What was once a day of dread and embarrassment now has renewed joy as Ari and Joe celebrate Bobby Bonilla Day! Greg Prince, co-writer of the Mets blog, Faith and Fear in Flushing joins the show to revisit Bonilla’s infamous “ear plug” game on May 30th, 1992. Greg looks back at the troubles of that notorious season and Bonilla’s two tours of duty with the Mets (6:24).

 

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In this episode, Ari and Joe are joined by Ted Berg, co-host of the Metrospective podcast, to look back at the June 11, 2005 Mets classic Cliff Floyd walk off home run game. They take a deep dive into the 2005 season including Mike Piazza’s farewell season, Beltran and Pedro’s first season, 2005 sideburns and more!

Watch the game here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbDiQuhOUmQ

 

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Well folks, the Mets and Braves kind of stink and Ari and Joe are not happy about it! (00:32) Later, Andy Frye, from Forbes, joins the show talk about his new book “Smashing Adversity”, the baseball scene is Chicago and more! (16:36)

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Ari and Joe introduce some new segments to the show. First, Joe breaks down his "barves" of the week (2:12). Then, Dan Casazza returns to look at everything "lolmets" (4:07). Later, Joe pays tribute to the great owner/manager, Ted Turner (28:52).

 

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Ari and Joe welcome Mike Drucker, co-head writer of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, to discuss his relationship to baseball, working in late night television, his comedy career and his new book Silent Hill 2 (:38). Later, the guys talk about the Braves getting no hit, Jacob deGrom's dominance and Trevor Bauer's stupid invisible sword (30:24).

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Ari and Joe catch up on the past week and talk more about rule changes (:29). Then, Daniel Álvarez Montes returns to the show to talk the early excitement around Jazz Chisholm Jr and the Miami Marlins, the importance of Ronald Acuña Jr in Venezuela, the next World Baseball Classic and more! (21:24)

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Ari and Joe react to Opening Week (:45), and discuss a deGrom vs. Trout proposition. Then, Michael Clair from MLB.com returns to the show to discuss everything weird and awesome that has transpired in baseball so far (9:15), including Joe Musgrove's no hitter, the Conforto walk off HBP, the cat at Coors Field, in depth uniform analysis and more!

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Baseball is (kind of) back! Ari and Joe react to MLB's opening week (1:23) including Fransisco Lindor's extension, the Nationals Covid problem, and the Phillies making a sweeping statement against the Braves. Atlanta also lost the All Star Game (25:35) and we look at the week ahead! (30:35)

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It's (almost) Opening Day! Ari and Joe are joined by an incredible panel of experts break down the battle for the NL East.

 

The ExpertsMathew Brownstein - Metsmerized Online

Chelsea Ladd - Dugout Dish

Daniel Álvarez Montes - IVC Networks

Matt Weyrich - NBC Sports

Alex Carr - SB Nation

 

Rundown

Mets (8:18)

Marlins (20:24)

Nationals (31:22)

Phillies (44:42)

Braves (55:35)

Predictions (1:05:00)

 

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Matt Weyrich - @ByMattWeyrich

Alex Carr - @AlexCarrMLB

 

Happy Opening Day!

It's the last weekend without regular season baseball. Our buddies Dan Casazza and Adam Greene join us (1:15) for a drink or two to discuss silly rules, Bobby Bonilla Day, make incredibly inaccurate predictions (20:46) and more! 

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