Hey Buddy! Podcast

Adam Mamawala takes us back to Game 5 of the 2016 World Series in Wrigley to share what is was like in the bleachers for the last World Series game ever (so far) on the North Side.   Follow us on Twitter @HeyBuddyPod Follow Adam @adammamawala Check out the Away Games Podcast @AwayGamesPod

Ari and Joe are back for Season Two of the Hey Buddy! Podcast to talk about their favorite games they've been to together and lay out the new format for the show!   Subscribe, Rate & Review! Follow us @HeyBuddyPod

On this episode, the unofficial Meteorologist of the Mets, Brian Mastro from Fox Weather, joins Ari and Joe to discuss Max Scherzer, the off-season rain delay, and the growth of his popular Mets Weather Twitter account. Is weather forecasting the new market inefficiency in Major League Baseball? 100% chance of weather and Mets talk.    Subscribe, Rate, & Review!  Follow Brian on Twitter @WxMets Follow us @HeyBuddyPod

In this episode, Adam Darowski from Baseball Reference and Building the Ballot returns to discuss the Early Baseball & Golden Days Era Hall of Fame ballots. We discuss the cases for Buck O'Neil, Minnie Miñosa, Gil Hodges, Bud Fowler, Bill Dahlen, & others. Is the Hall of Fame ready to start inducting players while they are still alive? Who gets inducted and who misses the cut?    Subscribe, rate and review!   Follow @HeyBuddyPod  Follow Adam @Baseballtwit 

In this episode, Ari & Joe welcome Gaurav Vedak to continue the Atlanta Braves celebration. They look back at the World Series run, discuss the futures of Acuña, Freeman, and the next wave of prospects coming to Atlanta. Later, they talk about the impending MLB lockout and what team to fear the most in the NL East, whenever they play baseball again.  Subscribe, rate and review! Follow us on Twitter @HeyBuddyPod Follow Gaurav @gvedak

Ari and Joe react to the Atlanta Braves winning the World Series. (Joe reacts, Ari shows up). Then they talk the Freddie Freeman contract, missing Acuña, and the sad, sad Mets.   Subscribe, rate and review! Follow us on Twitter @HeyBuddyPod  

Ari and Joe react to the Atlanta Braves beating the Milwaukee Brewers to advance to the NLDS on the back of Freddie Freeman's 8th inning go ahead home run. Then, they look back at the highlights of the other playoff series around the league.   Subscribe, rate and review! Follow us on Twitter @heybuddypod

Ari and Joe are joined by Dan Casazza and Adam Greene to eulogize the Mets exhausting season and preview the Braves upcoming playoff run (1:04). Later, the guys make some postseason predictions and talk about what the Mets roster will look like in 2022 (40:10).   Subscribe, rate and review! Follow us on Twitter @HeyBuddyPod

Ari and Joe bring on sportswriter Craig Calcaterra to pitch him some new baseball movie sequels (1:10). They discuss why Rob Manfred hates baseball fans (12:13) and turning to soccer as an alternative. Later, Craig talks about his favorite storylines for the 2021 season and success of the newsletter, Cup of Coffee (18:16). Then, we play the game "Bob Dylan or Dylan Bundy" (29:01). Subscribe, rate and review! Follow us on Twitter @HeyBuddyPod Follow Craig @craigcalcaterra

Get the tissues! Jolly Olive joins Ari and Joe to revisit “Wilmer Flores Night at Citi Field'', July 31, 2015.  They talk ‘15 Mets vs. ‘21 Mets, humanity is baseball and get a Jomboy Media teaser.   Subscribe, rate and review!   Follow us on Twitter @HeyBuddyPod Follow Jolly on YouTube and Twitter @Jolly_Olive

What was once a day of dread and embarrassment now has renewed joy as Ari and Joe celebrate Bobby Bonilla Day! Greg Prince, co-writer of the Mets blog, Faith and Fear in Flushing joins the show to revisit Bonilla's infamous “ear plug” game on May 30th, 1992. Greg looks back at the troubles of that notorious season and Bonilla's two tours of duty with the Mets (6:24).   Rate, review and subscribe! Follow us on Twitter @HeyBuddyPod Follow Greg @Greg_Prince

In this episode, Ari and Joe are joined by Ted Berg, co-host of the Metrospective podcast, to look back at the June 11, 2005 Mets classic Cliff Floyd walk off home run game. They take a deep dive into the 2005 season including Mike Piazza's farewell season, Beltran and Pedro's first season, 2005 sideburns and more! Watch the game here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbDiQuhOUmQ   Subscribe, rate and review!   Follow us on Twitter @HeyBuddyPod Follow Ted Berg @OGTedBerg

