Just in time for Pitchers & Catchers, we have broken into the Top 20 portion of MY FAVORITE SEASONS, FROM LEAST FAVORITE TO MOST FAVORITE, 1969-PRESENT. The focus of this entry is neither a pitcher nor a catcher, but he does happen to be somebody who will be reporting to Port St. Lucie in the […]
 
Faith and Fear in Flushing made its debut on Feb. 16, 2005, the brainchild of two longtime friends and lifelong Met fans. Greg Prince discovered the Mets when he was 6, during the magical summer of 1969. He is a Long Island-based writer, editor and communications consultant. Contact him here. Jason Fry is a Brooklyn writer whose first memories include his mom leaping up and down cheering for Rusty Staub. Check out his other writing here. Got something to say? Leave a comment, or email us at faithandfear@gmail.com. (Sorry, but we have no interest in ads, sponsored content or guest posts.) Need our RSS feed? It's here. Visit our Facebook page, or drop by the personal pages for Greg and Jason. Or follow us on Twitter: Here's Greg, and here's Jason. |
 4 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2019 Mets, Brodie Van Wagenen, Carlos Beltran, Darryl Strawberry, Dave Kingman, David Wright, Home Runs, Hubris, My Favorite Seasons, My Least Favorite Seasons, Pete Alonso, Todd Frazier, Todd Hundley The first week of baseball is nearly always the same: a season’s emotional journey in miniature form, with the only difference what order the necessary components get assembled in this time. So, for the 2022 Mets it’s been: Convinced the stars have aligned and your team will go 162-0. 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Brodie Van Wagenen, Chasen Shreve, Drew Smith, Edwin Diaz, Phillies, Rhys Hoskins, Tylor Megill, Wilpons, Zack Wheeler The Wilpons let Zack Wheeler walk as a free agent after the 2019 season, with zero negotiations and one knife in the back from Brodie Van Wagenen, who said that the Mets had helped Wheeler “parlay two good half-seasons over the last five into $118 million” with the Phillies. That was the Wilpons in their red […] 25 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brodie Van Wagenen, Disappointment, Phillies, Wilpons, Zack Wheeler Someday maybe, maybe someday soon, Jared Porter will be “Jared” to us. For now, he is “Porter,” and that fits. America has been saddled with enough celebrity Jareds of late. We’ve also had our run of celebrity general managers. “Brodie” came to us a master of hype — wasn’t he loudly threatening to guide Jacob deGrom […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brodie Van Wagenen, Celebrities, General Manager, Jared Porter If following the beginnings of more than one transition at a time is too overwhelming to contemplate, a quick note to keep you updated: Steve Cohen now owns the New York Mets, lock, stock and Brad Brach. The deal we anticipated for a nearly a year and celebrated for a week — and the addition […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Guttridge, Allard Baird, Brodie Van Wagenen, Jarred Banner, Omar Minaya, Sandy Alderson, Steve Cohen, Transitions The Mets and Marlins didn’t play Thursday night. After some milling around in front of both dugouts, the Mets ran out to their positions, led by Dominic Smith and Billy Hamilton. Miami’s Lewis Brinson stepped to the plate. Caps came off. The other players on both teams came out of the dugouts to stand in a […] 25 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Billy Hamilton, Brodie Van Wagenen, Dom Smith, Donn Clendenon, Lewis Brinson, Marlins, Mets, Miguel Rojas, Not Sticking to Sports, Politics, Reality, Rob Manfred, SNY, Steve Gelbs I nodded off briefly during Sunday’s game. I debated going for a full-blown nap, but thought, nah, this is the first Sunday afternoon the Mets have played this season. I gotta sit up for this. Still, against the backdrop of the Mets playing as they are in what this season is, a nap was probably […] 21 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brodie Van Wagenen, Communications, Opting Out, Pandemics, Yoenis Cespedes “I promoted from within. Promoting from within is very big in my family.” Once upon a time, some team that wasn’t the Mets did something that got the commissioner’s attention, and ultimately the Mets benefited. Maybe it’s déjà vu all over again 54 years later. Summoning the greatest fortune-laden precedent in Mets lore […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Barry Bremen, Brodie Van Wagenen, Carlos Beltran, Felipe Alou, Jesus Alou, Luis Rojas, Matty Alou, Mel Rojas, Mets Managers, Moises Alou, Quality Control, The West Wing I learned two things from watching Brodie Van Wagenen’s official introduction of Dellin Betances on Thursday, as streamed by SNY: 1) Brodie Van Wagenen believes we are more interested in negotiation protocols and processes than we actually are. Stop telling us what miracles you and your compatriots have worked by hammering out a contract offer to […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andy Hassler, Bests, Brodie Van Wagenen, Dellin Betances, Don Larsen, Moment of Silence While interviews continue to proceed to determine who will collaborate most collegially with non-uniformed front office personnel in the evolving so as to be unrecognizable to the ghost of John McGraw role of field manager, I have a question not for or about Carlos Beltran, Eduardo Perez, Joe Girardi, Tim Bogar or anybody else still […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brodie Van Wagenen, Brooklyn Cyclones, Edgardo Alfonzo, Managing, Mets Ambassadors, Organizational Mysteries |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
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Faith and Fear in Flushing: An Intense Personal History by Greg Prince (foreword by Jason Fry), is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. |
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