Willie Montanez
Season 1, Episode 18, Jul 30, 2019, 01:28 AM
Welcome to UnforMETable, a new show from Amazin’ Avenue that looks back on less heralded, more obscure, but quintessential Mets players from the past
As the trade deadline approaches, we take a look at the career and Mets tenure of the colorful, well-traveled Willie Montanez. Traded eight times in the course of his career—including being involved in one of the most memorable trades in major league history—Montanez eventually found his way to the Mets in the 1977 offseason.
In one of the bleaker seasons in Mets history, the first basement injected some much-needed verve into a moribund season, his memorable and stylized home run trot even inspiring some memorable spoofing. Hear about Montanez’s tenure in Queens along the way of his many major league stops.
As always, you can listen or subscribe to this and all of our wonderful Amazin’ Avenue Audio podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, or listen wherever you get podcasts.
If you’ve got an idea for a player to be featured on UnforMETable, let us know in the comments.
Make sure to follow Rob on Twitter (@WolffRR), and you can now follow the show, too (@unformetable). Tune in next week for another tale from the Mets’ past.
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As the trade deadline approaches, we take a look at the career and Mets tenure of the colorful, well-traveled Willie Montanez. Traded eight times in the course of his career—including being involved in one of the most memorable trades in major league history—Montanez eventually found his way to the Mets in the 1977 offseason.
In one of the bleaker seasons in Mets history, the first basement injected some much-needed verve into a moribund season, his memorable and stylized home run trot even inspiring some memorable spoofing. Hear about Montanez’s tenure in Queens along the way of his many major league stops.
As always, you can listen or subscribe to this and all of our wonderful Amazin’ Avenue Audio podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, or listen wherever you get podcasts.
If you’ve got an idea for a player to be featured on UnforMETable, let us know in the comments.
Make sure to follow Rob on Twitter (@WolffRR), and you can now follow the show, too (@unformetable). Tune in next week for another tale from the Mets’ past.
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