Catch the Rising Stars: A New York Mets Retro Podcast
Turn back the clock with us 40 years ago to relive the amazing New York Mets’ historic run in the 1980s!
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Episodes
7 days ago
7 days ago
The Top 10 Left Fielders in New York Mets history are revealed! Who will be number one? Yoenis Cespedes? Cliff Floyd? Cleon Jones? Kevin McReynolds? Listen in and find out. Plus, a very special guest, my 7-year-old son, joins us!
Sunday Dec 21, 2025
Sunday Dec 21, 2025
The Top 10 Third Basemen in New York Mets history are revealed! Who will be number one? Wayne Garrett? Howard Johnson? Robin Ventura? David Wright? Listen in and find out!
Sunday Dec 07, 2025
Sunday Dec 07, 2025
The Top 10 Shortstops in New York Mets history are revealed! Who will be number one? Bud Harrelson? Francisco Lindor? Rey Ordonez? Jose Reyes? Listen in and find out!
Sunday Nov 23, 2025
Sunday Nov 23, 2025
The Top 10 Second Basemen in New York Mets history are revealed! Who will be number one? Edgardo Alfonzo? Wally Backman? Jeff McNeil? Daniel Murphy? Listen in and find out!
Sunday Nov 09, 2025
Sunday Nov 09, 2025
The Top 10 First Basemen in New York Mets history are revealed! Who will be number one? Pete Alonso? Keith Hernandez? Ed Kranepool? John Olerud? Listen in and find out!
Sunday Oct 26, 2025
Sunday Oct 26, 2025
Our look-back at the 1985 baseball season concludes with an episode discussing the exciting World Series between the Kansas City Royals and the St. Louis Cardinals. Listen in as KC triumphs, coming back from an 3-1 series deficit, and St. Louis completely melts down, instigated by a botched umpire call. The podcast will then return in two weeks when we start a biweekly series of episodes talking about the Top 10 at each position in Mets history.
Sunday Oct 19, 2025
Sunday Oct 19, 2025
The Kansas City Royals battle the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1985 ALCS. No one gets their foot eaten by a tarp in this one.
Sunday Oct 12, 2025
Sunday Oct 12, 2025
The St. Louis Cardinals battle the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1985 NLCS. And Vince Coleman gets his foot eaten by a tarp.
Sunday Oct 05, 2025
Sunday Oct 05, 2025
It’s the season finale of “Catch the Rising Stars” as our journey chronicling the 1985 New York Mets culminates in a thrilling and emotional ending.
Sunday Sep 28, 2025
Sunday Sep 28, 2025
It’s the penultimate week of the 1985 season and the Mets attempt to gain ground on St. Louis prior to a final week head-to-head showdown. Also in this episode, we unveil the future of the ‘Catch the Rising Stars’ podcast and preview those episodes in the works once the Mets 1985 season wraps up.