The Top 10 Second Basemen in New York Mets history are revealed!  Who will be number one?  Edgardo Alfonzo?  Wally Backman?  Jeff McNeil?  Daniel Murphy?  Listen in and find out!

The Top 10 First Basemen in New York Mets history are revealed!  Who will be number one?  Pete Alonso?  Keith Hernandez?  Ed Kranepool?  John Olerud?  Listen in and find out!

Our look-back at the 1985 baseball season concludes with an episode discussing the exciting World Series between the Kansas City Royals and the St. Louis Cardinals.  Listen in as KC triumphs, coming back from an 3-1 series deficit, and St. Louis completely melts down, instigated by a botched umpire call.  

The Kansas City Royals battle the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1985 ALCS.  No one gets their foot eaten by a tarp in this one.

The St. Louis Cardinals battle the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1985 NLCS.  And Vince Coleman gets his foot eaten by a tarp.  

It’s the season finale of “Catch the Rising Stars” as our journey chronicling the 1985 New York Mets culminates in a thrilling and emotional ending. 

It’s the penultimate week of the 1985 season and the Mets attempt to gain ground on St. Louis prior to a final week head-to-head showdown. Also in this episode, we unveil the future of the ‘Catch the Rising Stars’ podcast and preview those episodes in the works once the Mets 1985 season wraps up.

After there was Babe Ruth and before there was Shohei Ohtani, there was Dwight Gooden.  Dr. K was not only a phenomenal pitcher in 1985, he could hit too!  Hear about a week where Doc has two starts, pitches great in both of them, but at the plate goes 5 for 8, with 6 RBIs, including a 3-run home run.  All this while the Mets continue to battle the Cardinals for first place with just a few weeks left in the season!

We’re in the thick of the 1985 pennant race as the Mets and Cardinals go head to head in three games in front of sold-out crowds at Shea.  Only a few weeks left in the season and it’s crunch time.  Check it out!

This week’s episode pays tribute to former Mets manager, Davey Johnson, who sadly recently passed away at the age of 82.  And in our 1985 look-back, we discuss a week when Keith Hernandez testified in front of a federal grand jury about his former use of cocaine.  We also look at how Gary Carter hit five home runs in a span of two games.  And the Mets and Dodgers get into an on-field brawl in L.A.  This is an important episode to listen to.