Episodes
Host Personality, comedian, actor and voiceover artist John Saponaro joins the Metsian Podcast! Fresh off MC duties at the Queens Baseball Convention, John resides in Los Angeles but just like dose Dodgers, is originally from Brooklyn. He has been heard on Sirius XM's Raw Dog radio, has filled in as the PA announcer at the home of the Tennessee Titans and has appeared on the NBC Sports Network and FS1. You can find him at inktr.ee/johnsap. New Mets president of baseball operations David...
Published 12/15/23
This week on The Metsian Podcast, we welcome reporter Mark C. Healey to discuss the Mets new manager, Carlos Mendoza, and get Mark’s take on the Mets hot stove plans. SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE! 🎙⚾️🎧 SUBSCRIBE ON SPOTIFY!🎙⚾️🎧
Published 11/17/23
Well, the season is over, and unfortunately for all us Mets fans, it didn’t go according to plan. The red nuke button was pressed around the trade deadline and we enter the offseason with Buck Showalter out of a job, Billy Eppler having resigned for a potential multitude of reasons and a new (and first) president of baseball ops in David Stearns. Joining us to not only discuss the season, for better or worse, as well as look forward to the hot stove and the 2024 Mets is Faith and Fear in...
Published 10/10/23
We got cut off, but here's part 2 of our chat with Mestradamus on the first half disaster and what's ahead for the second half. 
Published 07/14/23
The Metsian Podcast welcomes Metstradamus John Coppinger to discuss what went wrong in the first half and what the Mets can do right in the second. And if they can't do right on the field, what is right going into the trade deadline?
Published 07/14/23
Faith and Fear in Flushing and NL Town's Greg Prince and Baseball and BBQ's Jeff Cohen joins The Metsian Podcast to break down what is the deal with the 2023 Mets 30-30 start to the season. SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE 🎙⚾️🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-metsian-podcast-with-sam-rich-mike/id1340012396 SUBSCRIBE ON SPOTIFY🎙⚾️🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/1iCpHbNZsye9UHG0wYjeuK?si=O0KG-BrcScCULVLVPyiNRA LIKE & SUBSCRIBE on YOUTUBE 🎙⚾️🎧...
Published 06/06/23
This week on The Metsian Podcast, we welcome Lauren from Queens! Lauren is a middle school special education teacher in the borough. She's been a Mets fan her entire life. Her love for the game and the team comes from her dad; she grew up going to games at Shea with her parents. Playing softball growing up, she was convinced that she was going to be exactly like her favorite player, Mike Piazza. She has "Ya Gotta Believe" tattooed on her wrist, and tries to live by that motto. You can find...
Published 05/12/23
As the Mets come home after a successful western road trip, The Metsian Podcast welcomes Once Upon a Time in Queens Director Nick Davis! Nick Davis is an award-winning writer, director, and producer, including ONCE UPON A TIME IN QUEENS, a 4-hour documentary series he Produced and Directed about the 1986 New York Mets for ESPN's 30 for 30 series. He has also written a book on his filmmaking family's history, specifically the Mankiewicz brothers, titled, "Competing with Idiots: Herman and Joe...
Published 04/25/23
This week on The Metsian Podcast, we welcome Subway to Shea's Anthony Rivera! Anthony Rivera is the host & producer of the Subway To Shea Podcast. He also is a Contributer for Rising Apple on the FanSided Network. We'll discuss the uneven start to the Mets season, the injury issues they are dealing with plus much more. So, join us for the latest edition of The Metsian Podcast!
Published 04/10/23
Spring training has officially ended. The Mets made news, as you might expect. Edwin Diaz is lost for the season because of a freak injury at the WBC. How will the Mets try to fill the void left by the best closer in baseball? Francisco Alvarez, Brett Baty, and Mark Vientos are not coming north with the team. Darin Ruf, Daniel Vogelbach, and Eduardo Escobar will be on the opening day roster, but for how long? Are the Mets ready to go further than they did last year, and perhaps bring a...
Published 03/27/23
The Metsian Podcast returns as our Metsian hopes spring! On today's podcast, we welcome Metstradamus aka John Coppinger, and former Mets minor leaguer J.J. Newman. JJ was drafted by the Mets in the 35th round of the 2006 draft. He spent a season and a half with the Gulf Coast League Mets, dealing with an injury before playinng for the Independent Washington WildThings in 2007. JJ will not only give us his impressions of the 2023 Mets going into spring, but discuss what it is usually...
Published 02/17/23
LIVE at 8pm ET, we welcome Faith and Fear in Flushing & NL Town's Greg Prince to the program. Well, we all spoke too soon as just before Christmas, word came down that the Mets were also concerned with the Carlos Correa medicals. Unlike with the Giants, there seems to be motivation on both sides to make the deal work. We'll talk about the contract and of course monitor the situation via the Internets to see if any news drops while LIVE on air. And with the year almost over, we'll look...
Published 12/30/22
LIVE at 8pm ET, The Metsian Podcast welcomes Passed Ball's John Pielli. John has hosted the Passed Ball Show since 2011. It can be seen/heard on YouTube, Apple Music, Spotify, and Amazon Music. He a sports historian and has a website of http://johnpielli.com.    Welp, Jacob deGrom heads to Texas on a 5-year deal worth around 187 million, which is hard to believe would have been matched by the Mets had deGrom even given them a chance to do so. Mets fans are split about the way Jacob left,...
