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Hits Different
by David Sims, Kaitlyn Tiffany, Ellen Cushing
New York's one and only anti-math baseball podcast, with Ellen Cushing, David Sims, and Kaitlyn Tiffany. New episodes weekly. LFGM! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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87. As Good as Last Place Gets
This week on Hits Different, we're talking about the last 5 games of the Mets' season. We're going to miss them so bad!! LGM!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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86. Get Well Jared Young, We Love You!
Uploading this in a hurry but let me tell you—we could not stop talking ball this week. And Producer Nathan surprised us with the wildest breakfast anybody's ever had. Stay tuned for chewing. Dave was the only one watching when Jared Young was concussed by Nolan McLean's kneecap and he was…
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85. Pete Forever
New segment: weirdest day of our lives!!!! Pete forever, LGM Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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84. New York Should Have Three Baseball Teams Again
That's not really the main topic of the show but I'm trying something here with a little click-bait. Ellen, Dave, and Kait are back together this week and talking about MLB expansion, position players pitching, Mrs. Met's skin, and a Furry we ran into. Let's go Mets! Hosted on Acast. See...
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83. Juan Soto Believes There's a Chance
The dog days are over! It's September and Juan Soto is back. Oh, it's so good to see him. He is being delusional and he is wearing a Lisa Frank-style multi-hued neon leopard-print cap. Diva! Love you. This week on Hits Different, Dave and Kait say farewell to Luis Robert Jr. and welcome back to...
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82. Ladies' Night at the Ballpark (And Here)
We're without Dave this week, so it took 10 tries to turn the microphones on. Next week we'll be without Ellen, but plus Dave, and I'm sure we'll struggle with something else (probably our senses of style and joie de vivre). And the following week we'll be getting the band back together! Just...
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81. Meet the Mets' New Swiftie Bullpen
Apologies for the lateness of this pod, we had a small communication problem and Producer Nathan was unable to get into the files for several days. For my (Kait's) part, I have no idea what was discussed as I was out of town attending a gorgeous wedding in New Hampshire (with Producer Nathan and...
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80. Brett Baty Grand Slam
These Mets are not the same Mets they were a week ago—we have any number of random men to meet and to visit on David's Hometown Dates. Also, now that their season is so decidedly in the toilet, the Mets are stress-free, living large, and having a great time. BRETT BATY FIRST CAREER GRAND SLAM....
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79. Last Week of These Particular Mets
This week on Hits Different, we answer the mailbag question that we attempted to answer last week before a technical problem intervened. Sorry!! We also learn why the sky is blue—thank you Listener Matteo. We're entering the dog days of summer, but that's okay. And soon, a bunch of our beloved…
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78. Would You Give a Child YOUR Home Run Ball?
On the way to the beach and no time to write a description for this episode. Um, the Mets beat the Phillies at their home. But only God knows what's in store for the rest of this cursed summer. Let's go Bart! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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77. Clam Chowder Egg Roll
Ellen is the bravest woman in New York City, and she ate the clam chowder egg roll. About half of this week's Hits Different is about that—what else would you like us to talk about? The sick fools calling for the Mets to trade Francisco Lindor? They are going to hell and it's not polite to…
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76. A Bunch of Really Normal Baseball Games
The Mets won two games in Atlanta, both of which were normal. Then they came home and lost a game to Kansas City in a way that was perfectly normal. "When you meet a girl you don't start kissing her right away"—how many people talk about their relationships with their married coworkers. Dave,...
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75. The Heat Emergency Episode
Guys it is so hot!!!! This week on Hits Different, we're podding from floor. It was too hot to pod in our "studio." We're talking about Carlos Mendoza getting fired (kind of, I think we actually skimmed over that a little), Steve Cohen popping off on a podcast in an unproductive fashion, and how...
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74. It's 1962 Again in Queens
This week on Hits Different: We didn't know that Carlos Mendoza was going to be fired when we recorded!!! So we don't talk about that. Instead, Ellen, Dave, and Kait discuss the first time that every member of the Mets infield committed at least one error in the same game since 1962. A wonderful...
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73. A Bloop and a Blast and a Doink Off the Foul Pole
Welcome back to Hits Different!!! Sorry for taking a week off—we were all getting married. We're back and talking about the past 12 Mets games, all of which we remember with perfect clarity. Ellen has TWO egg rolls to review. Kait has a Citi Field Game Day Experience TM to review. When you get to...
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72. We Need to Talk About Swaggy
The Mets vanquished all of their demons by sweeping the Miami Marlins at home, and then they flew out to the Pacific Northwest to be a little embarrassing again. Mark "Swaggy V" Vientos responded to criticism by saying "I have to give myself props." This week on Hits Different, Ellen, Kait, and...
