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Catch the Rising Stars: A New York Mets Retro Podcast

Catch the Rising Stars: A New York Mets Retro Podcast

By: Phil Abramson
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Turn back the clock with us 40 years ago to relive the amazing New York Mets’ historic run in the 1980s!Copyright 2025 All rights reserved. Baseball & Softball
Episodes
  • June 23 - 29, 1986

    June 23 - 29, 1986
    Jun 28 2026

    What is wrong with Dwight Gooden? That is the question that everyone is asking in June of 1986 as the Mets ace continues to struggle. And elsewhere in the starting rotation, Bruce Berenyi is given one last chance to prove himself as the fifth starter, with Rick Aguilera waiting in the wings. Listen on in!
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    26 mins
  • June 16 - 22, 1986

    June 16 - 22, 1986
    Jun 21 2026

    With a 10 and a half game lead in the NL East, the Mets face off with the second place Montreal Expos in an opportunity to blow the division wide open. One game features Doc Gooden going up against childhood friend and high school baseball teammate, Floyd Youmans. But this is not the Gooden of 1984 and 1985. And in movie theaters, “The Karate Kid, Part II” opens. Tune on in!
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    28 mins
  • June 9 - 15, 1986

    June 9 - 15, 1986
    Jun 16 2026

    This week’s episode highlights some major moments from some lesser-known ‘86 Mets. Rick Anderson finally makes his major league debut, after SEVEN seasons at Tidewater. Ed Hearn hits his first major league home run… in front of his father, on Father’s Day. And Tim Teufel has his finest career moment yet by hitting a walk-off, extra-inning, pinch-hit grand slam. Tune in for all this and more!
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    32 mins
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