Episode 005: Spring Training Fever, A Cursed Jersey, and How To Celebrate the World Baseball Classic

Send us Fan MailBaseball trips are supposed to be relaxing, but tell that to us after a few days of Mets spring training at Clover Park in Port St. Lucie and nights locked into the World Baseball Classic. We’re running on heat, hope, and that specific March feeling where every swing looks like a clue about the season ahead. We talk through what we saw on the field, from Mets bats that pop to the messy little plays that remind you why spring training is equal parts practice and panic.Then the WBC takes over the brain. Italy vs USA turns into can’t-look-away chaos, we nerd out on tiebreaker math, and we admit we’re rooting for the most entertaining outcomes. From Team Mexico to Team Italy to the Dominican Republic, the energy is the story, and we keep coming back to the same idea: the celebrations, the dugout rituals, and the joy are not extra, they’re the point.We also get weird with it, because that’s fandom. We draft walk-up music picks, talk players who are making new fans overnight, and we attempt an actual exorcism of a cursed Francisco Lindor jersey by chasing signatures, including Mr Met himself. The road trip swings into culture too, with quick takes on Bruno Mars and an Oscar-movie roundup, plus a Dominican film recommendation that stuck with us.If you love the Mets, the World Baseball Classic, baseball culture, and the little stories that make the sport feel alive, come hang with us. Subscribe, share this with a fellow baseball sicko, and leave a review, then tell us: which team has the best vibes right now?Support the showLet's go, Mets! There's always next year. http://www.sadboysmetsclub.comhttps://sadboysmetsclub.threadless.com/https://www.instagram.com/sadboysmetsclubhttps://www.tiktok.com/@sadboysmetsclubhttp://www.facebook.com/sadboysmetsclub