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71. Our A**es Are in the Jackpot Again
Ten years ago this week, Mets manager Terry Collins begged for one more chance to try to kill Chase Utley—and you know what? He was right. This time on Hits Different, David breaks down an iconic moment in Mets history. Also, Kaitlyn reveals another irritating feminist stance she has been stewing...
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70. A New Baby Met Every Day
We were so back, then it was so over, then we were so back again, and then it was a little bit over. And next? Who knows! This week on Hits Different, Ellen and Dave recap their first Subway Series experience, and we get into conspiracy theories about why the Mets briefly gave Gary Carter's…
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69. Fiddling With [Flipping] Formulas
This week on Hits Different, we're discussing the Mets' 5-4 road trip out West. At moments, the boys we love were bopping. At others, we were watching guys we had never seen before in our lives commit defensive errors resulting in runs. On Mothers' Day no less. David Stearns caught an attitude in...
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68. Mets In a "Fluid" Situation
The Mets have been out west in the SNOW. They've scored some runs but they've also entered a "fluid" shortstop situation. They've decided not to fire their manager, but this announcement has done nothing to tamp down the utterly hysterical discourse about whether they should fire their manager....
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67. What Are We Living Through?
The Mets won a baseball game, ending their worst losing streak since last week. But then they lost again. Everyone else's managers are fired. Swaggy V is back on the market. Citi Field has sprung multiple leaks and Ellen's parents were drenched. This week on Hits Different, Ellen, David, and Kait...
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66. The Mets Do Something Amazing
This week on Hits Different, we're talking about the Amazins' amazing 12-game losing streak, their longest since 2002. On Wednesday night, the streak finally ended, but at what cost? Francisco Lindor is now in a walking boot due to a calf strain so severe that he refuses to even look at the...
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65. Hell on Earth, Mets in Los Angeles
Many horrible things have happened. It's 90 degrees in April. We're without David. We're sweating. We're upset because the Mets won't stop losing. You would think at some point they would win because of a fluke, but they haven't. This week on Hits Different, Ellen and Kait mostly discuss their...
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64. What's Your Favorite Baseball Brawl?
Obviously when we recorded this episode and we said "the Mets have yet to see a game slip away because of the bullpen" the Mets had yet to see a game slip away because of the bullpen. They did so about 12 hours later. C'est la vie! This week on Hits Diff, Dave and Kait are missing Ellen, who is…
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63. Meet the New Mets
One day into the 2026 season the new-look lineup for the New York Mets was knocking Paul Skenes out in the first inning, silencing the haters, and securing David Stearns somewhere between 4 and 6 meaty biographies one day. One week into the 2026 season and the New York Mets have sole possession…
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62. Spring Check-In, It's Almost Time!
Our long national nightmare is nearly over, and the next season of the Mets is almost HERE. Ellen, David, and Kait got together this week to talk a little bit about spring training, but mostly about a cursed video the Mets put out in which almost everyone on the team revealed that they have never...
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61. We're Putting Together An Extremely Hot Team
Hello New York, are you okay? The city is about to go Day After Tomorrow, there's no snow day on Monday according to our NEW MAYOR, our baseball team was completely overhauled in the span of a week and is now staffed by STRANGERS. This week on Hits Different, David, Ellen, and Kait talk about…
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60. God Help David Stearns
The darkest Hits Different day has come. Ellen, David, and Kait are talking about the Mets' horrifying decision to let Pete Alonso leave New York. </3 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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59. Season Finale, RIP and LGM
This episode starts with a 10-minute discussion of the film Rookie of the Year, which some may call "cope." Alas, the 2025 New York Mets were bad. Isn't that more interesting than them being good? (That's cope.) Ellen, David, and Kait talk about who they would most like to see in the World Series...
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58. End of Summer, Stayin' Alive!
Dom Hamel we hardly knew you!! Hope you clear waivers, bud. You will always be the MLB-record-breaking 46th pitcher the New York Mets were forced to use in a single season due to a series of ailments and flaws. This week on Hits Different, we are just trucking along. We are just doing our best!...
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57. The Week the Mets Almost Blew It
Uploading this AFTER Pete Alonso single-handedly saved the Mets season. Pete Alonso Met for life. Pete Alonso greatest Met of all time. Sorry for the delay. This week on Hits Different, we're talking about what some are calling the most cursed week of baseball in history. After a spectacular...
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56. Can the Mets Win a World Series With a Pitching Staff of Children?
David is on vacation, Ellen is back from vacation! She tells us all about her new favorite ballpark (omg) and another ballpark she went to last week that she also liked but not as much. We spent more time than we felt good about trying to figure out when Pete and Haley Alonso are having their…
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55. Phillies Fans Accuse Mets of Cheating (Sweet!)
Francisco Alvarez is sort of like the Joker if he was nice. He wears the craziest suits I've ever seen and after he breaks a bone or tears a ligament in half it's a matter of days until he is back to peak physical performance. Also he kind of growls wordlessly sometimes. This week on Hits...
