Greg Prince
@gregprince.bsky.social
Unofficial institutional memory of New York Mets baseball.
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Good morning #MetsSky! Today's newsletter is out. I decided to look into how the #Mets deal with Yorvit Torrealba fell apart during the 2007-2008 offseason. I've joked that Torrealba always felt like a quintessential "Almost A Met" to me.
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😶🌫️ How the Mets deal with Yorvit Torrealba fell apart
Almost A Met: Yorvit Torrealba
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January 9, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Good morning #MetsSky! Today's newsletter is out. I decided to look into how the #Mets deal with Yorvit Torrealba fell apart during the 2007-2008 offseason. I've joked that Torrealba always felt like a quintessential "Almost A Met" to me.
almostametnewsletter.substack.com/p/mets-yorvi...
almostametnewsletter.substack.com/p/mets-yorvi...
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“It’s great to be young and a New York Giant.”
—Larry Doyle, 25, in 1911
“I love being a Met. It’s truly one of the coolest things I’ve ever done in my entire life.”
—Jonah Tong, 22, in 2025
Here’s to the kids through the ages.
www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/31/t...
—Larry Doyle, 25, in 1911
“I love being a Met. It’s truly one of the coolest things I’ve ever done in my entire life.”
—Jonah Tong, 22, in 2025
Here’s to the kids through the ages.
www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/31/t...
December 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“It’s great to be young and a New York Giant.”
—Larry Doyle, 25, in 1911
“I love being a Met. It’s truly one of the coolest things I’ve ever done in my entire life.”
—Jonah Tong, 22, in 2025
Here’s to the kids through the ages.
www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/31/t...
—Larry Doyle, 25, in 1911
“I love being a Met. It’s truly one of the coolest things I’ve ever done in my entire life.”
—Jonah Tong, 22, in 2025
Here’s to the kids through the ages.
www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/31/t...
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I may be old enough to know better than to fall in love with the next fledgling youth movement, but I’m also old enough to know it’s not much fun getting older without a few Met futures to anticipate. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/31/t...
December 31, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I may be old enough to know better than to fall in love with the next fledgling youth movement, but I’m also old enough to know it’s not much fun getting older without a few Met futures to anticipate. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/31/t...
Get down on your knees and thank your maker for a podcast like @funforallages.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Get down on your knees and thank your maker for a podcast like @funforallages.bsky.social
“It’s great to be young and a New York Giant.”
—Larry Doyle, 25, in 1911
“I love being a Met. It’s truly one of the coolest things I’ve ever done in my entire life.”
—Jonah Tong, 22, in 2025
Here’s to the kids through the ages.
www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/31/t...
—Larry Doyle, 25, in 1911
“I love being a Met. It’s truly one of the coolest things I’ve ever done in my entire life.”
—Jonah Tong, 22, in 2025
Here’s to the kids through the ages.
www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/31/t...
December 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“It’s great to be young and a New York Giant.”
—Larry Doyle, 25, in 1911
“I love being a Met. It’s truly one of the coolest things I’ve ever done in my entire life.”
—Jonah Tong, 22, in 2025
Here’s to the kids through the ages.
www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/31/t...
—Larry Doyle, 25, in 1911
“I love being a Met. It’s truly one of the coolest things I’ve ever done in my entire life.”
—Jonah Tong, 22, in 2025
Here’s to the kids through the ages.
www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/31/t...
I may be old enough to know better than to fall in love with the next fledgling youth movement, but I’m also old enough to know it’s not much fun getting older without a few Met futures to anticipate. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/31/t...
December 31, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I may be old enough to know better than to fall in love with the next fledgling youth movement, but I’m also old enough to know it’s not much fun getting older without a few Met futures to anticipate. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/31/t...
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Remember the most obscure Mets season? It’s OK if you don’t. It was destined for instant obscurity from its delayed outset, and did nothing to divert from its path to nowhere while it went about its abbreviated business. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/26/f...
Flashback Friday: 2020 « Faith and Fear in Flushing
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December 27, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Remember the most obscure Mets season? It’s OK if you don’t. It was destined for instant obscurity from its delayed outset, and did nothing to divert from its path to nowhere while it went about its abbreviated business. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/26/f...
Remember the most obscure Mets season? It’s OK if you don’t. It was destined for instant obscurity from its delayed outset, and did nothing to divert from its path to nowhere while it went about its abbreviated business. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/26/f...
Flashback Friday: 2020 « Faith and Fear in Flushing
www.faithandfearinflushing.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Remember the most obscure Mets season? It’s OK if you don’t. It was destined for instant obscurity from its delayed outset, and did nothing to divert from its path to nowhere while it went about its abbreviated business. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/26/f...
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The Baseball Equinox approaches, as we box up and contextualize the barely middling 2025 Mets season (and notice we won't be unpacking Jeff McNeil when we move to 2026). www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/23/c...
