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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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00:38:39

He's Not Just 17

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/07/07

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

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00:33:07

Long Island's Own

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/06/30

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). --- Send in a voice message:

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00:35:20

The End of the Bench

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/06/23

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). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nationalleaguetown/message

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00:39:01

Even the Nights Are Better

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/06/16

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). --- Send in a voice message:

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00:40:35

Cycles and Circles

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/06/09

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

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00:46:15

Flying High

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/06/02

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

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00:57:50

Thou Shalt Root Wisely

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/05/26

We dubbed them Commandments, but you can think of them as friendly suggestions — Greg and Jeff share a few time-tested guidelines intended to optimize your Mets fandom. Also, we withstand the loss of Max Scherzer; cross paths with Mark Canha’s relatives; catch a couple of Perks Patrol t-shirts; and offer the fondest of farewells to longtime bullpen coach Joe Pignatano (29:00) and baseball writer extraordinaire Roger Angell (34:50). --- Send in a voice message:

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00:27:47

A Few More of Our Favorite Things

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/05/19

Don’t ya love when you discover an unknown player five minutes before everybody else does? When you connect with a total stranger just because you’re each wearing a Mets cap? Experiencing one of those seasons nobody sees coming before it turns into a year that stays in your heart forever? Greg and Jeff ruminate further on the moments and emotions that make baseball special. (This episode was recorded before the current homestand began.) --- Send in a voice message:

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00:43:12

A Week In Joyville

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/05/12

How confident are we in the 2022 Mets? Confident enough to spotlight the 1962 Mets, with National League Town’s first-ever guest, Dave Bagdade, author of A Year in Mudville, the definitive opus on the Original Mets, that eternally lovable collection of characters nobody will mistake for the current incarnation (though today’s Mets are pretty lovable, too) (26:40). Elsewhere, we toast the latest comeback of a lifetime; Jeff has fun at the Nationals’ expense; and Greg directs our historical attention

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00:33:55

Team In Bloom

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/05/04

April showered Mets fans with wins. With May underway, Greg Prince and Jeff Hysen wonder whether we can stop and smell the roses of first place — or is it our nature to wait for the other shoe to drop? Also, Deep Bench continues with a salute to Met utilitymen of the 1970s; Nationals Park comes under the National League Town microscope; and Mets fan Nora Ephron has us thinking about Mother’s Day. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nationalleaguetown/message

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00:12:06

Five Arms, No-Hitting

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/04/30

The first combined no-hitter in New York Mets history is cause for the first emergency...we mean celebratory podcast in the long and storied annals of National League Town. Greg Prince and Jeff Hysen get positively giddy over Tylor Megill, Drew Smith, Joely Rodriguez, Seth Lugo and Edwin Diaz combining to blank the Philadelphia Phillies in not one but two columns of the line score. It’s the happiest Black Friday Citi Field has ever known. --- Send in a voice message:

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00:42:39

As Starts Become Seasons

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/04/28

With the Mets having won the vast majority of their first few weeks’ worth of games, Greg Prince and Jeff Hysen contemplate whether a good start means a good season is in progress. National League Town also introduces Deep Bench, a 60th-anniversary celebration of the Mets’ most useful utility players, and stands to applaud most (if not all) members of the 3,000 Hit Club. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nationalleaguetown/message

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00:28:55

Standing Tall

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/04/20

What’s that ten-foot high presence looming over the entrance to Citi Field? None other than the Tom Seaver statue, at last. National League Town celebrates the unveiling of the LONG overdue tribute to the Franchise and applauds the return of Nancy Seaver to the greater Shea Stadium vicinity. Plus Greg Prince explains his overalls and Jeff Hysen has had it up to here (his hand his under his chin) with a couple of nonsensical rules. --- Send in a voice message:

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00:33:34

Homeward Bound

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/04/14

Met-aphorically we sit at the Woodside station, with Mets-Willets Point as our destination. After a rousing road trip to start the season, the Mets are indeed coming home. Greg Prince and Jeff Hysen welcome them back to town by sharing a few thoughts regarding Citi Field, a ballpark that’s suddenly entering its 14th summer as the place we call our own. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nationalleaguetown/message

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00:40:39

Happy New Year?

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/04/05

One ace’s troublesome scapula notwithstanding, we brim with measured excitement for the season at hand. Take a trip around the diamond with Greg Prince and Jeff Hysen as they persuade one another every Met who wasn’t here last year is an upgrade over every Met who was; every Met who’s still here from last year will only get better; and if too much doesn’t go wrong, plenty is bound to go right in 2022. --- Send in a voice message:

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00:37:04

A Few Of Our Favorite Things

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/03/30

We’re looking forward to Mets baseball because we love the Mets and we love baseball. What exactly do we love about our team and the game they play? In an episode conspicuously devoid of gripes, Greg Prince and Jeff Hysen swap reason after reason they keep coming back season after season. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nationalleaguetown/message

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00:28:38

On The Town

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/03/24

The Mets were born in a National League Town. Does that place still exist? As a podcast, absolutely. As a state of mind, eternally. As an identity that speaks to our baseball DNA, evocatively. As an operative phrase describing New York in the present day...that may be another story. Greg Prince and Jeff Hysen delve into what exactly is in a name. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nationalleaguetown/message

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00:29:28

Spring At Last!

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/03/17

As Julie Andrews might put it, St. Lucie's alive with the sound of baseball, the game they have played for a thousand years...or 60 in the Mets' case. The sport and the team we missed are indeed back, and National League Town dives right into picking both of them apart. Greg Prince and Jeff Hysen grudgingly contemplate some new rules; cautiously welcome a couple of new arms; and wish a longtime reliever as well as they can considering he’ll be wearing a Phillies uniform, thus how well can he be

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00:33:08

The Locked Out Shape of Our Lives

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/03/10

Greg Prince and Jeff Hysen were eager to be assaulted by the annual onslaught of reassuring Spring Training rituals, routines, and clichés. Rob Manfred had other ideas. St. Lucie stays eerily quiet, but our hosts make plenty of noise regarding what Mets fans are missing in March of 2022. In search of solace, we close with a refreshing constitutional through the first-ever National League Town Mailbag. --- Send in a voice message:

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00:28:57

Gil and Buck

National League Town (a Mets podcast) ·

2022/03/03

Greg Prince and Jeff Hysen discuss Buck Showalter, the new Mets manager, and then celebrate the election of Gil Hodges to the Baseball Hall of Fame. (This episode was recorded prior to the cancellation of Spring Training and the first week of the regular season.) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nationalleaguetown/message

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