You know that stupendously annoying Optimum commercial that plays 150 times during every single baseball broadcast? The Wi-Fi installation lady is like, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, but mostly, times were just okay." That's actually exactly how it feels in Mets world right now: Each week has a true BEST day of our lives, a true WORST day of our lives, the vibes are just okay, nobody around us ever knows what we're talking about, and we're getting a little brain-fried from worry and over-excitement in the dog days of summer. We're like the Wi-Fi installation lady when she then starts talking about Susan B. Anthony and goes, "Susan. Suzy!" as though she is having a stroke. Are we built for this? We don't know!

This week on Hits Different, our guest host Ellen Cushing returns and we once again go WAY over our self-imposed but never self-enforced time limit. We talk about how ladies always be napping and do a tight 15-20 on the misinformation and, perhaps, totally innocent misunderstanding that has resulted in MLB players feeling that a gorgeous old hotel in Milwaukee is haunted even though literally no one outside of baseball has ever reported that. We also have an update on last week's mailbag question about eye black (you CAN get it out of your laundry) and some new information about local delicacies in both Canada and Pennsylvania.

Also, Brett Baty broke his finger. It's a "why don't I just kms" text situation for me.

Thank you Producer Nathan and let's go Mets!!!

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As daughters of fathers, we will defend the right of Mets' star J.D. Martinez to like photos of Sydney Sweeney's butt on Instagram in the days leading up to the birth of his first child, a baby girl. Mets are girl dads!! Mets don't hate women, they support them!!

This week on Hits Different, Kaitlyn and guest host Ellen Cushing discuss the Mets fans on Twitter who believe themselves to be psychics, the Mets fans who are actually psychics (us), and what flavor we would make a Mets-themed breakfast cereal. Also: Luis Severino threw a complete game which almost made Keith Hernandez cry. Pete Alonso hit a home run for us while we were at Citi Field telling John Fisher to SELL THE TEAM. Our Rochester, New York correspondent Sophie Tiffany went to check on Brett Baty and reports that he was weirded out by her. But he's fine!

The most important road trip of our lives is mere days away... and the vibes are much better than the absolute lunatics on the internet would have you believe.

Thank you as always to the beloved Producer Nathan and let's go Mets!

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This week on Hits Different, we are joined again by our amazing guest host Ellen Cushing and we somehow find the time to talk about World War II not once but twice. Who will stop us? For the record, David is alive and well and he's issued some corrections on last week's show. We regret the errors. Out of solidarity with the New York Mets and their ridiculously long and upsetting stretch of travel we were actually forced to make this episode almost two hours long...

Sadly, the guys didn't fare too well on their road trip from hell and scored only one run in three games out in Seattle, but we have to remember that if you leave New York for 10 days it's actually easy to go insane and become bad at everything. Sometimes you just have to sleep in your own bed!!

Also in this ep: We hear from the legendary Bobby (Ellen's son) and we finally got a mailbag question to answer (a "pitch to hit," if you will). We're looking for more! Please write to us. Please email Ellen if you're available to go to the Oakland A's game with her on Wednesday. Please email David if you don't believe us that he's okay.

Thank you Producer Nathan and let's go Mets!

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We're trying something with the episode title this week... some people enjoy a curiosity gap! And for a little insight into the Hits Different Business Operations, our most downloaded episode yet was the one titled "Bryce Harper Spit on WHAT?" We know the Hits Different listeners are not perverts, so we know they weren't clicking because they were titillated. They were clicking because they are intelligent and like to know the answers to questions!

I'm sure they can't wait to find out what the government did to the sun!!!

Also on Hits Different this week, our beloved guest host Ellen Cushing is BACK to talk about her fascination with perfect games, her hatred of the San Francisco Giants, and a really good BLT she had in Manhattan this week. It took us more than 45 minutes to get to the second segment of the show... but we had a lot to yap about regarding baseball, the New York Mets, and tangential topics, such as gift-giving and the new plastic hot dog in Ellen's house.

Thank you Producer Nathan—we love you!—and let's go Mets!

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Hits Different has returned from the All-Star Break with MUCH to discuss. (First of all, I had a dream about Adam Ottavino) This week, we've got a very special guest host ELLEN CUSHING, fresh off of a red-eye flight from Anchorage, Alaska, where she took in a crosstown rival game nearly as thrilling as the two in New York City last week and also heard a little bit about a shocking U.S. government action to secretly replace the sun. Thank you Ellen for your service!!!

