Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season consisting of the “best” 70th game in any Mets season, the “best” 71st game in any Mets season, […]
 
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. 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. |
 8 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1963 Mets, 1964 Mets, 1972 Mets, Fiftieth Anniversary, Jimmy Piersall, Joe Christopher, Team History, The Happiest Recap, Tom Seaver Once upon a time, a five-year-old boy was pulled out of kindergarten by his dad to attend a weekday afternoon baseball game. It was his first baseball game, and it was the greatest baseball game in the world as far as he knew. Forty-five years later, he could recite the details lovingly — at least […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1965 Mets, 2011 Mets, Bud Harrelson, Cleon Jones, Dave Howard, Joe Christopher, Razor Shines, Ron Hunt, Ticket Prices, Yogi Berra “Citi Field,” according to the 2010 Mets Media Guide, is “home to one of the longest ribbon boards in baseball.” That is most definitely not one of the Top 1,000 most interesting facts to be found in this otherwise indispensable publication. For that matter, the ribbon boards, when they’re flashing advertisements that have zero to […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2008 Mets, Angel Pagan, Bill Shea Bridge, Braves, Citi Field, David Wright, Frankie Rodriguez, Hisanori Takahashi, Ike Davis, Infield Fly Rule, Jason Bay, Joe Christopher, John Maine, Jose Reyes, Nagging Regret, Opportunity, Ribbon Boards, Ron Hunt, Sacrifice Flies, Steve Trachsel |
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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. 
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. Order a personally inscribed copy from the Team Recap Store on eBay. |
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