's pod) 2019 MLB Mets Overtime Thanks, Steve! I'll check out some of those! I have heard a couple of "Locked on Mets" episodes. Still trying to figure out what I think about it. The quality makes it seem like it's a random guy in his basement. But he made some interesting points and seemed to know what he was talking about.

Locked On's MLB Mothership has Paul Francis Sullivan as its host, so if anything you can listen to Locked on MLB instead



Wish there was a Met Guy In Michigan pod

[Guest 41Forever]

Just wondering, am I the only one who can't remember the last time they listened to a podcast (and I'm not entirely sure I ever listened to one)?

Like you, I had not listened to many -- until I had that hour-long commute to Lansing. I read about the Washington Post's "Presidential" and "The West Wing Weekly" and started listening and started really enjoying the format. There's a Kiss one that us usually about two hours long, so I'd listen to half on the way in and half on the way home.



I really liked one by Steve Hofstetter where he talked to older players, guys who weren't stars, like Ed Hern. But he seems to have disappeared.



I find them engaging, kind of like listening to the radio, but on a topic you really like and usually going in-depth. I liked them so much that I developed one for work. We're only about five episodes in, but it's going well, a lot of fun and allows us another way to tell a story.



Give some podcasts a try!

[Guest 41Forever]

I do have a bit of a podcast subscribing habit... Thanks, Steve! I'll check out some of those! I have heard a couple of "Locked on Mets" episodes. Still trying to figure out what I think about it. The quality makes it seem like it's a random guy in his basement. But he made some interesting points and seemed to know what he was talking about. Locked On's MLB Mothership has Paul Francis Sullivan as its host, so if anything you can listen to Locked on MLB instead Wish there was a Met Guy In Michigan pod

You are very kind! I do have one we started for work. We interview students and alumni with cool stories! If you want to give a listen, it's on Spotify, iTunes and the others. You can find it here: https://anchor.fm/mygrccstoryhttps://anchor.fm/mygrccstory



Curious what you think. We're learning as we go.



I'll check out the Mothership!

[Ceetar]

I "know" what I'm doing, were someone wanting to do a CPF Mets podcast, clearly from Steve's list there's a dearth.



You can scratch off 'we gotta believe' from that list though, since that's Barstool and hence hateful misogynistic garbage.

[stevejrogers]

I "know" what I'm doing, were someone wanting to do a CPF Mets podcast, clearly from Steve's list there's a dearth.

You can even borrow the name from your current pod!

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I do have a bit of a podcast subscribing habit... Thanks, Steve! I'll check out some of those! I have heard a couple of "Locked on Mets" episodes. Still trying to figure out what I think about it. The quality makes it seem like it's a random guy in his basement. But he made some interesting points and seemed to know what he was talking about. Locked On's MLB Mothership has Paul Francis Sullivan as its host, so if anything you can listen to Locked on MLB instead Wish there was a Met Guy In Michigan pod You are very kind! I do have one we started for work. We interview students and alumni with cool stories! If you want to give a listen, it's on Spotify, iTunes and the others. You can find it here: https://anchor.fm/mygrccstoryhttps://anchor.fm/mygrccstory Curious what you think. We're learning as we go. I'll check out the Mothership!

I'm also supposed to be podcasting for work, but doing that in addition to all the other stuff I do is a PITA. That said there is a white space in podcast land for the kind of thing I do, and they just got me a cool mic, so maybe. I'd be happy to be a guest or host of a Mets thing but tbh that'd be a little spitting into the wind, considering any mom's-basement butthead can start a podcast.



At one time, there was a billion Mets blogs too but most of those are dead today as writing is probably more difficult than talking.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: At one time, there was a billion Mets blogs too but most of those are dead today as writing is probably more difficult than talking.

