 
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. |
October 16, 1969, 45 years ago today. I was watching. I was hooked. How to build lifetime brand loyalty: 1) Find an impressionable six-year-old. 2) Put him in front of a television. 3) Show him the thing he recently discovered reaching its absolute peak. 4) Show him how happy everybody looks celebrating that ascension. 5) Hope the six-year-old is the type to remain stubbornly […] There’s a press release getting play here and there trumpeting a magical “index” of Sports Fan Loyalty, the kind of thing that comes around on the eve of a new season. It also tends to lunge at the native lingo by suggesting “it’s critical that team marketers do accurate scouting regarding the strategic ball they […]  13 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Dave Howard, Loyalty, Marketing, Mets Tradition These days SNY’s broadcasts are a showcase for not only horrific baseball but also acres and acres of unoccupied green seats. The Mets are touting increasingly desperate ticket plans — you can get into Citi Field for a steep discount by bringing a child, a Pepsi can, enthusiasm for R.A. Dickey or, quite possibly, a […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2013 Mets, Marketing, Opening Day Deals, Sales For any Mets fan who survived 2009 by telling yourself it couldn’t get any worse, this one’s for you. It’s 2010, and, technically, it didn’t get any worse. The 2009 Mets limped to the finish line with 70 wins — and required a three-game sweep of the Astros the final weekend to accumulate that many. The […] 21 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2009 Mets, 2010 Mets, Attendance, Dillon Gee, Gouging, Hisanori Takahashi, Lucas Duda, Luis Hernandez, Marketing, Nick Evans, Pricing, Ruben Tejada, Tickets The Mets lost a squeaker, as Jose Reyes smacked a ground ball to Gaby Sanchez with two outs in the ninth and the tying run on third. Damn — particularly with Angel Pagan having looked a bit leisurely on a ball off the wall that arguably led to a fatal extra Marlin run. Still, the […] 24 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Citi Field, Fans, Jerry Manuel, Marketing, Omar Minaya, Ownership Hey, neat? Tomorrow night, according to the periodic table of elements better known as the Citi Field Seating & Pricing Chart, is a Bronze game on the Mets’ home schedule. Tickets are priced from $15 in Promenade Reserved to $460 in Delta Club Platinum (Delta Club Platinum is, of course, the finest faucet money […] 33 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Collector's Cup Night, Creative Met Promotions, Marketing Pirates manager Jim Leyland took issue with the team’s We Play Hardball promo. “We can’t say we play hardball, I’m tired of that bleep,” he said. Adam Wainwright gave the Cardinals everything they could have asked for Sunday night: a 107-pitch complete game victory. John Maine gave the Mets everything […] 23 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Wainwright, Brent Gaff, Brian Costa, Charlie Daniels, Daveotronic 5000, Felipe Lopez, Frank Catalanotto, Hype, Iron Man McGinnity, Jerry Manuel, Joe Mather, John Maine, Jon Heyman, Luis Castillo, Major League, Marketing, Michael Kinsley, Mike Birkbeck, Mike Jacobs, Office Space, Oliver Perez, Omar Minaya, Raul Valdes, Rick Aguilera, Tobi Stoner |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
Amazin' Again: How the 2015 New York Mets Brought the Magic Back to Queens by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
Volume I of The Happiest Recap: 50+ Years of the New York Mets As Told in 500+ Amazin' Wins by Greg Prince is available in print and for Kindle on Amazon. 
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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