It's Sunday morning in the greatest city in the world and the Mets have given us a little time to breathe and take in 40 different angles of every amazing thing that has happened in the past two weeks.

This week on Hits Different, we are stretching our legs and cracking our knuckles and going for another nearly-two-hour pod after a week of harried emergency episodes. We're talking about Garth Brooks's early aughts effort to play Major League Baseball, as well as Ellen's plans for the Grimace tattoo she swore she would get if the 2024 Mets win the World Series. We're talking about the spread at Keith Hernandez's cat's 22nd birthday party. We've got a LOT to say about a political dynasty on Long Island.

Thank you to Producer Nathan as always, and happy birthday week to Starling Marte. You've never looked better, king. After we finished recording, I (KT) let Ellen know that if the 2024 Mets win the World Series I will also get an under-boob tattoo and mine will be of the beautiful text message she sent to me and David when Pete hit a home run on Tuesday night.

Send us mail: hitsdiffpodcast@gmail.com Write to us about whatever you want! LGM!!!

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Francisco Lindor says Mark "Swaggy V" Vientos is making himself famous by being incredible, to which we say: Fact check PASSED.

This week on Hits Different, Ellen and Kaitlyn recap the first two games of that National League Division Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets. It's an interesting contrast between two fandoms—one of which regards all of this as gravy after an improbably fun year and one of which is maintaining arms caches and vowing to commit mass violence if they don't get their big trophy.

Live, laugh, love, and baseball in our opinion. Hakuna matata. Let's go Mets!!!!!

Huge thank you to Producer Nathan for chopping this one up early in the morning. Write to us at hitsdiffpodcast@gmail.com. Let's go Mets!!!!!!!!

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A quick and chaotic one for posterity! Ellen calls in from a SAT phone at the Hits Different international bureau located inside of a Danish spa. We have nothing to say really except we can't believe it, but you gotta believe it. These guys are MAGIC. That rally gourd is stupid but we LOVE it. Pete rewarded the faith we had in him all year and as you may know it is not really faith if it depends on rewards but THANK YOU PETE ALONSO. We love you so much.

We forgot to do some media criticism on mic about the New York Times's sports homepage this morning which featured stories about college football and the Baltimore Orioles (notably no longer playing baseball this year). We'll drop it here in the notes: Get it together paper of record. Is this a city paper or is this a city paper?

Thank you Producer Nathan for handling our third episode of the week! Thank you Producer Nathan for forcing me to watch the greatest swing of all time!

Let's go Mets!!!!!!!

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