Thank you as always to Producer Nathan and let's go Mets!

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The first half of the Mets' season is over and they're now in a Wild Card spot, leading to rampant speculation by sports writers who may in fact be chatbots that Pete Alonso will NOT be traded at the deadline. Duh!! We never even worried about it. What are we worried about? Hardly anything. Just Gunnar Henderson's Leonardo-DiCaprio-in-Django-Unchained cosplay and the future of Joey "Fuego" Lucchesi who was designated for assignment by the Mets last week and has since cleared waivers. So, he's still a Met for now but the President of Baseball Operations already came out in public and described Joey as someone who has "pitched well at times." Not exactly what you want to hear from your boss's boss's boss about yourself. Maybe Francesco, the guru who was living in Joey's house all winter, was not the correct guru for him.

This week on Hits Different, we're recapping a 5-1 home stand by your New York Mets and we're conducting the first ever Hits Different Draft Based on Names Only. The coolest baseball names on the list—those are the guys we want.

Let's go Mets!

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How many hot dogs did you have on the Fourth of July? Sadly, I (Kaitlyn) only had three. But! One of them was the best hot dog ever made. We discuss this and much else on this week's spicy mid-summer episode of Hits Different.

Kodai Senga looked fit as a fiddle playing for the Coney Island Franks (special promotional version of the Brooklyn Cyclones) and on Friday, July 5th (legally still part of July 4th), Jeff McNeil homered off of Paul Skenes??? Nothing else happened in that game as far as anyone can recall. Francisco Lindor won a baseball game on Sunday afternoon and was snubbed by his peers and his employers on Sunday evening. That doesn't matter to him. He doesn't do it for them, he does it for us. What does he need the All-Star Game for when he will be playing in the World Series?

Let's go Mets!

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How long can this "vibes" thing last? At least until the Mets win the World Series! This week, downtown Buffalo was lit up in Grimace purple and the Seattle Mariners were bumping Mets' star Jose Iglesias' new single "OMG" in their clubhouse. The Mets are worldwide, luv.

David and Kaitlyn could not let the wild events of the tail end of Pride Month go unremarked upon, so they struggled through absolutely demonic recording and production issues caused by Kaitlyn's decision to be in Salt Lake City, Utah instead of New York where she belongs. Thank you Jim Tiffany (Kaitlyn's dad) for coming through and granting Hits Different access to the incredible emergency technology known as VERIZON HOTSPOT ON ANDROID PHONE. We love you Jim Tiffany!!!

Actually, the REAL struggle this week was endured by Producer Nathan, who had to tangle with a heap of misfit and mismatched MP3 files just after drinking one or two Ford vs. Ferrari themed cocktails somewhere in Japan. We love you Producer Nathan!!!!

We love you Mets!!!!

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It's hot!! It's sweaty! It's sexy! In Syracuse, they cut their sleeves off! In Arlington, the Gay Mets crushed the Texas Rangers, famously the only team in Major League Baseball that doesn't celebrate Pride Month in any way (God said: "losers"). Then Bryce Harper took out his fist and gave it the old "Hawk Tuah" on national television. Boys!! We're blushing!!

This week on Hits Different, David and Kaitlyn discuss the dank parking garage that the New York Yankees play in for some reason and we learn that the Washington Nationals didn't want to be "the Senators" anymore because people who live in D.C. aren't represented in Congress. Okay! The people of Pittsburgh don't know any pirates either (I assume), but whatever you say. It's your uninspired baseball team and you can call it what you like.

Thank you to our friend James Rainis for our new musical moment this week, and thank you as always to Producer Nathan, this time editing us while on government business in [UNDISCLOSED ASIAN COUNTRY]. Love you! Let's go Mets!

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This week on Hits Different, David and Kaitlyn are tired but wired. Since the beginning of Pride Month, the Mets have been terrorizing the National League and there's NOTHING anybody can do about it. Mets are undefeated since Grimace threw out the first pitch and Harrison Bader warmed up in a pink crop-top. Mets are undefeated since J.D. Martinez hit his first-ever walk-off home run and Jose Iglesias gave him a big smooch on the cheek. Mets are dressed like fancy cowboys getting on their plane to Dallas.

This is the best team in the history of baseball! LGM!

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