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National League Town (a Mets podcast)

National League Town

Mets Fandom, Mets History, Mets Life with Long Island’s Own Greg Prince and Jeff Hysen

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00:52:27

Detecting Some Winners

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/11/17

Kevin Chapman, author of the Mike Stoneman series of thrillers, joins National League Town (30:23) to a offer glimpse inside his latest book, Dead Winner, and respond to speculation about why Detective Stoneman conveniently happens to be a Mets fan. Might it have something to do with Kevin being the same? Greg and Jeff also celebrate National League Manager of the Year Buck Showalter (00:27); revel in the new documentary examining the life of Willie Mays (12:48); and remember a ballplayer like few

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00:39:58

Sugar Rush

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/11/10

The Mets wasted no time securing the services of Edwin Diaz as their closer for several more years, and Greg and Jeff waste no time exchanging verbal high-fives over the club’s decision to act quickly. Now, they ask, what about their starter of starters Jacob deGrom? If Jake’s opt-out leads to the almost unthinkable, you’re not gonna believe what that does to one particular category within the annals of Met starting pitching. With pitching so much on our minds, it’s no wonder we also wonder aloud

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00:54:08

A Less Than Classic Fall

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/10/27

The same postseason that once included the Mets plows ahead to the Fall Classic, where a team the Mets beat 14 of 19 times and finished 14 games behind the Mets will represent the National League — not that we’re hung up on all that feels off this autumn. Nevertheless, Greg and Jeff attempt to make sense of the aftermath of the Mets’ October shortfall; decide whether the trade for Edwin Diaz was absolutely worth it; compile Steve Cohen’s immediate agenda items; and preview the World Series through

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00:40:36

What Kind of Year Has It Been?

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/10/13

Ah, 2022, the year the Mets won 101 games and made the playoffs with ease. Ah, 2022, the year the Mets blew the division title and were bounced from the postseason almost as soon as they got there. Each of the preceding sentences is true. Which sentiment resonates most? Greg and Jeff retrace the Mets’ steps as well as their own and try to discern how they and perhaps Mets fans en masse will eventually recall this inarguably unforgettable season. No matter how you choose to slice it, 2022 was a year

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00:29:24

Now Leaving Playoff Mode

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/10/10

The Mets shifted from postseason to offseason in two blinks of an L. A great year gets lost in a lousy finish, but that possibility resides within the fine print any time your team clinches something. Greg and Jeff talk each other through the disappointment, hoping their conversation provides their fellow Mets fans some solace...or perhaps simply something to do for a few minutes until Spring Training approaches anew. --- Send in a voice message:

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00:22:22

Survival of the Mettest

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/10/09

Jacob deGrom was himself. The Met offense was itself. The 2022 postseason is still in progress. Greg and Jeff process all that went right in Game Two of the National League Wild Card Series; get past all that is wrong with MLB’s broadcasting protocols; and cross their fingers that the Mets will have the chance to reign in Southern California. But never mind what may or may not await in L.A. For Game Three, it’s all about keeping the runs coming and elbowing aside San Diego in Queens. --- Send in

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00:20:32

Two for the Money

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/10/08

Game One pitched by a high-priced ace didn’t exactly hit the jackpot, yet we’ll try it again, hoping Jacob deGrom can bring the Mets back from the edge of the abyss that Max Scherzer (and a sleepwalking offense) pushed the Mets toward in the National League Wild Card Series. Greg and Jeff work through their frustrations, their uncertainties and their residual faith, all of it leading to their usual conclusion of “Let’s Go Mets!” --- Send in a voice message:

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00:25:04

A Window Closes, A Door Opens

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/10/06

The Mets’ regular season was wildly successful, eventually disappointing and ultimately inconclusive. Greg and Jeff are ready to get over the loss of the Eastern Division title and squeeze in at the children’s table, a.k.a. the Wild Card Series versus the Padres. Before making a meal of San Diego, they grab one last bite from Closing Day; drink toasts to batting champion Jeff McNeil and Frick Award nominee Gary Cohen; and unleash a wholehearted “LFGM!” to anyone within the sound of their voice. ---

