The “Born in ‘87” Pod is Back! It’s an emergency pod because the man that tormented us as Jets fans for over 2 decades, Tom Brady, is finally gone (hopefully). Adam and Justin debate how much Brady truly tormented the Jets versus the Jets just being an inept franchise (0:30), and what Brady’s retirement means for the Jets and our psyches as fans. A…

The Mets, Jets and Knicks are always terrible and 2021 was only slightly different (I guess the Knicks did make the playoffs). For the final pod of 2021, Ross Green joins Justin and Adam for the annual “Born in ‘87” 10 Worst Mets, Jets and Knicks moments of the year countdown (3:40). If you listen to us and root for these terrible teams, you are us…

On today’s pod, we rank the Mets, Jets and Knicks in order of how close we think each team is to a championship, aka, our “Crap Rankings” (0:30). We like to dream and think that one day we will see one of our three beloved teams win a championship, so from time to time on this pod, we like to come up with a “Crap Ranking” to determine the order of …

Max Scherzer (as well as Starling Marte, Eduardo Escobar and Mark Canha) are New York Mets. Steve Cohen is the greatest owner of all time, Billy Eppler is the greatest GM of all time, and everything is Amazin’ when it comes to the Mets! On this episode of the “Born in ’87” pod, Justin and Adam are joined by recurring guests Travis Williams and Alex…

It is a special Thanksgiving Edition of the Born in ’87 Podcast, but since we are Mets, Jets and Knicks fans and have nothing to be (sports) thankful for, on today’s pod we look back at our last 10 years of sports fandom and pick a “What If?” scenario for each team, and ponder how the last decade may have played out differently if these topics we d…

Noah Syndergaard is no longer a Met and the Mets have finally hired a General Manager. Clearly this called for an (albeit delayed) emergency pod. Noah Syndergaard was one of our favorite Mets over the past 7 years, and seeing him leave brought out a lot of emotion. Adam and Justin try to come to grips with the fact that Noah will be pitching in Ana…

Mike White became the first QB in ten years to throw for 400 yards in his first NFL start AND he led the Jets to an improbable come from behind win against the Cincinnati Bengals. Of course today’s pod is all about Mike White! Lance Kravitz returns to the pod, as we break down his historic first start, debate how long White will start, when we’ll s…

On today's pod we ask the question, is Carmelo Anthony really one of the 75 best players in NBA history? Last week, in honor of the NBA's 75th season, the NBA released its list of the 75 best players of all time. A former Knick who we watched a lot of, Carmelo Anthony, made this list and on today's pod, we debate whether or not Melo deserved to mak…

The 2021-22 Knicks season begins on Wednesday and on today’s pod, Tom Leninger and Chris Meany join us to preview it (0:55). We had a lot of fun on this pod, as we preview a season for one of our teams that comes with both expectation, and is coming off of a year where the Knicks actually made the playoffs. We talk about pretty much any subplot you…

On today's pod we put the Mets 2021 season to bed and begin to look forward to 2022. Before the season, Justin and Adam had Ross Green, Alex Bigelisen and Travis Williams on the pod, and we conducted our WAR Draft, where we each selected 5 Mets as part of a contest where the person who selected the 5 players with the best cumulative WAR in 2021 wou…

The Jets are 0-3 and have looked completely miserable in the process. Today’s pod is real simple, it is a Jets Airing of Grievances. Frank Costanza created Festivus to air familial grievances, we have this podcast to air our Jets Grievances. Friends of the pod, James Arnone, Lance Kravitz and Travis Williams join us, as we spend a lot of time compl…

Another season of Jets Football begins on Sunday, and when you look at the Jets 22 starters, the most surprising name on that list may be their rookie 6th round linebacker out of Florida State, Hamsah Nasirildeen. Our guest on today’s pod (0:26), is Max Moody, one of the Hosts of the “Locked on Seminoles” Podcast. Max is a diehard Florida State Sem…

