An Evening With El Pow (with Peter Alonso and Matt Ehalt)
Top Mets Prospect Peter Alonso and Beat Writer Matt Ehalt were on the pod. Why are you still reading instead of listening?
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Mets top prospect Peter “EL POW” Alonso and beat writer Matt Ehalt (The Record/NorthJersey.com) joined the Good Fundies boys in an instant classic*!
First, Roger and Brian talked about the Citi Field fire and the plague-ish events transpiring with the Mets lately (01:30), Mickey Callaway’s recent motivational tactics (10:00), and Sandy Alderson’s interesting math (16:00).
Then Binghamton Rumble Ponies first baseman and Top 100 prospect Peter Alonso discussed his new wikipedia-verified nickname (24:30), how watching the 2015 World Series showed him how energetic Mets fans can be (26:30), if he’s considering just showing up to Citi Field unannounced to see what happens (27:45), playing in Binghamton (34:10), how his idol Mike Piazza motivated him (38:30), wooden bats (48:00), why he would get rid of all of the new MLB rules (58:50), how teams are pitching him differently after his red hot start (01:03:00), if he can take Piazza in a scuffle (01:07:25), his New York City experiences (01:10:30), his message to Mets fans about players (01:12:30), his thoughts on Field of Dreams (01:18:00), if he is willing to play the outfield if asked (01:18:30), and much more.
If that weren’t enough, Matt Ehalt hopped on afterwards and talked about writing for newspaper readers vs. millennials (01:23:30), Mets 1st round pick Jarred Kelenic (01:28:15), the latest on Todd Frazier and Anthony Swarzak (01:29:40), his take on Sandy’s DL talk and the recent roster moves (01:32:30), Jose Reyes’ future (01:36:50), potentially trading deGrom (01:43:00), why he gets so much twitter hate (01:47:30), why most writers don’t focus on Mets ownership (01:57:45), Jeff Wilpon’s payroll discussion (02:06:00), and you guessed it: a lot more.
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