Like Red on the bus to Fort Hancock, Tex., in The Shawshank Redemption, I found I was so excited at Citi Field as the Mets game wore on Wednesday night, I could barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it was the excitement […]
 
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. |
 12 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2018 Mets, Cy Young, Dom Smith, Jacob deGrom, Jeff McNeil, Mets Fans, Michael Conforto, Ozzie Albies, Pitching Brilliance, September, The Shawshank Redemption Jacob deGrom was wonderful, and Jacob deGrom … won? No really, he did, and it wasn’t even that bumpy. Which isn’t to say it was entirely smooth sailing: the Nats brought the tying run to the plate against Seth Lugo in the eighth and again against Robert Gsellman in the ninth, causing warning klaxons to blare […] The upset of the season occurred Sunday afternoon as I was upset — mildly, but palpably (if not Papelbon) — that the brink-of-elimination Mets were defeated by the cusp-of-clinching Red Sox. The two teams may play in the same quadrant of the country, but they’ve hardly competed […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1983 Mets, Amed Rosario, Brandon Nimmo, Chris Sale, Fan Groove Back, Hope, Jack Reinheimer, Jacob deGrom, Michael Conforto, Red Sox, Righteously Annoyed, Seth Lugo Betcha didn’t realize that twenty years after Seinfeld went off the air, George Costanza really did get that executive job with the Mets. You can tell by the way the Mets decided to institute the same “opposite” policy George put to such good use where changing his luck was concerned.
9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | George Costanza, Jacob deGrom, Lewis Brinford, Morris Albert, Opposite, Seinfeld The Mets spoiled their own chances of contending sometime during the spring. Now, on the cusp of fall, they have finally put a meaningful crimp in somebody else’s plans. I have no more against the Phillies these days than I do the […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Corey Oswalt, Drew Gagnon, Jacob deGrom, Jeff McNeil, Mike Vail, Phillies, Rain, Satisfaction, September, Spoilers Jacob deGrom’s pitching is transcendent. Wins, losses and no-decisions have all but ceased to matter. Prospective Cy Young voting feels irrelevant. Track all the statistics you like, but they’re just numbers. Measurements capture only so much of what makes deGrom an avatar of practically unprecedented excellence.
How can you have a recap when you don’t have a final score yet? When that final score’s yet to be recorded but the show everyone came to see is over. That’s how. No offense to Seth Lugo, Steve Cishek or whatever Met and Cub relievers follow them when the game resumes, tied 1-1, in the 10th. […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Austin Jackson, Brandon Nimmo, Cubs, Jacob deGrom, Javy Baez, Jay Bruce, Jeff McNeil, Rain Delays, Suspended Games I just started reading a book I’ve had around for a while, The Greatest Game Ever Pitched by Jim Kaplan. It’s a deep dive into the legendary sixteen-inning 1-0 duel between Warren Spahn and Juan Marichal in 1963 and wisely includes a statistical section. For frame of reference, I […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Nola, Frustration, Gary Johnson, Jacob deGrom, Jose Bautista, Juan Marichal, Madison Bumgarner, Max Scherzer, Midweek Matinees, Ray Stevens, Sandy Koufax, Tony Randazzo, US Open, Warren Spahn The Mets won an actually fun game Wednesday night: Noah Syndergaard looked solid for six innings, Jeff McNeil kept hitting, and three Mets (Todd Frazier, Dom Smith and Jose Bautista) cracked solo home runs as the forces of good kept the Giants down. Entertaining games in garbage time are better than games to be endured, which […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, David Wright, Dom Smith, Jacob deGrom, Jeff McNeil, Michael Conforto, Noah Syndergaard There’s a reflexive wariness in listening to discussions of great pitchers of other eras, a little voice that pipes up to remind you that while those hurlers were undoubtedly amazing, stories have a way of growing in the telling. I saw Bob Gibson strike out 22 Reds during a tornado that tore the facade right off […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Ballparks, Carlos Santana, Cy Young, Great American Ball Park, Jacob deGrom, Jeff McNeil, Nationals Park, Nick Williams, Phillies, PNC Park, Reds, Rhys Hoskins, 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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