December 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The Baseball Equinox approaches, as we box up and contextualize the barely middling 2025 Mets season (and notice we won't be unpacking Jeff McNeil when we move to 2026). www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/23/c...
The Baseball Equinox approaches, as we box up and contextualize the barely middling 2025 Mets season (and notice we won't be unpacking Jeff McNeil when we move to 2026). www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/23/c...
December 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The Baseball Equinox approaches, as we box up and contextualize the barely middling 2025 Mets season (and notice we won't be unpacking Jeff McNeil when we move to 2026). www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/23/c...
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“My darkest fear is less about David Stearns guiding our ballclub toward losing records and more that he will unconsciously shepherd it toward well-deserved obscurity.” www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/15/w...
December 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“My darkest fear is less about David Stearns guiding our ballclub toward losing records and more that he will unconsciously shepherd it toward well-deserved obscurity.” www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/15/w...
“They got great pitching. They got Koosman and Seaver and a fantastic bench. And that great platoon system of Gil Hodges.”
—Mike Stivic, 1969…by way of a 1971 flashback episode of “All in the Family,” making his case to Archie Bunker that the Mets would win the pennant
—Mike Stivic, 1969…by way of a 1971 flashback episode of “All in the Family,” making his case to Archie Bunker that the Mets would win the pennant
December 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“They got great pitching. They got Koosman and Seaver and a fantastic bench. And that great platoon system of Gil Hodges.”
—Mike Stivic, 1969…by way of a 1971 flashback episode of “All in the Family,” making his case to Archie Bunker that the Mets would win the pennant
—Mike Stivic, 1969…by way of a 1971 flashback episode of “All in the Family,” making his case to Archie Bunker that the Mets would win the pennant
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On becoming overwhelmingly queasy at the sight of Pete Alonso and Edwin Diaz in new uniforms — and considering David Stearns as something of a latter-day Leo Durocher. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/15/w...
December 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
On becoming overwhelmingly queasy at the sight of Pete Alonso and Edwin Diaz in new uniforms — and considering David Stearns as something of a latter-day Leo Durocher. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/15/w...
“My darkest fear is less about David Stearns guiding our ballclub toward losing records and more that he will unconsciously shepherd it toward well-deserved obscurity.” www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/15/w...
December 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“My darkest fear is less about David Stearns guiding our ballclub toward losing records and more that he will unconsciously shepherd it toward well-deserved obscurity.” www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/15/w...
On becoming overwhelmingly queasy at the sight of Pete Alonso and Edwin Diaz in new uniforms — and considering David Stearns as something of a latter-day Leo Durocher. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/15/w...
December 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
On becoming overwhelmingly queasy at the sight of Pete Alonso and Edwin Diaz in new uniforms — and considering David Stearns as something of a latter-day Leo Durocher. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/15/w...
Seaver at least yielded Steve Henderson.
December 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Seaver at least yielded Steve Henderson.
Emphasis on bear.
December 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Emphasis on bear.
Who's not in the Hall.
December 8, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Who's not in the Hall.
Mets retroactively win Cone for Kent trade.
December 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Mets retroactively win Cone for Kent trade.
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The Gehrig election was at a less constricted time for BBWAA elections. The Clemente one wasn't -- and was met with some resistance by some sportswriters. I wrote about it. sabr.org/journal/arti...
‘The Writers Are Bad’: Roberto Clemente and the Press – Society for American Baseball Research
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December 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The Gehrig election was at a less constricted time for BBWAA elections. The Clemente one wasn't -- and was met with some resistance by some sportswriters. I wrote about it. sabr.org/journal/arti...
“I deep down believed, nah, we can’t possibly blow this. Then it got blown, and it was somehow not a shock. Nor that much of a surprise. It took me a while to come around to the idea that the 2025 Mets might not be that great, but it did sink in.” www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/02/t...
December 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
“I deep down believed, nah, we can’t possibly blow this. Then it got blown, and it was somehow not a shock. Nor that much of a surprise. It took me a while to come around to the idea that the 2025 Mets might not be that great, but it did sink in.” www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/02/t...
The 2025 Mets had loads of talent. Faith and Fear in Flushing’s choice for Nikon Camera Player of the Year indicates it wasn’t enough. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/02/t...
December 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The 2025 Mets had loads of talent. Faith and Fear in Flushing’s choice for Nikon Camera Player of the Year indicates it wasn’t enough. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/02/t...
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@daynperry.bsky.social wrote about Rob Manfred. www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/rob...
How Rob Manfred shaped his legacy: Rule changes, cheating scandals, Pete Rose, more
A year before the CBA is set to expire and with his term winding down, let's look at more than a decade of leadership
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December 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
@daynperry.bsky.social wrote about Rob Manfred. www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/rob...