Amazin’ Conversations with Jay Horwitz

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

Santa Claus stops by to talk to Jay about his favorite baseball team, the New York Mets! Does that voice sound familiar? Tweet @Jay_HorwitzPR to guess who it could be! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kim Harrelson tells Jay Horwitz about her incredible relationship with ex-husband and Mets legend Bud Harrelson. Although the two have been divorced for years, that has not stopped her from being there for Bud, especially now when he needs it more than ever as he battles Alzheimer’s. Kim also shares some stories about Bud’s Mets career like his infamous fight with Pete Rose. Take a listen and hear how Bud can use your help! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

R.A. Dickey talks to Jay Horwitz about his recent nomination to the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot. Jay also discusses Dickey’s phenomenal 2012 Cy Young season where he 20 games and threw multiple one-hitters. Dickey talks about the honor he felt being nominated as a knuckleballer, Buck Showalter’s influence on his career and how he continues to help guys playing today who reach out for help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recorded outside in Port St. Lucie during Mets Fantasy Camp, Jay Horwitz sits down with Mookie Wilson but this time the conversation isn’t just baseball, it’s focused on Mookie’s new career, Legacy Catering. Mookie has started a catering business with his brothers, and they built a mobile kitchen on a trailer that they drive across the east coast cooking up a storm, Legacy Catering was a big part of this year’s Fantasy Camp and cooked food for all 200 campers during the banquet dinner on the final night of camp. While Mookie’s food was a big part of the conversation, Jay and Mookie also spoke about how close Mookie got with Bill Buckner after the famous play during Game 6, where Mookie’s nickname came from, and some shred stories over their decades long friendship! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jay Horwitz checks in with Billy Wagner and Mike Pelfrey, former teammates, and current baseball coaches at different levels. Mike is currently the pitching coach at Wichita State (his alma mater) and Billy is the head baseball coach at The Miller School in Albemarle, Virginia. Billy and Mike give their take on coaching and how facing adversity as a player is the only way to really get through to the kids playing today. They also reflect on their time playing for the Mets and Jay mentions some tough losses for Mike, including the fact that he gave up a home run to the first batter to every get up at Citi Field. The latest round of Hall of Fame candidates has been revealed and Billy Wagner remains on the ballot after a few years of getting closer and closer, Billy tells Jay what the hardest part of that process has been. So much more in this one, check it out for yourself! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ed Hearn talks to Jay about how he stays so positive while he’s currently fighting for his life and in need of a kidney transplant. Ed talks about how he’s been able to remain positive during this battle and has even used it to inspire others. Jay asks Ed to explain the process of how someone would be able to help Ed and gets a rundown on how the National Kidney Registry works. Ed also remembers his time with the Mets, what it was like to catch Doc Gooden, the impact Gary Carter had on his life and how he is the only player in MLB history to win a championship at all levels (A, AA, AAA, MLB). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jerry Blevins joins Jay Horwitz to discuss life after baseball and how he’s been adjusting to his new career in broadcasting. Jerry has been doing the SNY pre- and post-game shows, called a Mets game alongside Gary Cohen and currently hosts a podcast on Jomboy Media titled “Shea Station” with Jolly Olive. Jay also asks Jerry about what movies he loves; they discuss some different music genres and Jerry shares a story about the time he met Willie Mays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lorraine Hamilton has spent close to 30 seasons working for the New York Mets and on Sunday, November 13th, she will be inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame. In her role as Executive Director, Broadcasting & Special Events for the New York Mets, Lorraine has worked hard to put together incredible ceremonies including the Shea Goodbye, the 9/11 anniversary tributes, and number retirements. Lorraine was involved in the inception, build and execution of the newly unveiled Tom Seaver statue. Her dedication to the project was motivated by her close and longstanding professional relationship with Seaver. Before Lorraine retires later this year, she sits down with Jay Horwitz to talk about memories of working at Shea Stadium in the 80s, helping to organize Mike Piazza's number retirement, Cooperstown induction and the importance of honoring the Mets long history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Mets worlds collide (or “Cross-Pollinate” as Jay says) when Jay brings on Marc Luino and James Schiano, hosts of Metsd Up, the Official Podcast of the New York Mets. The guys tell Jay about how the Mets found them, what it has been like to transition from the stands to working for the team, the best items at Chili’s and in the middle of all that Marc and James try to explain what Twitch is to Jay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ahead of the celebration of life being held for John Stearns at the University of Colorado campus on November 7th, Jay speaks to Bobby Valentine, who coached the Mets alongside John for years and Bob Masten, who grew up with John and played football with him at the University of Colorado. The three reflect on their time with John Stearns and share some stories about “The Bad Dude”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jay talks with longtime friend and 1986 World Champion Bobby Ojeda! Jay starts the episode by bringing up how Bobby almost got him fired in the mid 80’s and the stories don’t stop there! Bobby also details what he considered the two biggest games of his life and what the mentality you need to have is like in those moments. Listen for more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jay sits down with 2x Super Bowl champion and New York Giants legend Phil Simms. They discuss the struggles young athletes face in New York with media scrutiny, the 86’ Giants listening to Mets games on the radio and everything from Phil’s playing days to his current role as a broadcaster on CBS. Giants’ fans won’t want to miss this, and Jets fans will be happy to hear Phil Simms wants you to be happy too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marlins pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre Jr., son of former Mets pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre, joins the podcast to talk about his dad’s impact on the 1986 Mets pitching staff, how he uses the principles his dad taught him in his current role and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mets Hall of Famer Darryl Strawberry recounts his postseason experience and discusses the 2022 Mets. He and Jay joke around and chat about their 40 years of friendship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roberto Clemente Award winners Curtis Granderson and Carlos Delgado join Jay to discuss Clemente’s legacy, the honor of winning the award and their service to the community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Amazin’ Mets Alumni Podcast, former St. John’s basketball star Chris Mullin joins Jay to discuss his lifelong Mets fandom, his basketball career and his current role as a broadcaster for the Golden State Warriors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Al Leiter, John Franco and Todd Zeile join Jay Horwitz at Engine 55 in Lower Manhattan for a very special episode of the Amazin’ Mets Alumni Podcast. These members of the 2001 Mets discuss the team’s tradition of visiting a firehouse in New York for the past 21 years, an annual visit they vowed to maintain following the tragedy of September 11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Willie Mays’ son Michael joins Jay to share his Mets memories and discuss his reaction to his father’s No. 24 being retired by the Mets at Old Timers’ Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Willie Randolph and Terry Collins, the managers of the 2022 Mets Old Timers’ Game, select the players for each of their teams. See which of your favorite Mets players will be facing off against each other during this year’s Old Timers’ Game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Members of the 2000 National League champion Mets, Glendon Rusch and Mike Hampton reminisce about their playing days and discuss their excitement for taking part in this year’s Mets Old Timers’ Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lee Mazzilli reminisces with Jay about the Mets history and discusses some of the elements of this year’s Mets Old Timers’ Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices