 
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. |
Good news — the Mets made the playoffs in 2022! Less good news — the Mets were bounced from the playoffs very quickly in 2022! Middling news for the 2022 Mets — they get postseason shares! You go to the postseason, you earn a little extra scratch. It’s how baseball works. You go far in the […]  6 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2022 Mets, Connor Grey, Gosuke Katoh, Kramer Robertson, Postseason Shares Maybe Terry Collins should have motivated the Mets more directly once they got to the postseason. Maybe he should have taken a page from Walt Michaels, the Jets head coach who, in the midst of the 1982 NFL playoffs, grabbed his players attention by focusing it squarely on the bottom line. “I remember Walt Michaels walking […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 2016 Mets, Antonio Bastardo, Asdrubal Cabrera, Carl Erskine, Football, Jon Niese, Justin Ruggiano, Madison Bumgarner, Motivation, No Decisions, Postseason Shares, Terry Collins, Walt Michaels, World Series Shares 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 […] 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 |
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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