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This week on Hits Different, we're talking about the PowerPoint presentation that's going to convince Juan Soto to sign with the Boston Red Sox and the AI-generated image of him in a Toronto Blue Jays uniform that might change his mind. Every meeting has gone "well" so far—in what way might a meeting between a person hoping to receive $600 million and a group of people hoping to give it to him go poorly? Long story short, every piece of alleged news we saw this week was made up entirely.
Except for the true, breaking, and incredible news that DAVID SIMS has rejoined the pod. He's back, he's better than ever, he's read 2,000 pages worth of Roger Angell essays since you last heard from him. And you KNOW he has a photographic memory, so you can ask him anything about it.
At the end of this episode, a little something new...
Let's go Mets!
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In our first off-season episode, we're talking about the "World Series" which was a "clash of the titans," and we're also Googling and combing the stacks at the library in search of just ONE good baseball ghost story. If you know of any, please email us!! [email protected]
Kaitlyn and Ellen also meticulously research the current whereabouts of the 2024 New York Mets. We miss them all the time! Where are they?? Regrettably, it did not occur to us that if we only waited a little later into Halloween evening we would surely see some of those guys as they revealed their Halloween costumes and family outings on the 'gram. Unknown to us at the time of recording: Brett Baty was in Texas and dressed as a pirate as we spoke.
Also unknown at time of recording: Tomas Nido dressed his son up as a baseball!!!!!!!!! I can't link because it's on his wife's private Instagram but he reposted it to his Stories and you can go see it if you are fast. It rules.
Happy Halloween and let's go Mets!
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We're in "don't cry because it's over" mode ... but we're crying anyway! Our cups runneth over! Some older gents in recent days have compared the 2024 Mets to the 1986 Mets and that's wrong. The 1986 Mets were bad people. Our Mets are heroes and they deserve a rest. The only sad part is we'll miss them so much.
This week on Hits Different, we recap the National League Championship Series, in which Francisco Lindor ruined the Dodgers pitching staff's little scoreless inning streak, Sean Manaea struck out Shohei Ohtani three times, and Mark Vientos broke the Mets post-season RBI record in his sparkly, sparkly shoes. The home crowd said give us one last thing to scream about and Pete Alonso and David Peterson said okay we will. Starling Marte said I love and believe in you Francisco Alvarez, and Francisco Alvarez said that works for me! Jeff McNeil said [tongue out]. Brandon Nimmo said this has been fun, now get me to the hospital.
After this, we're taking a little bit of leisure time ourselves. Then we'll be back with some titillating off-season investigations and interviews... Maybe a yarn or two... Maybe a breaking news event like when the Mets re-sign everyone all at the same time.
Thank you as always to Producer Nathan for your work in the booth. Thank you again to James Rainis for our music and Paul Windle for our art. MVPs of our first season!
Thank you for listening!
LGM forever!!
Don't break our hearts, Pete!!!
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It's Sunday morning in the greatest city in the world and the Mets have given us a little time to breathe and take in 40 different angles of every amazing thing that has happened in the past two weeks.
This week on Hits Different, we are stretching our legs and cracking our knuckles and going for another nearly-two-hour pod after a week of harried emergency episodes. We're talking about Garth Brooks's early aughts effort to play Major League Baseball, as well as Ellen's plans for the Grimace tattoo she swore she would get if the 2024 Mets win the World Series. We're talking about the spread at Keith Hernandez's cat's 22nd birthday party. We've got a LOT to say about a political dynasty on Long Island.
Thank you to Producer Nathan as always, and happy birthday week to Starling Marte. You've never looked better, king. After we finished recording, I (KT) let Ellen know that if the 2024 Mets win the World Series I will also get an under-boob tattoo and mine will be of the beautiful text message she sent to me and David when Pete hit a home run on Tuesday night.
Send us mail: [email protected] Write to us about whatever you want! LGM!!!
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Francisco Lindor says Mark "Swaggy V" Vientos is making himself famous by being incredible, to which we say: Fact check PASSED.
This week on Hits Different, Ellen and Kaitlyn recap the first two games of that National League Division Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets. It's an interesting contrast between two fandoms—one of which regards all of this as gravy after an improbably fun year and one of which is maintaining arms caches and vowing to commit mass violence if they don't get their big trophy.
Live, laugh, love, and baseball in our opinion. Hakuna matata. Let's go Mets!!!!!
Huge thank you to Producer Nathan for chopping this one up early in the morning. Write to us at [email protected]. Let's go Mets!!!!!!!!