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00:21:06

Putting on a Brave Front

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/09/29

As the Mets face potentially rainy nights in Georgia, National League Town lets the sun shine in, reminding us that however we get there, we are all soon to be in playoff mode — and that includes this very podcast. Greg and Jeff try to make the best of the final week of the season, break down what their lives will be like in the week(s) to follow and clue listeners in to why they’ll want to keep their pod dial right where it is. --- Send in a voice message:

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01:06:09

Tenth Time’s Another Charm

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/09/22

National League Town celebrates the 2022 Mets joining the franchise’s circle of postseason qualifiers, popping a cork over making the playoffs for the first time in six years, if not yet spraying champagne while the division title remains up for grabs. Later, Greg and Jeff bid a fond farewell to several cherished members of the Mets family (30:00). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nationalleaguetown/message

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00:24:32

You Have to Learn to Pace Yourself

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/09/15

Pennant race pressure affects us all when the Mets are actively engaged in pursuit of playoff positioning. It makes for a stressful September, but Greg and Jeff agree it’s far preferable to a month of looking ahead to next year. Also, National League Town shifts to cover upcoming rules changes; attempts to give the most famous of Mets fans a trumpet lesson; and takes a scintilla of credit for making Luis Guillorme eligible for Gold Glove consideration. --- Send in a voice message:

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00:42:29

Superstition’s Sometimes the Way

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/09/08

Baseball fans are perfectly logical creatures at least until they start to think about the next game, and when aren’t we thinking about the next game? Greg and Jeff cop to their impulses and rituals regarding what they do to help the Mets along and, even more importantly, not wreck their chances. Yes, it’s true: we have that much influence over the action. Also, we try to discern bullpen patterns; we attempt to readjust geography to make Atlanta return to the Western Division; and we only sort of

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00:37:30

The Day of Our Dreams

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/08/31

National League Town provides on-the-scene commentary and reflections from the first Mets Old Timers Day in 28 years, which is to say Greg and Jeff went to game together and had as Amazin’ an experience as they’d imagined. All the fans! All the players! Number 24! And a Mets win thrown in for good measure. Relive a Citi Field day like no other with the podcast that will always say “Hey!” to Old Timers Day. --- Send in a voice message:

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00:34:54

Ease On Your Scorecard

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/08/25

National League Town pencils in Endy Chavez, Edgardo Alfonzo and Eddie Kranepool for our final pre-Old Timers Day celebration because we’ll never erase the indelible memories each of these three E-Mets provided. In the present, Greg and Jeff rationalize the bumpy road trip through Atlanta, Philadelphia and the Bronx as more or less just one of those things even a first-place team encounters (though it would be nice if a catcher would hit sometimes). Finally, when a bedroom wall needs painting, we

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00:52:22

The Value of a Buck

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/08/18

After three seasons of trying to manage with first-timers, the Mets turned to an old hand in 2022, and Buck Showalter has surely provided a winning hand in the dugout. National League Town expresses delight at all Buck has done with the players and the media and, because no scenario is perfect, contemplates what could possibly go wrong. And speaking of old hands, Greg and Jeff continue to get excited for Old Timers Day, processing the dozens of alumni invited back and saluting three Met icons in

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00:59:17

Baseball Like It Oughta Be

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/08/11

The best Mets team since 1986 has National League Town thinking October in August, though with August going as well as it is, savoring this summer’s steamy pace might be the most advisable course of action. Once Greg and Jeff praise the 2022 Mets to the high heavens, they offer thanks for the return of Old Timers Day (21:00) and begin their three-part preview of the franchise’s 60th-anniversary reunion by focusing on a trio whose biggest swings will forever resonate in franchise lore. --- Send in

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00:44:18

Pull Up A Chair

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/08/04

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

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00:27:14

What Happened in the Subway Series

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/07/28

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! --- Send in a voice message:

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00:29:40

Realigning the Stars

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/07/20

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

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01:10:38

National League Solidarity

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/07/13

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. --- Send in a voice message:

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