Amazin’ Conversations with Jay Horwitz

Some of you know Boomer Esiason as the longtime voice of mornings on WFAN, some of you know him as the famous Bengals and Jets QB, Jay Horwitz knows him as a lifelong fan of the New York Mets who grew up idolizing Tom Seaver. Boomer lays out what he would do with the New York Jets and Giants if he were GM, where he thinks Zach Wilson will fit into the 2024 Jets team and if the Giants should try to make the best of this year or just burn it to the ground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Citi Field will host the first-ever Dominican Winter League (LIDOM) Series between rivals Los Tigres del Licey and Las Águilas Cibaeñas, and former Met Juan Lagares will be playing for Las Águilas Cibaeñas. In this conversation with Jay, the two discuss Juan's time with the Mets, including his 2015 World Series run and Gold Glove award, as well as his time with the Angels and Shohei Ohtani. Juan also gives some insight on being able to see Ronny Mauricio play in the league last year! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the college basketball season a little over a week away. Seth Greenberg joins longtime friend Jay Horwitz to discuss the state of the sport, their time together at FDU, and Seth’s current job at ESPN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New York Rangers great Ron Greschner takes Jay through what the 80’s were like in New York City in the 70’s and 80’s, going to Studio 54 and seeing some Mets there, as well as late nights with Rusty Staub that ended with Golf Balls flying down Third Avenue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Voice of the Knicks Mike Breen talks with Jay about being a lifelong fan of the Mets, all the way from his first game at Shea Stadium as a kid being enticed by the green to being at playoff games throughout the years. Mike also previews the 2023 Knicks and explains why Jaylen Brunson could be the key piece of this offseason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Doc Gooden gets ready to see his number retired next season, he sits down with Jay in the Cadillac Club at Paysons in Citi Field to talk about his career, what the honor means to him and some incredible stories from his time with names like Mel Stottlemyre, Gary Carter and Keith Hernandez. Doc also talks about his time with the Yankees where he pitched against the Mets at Shea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jay welcomes New York Times best-selling author of Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments Joe Posnanski. Joe goes over the hard choices he made over his best moments while Jay proving he’s the Forrest Gump of baseball finds a way he is tied in with almost every story on the list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1973 National League Champions Cleon Jones, Ron Hodges, and Félix Millán catch up with Jay Horwitz to discuss their incredible season. They cover the off the wall catch, their big comeback in the standings, the Ya Gotta Believe speech and some memories of playing with Willie Mayes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Voice of the New York Giants Bob Papa talks with lifelong Giants fan Jay Horwitz about his time working with the team, comparing David Wright to Eli Manning, some of the Giants greatest moments and what it’s like to call games like you see it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Dillon, a member of the ’63 and ’64 Mets left the game behind to become a police officer which is almost the vice versa of his son who went from being a police officer to Director of Security Operations at Citi Field. In this conversation with Jay, the pair talk about 9/11 and what they think 22 years later and Steve Jr.’s experience helping identify bodies and look through remains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Pizza sits down with Jay Horwitz in the Mets Hall of Fame museum to talk about a whole lot of topics including Pizza and Meatballs. The conversation also covers Mike’s feelings about Francisco Alvarez, 22 years since 9/11 and Mike’s life in Italy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lifelong and diehard Notre Dame fan Jay got the chance to speak with head coach Marcus Freeman about the Fighting Irish! The conversation covers some early growing pains Coach Freeman faced, the eventual success that has come, Rudy, and what it’s like coaching one of the most legendary franchises in sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Buck joins Amazin’ Conversations to talk about a whole list of topics ranging from the heated feuds between the Mets and Cardinals of the 1980s, some standout memories from calling World Series games over the years and his predictions for the Jets and Giants in this upcoming season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jay is joined by Jason Eksterowicz and a ton of food as he gulps down a milkshake and learns about all the different food Citi Field has to offer! Make sure you get out to Citi Field to try these yourself and VOTE FOR THE METS at the link below https://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-stadium-food-2023/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Terry Collins stops by ahead of Bartolo Colón’s official retirement ceremony to talk about big sexy’s important and what it was like to coach him on multiple teams. Terry also reflects on the 2015 World Series, his entire time with the Mets, some great stories about fan favorite Yoenis Céspedes and his time with David Wright! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Wright will be back at Citi Field for the Battle of the Badges this year at Citi Field and jay sits down with Jose Vasquez (NYPD) & Chris Torres (FDNY) ahead of the games to talk about how much this means to them. The conversation also covers the rivalry between the two departments, the charity aspect of the game and the contributions Mets like Rusty Staub have made to the betterment of our first responders! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Gelbs talks with Jay about similarities Jay feels they have in their respective careers, Steve’s career with the Mets so far and some of his most beloved moments like the Milwaukee sausage race, when he met a cup snake in the bleachers or Wrigley and his fabulous salsa performance! