A Pod of Their Own, Episode 235: Maybe the real baseball was the friends we made along the way

Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, an all-women led Home Run Applesauce podcast where we talk all things Mets, social justice issues in baseball, and normalize female voices in the sports podcasting space.  This week, we begin with the past week of Mets baseball, which has mostly been very positive. We talk about how the Mets are always in the game, even when they’re losing. We discuss the couple of concerns we do have, namely Tylor Megill’s May struggles and whether Dedniel Núñez is ready to be back in the big leagues.  Next, we shout out the Mets for having a mother’s room at Citi Field and campaign for Mrs. Met to get into the Mascot Hall of Fame. We also mention Ayami Soto, the first woman to compete on a men’s professional baseball team in Canada. In our baseball segment this week, we discuss the news that Pete Rose and other previously ineligible players who are now deceased, have been reinstated and are now eligible for the Hall of Fame. We also address a listener question about Trevor Bauer and other abusers robbing us of our baseball joy and talk about fans sending players’ families death threats (again). Finally, we wrap things up with Walk-off Wins, where each of us talks about what’s making us happy this week, baseball-related or otherwise.  You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Home Run Applesauce podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts. You can also support our work by subscribing to our Patreon, which will get you bonus episodes, access to our Discord server, livestream experiences, an exclusive monthly playlist, and more! You can follow A Pod of Their Own on Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky (@apodoftheirown) and you can follow Home Run Applesauce on Twitter and Instagram (@HRApplesauce). You can also follow our co-hosts on Twitter and Bluesky: Allison McCague (@PetitePhD), Maggie Wiggin (@maggie162), and Linda Surovich (@LindaSurovich). You can also email the show at [email protected].  Look for A Pod of Their Own in your feeds every week and don’t forget: there’s no crying in podcasting! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices