Press Box Chronicles with Jeff Pearlman
Ep.13 - Press Box Chronicles - Let’s Get Metsmerized
Season 1, Episode 13
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Sports, Talk Show, 02-Jun-2025
In this episode, I dive into one of the many, many things that made the 1986 Mets so insane: their rap song Let's Get Metsmerized. In a time where sports teams all thought it'd be a good idea to do music, the Mets did it in the worst way possible.
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