On today's pod (0:26) we get ready for the Jets 2021 season with a very simple shtick. For the 2nd straight year, Tom Leninger comes on the pod as we go through the Jets schedule game-by-game, and as a podcast, decide just how many games the Jets will win in 2021 (10:05). Regardless of how good the Jets may be in 2021, this pod got us excited for Z…

Kemba Walker, Evan Fournier, Quentin Grimes and Miles McBride are now Knicks! On today's edition of the "Born in '87" podcast, we break down these acquisitions, debate the draft, assess how they did in free agency, and give all of our thoughts on a busy 2021 offseason for the New York Knickerbockers. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @bornin87pod,…

Get excited Jets fans, football is back, and maybe you'll even have a Jet on your Fantasy Team! Okay, maybe having a Jet on your fantasy team is not the best idea, but on today's pod (2:12), we are going to break down all of the key Jets offensive skill players anyway and let you know if they are worth drafting in your fantasy league. Before we bre…

Happy Anniversary to us! That's right, the "Born in '87" pod has just celebrated its 1 year anniversary! To celebrate we are looking ahead to the future with our most frequent guest from our first year of podcasting, Travis Williams. On today's pod, Justin, Adam and Travis are doing a Mount Rushmore draft of who we each think will be the most impor…

The first half of baseball season is in the books and the 2nd half starts this Friday. Despite all the injuries, the Mets ended the first half with a 3.5 game lead in the NL East. Do we feel good about that? I guess you'll have to listen to find out! On this pod we discuss we liked and didn't like about the first half, and what we are both excited …

If you enjoyed Part 1 of our Mike Maccagnan Deep Dive, here is Part 2! Part 2 picks up right where Part 1 left off (1:28), as we begin the pod talking about Maccagnan's performance in 2018. If you are thinking, how come Part 1 covered 2015, 16 and 17? And Part 2 only covers 2018 and 2019, well, that is because there is A LOT to unpack from Mikey Ma…

We’re back! On today’s edition of the “Born in ‘87” podcast, we are going to do something we have wanted to do for a long time. Lance Kravitz returns to the pod for the Great Mike Maccagnan Deep Dive (1:48). The Jets have been inept for years and currently have the longest playoff drought in the NFL, if you want to find the main culprit for that, l…

The Knicks season ended two weeks ago, and the Born in 87 guys are ready to give you a postmortem for their 2020-2021 season (0:50). This pod was recorded about a week ago, however we stand by the takes on this pod. We review everything about this season, the highs of the regular season, the disappointment of the playoff loss to Atlanta, and we dis…

On today's pod, we are doing something we thought we would never do, talk hockey! It took the Islanders reaching the Stanley Cup Semifinals for the 2nd straight season, but we have succumbed and we have brought James Arnone on the pod to tell us everything we need to know about this year's Islanders team, why as Mets-Jets-Knicks fans we need to be …

We’re back talking Mets! But we’ve been distracted, between the Knicks postseason, Jets offseason, and all the late-night games on the West Coast, we haven’t been as locked in to the Mets as we should be (especially since we host a podcast covering them). Alex Bigelisen returns to the pod to fill in the gaps for us, and tell us How in Holy Hell do …

After 8 long years, the Knicks have again won a playoff game! On today's episode Justin and Adam react to the first two games of Knicks-Hawks and discuss what they are looking out for in the rest of this series. If you are looking for some Knicks Game Day listening, leading up to Game 3 tonight, you have come to the right place! Let's Go Knicks! #k…

Finally, the Knicks are back in the NBA Playoffs! On today's pod (0:41), Tom Leninger and Chris Meany return to celebrate the Knicks regular season which resulted in them improbably getting the 4 seed in the east and to break down their first round playoff matchup against the Atlanta Hawks. After a brief trip down memory lane at the top of the pod,…

Harrison Glaser is Back! The CEO of Take Flight Media, Harrison Glaser, joins us on today’s pod to provide a lot of great player insight and break down the Jets 2021 offseason (1:30). We discuss Zach Wilson (10:39), do a deep dive on Joe Douglas’s 2021 Draft (21:59), and debate who their best pickups were in Free Agency (50:24). We also have some f…

