Mets Fandom, Mets History, Mets Life with Long Island’s Own Greg Prince and Jeff Hysen
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NNL President Chris Wilczewski and e-mail answerer Alex Cunningham dive into the minds of the top ninjas and ambassadors of the sport to learn about how they train and how they feel about the growth of the sport.
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We aim to create a vibrant community of professional athletes aged 50 and above, united by their passion for the game and a shared commitment to healthy competition, sportsmanship, and camaraderie. As the first and only professional pickleball league for this important demographic, we strive to elevate the sport of pickleball to new heights, fostering a culture of lifelong mental and physical health, connection, and achievement.
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Talks about NARAL details and views
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How can a #Mets fan not be in a great mood after sweeping Philadelphia and St. Louis? We talked about as well as the latest nonsense from Rob Manfred. We also open the NLT Mailbag! Join us #LGM
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The Mets lost their 2nd in a row which put Jeff in a Bad Mets Mood but guest Co-Host Kerby Valladares brought positive vibes as we talked about Soto, Alonso, Acuna, Baty, and more. Join us!
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We'll take a 5 and 1 homestand, although we're worried about Brett Baty. We also equate Yankees fans with Nationals fans and open the NLT Mailbag!
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The Mets come home at 3 and 3. It could have been better, but it could have been worse. Speaking of worse, Rob Manfred handled yet another situation poorly, and Jeff tells you what he did this time.
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Some folks like to get away, take a holiday from the neighborhood. National League Town likes to think out loud about the Mets season ahead. For our Opening Day Spectacular, Jeff invites Old Friend (TM) Greg Prince onto the show to talk about where Mets fans’ heads oughta be in 2025 (besides under Mets caps) and where the Mets oughta finish this ye…
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Luisangel Acuna, Justin Hagenman, and Jesse Malin
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11:59On the season finale of GLT, the Mets won and we reflect on what we've learned about the Mets this spring.
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Juan Soto, Reid Garrett, and Brandon Nimmo
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13:12The Mets tied and Soto hit a HR. We have Spring Training tips and open the "NLT Mailbag"!
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Donovan Walton, Tylor Megill, and "Jeff's Brilliant Ideas"
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10:28The #Mets lost but Tylor Megill looked good and Donovan Walton hit a Grand Slam. Also, it's the return of "Jeff's Brilliant Ideas", and we open the "NLT Mailbag".
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Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, and Two Guys From Durham
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12:32It was a great night at Clover Park: the Mets won, I was on the field, and I met a father & son from NC. Also, we have a commentary on the lack of Spring Training broadcasts.
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Max Kranick, Jose Azocar, and Shiner Light
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5:39Another Mets loss but another good beer. We also discuss the departure of Jose Iglesias and we open the NLT Mailbag!
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Art Shamsky's New Book with Matthew Silverman
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40:14On this Special Episode of NLT we talk to Matthew Silverman, the co-author of Art Shamsky's New Book, "Mets Stories I Only Tell My Friends".
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Tylor Megill, Brett Baty, and My Mishegas
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8:06Another snoozer as the Mets lost. I discuss Yankees' fans and my encounter with another Mets fan.
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Kodai Senga, Donovan Walton, and the Thing Around My Neck
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9:44The Mets pitched well but didn't hit well. I was a member of the press, and I can tell you what that was like.
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Brett Baty, Ryan Clifford, and Jerry Seinfeld
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9:00The Mets won on a great day in PSL, except Jerry didn't say hello.
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The Mets lost, a minor league catcher looked good, the ABS system fixed many calls, and we had some good beer. We also open the NLT Mailbag!
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Pete Alonso, Jose Azocar, and Rick Astley
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8:02The rain held off but the Mets lost. We talk about the state of the rotation, parking, and "Never Gonna Give You Up".
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Grant Hartwig, Steve Cohen, and Screech
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8:48My first game of the spring. The Mets lost but I met Steve Cohen and a players' father. I also describe the play where the Mets lost Nick Madrigal.
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Welcome to Season 2 of "Grapefruit League Town"! Here, we set the stage for future episodes and open the "NLT Mailbag".
