 
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. |
Well now. The Mets, baseball’s worst second-place, currently-qualified-for-postseason-play team, won a game that was alternately exasperating, entertaining, frightening, amusing, and mostly befuddling. If you missed it, Steven Matz cruised through four innings, facing the minimum and watching as the Mets put up an eight-spot against punching bag Aaron Blair. At which point everything — no really, everything — […]  30 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Braves, James Loney, Jose Reyes, Reality, Second Chances, Steven Matz You don’t want to have to win a game by using five relievers to cover 8.2 innings, but you surely don’t want to lose a game under those circumstances. They were unavoidable Wednesday night once Bartolo Colon was forced to leave in deference to a liner off his right thumb from Royals leadoff hitter Whit […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 World Series, Addison Reed, Bartolo Colon, Bullpen, Dilemmas, Dillon Gee, Erik Goeddel, Field Of Dreams, Hansel Robles, Jerry Blevins, Jeurys Familia, Jose Reyes, Royals We now interrupt the Mets’ first pennant race in seven years to race all the way around the bases for the first time in five years. We won’t pause to do so, however, for this is one of those plays in which you can’t hit pause. You hit and you run, or as Tom Hanks […] 34 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Nola, Albert Achievement Awards, Angel Pagan, Bad News Bears, Bud Harrelson, Charlie Neal, Damion Easley, Darryl Strawberry, Dave Kingman, Domonic Brown, Don Hahn, Doug Flynn, Edgardo Alfonzo, Gil Flores, Gil Hodges, Howard Johnson, Inside The Park Home Run, Jose Reyes, Kaz Matsui, Kevin Elster, Lee Mazzilli, Mark Bradley, Marlon Anderson, Richie Ashburn, Ron Hunt, Ruben Tejada, Steve Henderson, Team History, That Thing You Do, Tim Bogar, Timo Perez, Wally Backman, Warner Wolf All the Mets wanted from Logan Verrett was two things. The first was for him to not be Matt Harvey for a day. The second was for him to do more or less what Jon Niese did on Saturday — keep the pain to a moderate level and let the bats do their work. I’m the first to answer the bell […] 45 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Charlie Blackmon, David Hale, Dustin Garneau, Hansel Robles, Jose Reyes, Juan Uribe, Logan Verrett, Rockies Welcome to Tuesday night, Citi Field, Flushing, New York, August, the 2010s. It is not by chance we are here. We make a date. We make this date. August 10, 2010 Did we ever have a meeting to decide? Did it go through committee? Did we take […] 35 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | First Place, Jose Reyes, Matt Harvey, Rockies, Ryder Chasin, Shake Shack, Tradition The Mets’ hypothetical reacquisition of Jose Reyes always goes very well in my head, at least until he pulls a muscle getting off the plane at LaGuardia. I regularly try to see his homecoming happening but I can never see it going well. But now that our all-time shortstop is sort of in flux — […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Jose Reyes, Juan Uribe, Trades, Troy Tulowitzki And then I fell in love Then one day And when I didn’t 24 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Mets, Bobby Parnell, Champions, Dillon Gee, Dwight Gooden, Edgardo Alfonzo, Favorite Players, Jose Reyes, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Matt Harvey, Peggy Lee, Rico Brogna, Stephen Stills, Tom Seaver The Royals’ 7-2 victory in Wednesday night’s Game Two provided a healthy reminder that there are two league champions vying in this World Series. Or, more cynically, the Giants’ 7-2 defeat in Wednesday night’s Game Two provided a pointed reminder that an 89-win team is playing an 88-win team for the championship of the world. […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1998 Mets, 2001 Mets, 2002 Mets, 2003 Mets, 2014 Postseason, Bruce Chen, Dennis Cook, Ed Lynch, Jose Reyes, Julio Franco, Last Met Standing, Longest Ago Met Still Active, Luis Lopez, Marco Scutaro, Masato Yoshii, Mike Glavine, Mike Piazza, Octavio Dotel, Pedro Feliciano, Rigo Beltran, Scott Strickland, Team History, Tony Phillips, Turk Wendell, Ty Wigginton, Willie Blair 1. Daisuke Matsuzaka receives the ball back from Travis d’Arnaud. 2. Daisuke Matsuzaka is thinking. 3. Daisuke Matsuzaka is still thinking. 4. Like most Mets fans, I’m thinking, “When is Daisuke Matsuzaka going to throw the ball?” 5. Daisuke Matsuzaka sure takes his time. 6. Daisuke Matsuzaka’s reputation has preceded him to Citi Field. SNY was prepared Wednesday night with […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jose Reyes, Marty Glickman, Pace, SNY, Steve Trachsel, Tzatziki Sauce, Vic Black Before I became a father, one of my many reasons for not wanting to take that step was that I thought parenthood meant life would be static. You had a kid and disappeared, sitting at home waiting for your child to grow up into someone interesting. By the time that happened, you’d be fossilized and […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Collin Cowgill, Fans, Fathers and Sons, Hope, Jose Reyes, Mets Opening Day, Opening Day, R.A. Dickey |
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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