National League Town fondly remembers the greatest baseball announcer who ever lived, Vin Scully, particularly how he started in Brooklyn and described a momentous night in Queens. Later (15:20), we balance satisfaction with discontent in assessing the Mets’ trade deadline activity (or lack thereof); Jeff “settles” for witnessing two Mets wins plus the return of Jacob deGrom up close and personal at Nationals Park; and Greg gets Le Grand Orange flashbacks from what might be considered an unlikely source.

National League Town didn’t wait for the Mets to play the Yankees before letting you know how their two-game set MIGHT have gone down. Also, as long as Greg and Jeff are bending time to their will, our hosts revisit 2005 for more Fan Commandments; swing by a concert that could have taken place in 1998; and try to figure out how a properly clad fan in 2022 doesn’t know from a self-explanatory acronym. LFGM? LFGNLT!

Despite forging National League Solidarity with the temporary teammates of Alonso, Diaz, Marte and McNeil, the senior circuit lost another All-Star Game, so we turn our attention to the process of making the entire week surrounding the Midsummer Classic better, with one Brilliant Idea after another offered free of charge to MLB. Also, we pay our respects to a pitcher who served as a bridge between Met ballparks; and a voice who brought Mets baseball to an audience yearning to revel in the joys of the game in a language they could understand (23:15).

With the All-Star Game approaching, we got to thinking that as NL fans, we’ll be rooting for players from teams we normally can’t stand. Thus, to make common cause with those who will be teammates of some of our favorite Mets for one night, Greg and Jeff come up with something nice to say about each of the Mets’ National League opponents. (Don’t worry, we won’t make a habit of it.) Also, the Mets take two of three from the Braves and we don’t mind a bit.

Keith Hernandez is so much more than a number and so much more than his statistics. As 17 goes up into the rafters at Citi Field, Greg and Jeff fondly revisit (11:17) the most intense Met either of them can remember, recall his transformative effect on the franchise and make common cause with the lady who wouldn’t extend George Costanza’s unemployment benefits. We also mull a possible trade the contemporary Mets might make and whether it could be a gamechanger on the order of what Frank Cashen executed on June 15, 1983.

Greg from Long Beach and Jeff from Great Neck explore the Mets’ connection to the counties east of Queens, including the rationale for building Shea Stadium where it rose; the owners, players and professors who left an orange and blue imprint on Nassau and Suffolk; and their own memories of playing ball when surrounded on all sides by water. Also, Jeff asks Greg a question with no good answer (28:45).

National League Town concludes its trip through the decades by naming its UtilityMet for the 2020s (to date) and discussing the role versatility plays in the current game (8:50). Greg and Jeff also attempt to shake off the wrong-way sweep in Houston and offer MLB Jeff’s Brilliant Idea to make national holidays twice as good (13:50).

What’s at least as good as the Mets being in first place? Getting to watch them at a decent hour. After a long West Coast road trip, Greg and Jeff are grateful for 7:10 PM starts; banged-up players coming home in one piece; fellow fans who know the score no later than the next morning; the most valuable UtilityMets of the 2010s (17:55); and a letter written in the 1950s. National League Town wishes a happy Father’s Day week to all the Mets fans out there (35:20).

Eduardo Escobar is dashing for third base and we’re right there with him as we celebrate the eleventh cycle in Mets history. We also explore the circle of life that surrounds “old friends” — players we loved as our own but then have mixed feelings about in other uniforms — as we prepare to process Noah Syndergaard pitching for the Angels against the Mets. Our Deep Bench series moves into the first decade of the 21st century (22:20), and, speaking of the 2000s, Greg and Jeff toast a National League Town numerical milestone (38:53).

When the Mets packed for their ten-game West Coast road trip, they made sure to take along plenty of momentum. Following a perfect homestand, Greg and Jeff revel a little in the Mets’ enormous division lead; fret not too much about the challenge awaiting them in California; and take this dream season one day at a time. Also, the Deep Bench series introduces the best Met role players of the 1990s (12:40) and we open the National League Town mailbag to learn about some of your Favorite Things (29:50).