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Finally, the Mets are back. We talk about Carlos' press conference, expectations for 2025, and open the NLT Mailbag.
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Pete Alonso, what took you so long? At long last, the Polar Bear returns.
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Jeff is symmetrical and uses "established fairness standards" when discussing Pete Alonso, Carlos Beltran, and (ugh) Chase Utley.
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NLT bemoans the fact that the Mets still haven't signed Pete. We also recommend a new internet game and we open the "NLT Mailbag".
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NLT is back for Season 4, and we're talking about Pete Alonso: why the Mets need him and why he needs the Mets. Plus, Jeff remembers Lenny Randle from Fantasy Camp in 2009.
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Life is a Series of Hellos and Goodbyes
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56:42We say hello again to Sean Manaea, coming back to the Mets after dabbling in free agency. We say goodbye to Rickey Henderson, the leadoff legend for all time (15:00). We say hello to Curtis Granderson’s name on the Hall of Fame ballot and remember what made him such a special player in Flushing. And we say goodbye to 2024 on National League Town by…
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A fifteen-year contract suggests Juan Soto will be spending the rest of his baseball-playing life as a New York Met. The number 5 in the Citi Field rafters confirms David Wright has been, is and will always be a Met for life. The way he’s conducted himself tells us Art Shamsky has devoted much of his life to the legacy of the 1969 Mets. National Le…
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Juan Soto is a New York Met. What else is there to say? Whatever it is, Greg and Jeff couldn’t be happier to say it.
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We welcome Frankie Montas to the New York Mets. We welcome Jose Siri to the New York Mets. Given the chance, we will welcome Juan Soto to the New York Mets. The so-called “golden at-bat” Rob Manfred is reportedly buzzing about? We show that concept to the door.
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It’s Thanksgiving week, so let’s be thankful that as lifelong baseball fans, we’ve been fortunate enough to experience quite a few ballplayers still around to be reminded by fans that they’ll never be forgotten. Join Greg and Jeff in appreciation of some legendary players, Met and otherwise, who made indelible marks on the game we love.…
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National League Town looks back at three baseball legends who’ve recently passed: the most prolific hitter of all time; the pitcher who generated a mania all his own; and a cat we couldn’t hear enough about. Join Greg and Jeff as they remember Pete Rose, Fernando Valenzuela and, yes, Hadji.
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Click and refresh all you like. Juan Soto is not yet a Met. Whether or not he will be is the steamiest Remains To Be Seen component of this Hot Stove season, but there are other matters to preoccupy Mets fans everywhere, including the ones at National League Town. Will Pete Alonso stay? Will most of our rotation go? Who will move to new positions? …
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How great was 2024 to be a Mets fan? That’s one of the questions Greg and Jeff ponder as they conclude their reflections on a year they didn’t see coming, yet are grateful to have lived through.
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Greg and Jeff always believed in the 2024 Mets, especially once they gave up on giving up on them. National League Town retroactively pieces together its realization that — despite some stubborn cynicism that beset each of our co-hosts — the Mets were slowly but surely forging an unforgettable season.…
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Congratulations to whoever won the World Series, specifically for ensuring who didn’t win the World Series. Mostly, in the wake of a fifteenth consecutive joyous Elimination Day, we look forward to what could be a year from now. You never know, but it’s enough at this point to think of the Metsian possibilities.…
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With the NLCS over, we’re wearing black, but like the Mets on Fridays, only for a day. Mostly we’re celebrating the 2024 club taking us through the postseason as far as they could. We’re sorry to leave it all behind, but we’re oh so glad to have been as immersed in it as we were.
