One of the most fascinating sets of figures I ever came across grabbed my attention forty years ago this month. The Sporting News printed what every member of every qualifying team received in the way of a postseason share. In those four-division days, shares were allocated to teams that finished first, second and third in […]
 
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. |
 16 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1975 Mets, 2015 Mets, Akeel Morris, Chili Davis, Cleon Jones, Eric O'Flaherty, Jerry Moses, Jim Caple, LaTroy Hawkins, Matt Reynolds, Mike Coolbaugh, Mike Piazza, Mike Vail, Postseason Shares, Rickey Henderson, Ron Hodges, Team History, The Sporting News, World Series Shares Under the system that’s been in place since 1936, nobody’s ever going to hand me a Hall of Fame ballot. That’s fine by me. I don’t want a Hall of Fame ballot. I really don’t. Not the way the process is set up. I don’t want to be one of those voters who writes a column […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Delgado, Cliff Floyd, Gary Sheffield, Hall of Fame, Mike Piazza, Pedro Martinez On this date in 1982, there was approximately zero-percent chance that the Mets would soon call Keith Hernandez their first baseman. On this same date in 1997, it was maybe less likely (if that’s statistically possible) that Mike Piazza was five months and change from becoming the Mets’ catcher. But both deals happened and twice this […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Keith Hernandez, Mike Piazza, Searing Hot Stove Excitement, Troy Tulowitzki The Royals’ 7-2 victory in Wednesday night’s Game Two provided a healthy reminder that there are two league champions vying in this World Series. Or, more cynically, the Giants’ 7-2 defeat in Wednesday night’s Game Two provided a pointed reminder that an 89-win team is playing an 88-win team for the championship of the world. […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1998 Mets, 2001 Mets, 2002 Mets, 2003 Mets, 2014 Postseason, Bruce Chen, Dennis Cook, Ed Lynch, Jose Reyes, Julio Franco, Last Met Standing, Longest Ago Met Still Active, Luis Lopez, Marco Scutaro, Masato Yoshii, Mike Glavine, Mike Piazza, Octavio Dotel, Pedro Feliciano, Rigo Beltran, Scott Strickland, Team History, Tony Phillips, Turk Wendell, Ty Wigginton, Willie Blair Mike Piazza is a special instructor in Mets camp. He is among the most special of all Mets, so the title fits. Nice of him to swing by St. Lucie, just as it was good thinking on Jeff Wilpon’s part to invite him. (We will now take the keyboard on which I’m typing out of play […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Excellent Addition to Your Baseball Library, Francisco Estrada, Mets Catchers, Mike Piazza, Spring Training If you haven’t been to Cooperstown, you should go. It’s a lovely town. And you’ll be surprised in a way that’s unfortunately all too rare these days — the Hall of Fame isn’t a glitzy monstrosity but the kind of place that gets unlocked a minute after it’s supposed to open by a friendly guy […] The sound and the fury notwithstanding, nothing much changed from a purely parochial perspective following Wednesday’s Hall of Fame announcement. Mike Piazza still rocks, T#m Gl@v!ne still galls and Tom Seaver still rules. Piazza didn’t gain induction. Big deal. He continues to be one of the absolute greatest Mets there ever was, his membership in the […] 24 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Armando Benitez, Hall of Fame, Hideo Nomo, Jeff Kent, Kenny Rogers, Mike Piazza, Moises Alou, Paul Lo Duca, T#m Gl@v!ne Watching MLB Network the other night, I heard several Hall of Fame candidates referred to as “slam dunks” for election. No, I thought, absolutely not…and I don’t say that to diminish anybody’s chance for Murray Chass-approved immortality. There are no slam dunks in baseball. I mean that literally and figuratively. Let us not use phrases from […] The Mets are signing somebody! Cue the applause! I’m clapping, and not just politely, to my mild surprise. I’m all for the Mets securing the services of better players, and I’m fairly certain Curtis Granderson is better than what they had before they got him. Perhaps because I didn’t expect the Mets to actually get him […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2014 Mets, Cliff Floyd, Curtis Granderson, Jason Bay, Johan Santana, Marlon Byrd, Mike Piazza, Money, Pedro Martinez, Vladimir Guerrero, Willie Montanez That Sunday was Closing Day, an inescapable fact of the schedule, was never far from my consciousness. Yet it wasn’t until I was on the outbound 7 Super Express, rushing away from Citi Field, that it fully hit me that the Mets’ 2013 season was over. Perhaps I was lost in the kind of series-finale […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Closing Day, Harry Minor, Larry Sanders, Mets Hall of Fame, Mike Piazza, WFAN |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
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