Born in '87

On today's pod, we are doing something we thought we would never do, talk hockey!  It took the Islanders reaching the Stanley Cup Semifinals for the 2nd straight season, but we have succumbed and we have brought James Arnone on the pod to tell us everything we need to know about this year's Islanders team, why as Mets-Jets-Knicks fans we need to be watching, and to break down this playoff matchup against the Tampa Bay Lightning.  If you are looking for some good game-day listening leading up to Game 1, look no further and check out our Islanders Playoff preview.

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We’re back talking Mets! But we’ve been distracted, between the Knicks postseason, Jets offseason, and all the late-night games on the West Coast, we haven’t been as locked in to the Mets as we should be (especially since we host a podcast covering them). Alex Bigelisen returns to the pod to fill in the gaps for us, and tell us How in Holy Hell do the Mets keep winning? We also discuss the Mets insanely good odds to win the World Series (according to FanGraphs), and have a fun discussion about what Mets, Jets and Knicks teams in our lifetimes have had better title shots than this 2021 Mets team.

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After 8 long years, the Knicks have again won a playoff game!  On today's episode Justin and Adam react to the first two games of Knicks-Hawks and discuss what they are looking out for in the rest of this series.  If you are looking for some Knicks Game Day listening, leading up to Game 3 tonight, you have come to the right place! Let's Go Knicks!

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Finally, the Knicks are back in the NBA Playoffs!  On today's pod (0:41), Tom Leninger and Chris Meany return to celebrate the Knicks regular season which resulted in them improbably getting the 4 seed in the east and to break down their first round playoff matchup against the Atlanta Hawks.  After a brief trip down memory lane at the top of the pod, we give you all the game day listening you want leading up to Knicks Game 1 tonight (8:22).  Let's Go Knicks!

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Harrison Glaser is Back! The CEO of Take Flight Media, Harrison Glaser, joins us on today’s pod to provide a lot of great player insight and break down the Jets 2021 offseason (1:30). We discuss Zach Wilson (10:39), do a deep dive on Joe Douglas’s 2021 Draft (21:59), and debate who their best pickups were in Free Agency (50:24). We also have some fun at the end of the pod figuring out where the Jets currently rank in the NFL hierarchy and whether or not we think the Jets can hit the Over on their Over/Under number of 6 in 2021 (59:12). Harrison provides a ton of great insight and this pod is must listen for all of Jets Nation!

If you enjoyed Harrison on this pod, check him out on his website takeflightmedia.org, his podcast on YouTube “Take Flight Spittin’ Fire”, or on Twitter @NYJetsTFMedia.

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After a bit of fun at the top of the pod, we get into breaking down the Jets draft (1:12) with John Hill and Travis Williams. While we do talk extensively about the Jets first 3 picks, Zach Wilson, Alijah Vera-Tucker, and Elijah Moore, the crux of our debate is whether or not the Jets made the right draft choices positionally, and whether or not Joe Douglas made the correct decision to stay at picks 2 and 34, and trade up for AVT at 14. We do not pretend to be experts about the players the Jets drafted, but we do discuss if from a team building standpoint, the best decisions were made. Regardless though of what we think, the Jets have (hopefully) new studs at Quarterback, Left Guard, Wide Receiver, and a whole bunch of other rookies as well. For the first time in a while, we feel it is fun to be a Jets fan again, and if you feel that way too, you’ll love this pod!

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The Knicks keep rolling and for the first time in eight years are primed to make the playoffs.  If you want to hear a good discussion about everything going on with the Knicks both now, and what may happen with the Knicks this offseason, you have come to the right podcast!  On today's pod, we sit back and appreciate everything going on with this Knicks team that currently sits alone in 4th place in the East, the ascent of Julius Randle, the emergence of RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley, and the resurrection of Derrick Rose.  We also discuss at length the players the Knicks could potentially sign or trade for this offseason that could vault the Knicks from their current standing as a top 10 team in the NBA, to a top 5 title contender, maybe as early as next season.  Chris Meany joined us to talk Knicks for 80 minutes on this pod, and honestly we probably could have gone a lot longer.  It feels so good to be able to talk relevant Knicks basketball again, and we think this a pod all Knicks fans will thoroughly enjoy.

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The Mets season is not off to a great start, but today, on a day where the Mets did not even lose a game, they showed a remarkable amount of organizational incompetence by starting their game against the Miami Marlins, just for it be postponed nine Marcus Stroman pitches into the game.  Then to make matters worse, it was announced that Stroman (after just those nine pitches) will not be able to pitch again for five days.  On this pod we complain about all the events of this disastrous rainy Sunday, and the poor on field performance over their first five games.  We let Luis Rojas have it too.  Listen to it all now on this Emergency Edition of the "Born in '87" podcast.

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If you want some rapid reactions to the dumpster fire that was this Mets opening night loss (27:20), you have come to the right place. It was a crazy Monday for our three teams, the Mets open their season with an unexpected loss, the officially failed Sam Darnold experiment comes to an end as the Jets trade Darnold to the Carolina Panthers (5:48), and the Knicks lose to the other team that plays home games in a NYC borough, the Brooklyn Nets (18:29). Here us break it all down in this emergency pod.

If you don’t want to read all that, the time stamps are also below:

Jets and the Sam Darnold Trade (5:48)

Knicks lose to the Nets (18:29)

Mets lose their season opener (27:20)

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On today’s pod (1:00) we are previewing the Mets 2021 season by playing WAR Games (and no, we’re not referring to the old wrestling gimmick or Matthew Broderick movie)! The “Born in ‘87” podcast’s version of WAR Games consists of a 5 round snake draft in which our guests, Travis Williams, Ross Green and Alex Bigelisen join us to draft players on the Mets. The goal with each pick in our draft is to draft the available Mets player who will have the best WAR in 2021. The person who collectively drafts the 5 players with the best cumulative WAR in 2021 wins. Drafts are fun, and this proved to be a really entertaining way to talk about all of the players on the Mets 2021 roster, and preview the season which is about to begin on Thursday night. At the top of the pod, we briefly go through why we are excited (or nervous) about the 2021 Mets (3:30), and then we jump into our WAR Draft (10:17).

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