 
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. |
For most of Wednesday night, my only thought was that feeling pain because of the Mets was actually progress: better writhing in agony than sitting dour and numb watching another night of bad baseball, as we have for the last three and a half weeks. Kodai Senga was the best he’s looked as a Met, with […]  14 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Adam Ottavino, Comebacks, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Home Runs, Hope, Jose Siri, Kodai Senga, Mark Vientos, Pete Alonso, Pete Fairbanks, Rays, Rookies, Walkoffs What Joey Lucchesi did on Friday night was, in the pitching-short present, necessary and appreciated. Off the radar for nearly two years while he underwent and rehabbed from Tommy John surgery, Joey the Churve stormed back from obscurity and Syracuse to do more for the Mets in one outing than he had done the whole […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1975 Mets, 1976 Mets, Craig Swan, Dave Kingman, Home Runs, Joey Lucchesi, Pete Alonso, Sports Phone, Team History The Phillies put up a six-spot in the sixth inning, which would have been a problem had the Mets not treated the fabric of Friday night’s game with a solution that prevented such spots from staining their outcome: a 7-0 lead. We’ve seen this season, usually from the encouraging side of things, the way tides can […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Carrasco, Ed Kranepool, Home Runs, Pete Alonso, Team History, Unblown Leads A few of you who read us probably know that I have some other geeky pursuits besides living and dying with a baseball team. Among other things, I collect baseball cards, including making my own custom cards for Mets lacking such an honor; I write fiction, a good chunk of it set in the Star […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cubs, Dom Smith, Home Runs, Jeurys Familia, Kyle Schwarber, Nationals, Starlin Castro, Taijuan Walker From the deep well of numerical sustenance baseball is wont to give us on any given day, Thursday afternoon it gave us, among other digital delights, 7 1-hit innings from Taijuan Walker; 1 base hit from Francisco Lindor after 26 hitless at-bats; 11 walks issued to would-be Met batters from Cardinal pitchers (including 4 consecutive […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Albert Pujols, An Appreciation, Francisco Lindor, Home Runs, Milestones, Negro Leagues, Ralph Kiner, Reverence, Taijuan Walker, Walks, Willie Mays What do we want out of Opening Day? 1) For it to arrive. The first is essential, whether we’re talking wishing for the season to start sooner than possible (when Spring Training inevitably drags) or start at all (see 2020…or just the other day). The second speaks […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Citizens Bank Park, Harbingers, hindsight, Home Runs, Opening Day, Opening Day Delays, Team History This starts as a story of incrementalism in action, or the inaction of incrementalism, and how what had been the case practically forever was suddenly no longer the case at all. To appreciate how spectacular the eventual great leap forward in question was, we shall travel back, as we so often have in 2019, to […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Home Runs, Most Valuable Met, Pete Alonso, Rookie History, Rookie of the Year, Team History, Tommie Agee Oh, those beautiful round numbers coming out of the most roundly spelled state in the union, O-H-I-O… 10 wins for the preeminent pitcher in the league. Three-and-a-half out of where we wanna be with nine to play. That’s […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, 50 Home Runs, Gary Cohen, Home Runs, Howie Rose, Jacob deGrom, Jeff McNeil, Pete Alonso, Team History There was a clinching at Citi Field on Monday night. Nothing involving a Wild Card, except for the Mets assuring themselves at least one more evening keeping time at the pennant race party. Nothing definitive for the previously surging Diamondbacks, either, except for confirming our suspicions that Wilmer Flores would make us remember him at […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Edwin Diaz, Home Runs, Jacob deGrom, John Franco, Kumquats, Pete Alonso, Savers vs. Sluggers, Saves, Seth Lugo, Team History, Wilmer Flores Pete Alonso’s team record-setting 42nd home run. Weave those three uplifting elements into a broader story about a hypothetical magnificent Mets win achieved amid a sizzling Mets playoff chase and you’ve got some late-August iconography for the ages. Isolate them from […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Chris Mazza, Home Runs, Marcus Stroman, Pete Alonso, Stirrups. Michael Conforto, Team History, Team Records, Wilson Ramos |
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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