 
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 a lost season, you appreciate the little things. Sometimes because they might grow into big things, and sometimes just for themselves. You appreciate two-out singles by Phillip Evans (yet another victim of the Great Jose Reyes Fiasco) and Amed Rosario to tie the game and then give the Mets a two-run lead. You appreciate that the […]  8 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Brandon Nimmo, Corey Oswalt, Injuries, Jeurys Familia, Jose Bautista, Phillip Evans, Trades, Wilpons, Yoenis Cespedes To borrow a phrase favored by Josh Lewin, what did we learn on Saturday afternoon watching the Mets lose in the Bronx, other than Saturday afternoon Subway Series conflicts have diminished in appeal since Matt Franco was in fullest bloom? We learned the […] 25 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Mets, Asdrubal Cabrera, Baseball's Sad Lexicon, Bobby Wahl, Branon Nimmo, Communications, Designated Hitter, Devin Mesoraco, Jeurys Familia, Josh Lewin, Lack of GM, Matt den Dekker, Mickey Callaway, Ron Hunt, Subway Series, The West Wing, Trades, Will Toffey, Yoenis Cespedes Break up the Mets! They’re 2-2 against the Yankees! Actually that already appears to be happening: the Mets left Robert Gsellman in to throw a ton of pitches against the Yankees Friday night while Jeurys Familia sat in the bullpen in a sweatshirt, got hugs from teammates and was spoken of evasively in postgame interviews. He’s […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1966 Mets, Amed Rosario, Baseball Cards, Billy Murphy, Broadcasters, Gil Hodges, Jeurys Familia, Joe Nolan, Lost Mets, Mets Songs, Noah Syndergaard, Ralph Kiner, Rheingold, Robert Gsellman, Rube Walker, The Holy Books, Tommie Agee, Yankees You don’t remember Jose Bautista was a Met? Yeah, he was another one of those veterans the Mets picked up when nobody else wanted him, another one of those faded stars of whom it was assumed he had nothing left. This was in 2018 when the Mets seemed to be doing a lot of that. Maybe that’s […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2018 Mets, Blue Jays, Gil Hodges, Grand Slams, Jacob deGrom, Jenrry Mejia, Jeurys Familia, Jose Bautista, Memories, Rays, Walkoffs, Wilmer Flores If the Mets were a sitcom — and who is to say they aren’t? — the presence of Mickey Callaway would be explained away in the third act. RICCO: I gotta tell ya, Mickey…you’re not a very good manager. 24 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anthony Swarzak, Applicable Sitcom Tropes, Blown Leads, Jeurys Familia, John Ricco, Mickey Callaway, Miscast Managers, Slack, Starter Who Deserved Better, The Simpsons, Zack Wheeler For most of Tuesday night, the Mets stuck to their horrific 2018 script. After the evening began with grim real-world news, as opposed to the ultimately meaningless baseball variety, the team went out and scored two early runs against the Pirates, who seemed so comically discombobulated that you wondered if you’d stumbled into some MLB […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Asdrubal Cabrera, Jeurys Familia, Josh Harrison, Pirates, Steven Brault, Steven Matz, Wilmer Flores When the Mets are mired deep in one of their patented extended funks, I tend to be asked — given that I’ve been around and remember things — some variation on the question, “Has it ever been this bad before?” The fact that the Mets have patented […] Gary Cohen called Wednesday night’s 2-1 loss “stunning” the moment after it happened. Gary Cohen makes mostly accurate statements. This wasn’t among them. The Mets had led the Marlins, 1-0, since the fifth inning. Brandon Nimmo had put us on the board […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anxieties, Blown Saves, Brandon Nimmo, Expectations, Jacob deGrom, Jeurys Familia, Mickey Callaway, Not Stunning, One Run In the annals of New York Mets Squad Goals, none has loomed as more aspirational than Best Ten-Game Start in Franchise History, provided the Mets have tied their best nine-game start in franchise history, and the tenth game is the next to be played.
For not long would they tell of the night the New York Mets of September of Two Thousand Seventeen didn’t lose. An ostensibly memorable win in a month that begged to be forgotten never stood much of a chance to survive amid a forever unspooling narrative whose natural bias leaned toward critical mass. Wins sprouting […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2017 Mets, Jeurys Familia, Juan Lagares, Not Losing, Travis d'Arnaud |
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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