The Mets have lost six of seven and fallen to third place in the division. While we do care about that, things around the Mets have been really, really depressing lately. So, after a brief, 20-minute conversation about some of the baseball stuff, we welcome Mets minor league reliever Tom Hackimer onto the pod!
Tom is in Triple-A Syracuse right now slinging filth from the side. The Mets originally drafted him out of St. John's in 2015, and though he didn't sign, he made his way to the Mets earlier this season after being cut from the Twins organization. He's become a friend to us over the last couple of months, so it was a natural fit to get him onto PGE.
With him, we talk about his origin story in becoming a sidearmer (something we also asked the other two sidearmers we've had on the pod). We talk about how awful a city Binghamton is in his eyes, how to manage a workload when so many arms are moving between 'Cuse and the Big Leagues, and how he feels about potentially being on the doorstep to the Majors.
Tom is also a content creator! He's made a handful of fun vlogs with Momentum on Youtube. Oh look! Here's one. Go check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erMuusjzRkk
You can follow him on Twitter @HackAttackimer. Enjoy our conversation with Tom and we'll see you next week, Mets fans!

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