After a bit of fun at the top of the pod, we get into breaking down the Jets draft (1:12) with John Hill and Travis Williams. While we do talk extensively about the Jets first 3 picks, Zach Wilson, Alijah Vera-Tucker, and Elijah Moore, the crux of our debate is whether or not the Jets made the right draft choices positionally, and whether or not Jo…

The Knicks keep rolling and for the first time in eight years are primed to make the playoffs. If you want to hear a good discussion about everything going on with the Knicks both now, and what may happen with the Knicks this offseason, you have come to the right podcast! On today's pod, we sit back and appreciate everything going on with this Knic…

The Mets season is not off to a great start, but today, on a day where the Mets did not even lose a game, they showed a remarkable amount of organizational incompetence by starting their game against the Miami Marlins, just for it be postponed nine Marcus Stroman pitches into the game. Then to make matters worse, it was announced that Stroman (afte…

If you want some rapid reactions to the dumpster fire that was this Mets opening night loss (27:20), you have come to the right place. It was a crazy Monday for our three teams, the Mets open their season with an unexpected loss, the officially failed Sam Darnold experiment comes to an end as the Jets trade Darnold to the Carolina Panthers (5:48), …

On today’s pod (1:00) we are previewing the Mets 2021 season by playing WAR Games (and no, we’re not referring to the old wrestling gimmick or Matthew Broderick movie)! The “Born in ‘87” podcast’s version of WAR Games consists of a 5 round snake draft in which our guests, Travis Williams, Ross Green and Alex Bigelisen join us to draft players on th…

With so much going on right now with our three teams, we though that on today's pod we would offer up a Smorgasbord of Mets, Jets and Knicks Talk. At the top of the pod we break down the Finals of our "Mets Worst Moment Bracket" (0:25), then discuss some of the hot button issues surrounding Mets Spring Training. Our the 2nd section of the smorgasbo…

On today's pod (1:45), our first ever guest, Tom Leninger, is back to talk Knicks and Jets. We preview the 2nd half of the Knicks season (3:14), discuss what player we definitely do not want to see them acquire, and we even have a little fun by doing a way too early look at potential playoff matchups. Then we talk Jets (53:17) and the three of us e…

Two pods ago, we released our "Mets Worst Moment" Bracket, featuring eight of the worst Mets moments of our lifetimes. The first round may have not had any upsets, as the top 4 seeds all advanced, but on today's pod Travis Williams come on to preview the final four (1:11). After going through the results of Round 1 (3:36), Travis also nitpicks some…

The Knicks are 18-17 and currently the #4 seed in the East! It is time to get excited Knicks fans. For the first time in eight years, we can talk about both how the Knicks can improve themselves for a playoff run this season AND how they can improve themselves in the future. Matt Reznik joins us on the pod to go through a whole bevy of mock trades …

As Mets fans we may love our team, but they have let us down time and time again, usually in painfully agonizing ways. Before the Mets play their first game in the Steve Cohen era, we thought we'd look back at some of the torturous memories, and let the fans decide which one was the worst. On today's episode, diehard Mets fan, Alex Bigelisen joins …

The 2020 NFL Season is in the books, and if you are a Jets fan like us, right now you feel sick about Brady winning another Super Bowl. Well, the Born in '87 podcast is here for you Jets fans, and we are looking forward, giving you some content that is not about that disgusting Super Bowl. On today's episode, John Hill comes on the pod and we analy…

Julius Randle has been awesome thus far in this Knicks 2020-21 season, and we want to see him as a Knick for a long time. DON'T TRADE JULIUS RANDLE! On this pod we dive into everything going on with the Knicks right now, and also discuss some of the things that we got right and wrong from our Knicks Season Preview Pod. At the end of the pod we talk…

