 
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. Need our RSS feed? It's here. Use Facebook? Come check out our page, or drop by the personal pages for Greg and Jason. Or follow us on Twitter: Here's Greg, and here's Jason. |
CONTEST UPDATE: WE HAVE OUR WINNERS. Knuckleball is classified as a documentary, but that’s not quite right. At the very least, it should be cross-referenced as a romance. When you watch the DVD — three copies of which we’re happy to offer those who win our contest below — you’ll fall in love with R.A. Dickey [...] We ran into our across-the-hall neighbor the other day, which shouldn’t have been unusual as we live across the hall from each other, but neither Stephanie nor I had seen him in months. Just the way that goes sometimes. We converged at the elevator on the way up to our respective apartments and I noticed [...] Have I got a book for you. Four of them, actually — one now, three later. And make no mistake: they’re all for you, my fellow Mets fan who likes to read. They’re for us. I’m proud to introduce to you the Banner Day Press book series The Happiest Recap: 50 Years of the New York [...]  4 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Bob Murphy, Excellent Addition to Your Baseball Library, The Happiest Recap (The Book) Not so much coming soon as actually here now. Will have a fuller and richer pitch for you on Monday, but I need to let you know that my new book, The Happiest Recap: First Base (1962-1973), is available for purchase on Amazon RIGHT NOW. And damned if I’m not going to advise you to [...] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Excellent Addition to Your Baseball Library, The Happiest Recap (The Book) Gosh, I hope the passage directly below doesn’t came back to haunt us tonight as R.A. Dickey of the Mets faces Aaron Harang of the Dodgers. Not that there’s anything nasty about what one of the starters said about the other, but the last time something less than flattering about the L.A. club appeared under [...] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Harang, Excellent Addition to Your Baseball Library, R.A. Dickey “His time is becoming part of history, not living memory, and we need to reach across the generations in new ways.” Mike Baxter appears to have beaten out Vinny Rottino for a spot on the 2012 Opening Day roster, though if Andres Torres isn’t ready to go, [...] Several immediately upcoming events to know about with a Mets 50th anniversary flavor. Get out a shovel and dig a path to any and all of them. • Sunday between 9 AM and 5 PM, MAB Celebrity Services is hosting 50 Years of Amazin’ Baseball at Citi Field’s Caesar’s Club. There’ll be Q&A, there’ll be autograph [...] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Choo Choo Coleman, Excellent Addition to Your Baseball Library, Fiftieth Anniversary, Matthew Silverman Good thing in this day and age that a farewell column doesn’t have to be definitive. George Vecsey published his in the Times last month, yet he is still writing — for himself and for his old paper on an occasional basis. That’s a pretty good thing, indeed, for Mets fans who like to read. I’m [...] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | An Appreciation, Excellent Addition to Your Baseball Library, George Vecsey, Media, Writing An unnamed spokesman for my favorite baseball team referred to a friend of mine as conducting a “desperate self-promotional campaign for relevance,” which is a shame. That’s no way for my favorite baseball team to act. As for my friend, Howard Megdal, I will echo his sentiments regarding his new e-book, Wilpon’s Folly, and suggest the [...] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bernard Madoff, Excellent Addition to Your Baseball Library, Fred Wilpon, Howard Megdal, Mets Fan Perspective A banner book in which we propose a Banner Day. It’s not too late to order yourself a copy of Amazin’ Avenue Annual 2011. Considering it’s an annual, that makes it good for the entire year. And it really is good…and I’m not just saying that because Jason and I were invited to write an [...] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A's, Amazin' Avenue Annual, Banner Day Doubleheader, Excellent Addition to Your Baseball Library, Fiftieth Anniversary, Mets Tradition |
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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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