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keith and Pat join Jay to talk about their first year being in the booth with Howie, what building that chemistry is like, Howie’s latest movie suggestions and much more! Pat talks about the lessons he learned from his dad, former Mets radio announcer and current Phillies voice Tom McCarthy. Keith shares some insight of growing up in the Mets system alongside names like Brett Baty and Francisco Alvarez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8x All-Star Darryl Strawberry stops by to talk with Jay ahead of the mid-summer classic and share his experience at the games. Darryl also talks about the advice he would give to the Met rookies like Brett Baty and Francisco Alvarez, the pressures of being a high draft pick and if he thinks the name Strawberry had to do with his media attention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jay talks with Kevin Kierst about his job with the Mets of over 10 years managing the clubhouse and equipment for the team. Kevin also talks about his time with the Norfolk Tides and his extensive bobblehead AND movie poster collection! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wally Backman has spent the last few seasons managing the Long Island Ducks, where he hopes to give players one more chance at making the big leagues, in this episode he talks about two players with that goal this season. Daniel Murphy and Ruben Tejada, National League Champions, and teammates who both believe they have more to give the game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mets playoff legend Daniel Murphy has come out of retirement and is making another run at being a major league player. After playing with the Long Island Ducks this year, Murph was able to get a minor league deal from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and is currently working toward getting another day under the bright lights of the show. In this interview with Jay, they share some memories, talk about Murph’s relationship with David Wright and his thoughts on possible teammates Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keith Hernandez’ road to his number being retired for the Mets started 40 years ago this week and Jay sat down with his longtime friend to discuss what it was like before and after Keith arrived in New York City. The two also discuss the grit of the ’86 Mets, Keith’s feelings on the continued conversation of him going to Cooperstown and his current career as a broadcaster for the Mets with SNY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1986 World Series Champion Ed Lynch and acclaimed NY Post columnist Mike Vaccaro reflect on Keith Hernandez’ impact upon being traded to the Mets in 1983. The trio discuss his ill will toward New York before arriving, the magic of a team that had Darryl Strawberry and Doc Gooden on the horizon and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jay and David Cone have been close for decades and that chemistry really shows in this conversation. Cone thanks Jay for helping him figure out how to deal with the media and Jay tells David he was an honorary ’86 Met. David touches on his relationship with Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez as well as his admiration for them as broadcasters, Gary Cohen specifically. Tune in ahead of the Subway Series! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beloved Mets broadcaster Gary Cohen is part of the Mets latest class of Hall of Fame inductees. In this interview with Jay, Gary talks about how he never in his wildest dreams thought he would get this honor. Their conversation spans Gary’s whole career, from his first day with the Mets during the famous Keith Hernandez and Darryl Strawberry fight at photo day, to his time in the radio booth with Howie Rose, working alongside Bob Murphy and then becoming a part of the now legendary trio known as “Gary, Keith and Ron” on SNY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brendan McKeon’s story with the Mets began in 2006 when he was an intern at Shea Stadium. After working the Brooklyn Cyclone control room for a few years he started working full time for the Mets in 2009, helping open Shea Stadium. Brendan is now the Executive Director of In-Game operations and is responsible for a brand new scoreboard (the largest in baseball) and close to 60 employees working the game on a nightly basis. Brendan talks to Jay about how he became a Mets fan, his experience at Syracuse University and what it’s like being behind the wheel of the best show in New York City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A champion with both the Mets and Yankees, Yogi Berra is one of the greatest baseball players to come through New York City. Larry and Lindsay Berra are hoping the documentary "It Ain't over" can remind people of that. In this interview with Jay Horwitz, Yogi's son and daughter share the story of how Yogi came to the Mets, how a few of his famous sayings came to be and how they've felt seeing their grandfathers name not be included in conversations he absolutely should be. “It Ain’t Over” features interviews with Billy Crystal, Mariano Rivera, Joe Torre and many others Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

World Series champion manager, Davey Johnson joins Jay to talk about his time with the Mets and remembers those incredible playoff series’ vs the Astros, and Red Sox. Davey also talks about getting a young Doc Gooden called up to the major league team and his own impact on building that championship group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recorded inside Clover Park at Port St. Lucie, Jay Horwitz sits down with Anthony DiComo whose been covering the Mets beat for over a decade! Anthony shares some stories about his time covering the team, what it was like for him to be following the team for their 2015 playoff run and his relationship with David Wright, who he co-wrote David’s memoir “The Captain” with. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sports Illustrated has released a new Mets book chronicling the team’s six decades. In this conversation with Jay Horwitz, recorded at the Mets Hall of Fame and Museum at Citi Field, John reflects on his career with the Mets and how it felt to play for the team he grew up a fan of. John talks about getting traded to the team and thinking he was a Yankee initially, his friendship with Al Leiter and all the pranks he has pulled on Jay over the years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Evan Roberts joins the show to talk about his almost 20 years on WFAN and his lifelong Mets fandom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum joins the show to discuss Jackie Robinson and his relationship with his first major league team, the Kansas City Monarchs. Kendrick also talks about how Jackie came to be the first and who almost beat him to it, the museum itself and how important of a piece of American history it is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ron Darlings stopped by to talk some 2023 Mets baseball. Ron covers the two things he thinks will get this team back in the playoffs and who his MVP prediction is. The two also reminisce about their decade's long friendship, how they met and Lee Mazzilli’s feelings on being traded for Ron. