Flushing Transit Authority

The Mets are two weeks into the 2019 season. Will and Jay talk about the games and try to avoid getting too excited... BUT THEY FAIL BECAUSE THE METS ARE GOOD! (Moods Subject to Change.)

The 2019 Mets are ready to play ball. Jay and Will are in the best podcasting shape of their lives and ready to make the jump to all-star podcasters in 2019. Join them as they welcome your 2019 NEW YORK METS!

Just before David Wright played his last game for the Mets Jay and Will sat down to talk about his career and his future. Then it's time to say goodbye to the 2018 Mets and to look forward to next year. It's a long winter. We'll see you on the other side of the break.

Why tune in to watch the Mets when they're 14 games out in September? Because it beats no Mets at all. We've loved other teams and left them behind, but will we ever leave the Mets behind?

Just when we had given up, the Mets started playing decent baseball again. Dom Smith gives and Dom Smith takes but it's not his fault: it's just the Mets. Will stands corrected about Zach Wheeler. It's fun to talk about the Mets again.

After a brief delay Jay and Will return to talk about new stops of the Flushing Transit Authority line. The dissapearance of Dom Smith is briefly considered before the guys embark on a psychological experiment to try and salvage the season. This one gets weird but it will help you cope.

The All Star Break is over. It's Subway Series time and The Mets are inexplicably still playing baseball games. That doesn't mean we can't have some fun speculation about who will be the next Met to pack his bags and what the heck is going through Mickey Callaway's head.

It's July and the Mets season has gone off of the rails. The team is near the basement of the NL East, the GM is on leave and we're thinking about the golden age of HBO original programming.

This episode digs deep and covers a lot of history. This one owes a big debt of graditude to the teriffic Good Fundies podcast (https://goodfundies.com/). Over at Good Fundies they presented a historical look at the many missteps of the Wilpon regime, which serves as the jmping off point for this episode. We highly reccomend their work. Some other stuff we talk about that you may want to see: How MLB proped up the Mets. (https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/26/sports/baseball/26mets.html) Almost an owner (http://www.espn.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/6916366/david-einhorn-deal-buy-minority-stake-new-york-mets-dead), no maybe this guy (https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/03/sports/baseball/a-mets-owner-and-claims-of-consumer-fraud.html). This guy (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/sports/baseball/bill-maher-now-owns-share-of-the-mets.html)? THIS Guy (https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/23/sports/baseball/after-madoff-the-mets-other-potentially-risky-investor-steven-a-cohen.html)? If you haven't seen Billions (http://www.sho.com/billions) on Showtime, fix that. Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr – teaming up on a court case (https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2014/0127/Alexander-Hamilton-and-Aaron-Burr-teaming-up-on-a-court-case). Roy Cohen - The Original Donald Trump (http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/04/frank-rich-roy-cohn-the-original-donald-trump.html) William A. Shea on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shea) Ken Auletta - The New Power Game - New York Magazine - January 12, 1976 (https://books.google.com/books?id=PuMCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33&dq=william+a+shea+power+broker&source=bl&ots=VjNq15t1Sd&sig=MlDmgRxPheYwDcai640M7mcoNUQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwje1ZvWpdHbAhXHIjQIHcFaBhM4ChDoAQg8MAU#v=onepage&q=william%20a%20shea%20power%20broker&f=false) William Shea Law Firm Makes Business of Power (https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/06/archives/william-shea-law-firm-makes-business-of-power-william-shea-law-firm.html) Unelected City Power (https://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/08/archives/unelected-city-power-william-a-shea.html) A Brief History of Michael Cohen's Criminal Ties (https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/michael-cohens-ties-to-russia-crime-and-trump-w518941) Tom Hagan (http://godfather.wikia.com/wiki/Tom_Hagen) From Michael Cohen to 'Michael Clayton': A Look at the Fixer (http://www.vulture.com/2018/05/from-michael-cohen-to-michael-clayton-a-look-at-the-fixer.html) The Moment with Brian Koppelman « Ken Auletta (https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/slate/the-moment-with-brian-koppelman/e/54765341) Stark: How MLB expansion could lead to realignment, a new playoff format, a universal DH and more (https://theathletic.com/390737/)

Holy heck it's June already! Time to check in on the Mets and....oh man. Joey Bats is starting in left, this can't be good. In non Mets news, Jay has an exciting project connected to a show you may be watching on Netflix. Find out more at Talk To The Reasons (https://talktothereasons.com/start/).

Jay has been on assignment in New York so Will does the intro on his own and then hands it off to Jay who welcomes two very special guests: HIS MOM AND HIS DAD! Mr. & Mrs. Bushman are longtime Mets fans and this is a delightful conversation that covers the scope of Mets history. You're gonna like this one Mets fans. Special Guest: Dave & Jessie Bushman.

The Mets did it and the Matt Harvey era comes to a weird and unsatisfying end. Jay and Will are here to take you through what happened and what it all means. There's also some singing.

