I don't think this episode title is click-bait at all, actually. Actually!! This week on Hits Different, we're recording at a super random hour because of our travel schedules. Sorry! Because of the timing, we're recapping the Subway Series and the first game of Mets vs. Orioles, which I assume is the only one you want to hear about anyway. PLEASE stick around for the entire episode even if you are put off by some of our more extreme statements in the first half, as we got an amazing email this week from a Citi Field WHISTLEBLOWER and have much secret knowledge to share. This is a huge evolution for our program—we are now anti-math and Pro-Publica. Haha!

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If you know what happened to the 15,000 pairs of Max Scherzer inspired two-toned sunglasses that the Mets were supposed to give away in 2023 but canceled after he was traded you HAVE to tell us. You have to.

Congratulations to us on 50 episodes of our baseball podcast? Let's go Mets!

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This week on Hits Different, we're alone in the studio without David or Producer Nathan and we're not very well-prepared to speak about another bizarre week of New York Mets baseball. Sorry! We've been busy and it hasn't been nice. We recorded this episode on the morning of the Fourth of July and therefore without the knowledge of Jeff McNeil's late-inning heroics. More on that next time!

Instead, we're speaking on the Mets being outscored 30-4 in three games by the PITTSBURGH PIRATES and Griffin Canning's Achilles tendon exploding right in front of our eyes. We're also speaking on Night Swim, a 2024 film about a fake former Milwaukee Brewer who tries to drown his daughter to appease a blood-thirsty water daemon. This movie is bad but far less disturbing than Mets baseball has been of late. (Writing, for the purposes of this episode summary, as though I haven't yet seen Jeff McNeil's late-inning heroics, etc.)

LFGM!

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The Mets simply will not stop losing, and nobody knows who is to blame. Is it David and Ellen, for assuring Kaitlyn that Kodai Senga's injury was only sad and unfortunate and not the literal end of the world? Is it Brandon Nimmo, for wearing a Jesus T-shirt on Pride Night in an act of weirdness that may have jostled free an ancient curse? Is it God? Does God hate the Mets?

Well, we couldn't answer any of these questions, so instead we dwelled on some others. For instance, will Zohran Mamdani throw out a first pitch at Citi Field? Will Steve Cohen re-locate Citi Field to Westchester to prevent this from happening? Did any of the Mets vote? We also talked about some other non-controversial topics such as Pete Rose, Jose Reyes, and whether modern ballplayers are dressing correctly.

Obviously recorded before what happened to Griffin Canning. What the hell!!!!!!!!!! Like, what the hell!!!!!!!! (From my fancy seat I could see Pete Alonso supportively and calmly walk behind Griff to the dugout with the face of a sweet martyr, then turn around and say, "FUCK!" to himself. Yeah, agree!)

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Let's go Mets—please. Please.

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