Well folks, the Mets and Braves kind of stink and Ari and Joe are not happy about it! (00:32) Later, Andy Frye, from Forbes, joins the show talk about his new book “Smashing Adversity”, the baseball scene is Chicago and more! (16:36) Subscribe, rate and review! Follow us on Twitter @HeyBuddyPod Follow Andy @SportyFrye

Ari and Joe introduce some new segments to the show. First, Joe breaks down his "barves" of the week (2:12). Then, Dan Casazza returns to look at everything "lolmets" (4:07). Later, Joe pays tribute to the great owner/manager, Ted Turner (28:52).   Follow us on Twitter @HeyBuddyPod Follow Dan Casazza @DanCasaz     

Ari and Joe welcome Mike Drucker, co-head writer of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, to discuss his relationship to baseball, working in late night television, his comedy career and his new book Silent Hill 2 (:38). Later, the guys talk about the Braves getting no hit, Jacob deGrom's dominance and Trevor Bauer's stupid invisible sword (30:24). Subscribe, rate and review! Follow us on Twitter @HeyBuddyPod Follow Mike Drucker @MikeDrucker  

Ari and Joe catch up on the past week and talk more about rule changes (:29). Then, Daniel Álvarez Montes returns to the show to talk the early excitement around Jazz Chisholm Jr and the Miami Marlins, the importance of Ronald Acuña Jr in Venezuela, the next World Baseball Classic and more! (21:24) Subscribe, rate and review! Follow us on Twitter @HeyBuddyPod  Follow Daniel @DanielAlvarezEE

Ari and Joe react to Opening Week (:45), and discuss a deGrom vs. Trout proposition. Then, Michael Clair from MLB.com returns to the show to discuss everything weird and awesome that has transpired in baseball so far (9:15), including Joe Musgrove's no hitter, the Conforto walk off HBP, the cat at Coors Field, in depth uniform analysis and more! Subscribe, rate and review! Follow us on twitter @HeyBuddyPod Follow Michael Clair @michaelsclair

Baseball is (kind of) back! Ari and Joe react to MLB's opening week (1:23) including Fransisco Lindor's extension, the Nationals Covid problem, and the Phillies making a sweeping statement against the Braves. Atlanta also lost the All Star Game (25:35) and we look at the week ahead! (30:35) Subscribe, rate, review, tell us why the runner on second in extra innings is the worst idea ever, because it absolutely is! Follow us on Twitter @HeyBuddyPod

It's (almost) Opening Day! Ari and Joe are joined by an incredible panel of experts break down the battle for the NL East.   The Experts Mathew Brownstein - Metsmerized Online Chelsea Ladd - Dugout Dish Daniel Álvarez Montes - IVC Networks Matt Weyrich - NBC Sports Alex Carr - SB Nation   Rundown Mets (8:18) Marlins (20:24) Nationals (31:22) Phillies (44:42) Braves (55:35) Predictions (1:05:00)   Subscribe, rate and review!   Follow us on Twitter @HeyBuddyPod   Follow the panel on Twitter: Mathew Brownstein - @MBrownstein89 Chelsea Ladd - @ChelseaBrook Daniel Álvarez Montes - @DanielAlvarezEE Matt Weyrich - @ByMattWeyrich Alex Carr - @AlexCarrMLB   Happy Opening Day!

It's the last weekend without regular season baseball. Our buddies Dan Casazza and Adam Greene join us (1:15) for a drink or two to discuss silly rules, Bobby Bonilla Day, make incredibly inaccurate predictions (20:46) and more!  Subscribe, rate and review! Follow us on Twitter @HeyBuddyPod  

Bailey from Foolish Baseball joins the show to talk about the Rockies dysfunction (00:39), some of the proposed new rules for baseball (3:34) and his incredibly successful YouTube channels (13:00). Later, we break down the Braves and Mets (24:22), find out what the deal is with known bully, Jeff Passan (33:29), and Bailey gives us a sneak peak at what the future of Foolish Baseball looks like (37:00).   Subscribe, rate and review!   Follow us on Twitter @HeyBuddyPod   Follow Bailey on Twitter @FoolishBB   Subscribe to Foolish Baseball on YouTube

Ari and Joe are joined by Twitter personality Meek Phill to discuss #MetsTwitter, Lindor's extension and expectations for 2021 (1:31). Then, Sal Manzo from Metsmerized Online, comes on to discuss the greatness of Jacob DeGrom, Pete Alonso's potential, extension season and more! (22:22) Subscribe, rate and review! Follow us on Twitter @HeyBuddyPod Follow Meek Phill @MeekPhill_ Follow Sal Manzo @SalManzo31

In this episode, Mark Owens, In Game Host for the Atlanta Braves, joins the show to talk about returning for his 15th season (00:39), looks back at 2020 and forward to the All-Star game being held in Atlanta (4:10) and The Freeze (13:14). Mark shares some great stories about former Atlanta Braves Hall of Famers (21:15), his excitement for having fans being back in the stands (32:24) and some of his career highlights (36:25). We wrap up the show reliving the dreaded "Infield Fly Rule" night (56:34).    Follow us on Twitter @HeyBuddyPod   Follow Mark on Twitter @Marko6262   Subscribe, Rate and Review!

