David Wright stops by the show, then we do Mets therapy

The Mets Pod

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Connor Rogers, Ny Mets, Sny, New York Mets, Joe Demayo, Mets, The Mets Pod, Baseball, Joe De Mayo, Andy Martino, Keith Hernandez, Sports, Mlb

4.8 • 692 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

On the latest episode of The Mets Pod presented by Tri-State Cadillac, Connor Rogers and Joe DeMayo have the perfect diversion from the struggling Mets - an exclusive interview with Mets legend David Wright! The guys talk to Number Five about stories from his number retirement day, behind the scenes tales from the production of his SNY documentary, the 2015 trade deadline, his thoughts on the current team, his choice of the best Mets uniform ever, and all the details of the Battle of the Badges Game between the NYPD and FDNY that David is hosting at Citi Field on Sunday August 17th. Later, Connor and Joe dive down deep (and low) to talk about the current mess that is the Mets, including the pitching problems, the hitting problems, and all the other problems. The show also goes Down on the Farm to reveal what’s behind the recent success of Brandon Sproat, and opens up a loud Mailbag to let the listeners let it all out as well. Be sure to subscribe to The Mets Pod at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Today's Show: 00:00 Welcome to the show 00:20 David Wright joins the pod! 01:15 Stories from the number retirement day 03:05 How did David end up with number 5 in the first place? 05:15 David hosts Battle of the Badges, NYPD vs FDNY, at Citi Field 8/17! 07:10 Thoughts on SNY’s documentary, “The Wright Way” 08:45 Behind the scenes with the crew making the show 10:25 Thoughts on the trade deadline, and adding Yoenis Cespedes in 2015 12:00 The modern MLB 14:00 Could David have stolen 40 bases with today’s rules? 15:20 The big answer: what’s the best Mets uniform? 17:10 The meaning of being a captain 17:20 Current Mets are in the rough, what should a captain do? 19:30 Recounting the catch: how the bare hand dive in SD went down 21:00 The Mets Pod Mount Rushmore: David’s 4 favorite Shea Stadium memories 23:55 Goodbye to David Wright 26:00 The Week That Was…just terrible in every way 39:50 Mailbag – Ranking collapses 43:05 Mailbag – What can change to shake things up? 49:10 Mailbag – Questioning the starting pitching strategy of David Stearns? 56:25 The Scoreboard: last week’s recap 59:50 Mailbag/Down on the Farm: Brandon Sproat deep dive 01:05:00 Any way to piggyback Brandon Sproat and Nolan McLean?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Metspod. On today's show, we know things aren't great right now, but hopefully our conversation with David Wright can cheer you up.
0:07.7	After that, we'll sort out this mess. Here we go.
0:14.3	What's up everybody? Welcome to the Metspod presented by Tri-State Cadillac. Taking a Cadillac is more than just taking a drive. Discover which Cadillac is right for you and elevate every journey. Visit your tri-state Cadillac dealer. I'm your host, Connor Rogers. joined as always by my co-host, Joe DeMaio. But who cares about us? Because we got David Wright on the show today. What's better than this? David,
0:38.3	thank you so much for some time after what's been, I'm sure, just a crazy month for you.
0:43.8	It's been really cool because like the last couple weeks you've been able to or I've been able to reflect, you know, and hear it kind of from the kids, my kids eyes or my parents' eyes or my wife's eyes and, you know,
0:55.2	friends' eyes. So like it feels almost like it's still going on because, you know, you hear
1:00.8	these different stories that I didn't hear about until now from people that were actually
1:04.0	there. So just a really, really over-the-top, incredibly gracious, special, you know, month-long
1:10.5	celebration, what it feels.
1:12.3	Obviously, you go in with a general idea, what to expect. You're going to speak.
1:16.9	Your number's going to be up there forever, which is just incredible.
1:20.5	But what was something that actually surprised you, whether it was during your, you know,
1:25.5	the number of retirement ceremony or the buildup to it.
1:28.3	You have no idea the anxiety level when it started raining a little bit because I'm super old school.
1:35.3	Like I had my notes that what I was going to say and I was really nervous about that to begin with because the kickback is incredibly difficult to overcome when you are speaking, then like a second later, you hear what you're saying before.
1:48.0	So that was challenging, so I was already nervous about that, but then it started raining a little bit and I'm old school, so everything's on paper.
1:55.0	So like I go up there and it starts raining and I'm fine with the ink splotting because I can add lib a little bit,
2:01.2	but turning the page, this pages started sticking together.
2:04.4	So in my mind, I'm thinking that I'm going to have to go just absolutely a cappella here
2:09.5	in a second and just add lib this whole thing.
2:12.7	So I was really, really nervous about that.
2:14.5	But everything went, I mean, it was a magical, magical day. And I don't love
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