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54. Mets Lost and the G Train Wasn't Running
This week on Hits Different, Ellen, David, and Kait catch up on another brutal week of Mets baseball. But for one brief, shining moment there was a Camelot... Pete Alonso broke the Mets all-time homerun record which was one of the greatest moments of many lives. And he beat the Braves' brains in…
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53. Let's Go Syracuse Quarry Ghosts!
Sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry—Kaitlyn and Producer Nathan were on vacation in Maine and had to watch the Mets get walked off from the top of a stunning seaside mountain. This episode is very late and—we assume— depressing! This week on Hits Different, Ellen and David are talking about what the...
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52. Mark Vientos Marked SAFE
Mark "Swaggy V" Vientos was NOT traded to the Miami Marlins, Chicago White Sox, or Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday and for that we are so grateful. He celebrated the news with an Instagram photo dump that included a new girlfriend whom he did NOT tag. Producer Nathan tried to figure out who she…
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51. If You Hit Someone With a Baseball, Why Not Say Sorry?
All the Mets are getting married! We should rename them the New York Bridegrooms! We're back after another horrible experience with a technology gremlin who crazily and unfairly entered our devices and ruined an episode of the show during which we discussed Brett Baty's engagement for upwards of…
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50. The TRUTH About the New York Mets
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…
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49. I Think This is Really Good Stuff
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...
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48. June Swoon is a Very Nice Way to Put It
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...
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47. What's Your Pettiest Baseball Grudge?
This week on Hits Different, we addressed a sick and twisted mailbag question we received: What's your pettiest baseball grudge? I had so much fun contemplating this even after we stopped recording that I wanted to pose it to the millions of listeners of New York's only anti-math baseball…
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46. Welcome Back Gay Mets!
Sorry this episode is so late!!! Producer Nathan and I were in the Hudson Valley at the wedding of the century eating Jake's Gouda (look it up). And then we were busy and forgot. Sorry!! This week on Hits Different, we're talking about the Mets splitting a series against the Dodgers which they...
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45. Fat Cats at the Hyundai Club
Of course, everyone is saying that it's classic Mets behavior to nearly sweep the Los Angeles Dodgers and then achieve just two narrow victories and one pretty appalling loss against the world-historically bad Chicago White Sox. We're not really of that opinion—we think it's classic Mets behavior...
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44. Stop Looking at Juan Soto
We're back after a one-week forced hiatus—for some reason THEY did not want our episode about Brett Baty's huge week against the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates to reach the airwaves and so THEY destroyed the audio files after recording. Unfortunately there's nothing THEY can do, because this...
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43. Prodigal Son Returns, Mets Win
This week on Hits Different, we're recapping yet another 3-3 road trip for the New York Mets. Two of the three wins, of course, came after Brett Baty rejoined the team in Arizona. Nobody knows why, but it's the truth: They can't win without him. Brett is becoming a meme on Mets Twitter, which is...
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42. Our Mets Have a Losing Record Without Brett Baty
Apologies for the profound delay in uploading this episode—Producer Nathan was out of the state over the weekend doing something really important. Producer's Assistant Kaitlyn was in the heart of darkness (Philadelphia) attending a wedding and worrying over whether Brett Baty would be traded. He...
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41. You Can't Do Better Than 7-0!
Let's get this out of the way: Yes, the Mets spoiled their perfect week at home by telling Brett Baty—the very same who hit a two-run home run off of perennial Cy Young favorite Zach Wheeler, the only reason that the Mets were able to walk off the Phillies and complete the sweep—to get lost back…
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40. Haunted Ballparks of the American West and Mid-West
Please note this podcast episode was recorded early in the day on THURSDAY APRIL 17 and we had no idea what was coming (Brett Baty five-game hit streak, Keith saying "cue the music," Francisco Lindor first-ever walk-off homerun as a New York Met ahahahahahahaha). If you're still willing to think...
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39. Would You Boo Our Friend Brett Baty?
This week on Hits Different, we're processing a glorious 5-1 home stand in which it was way too chilly and Jesse Winker's hair looked way too good. We're also talking about the schism dividing the Mets fandom—is it okay to boo Brett Baty, a 25-year-old who never did anything to you and tries…
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38. TGWGTCF, Thank God We're Going to Citi Field!!
WINTER IS OVER IF YOU WANT IT As ever, we return to the question, "How many people can Pete Alonso carry out of a burning building?" NOW WE KNOW. The answer is: "At least 25 full-grown, professional athlete-sized men." PETE has the Mets on his back, yet they do not seem to be wearing heavy on…
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New York's one and only anti-math baseball podcast, with Ellen Cushing, David Sims, and Kaitlyn Tiffany. New episodes weekly. LFGM! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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