 
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. |
In the great contemporary tradition of making everything about ourselves, congratulations to the New York Mets’ expansionmates, the Houston Astros on winning their first World Series and, after fifty-six seasons, minting the Expansion Class of 1962 as the first in which everybody can bring a Commissioner’s Trophy to show and tell. Eleven World Series have now […]  15 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2017 Postseason, Alex Cora, Astros, Brent Strom, Carlos Beltran, Collin McHugh, Continental League, Dave Hudgens, Expansion, Gary Pettis, Houston, Juan Centeno, Tyler Clippard, World Series Every day between October 20, 2006, and October 8, 2015, had something in common. For those 3,276 consecutive days spanning exactly 468 weeks, the New York Mets did not play a postseason baseball game. The total is a little misleading since the vast majority of those days featured no postseason baseball games, but enough of […] 22 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2012 Mets, 2015 Postseason, Carlos Gomez, Chris Young, Collin McHugh, Johan Santana, Oliver Perez, R.A. Dickey Tomorrow we’ll start Just thinkin’ about When were stuck with McHugh Tomorrow we’ll start Matt Harvey! Matt Harvey! We were […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Collin McHugh, Harvey Day, Harveysteria, Jose Fernandez, Marlins, Matt Harvey, Super 2 Ya gotta start somewhere, and Collin McHugh certainly did. (Photo by Sharon Chapman) He may barely register on the pitching staff radar as the first day of full-squad workouts commences (though it feels like the Mets have been in Port St. Lucie for a month already), but Collin McHugh was front and center in our […] It appears they let anybody turn 50 years old today. Even me. As Sid Fernandez, Benny Agbayani, Rick Trlicek and a handful of others who — Trlicek-style — avoided distinguishing it could confirm, 50’s a number, just like any other number. Yet when you reach a number that’s considered enough of a milestone to rate commemorative-patch […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aging, Benny Agbayani, Birthdays, Cheap Plays on Collin McHugh's Name, Collin McHugh, Rick Trlicek, Sid Fernandez (Before moving on to our usual fun and games, our deepest thoughts and absolute best wishes go out to Shannon Forde, one of the true shining lights of the Mets organization and a great friend to the blogging community, as she battles to beat Stage IV breast cancer. Please visit Hope Shines For Shannon and […] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Collin McHugh, David Wright, Jenrry Mejia, Pirates, Ruben Tejada, September, Shannon Forde, T-shirts I thought it was swell that the Mets told those of us who held rain checks from Saturday’s soggy yet official game against the Braves that we could come back to Citi Field and trade them in for shiny new tickets to Monday night’s game against the Nationals. And I had a half a mind […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Attendance, Collin McHugh, Elvin Ramirez, Gio Gonzalez, HELP!, Jeurys Familia, Kelly Shoppach, Offensive Futility, Ramon Ramirez, Scott Hairston I know it, you know it, the players know it, the fans know it. I suspect Bud Selig knows it. The question is what he’s going to do about it. Let’s get rid of some preliminaries: Before the pivotal call by first-base ump David Rackley, the Mets hadn’t played a particularly good game. Collin McHugh, so […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andres Torres, Collin McHugh, David Rackley, Fans, MLB, Umpires “Pack it up. Pack it in.” Those are the words that usually play over the Citi Field loudspeakers when the Mets’ best player comes to bat. I’ve noticed the song before but was never quite moved to put the lyrics into proper context until Thursday, when I sat again through nine gnawing innings at the […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Collin McHugh, House of Pain, Offensive Ineptitude, Rockies |
It’s back! The famous Faith and Fear in Flushing Mets retired-numbers shirt, worn proudly from the Verrazano to Venice, has been updated to include Mike Piazza’s No. 31, the revised order atop Citi Field, and a more accurate font! Men’s shirts are available here; women’s shirts are available here. Either style is $24.08 each plus shipping from T-Shirt Mojo. 
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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