Published 12/10/22
Well, the last game has been played and the offseason is here. Congrats to Dusty Baker and the Houston Astros on their championship, and from a strictly selfish, Metsian perspective, we're thankful we won’t have to live in another winter where a division rival is world champions (still, congrats to the Phillies on their phantastic playoff run.) Quickly and swiftly, the Mets signed Edwin Díaz to a record 102 million, five year deal, though Jacob deGrom and Taijuan Walker opted out and became...
Published 11/08/22
LIVE at 9pm ET, The Metsian Podcast welcomes back John Coppinger, aka Metstradamus, to the program. The "WOW" factor is still lingering. With the listlessness settling in and the familiar Marlins peskiness keeping us down, Eduardo Escobar put the Mets on his back and ensured, coupled with the Nats walk-off win against the Braves in DC, that the team would head into their final 3 regular season games against the Braves up 1 in the division. We'll recap what has happened since we last talked...
Published 09/30/22
LIVE at 9pm ET, we huddle on this Metsian offday to discuss, what else, our favorite baseball team. Joining us tonight is Faith and Fear in Flushing and NL Town's Greg Prince. The Mets found themselves out of sole possession of first place after losing three straight, two to the Nationals and the first game against the Pirates. Tied to start Wednesday's doubleheader, the Mets responded by sweeping the twin bill, which also prevented a possible season-high losing streak. Most likely in the...
Published 09/09/22
LIVE at 9pm ET, the Metsian crew gets together for the latest edition of The Metsian Podcast. The Mets right a bunch ol' time wrongs while maintaining a lead in the eastern division. We'll recap the Mets current positioning since last we spoke and reminisce of the glory of the first old timers game since 1994. We'll look onto the Dodgers series and what the Mets have in store after that. This plus much more on the latest edition of The Metsian Podcast! SAY HEY!
Published 08/30/22
LIVE at 9pm ET, we welcome Tumaro Media's Phil Maillard to have a healthy Metsian conversation with Sam, Rich and Mike. The Mets have been rolling since the All-Star Break, staving off their closest competitor and going 15-4 since then. They may have not made a "major" move at the All-Star Break, but they've gotten major production from the new additions of Tyler Naquin, Daniel Vogelbach and Darin Ruf, perfectly integrating into the Buck Showalter mix and not massively shaking up the...
Published 08/12/22
Double, double toil and trouble; summer burns, and dog days bubble.  After two losses against the Padres, the resilient Mets responded with a dramatic takedown of the New York Yankees in the subway series.  They thus reestablished a three-game lead over the second-place Atlanta Braves.  Alas, what will prove to be a wild second half of the season is excitedly underway.  With the trade deadline now less than a week away, it's up to the general manager to reinforce the team and fortify their...
Published 07/29/22
Do you feel it?  Mets Fever is in the air.  Fans everywhere are becoming wildly happy and contagious.  Suppose you're breaking out in blue and orange dots.  That might be due to the Mets on Wednesday completing a series victory at Atlanta, taking two out of three games against their top division rival, the defending champion Braves.  As they say, if you want to be the best, you must beat the best.  That being said, the Mets have now "won four of seven games" against the Braves this season,...
Published 07/14/22
Remain calm.  All is well.  Or is it?  The Mets barely survived the month of June but still hold an increasingly tenuous lead over the Braves.  Will it last?  Their recent play brings that and many other questions into play.  While the Braves and Phillies hammer away at each other in Philadelphia this evening, Sam Maxwell and Mike Lecolant try to sort things out in a quick reaction episode of The Metsian Podcast.  The show goes LIVE! at 9:30 pm (EST).  Send any hot takes, questions, or...
Published 07/01/22
The deeper we get into this 2022 season, the more the Mets distinguish themselves as one of baseball's top contenders.  Team depth and resiliency have kept them atop the division and continue pushing this team forward; injuries be damned.  Please join Sam, Rich, and Mike as they reconvene to discuss everything going right in Flushing, along with other Mets minutiae.  Tonight's episode of The Metsian Podcast goes LIVE! at 9:00 PM (EST).  Feel free to call #646-787-1919 for a quick hot take or...
Published 06/21/22
The New York Mets built a comfortable lead in the NL East. It's a good thing they did, because they have hit the skids a bit on the their current California trip, going 3-4 to date, while the Braves and Phillies have each won seven in a row. The Mets' lead is "down" to seven games, and the injuries are piling up. Though both avoided tthe IL for now, Pete Alonso and Starling Marte are day-to-day. Chris Bassitt is going through tough times. Never a dull (or easy) moment in Metsville. Join Sam,...
Published 06/10/22
LIVE at 9pm ET, the Metsian Podcast comes together, basking in another series win by the New York Metsies and hoping the team can continue to stay resiliant as they deal with whatever problem comes their way. We'll touch upon the Max Scherzer injury news and the momentous walk-off win in its shadow, our thoughts on options for the rotation while we wait for one of Jake, Max or both to return, how the Mets are able to continue to bounce back from losses on the field and off, and much...
Published 05/23/22