Welcome to Willets Pod At The Park, or Pod At The Park, or PATP, or maybe Willets Park? Willets Park sounds good, goes with the whole Willets “P” deal we’ve got going here.
If you remember the Tampa Bay Lightning Power Play Radio hit of the late 2010s, “Jesse Spector Is…” (it goes without saying that of course you do, duh) then the format should be pretty familiar — it’s Jesse and a guest, ostensibly talking about a sport, and then spending half an hour hanging out and chatting.
The idea here is a little different, and not just because we’re centering baseball rather than hockey. It’s because there’s no “ostensibly talking about a sport.” We’re going to be at baseball games to do these episodes, and it’ll just be whatever we’re talking about in the middle innings. Basically, we’re inviting you to come hang out with us for a while at the ballpark, just, y’know, in podcast form.
For the first episode, Jesse and Thornton McEnery take in a bit of Mets 10, Nationals 0 (check out Roger Cormier’s game thread from Twitter, ICYMI) and chat about Steve Cohen’s purchase of the Mets, hearing yourself discussed by Mike Francesa, the Mets’ penchant for beating shifts, and much more from the stands.
Regular Willets Pod episodes will return next week, and Willets Park, or PATP, or whatever, will be the bonus episodes that are for paid subscribers only. The paywall goes up next Thursday, and to celebrate our 6/9 “grand opening,” we’re offering a 69% discount on your first year for anyone who gets on board in the next week. Nice!
In the meantime, come on over to our Discord server, where we have daily Mets game chats and talk about anything we feel like (mostly the Mets, some hockey, also the White Sox and Rockies and whatever else you want).
Willets Pod At The Park