Oh boy, this is a daddy sized episode. The Mets have come back down to Earth but is it time to worry? We say no! But there is cause for concern and that concern goes by two names: Matt and Harvey. Is there a catcher in the house? Please report to Sandy Alderson. We love you Brandon Nimmo.

One week into the 2018 season and the podcasting action is as hot as the Mets have been. Jay and Will gush about the Mets hot start. They discuss superstitions and the things we do to keep the amazin' magic alive. Scooter is back sooner than expected. The Mets are great and nothing can ever go wrong!!!!!

We're super excited about the season. Jay tries to talk Will out of making another ridiculous prediction and they both talk about Mickey Callaway's impact on the team. Listen to find out who we think the keys victory are for the 2018 Mets. Jay shares a story about an encounter with a real life Met. Games that count are almost here!

The 2018 Mets season is almost here so Jay and Will are back. This is Spring Training, Flushing Transit Authority style. In this episode they talk about what happened last year and what they hope happens this year. Will tells a story and Jay talks about some of the key additions and subtractions from the offseason.

Mercifully, the 2017 season comes to an end for the Mets. And the organization returns to traditional form - with backbiting, press leaks and embarrassment.

We sent Will out to uncover some more of the AA relief pitchers Sandy Alderson is so fond of. So Nicholas Brandt stops by to talk about how being a Mets fan in Buffalo is not that different from being one in New York City, the importance of grandmothers, and the universal antipathy towards Chase Utley. Also, a very special scouting report. Special Guest: Nicholas Brandt.

Do we have to talk about the Mets? Will and Jay keep getting sidetracked, talking about the Knicks, the Olympics, and television shows they haven’t seen. But the Mets keep turning up, like the proverbial bad penny. Please donate to the Houston Food Bank: http://www.houstonfoodbank.org

Jay is no longer on assignment but this came up last minute so Will faces off with Ally Eastland, an angry Cards fan looking to defend her team. Will and Ally talk about why someone would like a team that is not the Mets and how to choose a team when there's no MLB team in your home state. There is also talk of rally animals and a cat with a lawyer. This one is a delight. We had some audio issues in the first half but bear with us because this is a great chat. Special Guest: Ally Eastland.

Curtis Granderson is an angel sent from heaven and life is meaningless but we soldier on just like The Mets are in this hopeless season. In this episode Jay reveals the nature of his travels. We talk a lot about that other team in NY and a debate erupts over the definition of "upstate." Jay has a dream about The Marlins. It's a jam packed episode with more wins than the Mets have had recently.

To kick off 2017 Subway Series author Matt Callan joins Will to talk about choosing sides in New York. Matt also talks about his upcoming book, Yells For Ourselves which chronicles the dizzying highs and lows of the Mets around the turn of the 21st century. Special Guest: Matt Callan.

Lucas Duda and Addison Reed have left while AJ Ramos and Amed Rosario has arrived, but the losing continues, along with a strange lack of corrections and an oddly inappropriate ad sponsor.

After a ComiCon mandated delay Jay and Will are back with a post All Star Break Mets hangover and some big ideas about the trade deadline. Jay provides a scene report from San Diego and Will has a controversial plan. The Mets announce a shopper friendly plan and we talk about some forgotten Mets.

Did we get fooled into thinking a few days of good play meant the Mets got back into the race? Of course not. But it was a more innocent time, a time when we thought Bartolo might actually come back to the Mets.

The truth is undeniable, and WIll and Jay try to pick up the pieces. A sad farewell to Pete Flynn and memories of Banner Day. And what does Han Solo's fate say about the direction of the team?

Will wants to cut bait on the season, but Jay isn't giving up, especially with the return of Cespedes, Matz and Lugo. An outfielder joins the Clash on stage, Friedman units are discussed, and a new sponsor provides a unique Mets-themed dining experience.

Contrary to popular opinion, the season is not over. Though some potential firings and trades are bandied about. There are revelations about old coverups and new educational opportunities. And we wrestle with our inner Randy Quaid.

Mets players are falling left and right, and yet the team's been playing well. We speculate irresponsibly about Matt Harvey's psyche. A new woodwind supplier opens in Queens.

Mayday! Mayday! This episode was recorded on Saturday morning -- the day before Thor's lat went kablooey. So while there's much discussion of the travesties of the previous weeks, in some ways this is a conversation between innocent lambs who have no idea what is about to befall them.

Will and Jay review the first two weeks of the season, and a new stat is proposed: Feelings Above Replacement (FAR) measures your emotional judgement of opposing players. Also, a method for turning money into more money is revealed.

It's a supersized episode to celebrate the start of the baseball season, full of stories of opening day plots and shenanigans. The proper deployment of Laguardia Airport is discussed, as is the potential canonization of Curtis Granderson. A surprising bit of Secaucus television history is revealed. Special Guest: Nina Bargiel.

In the first episode of Flushing Transit Authority, Jay and Will introduce the podcast and describe what it is -- an exploration of the Mets, Mets fandom and the narratives that surrounds sports, and what it's not -- a play-by-play of the upcoming season or a deep dive into statistics and analysis. Also, Dave Kingman makes chicken.