Bergino Baseball Clubhouse proprietor Jay Goldberg possesses the wryest of wits. In graciously inviting me to pull up a chair and talk about Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star at his one-of-a-kind shop a few blocks south of Union Square, he offered me the date of June 15. We would discuss my new book, of course, […]
 
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. |
 11 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Anniversaries, Bergino Baseball Clubhouse, Deleted Scenes, Excellent Addition to Your Baseball Library, Mike Piazza, Team History, Tom Seaver With your first selection of what to do on Thursday night, June 15, at 7 o’clock, I hope you’ll choose to make a visit to Bergino Baseball Clubhouse, 67 E. 11th St. in Manhattan. I’ll be there talking about my book Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star with gracious owner and podcast host Jay Goldberg, going […] A few weeks ago I came across an article previewing brand spanking new SunTrust Park. It said that Braves fans were certain to enjoy some fantastic feature or another, which caused me to chuckle internally, because nobody really has an inkling of what a ballpark is going to turn into until experience replaces expectation. After […] 25 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anthony Rendon, Braves, Jerry Blevins, Jose Reyes, Julio Teheran, Kevin Plawecki, Leadoff Home Runs, Michael Conforto, Noah Syndergaard, Position Players Pitching, Relief Pitchers Hitting, Sean Gilmartin, SunTrust Park, Team History, Unknowables, Weathervane Rooting Have you ever seen anything like Jay Bruce? Once, maybe. Like most precedents, it’s inexact. Unlike most precedents, this one had physical proximity going for it. On Wednesday night — a night when the Mets’ starting pitcher pitched into the eighth instead of the fifth and the Mets’ manager used three relievers instead of all of […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2000 Mets, 2004 Mets, Jay Bruce, Precedent, SNY, Team History, Todd Zeile A grand slam? The Marlins thought they were gonna beat the Mets with a grand slam? Hey, Marlins, I got a team I wanna introduce you to: the Phillies. The Phillies thought they were gonna beat the Mets with a grand slam. Hey, Phillies, tell the Marlins how that worked out. Yeah, I thought so. The Phillies […] 29 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Albert Pujols, Angel Hernandez, Brett Gardner, Brian Johnson, Chipper Jones, Darren Daulton, Ernest Riles, Grand Slams, Hansel Robles, Hubie Brooks, Jason Thompson, Jay Bruce, Jody Davis, Maikel Franco, Marathons, Marcell Ozuna, Marlins, Melvin Nieves, Michael Conforto, Mike Vail, Neil Walker, Opponent Grand Slams in Mets Wins, Robert Gsellman, Ryan Howard, Ryan Jackson, Team History, Terry Puhl, Todd Helton, Tom Goodwin, Travis d'Arnaud, Vic Davalillo, Willie Stargell, Wilson Ramos, Winning Streaks, Yoenis Cespedes Spring Training’s final public act was cancelled Friday when rain washed away a game against the United States Military Academy, a.k.a. Army, at Citi Field, an exhibition that was going to be carried out at West Point until the playing conditions at Doubleday Field at Johnson Stadium were deemed harmful for major leaguers and other […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Allegiances, Buffalo Bisons, Casey Stengel, Fans, Jimmy Breslin, Long Island, New York, Quinnipiac, Rheingold, Surveys, Team History, Transitory Popularity, West Point I want to believe we’ll beat the Braves on Opening Day (you never know) and finish substantially ahead of them this season (probably, but I take nothing as a given). What’s sad is that Atlanta has lifted the lid on SunTrust Park — their fifteenth home in eighteen years — by moving ahead of us in […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Citi Field, Duke Snider, Dwight Gooden, Gary Sheffield, Home Run Apple, Macintosh Club, Milestone Quarry, Sandy Koufax, SunTrust Park, T#m Gl@v!ne, Team History, Utter Foolishness The Oscars were handed out Sunday night, most of them to the actual recipients on the first try. Thus, per Monday morning-after tradition, the Academy pauses to remember those Mets who have, in the baseball sense, left us in the past year. AKEEL J. MORRIS Nuke LaLoosh was portrayed by Tim Robbins, […] A dozen years ago on this date, Faith and Fear in Flushing debuted, buoyed by the notion that there was nothing inconsequential about the Mets or being a Mets fan. No triviality was too trivial if you decided you cared about it. Certainly your choice of baseball team wasn’t trivial. It wasn’t a necessarily accepted […] 29 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2005 Mets, Anniversaries, Internal Affairs, Jose Santiago, Least Consequential Met, Team History Hey, T.J. Rivera, you who debuted in a big way last August and found yourself competing, however briefly, in the postseason by October: I dig your .333 batting average, your OPS+ of 117 and that 1st career home run of yours, the 1 you hit off Mark Melancon in the top of the 10th at […] 24 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Birthdays, T.J. Rivera, Team History, The Journey of a Lifetime, The Shawshank Redemption, Uniform Numbers |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
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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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