On this episode, Ari has a plan to fix ESPN's broadcast of Sunday Night Baseball (00:30) before Paul McCord (@BravesStats) joins the show to talk about everything he is looking forward to this upcoming Braves season (15:04).  Subscribe, Rate & Review! Follow us on Twitter: @HeyBuddyPod Follow Paul on Twitter: @BravesStats

On this episode, Ari and Joe give their reactions to the start of Spring Training (00:35) before Cliff Corcoran, creator of The Cycle Newsletter, joins the show to discuss the Mets and Braves rosters (11:28), the current Baseball media landscape and his reasoning behind starting The Cycle (25:56). Then Cliff takes a deep dive on his fascination with Turner Classic Movies (35:31) and we play some "cycle" trivia! Follow us on Twitter @HeyBuddyPod Please rate and review! Subscribe to The Cycle here!  

Bradford William Davis, columnist for the New York Daily News and host of the Baseball Prospectus Five and Dive podcast joins the show to grade the Mets offseason (00:55), dissect Noah Syndergaard and Marcus Stroman dunking on Trevor Bauer (7:24), and breakdown everything wrong with the Kevin Mather debacle (18:18). Later, Bradford talks about his recent article highlighting Jerry Manuel and his quest to infuse more African-American players and fans into baseball (33:00), as well as MLB's lack of action around championing social justice issues in America (42:02). Finally, Bradford discusses the expectations of journalists and the Daily News Union.   Follow us on Twitter @HeyBuddyPod Guest: Bradford William Davis @_beewilly Ex-Mets manager Jerry Manuel still believes in a better Major League Baseball

Adam Darowski, Head of UX at Sports Reference, joins the show to talk about the Hall Of Stats (1:41), Baseball Reference (8:03), and his career as a "stathead" (13:18). Later, Adam shares some of the new features coming to Baseball Reference and the impact of Sean Forman to sports (15:54). Finally, we take a deep dive into who should REALLY be in the Hall of Fame (19:24). Follow us on Twitter @HeyBuddyPod Subscribe, rate and review today!

Madelyn Hipp, a.k.a. "Out of Context Baseball" joins the show to talk about the free agent signings of Trevor Bauer and Marcell Ozuna (00:42), creating the Twitter account @baseballcontext (13:48), her experience as a woman in Baseball media (24:11) and being a Cleveland Indians fan (33:52). Follow us on Twitter @HeyBuddyPod Subscribe! Rate and review today!  

Michael Clair from MLB.com joins the show to discuss Hank Aaron's legacy (00:29), working at Cut4 (18:57) and the 2021 baseball season (35:43). Later, Ari and Joe find out if Michael thinks a hot dog is a sandwich!(47:25)   Follow us on Twitter @HeyBuddyPod Subscribe and leave a review!

Dan Casazza joins Ari and Joe to pick their all star starting lineups in the Baseball Movie Hall of Fame (00:34). Then the guys go through their top 5 favorite baseball movies (26:14). Of course, they wrap up the show with some Robert Wuhl Words of Wisdom (50:47).

In this episode, Ari and Joe discuss some news and notes around the league, including the fantastic Francisco Lindor press conference (00:36). Then the guys break down their hall of fame votes and wonder if all of this is really necessary(04:25). They wrap the show with "Steve Cohen Reply Guy" and Robert Wuhl Words of Wisdom(37:14).Finally, they ask the question, "Does Chrissy Teigen like baseball?(39:32).

***EMERGENCY PODCAST*** The Mets have traded for Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco, and Ari has some feelings. The guys break down the trade and what it means for the Mets moving forward.

In this episode, Ari and Joe discuss the Padres trading for Blake Snell and Yu Darvish, and what that means for baseball (00:40). Then they cover Steve Cohen "Reply Guy" and his take on the trades (05:53). Next, the guys break down the Twitter feud between Jon Heyman and Trevor Bauer (09:30) and ask the question, "Is baseball cool?" (19:35). Finally, they wrap up the show with some Robert Wuhl Words of Wisdom (33:35). Hosts: Ari Ecker and Joe Yakacki Follow us on Twitter @HeyBuddyPod

In the inaugural episode, Ari and Joe discuss the state of Baseball heading into 2021 (0:49), break down the Mets hot stove (15:16), highlight their favorite tweets from Steve Cohen "Reply Guy" (43:16), and share some Robert Wuhl Words of Wisdom (48:37).