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A quick and chaotic one for posterity! Ellen calls in from a SAT phone at the Hits Different international bureau located inside of a Danish spa. We have nothing to say really except we can't believe it, but you gotta believe it. These guys are MAGIC. That rally gourd is stupid but we LOVE it. Pete rewarded the faith we had in him all year and as you may know it is not really faith if it depends on rewards but THANK YOU PETE ALONSO. We love you so much.
We forgot to do some media criticism on mic about the New York Times's sports homepage this morning which featured stories about college football and the Baltimore Orioles (notably no longer playing baseball this year). We'll drop it here in the notes: Get it together paper of record. Is this a city paper or is this a city paper?
Thank you Producer Nathan for handling our third episode of the week! Thank you Producer Nathan for forcing me to watch the greatest swing of all time!
Let's go Mets!!!!!!!
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This is obviously the worst episode of Hits Different by far and we had no plan for it and half of it doesn't make sense. Producer Nathan had notes for us, such as, "You can’t scream into the mic like that at the end of the episode ily" and "Or if you do you have to tell me. You’re gonna blow someone’s ears out"
We are so tired! We are so happy! Yesterday, we watched an INSTANT CLASSIC Mets game while doing our laptop jobs.
Let's go Mets!!!!!!!!!!!!
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We snuck this one in during the early hours of what may be one of the longest days of our lives!! This week on Hits Different we're talking about how close the Mets' playoffs hopes came to slipping away and how close they have come to re-snatching them back from the jaws of defeat once again. Forgive that metaphor, it's not my best!!
Tylor Megill has a chance to become Mets Ty-LORE and potentially have never a bad word said against him again for the rest of his life. Ellen and Kaitlyn have a chance to burn acid holes through their stomach linings. The Atlanta Braves have an opportunity to do something sooooooo funny (lose bad).
Producer Nathan turned this one out in record time and to that we say: Thank you, Clutch King.
Let's go Mets!
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Flushing has descended into chaos!! There are 45,000 people drinking beers at the same time and in a place barely built to hold them. There's a one-man band playing The Killers under the subway tracks. There's good reason to think the National Guard could have been on-call. Brandon Nimmo is continuing his series of populist rants on the infield. LFGM!
This week on Hits Different, Ellen and Kaitlyn talk about the KEEP PETE PETE STAY MOVEMENT and recap a 6-1 home stand for the New York Mets who are two games ahead of the Atlanta Braves in the Wild Card standings and who did NOT permit the Philadelphia Phillies to clinch the NL East on their field or smoke their vile celebration cigars in the visiting clubhouse. We have barely slept in days and can hardly talk. Sorry!! LFGM!!
Thank you to Producer Nathan and LFGM!!!
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It's LATE NIGHT on Hits Different. Hits Different AFTER HOURS. That's the only way I can think of to summarize the episode—also, to be transparent, I am at work and I don't have time to write anything else. It's Ellen and Kaitlyn on a Sunday night after a few brewskis yapping about the Mets and at times feeling a bit sad.
Thank you producer Nathan and let's go Mets!!
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We are very, very worried about Brett Baty. We know you don't care—and that's why we're worried.
This week on Hits Different, we're talking about a 6-1 week for the New York Mets. We're talking about how hard it would be to snap a baseball bat over your thigh. We're talking about what to send J.D. Martinez and his girlfriend Brooke off of their public baby registry. How about a pack of diapers and a little piece of advice: Make that private, you guys!! Ellen hates "Yankees Suck" chants but free speech is alive and well and Citi Field. Kaitlyn is reeling from the presence of Real Housewives of New York's Erin "Stop the Steal" Lichy in the luxury boxes at a rare Mets loss. Producer Nathan is boldly Amtrak-ing to Philadelphia to see the boys take on the city that killed Tug McGraw. There are three weeks left of regular-season baseball and then only God knows what's next.
Let's go Mets!!
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No time to write an elaborate description of this week's episode—we're off to the ballpark! It's the last day of summer and the first day of a new series against the Boston Red Sox.
[ED NOTE: ONCE AGIN WE APOLOGIZE FOR AN ERROR, THIS ONE OUR WORST YET. THE ORIGINAL AUDIO WAS MESSED UP AND WRONG. WE WERE IN TOO BIG OF A HURRY TO GET TO THE BALLPARK AND WATCH ANOTHER CLASSIC METS WIN. THE AUDIO IS NOW NORMAL. LET'S GO METS.]
We forgot to say that Jeff McNeil is looking for an emergency plumber based on Long Island. If you live out there, let him know about your plumber. Is that enough information? It's all the information we have.
Thank you to Producer Nathan and let's go Mets!
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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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