This week on Hits Different, David and Kaitlyn talk "football stickers" and Bend it Like Beckham, two of the best things about these two Americans' childhoods even though both are incredibly British. The episode goes on forever because it's been two weeks and we have much to say to each other.

It's all connected, and here's how: After a four-game set with the Cubs, the Mets will be going to Taylor Swift's "Florida!!!" to play the Rays. Guess who listened to Taylor Swift when he was in high school and she was in her country music era? New York Met left fielder Brandon Nimmo, born in 1993 just like yours truly (Kaitlyn). The both of us were born at exactly the right time and in the right places to be devoted to Taylor's debut single "Tim McGraw," which is relevant because on this week's episode we are talking about Brandon's discomfort during his early days in Brooklyn as a 19-year-old Mets prospect—a feeling he relays by describing the lack of trees and the presence of bars on the windows of the Gowanus Holiday Inn. Sounds an awful lot like the 1997 Tim McGraw song "Where the Green Grass Grows," which is about being lonely and unhappy in a big city:

"But all of this glitter is getting dark

There's concrete growin' in the city park

I don't know who my neighbors are

There's bars on the corners and bars on my heart"

Oh my god... But it's okay! Brandon is rich and happy now and he lives on Long Island! More to the point, it was, of course, Tim McGraw's father Tug McGraw who coined the phrase "You gotta believe!" 51 years ago. And Mr. Quality Start Quintana went eight innings for the Mets this Sunday, then captioned his Instagram post "YOU GOTTA BELIEVE. LGM. [apple emoji] [baseball emoji] @mets." @mets: we love you!!!

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This week on Hits Different, producer Nathan phones in and fills in for David as a guest co-host. Nathan has been watching baseball at 4 in the morning while in Europe—this has not affected his performance on his work trip!! (Please excuse his audio quality) We talk about Reed Garrett, former Rochester Red Wing, current Mets GUY with the most strikeouts for a relief pitcher in the whole MLB. But why is his Instagram private, preventing us from learning more, more, more? Also: What is wrong with people who sit in the outfield seats, and can you claim a foul ball by getting hit by it?

The Mets just lost two games but they also took a series from the "superteam" Dodgers and we still believe. As Alvy so correctly put it: "We continue forward with God LFGM."

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This week on Hits Different, we are striking an inadvertently ascetic tone—i.e. there's no groovy intro music for this episode because the guy in the booth is on a work trip to Europe and was therefore asleep when I would have liked him to be editing the show. Absence makes the heart grow fonder!!

And we press on, as we always do. We were confused by all of the tweets regarding Nick Castellanos and OJ Simpson, but we got to the bottom of it. We were afraid that we weren't going to be inspired by Mets reliever Tyler Jay's underdog story but then we were so inspired. We were shocked and disturbed by the weird behavior of everyone in the Atlanta Braves organization, especially the dreadful mascot Blooper who is reportedly the product of "science run amok." (Have you guys ever thought of just having a man with a baseball head? Oh yeah, you did try that, but it was a FLOP!! Mr. Met is undefeated!!)

After three series wins in a row we are tempted to ask whether the Mets are... good? We'll probably know for sure after they get back from their little trip to California. LFGM!

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