The "Born in '87" Pod is Back! With so much going on right now with the Mets, Jets and Knicks, we decided to (taking a page out of The Office) "Rundown" everything going on with our three teams. While we had a lot of fun talking the happenings of the three teams we root for, if you do only want to listen to our talk on a specific team, the time sta…

If you are looking for a crazy, fun, insightful pod that at points becomes chaotic, well, this is the pod for you! On this episode of the "Born in '87" podcast, we debate just about every aspect of the Jets 2020 season, and more specifically, how Joe Douglas did in his first draft and full season as Jets General Manager. We debate it WWE Tag Team S…

The "Born in '87" podcast is back with our first episode of 2021! Our final pod of 2020 talked about the worst Mets, Jets and Knicks moments of 2020, so we begin 2021 talking about something awesome. The Mets traded for Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco, and they didn't have to trade too much to do it. On this pod, we share our excitement over t…

The Mets, Jets and Knicks are always terrible and 2020 was no different. Therefore for our final pod of 2020, Ross Green joins Justin and Adam to countdown the 10 Worst Mets, Jets and Knicks moments of the year (15:00). At the top of the pod, we briefly discuss the Jets, as they are coming off of their Browns win which solidified their positioning …

It is the eve of the Knicks 2020-21 season, and the "Born in '87" pod is here to preview it. Chris Meany returns as we break down the Knicks offseason and look ahead to what we expect from the team this season. While we may not think the Knicks will be very good this season, I think you will find that this is the most optimistic we have been about …

Jets 23-Rams 20. The Jets beat the Rams and the Jets will now (probably) not have the opportunity to draft Trevor Lawrence. Shortly after this game went final, we recorded an emergency pod, sharing our raw real-time emotions after this Jets win which no Jets fan wanted. Share in the misery with us on this one. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @bo…

The Mets have have hired new General Manager, Jared Porter, and we have brought Travis Williams onto the pod (for a record 3rd time) to talk about it (9:55). While we do spend the majority of this pod discussing Jared Porter and the what we would like to see him do with the Mets this offseason, this pod take a bunch of wild and wacky turns. Toward …

Who will the next Head Coach of the New York Jets be? We may not know the answer to that question, but on today’s pod we are going to break down all of the candidates (6:04). John Hill and Erik Montalbano join us as we do a deep dive into all the guys that Joe Douglas may consider hiring. We break down the guys everyone are talking about (Bieniemy …

This is a very special episode of the “Born in ‘87” Podcast. Steve Cohen has Mets fans as excited as we can ever remember. Part of that excitement also stems from the fact that the Wilpon’s no longer own the team. To partake in this excitement, we wanted to hear from the fans, so we brought on five diehard Mets fans to share one of their terrible W…

On today’s pod we are joined by Harrison Glaser of Take Flight Media. In this episode we take Harrison into the Tortured Fan Corner and then talk at length about the current state of the Jets. We play out the draft scenarios for the Jets at both the # 1 and # 2 pick by breaking down Sam Darnold, Trevor Lawrence and Justin Fields. We also share our …

The Knicks drafted Obi Toppin and for the first time (maybe ever), we are pumped about a Knicks draft pick! We recorded this pod during last night's NBA Draft, so listen to our rapid reaction to the Knicks drafting Toppin. We also do a full Knicks Offseason Preview. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @bornin87pod, bornin87pod@gmail.com, bornin87pod…

What are the Crap Rankings? From time to time, we will rank the crappy teams we root for and decide in order, how close the Mets, Jets and Knicks, at that given moment, are to a championship, and that is we do on today's pod. At the end of the pod, despite the Jets having a Week 10 Bye, we make our Week 10 NFL Picks (9:38). This is a quick pod toda…

Remember earlier in 2020 when Curb Your Enthusiasm had a new season and there was an episode featuring the Jets? We thought everyone could use a few laughs this week, so we have decided to release our review of that Curb Your Enthusiasm episode, which was titled "The Ugly Section." In the past we have alluded to the period before we launched when w…