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Did we give up after falling down three games to one in the National League Championship Series? Don’t feel compelled to answer that. The important thing is the Mets won Game Five, the NCLS extends to a sixth game, and Greg and Jeff are filled with hope. Mets fans couldn’t ask to be filled with much more.…
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The bases were loaded. Mark Vientos was up. Then the bases were unloaded and the Mets were soon on their way to tying the National League Championship Series at one game apiece. Sound familiar? A Mets fan could get used to clutch postseason grand slams when not squirming uncomfortably while crossing fingers, toes and everything else that a sizable …
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The bases were loaded. Francisco Lindor was up. Then the bases were unloaded and the Mets were soon on their way to the National League Championship Series. Greg and Jeff relive the latest Greatest Moment in New York Mets History; discern among excitement, anxiety and this strange thing that must be confidence; and say goodbye to a team of rivals b…
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Atlanta to Milwaukee to Atlanta to Milwaukee to Philadelphia to, at last, Citi Field. The New York Mets are coming home to play Games Three and Four of the National League Division Series with one win in their pockets and two on the table for the taking. The NLDS in progress, featuring two intensely familiar rivals, has represented gripping basebal…
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The Mets being in the postseason is an all too rare phenomenon that no Mets fan wants to end. Good thing Pete Alonso made sure this feeling like no other would continue. Greg and Jeff marvel at the Polar Bear’s “most memorable” moment and the vital contributions of several key teammates in overcoming Milwaukee in the Wild Card Series and bringing o…
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Greg and Jeff put on the Champagne goggles and toast the 2024 postseason-bound New York Mets.
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Backs and other anatomy up against the wall, the Mets had to win their final game in Milwaukee to have a reason to go to Atlanta with their heads held high and their playoff chances better than slim, and they did it. Greg and Jeff revel in the revival of Met fortunes, featuring much love for Francisco Lindor, Francisco Alvarez, David Peterson and J…
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022 | David Welles, Player on the Naples JBB United
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46:01This episode of the official National Pickleball League podcast kicks off by bringing on this week's special guest! The hosts are joined by: David Welles, Player on the Naples JBB United Hosts: Michael Chen Rick Witsken Jen Gallwas David George https://www.nplpickleball.com/ https://twitter.com/NatPBLeague https://www.instagram.com/nationalpbleague…
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On a show where parallels to 1969 are invoked repeatedly, Greg and Jeff conclude it’s quite possible the 2024 Mets aren’t miraculous so much as they are good. Whatever they are, they have entered the final week of their season positioned to do Amazin’ things, and when set against how this season began, we can understand why we just brought the word…
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National League Town remembers Ed Kranepool, a Met presence like no other. We also look ahead to the next steps of a playoff chase that couldn’t be much tighter; share a few things we learned from an afternoon at the library; and toast a very happy couple
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We’re in the month that matters with games that matter, assuming you’re the kind of person who aligns your shirts or your thoughts to bring your team luck. The Mets are making September matter deeply thanks to, among other things, airtight defense, which Greg and Jeff salute...as they do Francisco Lindor (something that’s become a habit). The quest…
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August encompassed a heckuva schedule, yet the Mets survived it quite well. After two West Coast road trips, the club finds itself in the thick of a September playoff race, which means Greg and Jeff find themselves on the edge of their seats rather than nodding off on the couch.
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After a month of running in place, do the Mets have what it takes to get it in gear and go after a postseason berth in earnest? That, as they say, is why they play the games. Greg and Jeff try to sort through the particulars of a team that wins one, loses one, rinses, and repeats a little too often. National League Town also pauses to remember a co…
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The Mets hit the road and, by the time they got through in Seattle, the road hit back. Fortunately, three losses 3,000 miles away, no matter how offensively inept, count only as three losses, and the Wild Card is still very much within reach. Mets fans will never retrieve the sleep they lost staying awake across time zones, but that’s how following…
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Greg and Jeff call the Francisco Lindor Appreciation Society to order, but first clear away other business, namely how much fun tracking the Mets through a playoff race has become and how much better the Mets might be as a result of their trade-deadline machinations. As for our superstar shortstop, how much more can one Met do? Lucky for us, we’ll …
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Virtually unstoppable team gets stopped by the only two National League opponents who aren’t trying to make the playoffs. High-charged offense wins only when it scores one run. A roster we’ve come to serenade (“OMG”) is simultaneously a group we’re anxious to see change somewhat in the coming days. Yes, the New York Mets are a hard team to figure o…
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