Into the Great Wide Open

About this episode

The episode discusses the upcoming 2026 Mets season and features a conversation with Greg Prince about the team's prospects and the significance of Howie Rose's final season.

What do we know about the 2026 Mets? Until the first pitch is broadcast on NBC, nothing yet. But once the season starts, the sense of unfamiliarity that has pervaded our impressions of the offseason will dissipate and we will be able to say who these Mets are and what they might do. But National League Town doesn’t care to wait even that long, so for its Opening Day Spectacular, Greg Prince joins Jeff Hysen to attempt to articulate some feelings about an outfit that is 0-0 with 162 games to go. Also, they look forward to tuning their radios/devices to the last go-round with the singular Howie Rose as he prepares to talk us through one more year of Mets baseball (may it be put in the books as a championship season). Finally, during "What Can the Mets Do For You?", Greg cuts the ribbon, at least in his mind, on the Seaver Center, the home for New York baseball history, ideally adjacent to Citi Field.

People in this episode

Host: Jeff Hysen

Guest: Greg Prince

Topics covered

• 2026 Mets
• baseball season
• Howie Rose
• Seaver Center
• Mets history
• Opening Day

Keywords

• Mets
• baseball
• Greg Prince
• Howie Rose
• Seaver Center
• Opening Day
• 2026

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Seaver Center

Places: Citi Field

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