I think speaking is harder. Or at least, good speaking. You could take time to craft and mold your writing. You could spend hours writing something that takes a few minutes to read. Or days. Or years. But speaking is in real time and on the fly. I think that the smartest people speak better than most people write.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

That's probably true too

[G-Fafif]

Much like the blogs back in the day that didn't take their cues from what they read in newspapers (publishing series previews as if you couldn't figure out the Mets were playing the Cardinals tonight), the Mets podcasts I find most palatable are the ones that aren't under the impression that they have to be latter-day Mike and/or the Mad Dog.



I've been America's Guest on many of them. I'm happy to be asked and go where the hosts want, but I've never understand the point of "let's talk about shortstop depth" for the umpteenth time.

[Fman99]

I can't listen to podcasts. I just wish everyone around me would shut up all the time. Lord knows why I'd want them all in my ear on headphones.

[dgwphotography]

I listened to a few podcasts a couple of years ago, and then just got bored with them

[Ceetar]

Much like the blogs back in the day that didn't take their cues from what they read in newspapers (publishing series previews as if you couldn't figure out the Mets were playing the Cardinals tonight), the Mets podcasts I find most palatable are the ones that aren't under the impression that they have to be latter-day Mike and/or the Mad Dog. I've been America's Guest on many of them. I'm happy to be asked and go where the hosts want, but I've never understand the point of "let's talk about shortstop depth" for the umpteenth time.

yeah, a lot of the internet is just aggregated nonsense at this point. One guy says something, 456 repeat it and maybe another 100 attempt to repeat it in their own words. Not that this is different with podcasts than say, Joe Buck saying something and every ESPN/talk show weighing in, but still.



Props to Amazin' Avenue's A Pod Of Their Own for that, mostly having a different take/angle/discussion.



My 'idea' would be more of a Barley Prose podcast where we talk beer and pair it with baseball. "This Triple IPA is huge, hoppy, and in your face. It really packs a wallop, much like Yoenis Cespedes' 3 HR game last night!"

[stevejrogers]

Much like the blogs back in the day that didn't take their cues from what they read in newspapers (publishing series previews as if you couldn't figure out the Mets were playing the Cardinals tonight), the Mets podcasts I find most palatable are the ones that aren't under the impression that they have to be latter-day Mike and/or the Mad Dog. I've been America's Guest on many of them. I'm happy to be asked and go where the hosts want, but I've never understand the point of "let's talk about shortstop depth" for the umpteenth time. yeah, a lot of the internet is just aggregated nonsense at this point. One guy says something, 456 repeat it and maybe another 100 attempt to repeat it in their own words. Not that this is different with podcasts than say, Joe Buck saying something and every ESPN/talk show weighing in, but still. Props to Amazin' Avenue's A Pod Of Their Own for that, mostly having a different take/angle/discussion. My 'idea' would be more of a Barley Prose podcast where we talk beer and pair it with baseball. "This Triple IPA is huge, hoppy, and in your face. It really packs a wallop, much like Yoenis Cespedes' 3 HR game last night!"

Man, Jake was as smooth as ever last night. Much like this tasty amber lager I picked up from my local nano brewery!

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Yes you need a perspective that's unique and an audience who appreciates that uniqueness

[bmfc1]

Whatever the subject, can we keep the podcast to an hour or less? I enjoy the work of Dax Sheppard but I do not need 1:40 of Josh Gad or 2 hours of Claire Danes. An hour is enough and that's why "WTF" and "Conan Needs A Friend" are good. This applies to the Mets as well. The Athletic's Mets pod, as mentioned by G-Fafif, is only a half-hour and that's enough. Organize your thoughts, tell us your feelings about the SS Depth, and get off the phone inside of an hour.

[seawolf17]

Two hours with Claire Danes has been a dream of mine since college.

[Ceetar]

"I cracked open this cinnamon stout for Thor's start, it really brings the heat"

[Guest 41Forever]

I didn't mean to imply that we needed a CPF podcast. Was just asking if you knew of any good ones out there that are Met-centric and worth a listen.