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Met Glendon Rusch is now a film maker currently in production of a documentary that will be showcasing the four pitchers who have struck out 20 batters in a game, those men’s names are Kerry Wood, Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens and current Met Max Scherzer. Glendon talks to Jay about his journey making the film this far, how he contacted the players on this list and his current hopes for a release time, which looks to be in the 2024 baseball season. Rusch also reflects on his time as a Met and how much he appreciates Mets fans and how great they are, especially when he was out for the first ever Amazin’ Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ahead of his induction into the Mets Hall of Fame, Howie Rose sits down with Jay at Spring Training to talk about his broadcasting career with the Mets and what the Hall of Fame means to him. Howie also tells a story about going to the World Series in 1969 as well as his first time meeting Tom Seaver and some other classic moments over a long life in baseball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jay and Roger McDowell get together ahead of this Saturday's Amazin' Day festivities! Roger also reflects on how special it was to be a Met and some memories with HoJo, Turk Wendell and other Mets alumni that will be joining Mets fans all across the city this weekend. Go to Mets.Com/AmazinDay for more info and your chance to win a one-of-a-kind VIP game experience! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ty Kelly reflects on his career and talks about how important it is for him to play in the World Baseball Classic and Olympics for Team Israel as well as his time on the Mets and having a front row seat to a very memorable moment in Mets history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Buck Showalter joins Jay at the Mets spring training facility in Port St Lucie during Spring Training. This is one of the first times Jay and Buck have had a chance to meet and talk about some mutual friends they have from over the years. Buck talks about the impact he had on R.A. Dickey’s career, the importance of bringing alumni around the current team and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Wright is at Spring Training with the Mets and is excited to be back as an alumni. David talks about his career, getting the nickname Captain America at the WBC, and the pranks he used to pull at spring training during his time at Port St Lucie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jay is getting back to work this year at the World Baseball Classic and working press for Team Israel, before getting to Miami Ian Kinsler joins the show to talk about his experience playing for Team Israel, getting to actually visit Israel and his incredible career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recorded at the Mets spring training facility in Port St. Lucie Florida, Bill Pulsipher talks about his struggles with mental health and being one of the first athletes to be open with their problems. Bill also touches on growing up a New York Mets fan and being a part of Generation K. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recorded at the Mets spring training facility in Port St. Lucie, Florida, Dwight Gooden joins Jay Horwitz to talk about the K Corner and how much he loved it, the Mets 2022 season, how much the town of PSL has changed since his first spring training and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Howard Johnson stops by to talk with Jay about his upcoming 2023 Mets Hall of Fame Induction, David Wright's chances for Cooperstown after Scott Rolen's induction and his incredible Mets career! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah Langs joins Jay Horwitz to talk about the incredible career she’s built for herself, her relationship with Buster Olney and Karl Ravech, being a part of the first all-female broadcast and her Mets fandom, listeners may be a little surprised by who her favorite Met is! Please go to https://rotowear.com/products/baseball-is-the-best-shirt and buy a shirt and support Sarah while supplies last! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Al Leiter joins Jay Horwitz to talk about his 2023 induction into the Mets Hall of Fame. Al is a lifelong Mets fan who talks about his excitement and appreciation for being given the honor. Al and Jay also discuss Al’s son Jack and his young pitching career, how it was to watch games as a dad, and the work the Mets team did after 9/11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nelson George and Colin Hanks have a conversation with Jay about their documentary, “Say Hey, Willie Mays” that is streaming now on HBO Max. Jay tells Nelson and Colin how much it meant to see the Mays number retirement featured in the film, the three talk about Mays’ importance to baseball and New York, and Jay brings up mutual friend Willie Randolph to Nelson George who grew up playing stickball with Willie Randolph in Brownsville, Brooklyn! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cliff Floyd talks with Jay about what still bothers him the most about the Mets ’06 playoff run, how he felt watching the Damar Hamlin injury in the moment, his own injuries, and his relationship with a young David Wright. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do Duffy Dyer, Mackey Sasser and Barry Lyons all have in common? They’ve all caught pitchers who won a Cy Young. While at Fantasy Camp in Port St. Lucie, Jay sat down with the three to talk about what it was like catching guys like Seaver, Koosman, David Cone and Doc Gooden. The three also give their opinions on the rule changes coming in 2023 and what is different about the pitchers we see today and how they train. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recorded from the Mets spring training facility in Port St. Lucie, Fl during Mets Fantasy Camp, Jay Horwitz speaks with Fantasy Camp commissioner Doug Flynn alongside two campers (Tony Borg and Alan Herbert). Doug does a ton of work with Hope For The Warriors and loves the experience of Mets Fantasy Camp, he talks of how incredible the experience is not just for the campers but the Mets alumni as well. Tony is a veteran who has been a Mets fan his whole life and talks of his amazing experience at Mets Fantasy Camp where he got to become friends with some of his favorite Mets of all time, he even got to exchange numbers with Doc Gooden! Alan is more of a newbie when it comes to his Mets fandom, becoming a fan in 2012 when he was living in New York after growing up in England, but a Pedro Martinez jersey and a fatefully located team store made him realize he bled orange and blue. Jay talk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices