The Mets kept their heartbeat faint but detectable by beating the Reds on Sunday afternoon — a game I started listening to on the Tripper Bus back from D.C. and that ended with me standing in my living room in Brooklyn. (First comment: “I know they’re throwbacks, but the Reds really need to retire those […]
 
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. |
 11 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  BABIP, Brad Brach, Brandon Nimmo, Eugenio Suarez, J.D. Davis, Marcus Stroman, Michael Conforto, Pirates, Reds, Wild Card While watching Tuesday night’s game against the Rockies, I thought of a good idea and immediately decided I wanted nothing to do with it for a while. The idea came from the shame bell in Game of Thrones, which you may know as an Internet meme even if you’re not familiar with the show. I was […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Brandon Nimmo, Marcus Stroman, Pete Alonso Let me take you back a little ways, to a not-long-ago iteration of the National League wild-card chase. The Diamondbacks were destiny’s new darlings, winning night after night and all set up for a run at the postseason, with the easiest schedule of any of the remaining contenders. As for the Mets, they were dead and […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Diamondbacks, Juan Lagares, Marcus Stroman, Michael Conforto, Wild Card SESSION NOTES Mr. L began our session by telling me he had “that dream again,” his very specific variation on the dream in which a person shows up for the final exam and realizes they haven’t been to class all semester. In Mr. L’s case, it’s what he calls “the baseball […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Delayed Debuts, Dreams, Jed Lowrie, Marcus Stroman, Therapy 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 When the 2019 Mets look up “quit” in the dictionary, you know whose picture they see? It’s a trick question, because not only don’t they know the meaning of the word “quit,” it’s never occurred to them to investigate further. They’d been telling us for months that this is how they operate. “This team doesn’t quit.” […] FLUSHING (FAF) — The New York Mets did not come back to defeat the Washington Nationals, 7-6, Friday night, as Todd Frazier did not hit a game-tying, ninth-inning, three-run homer off Nationals closer Sean Doolittle, not setting up an immediate second rally that didn’t culminate in Michael Conforto driving home Juan Lagares with the winning […] 26 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adeiny Hechavarria, Brad Brach, Comebacks, Death of Incredulity, Drama, Frenzy, Joe Panik, Marcus Stroman, Michael Conforto, Todd Frazier, Walkoffs Saturday night found me in Tampa, Fla. Having finished a long day selling books at a convention, I headed out to meet writer friends for dinner. But I had other companions with me: the confounding, vexing, entertaining, and above all else unpredictable 2019 New York Mets. I was early and the restaurant had Wi-Fi, so I […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Edwin Diaz, Marcus Stroman, Mickey Callaway, MLB At Bat, Wilson Ramos You could look at how Noah Syndergaard pitched Tuesday night’s game against the White Sox — brilliantly — and infer that this was Noah’s way of telling the Mets how much being one of them means to him. You could look at how the Mets played in support of Noah as he pitched brilliantly — maddeningly […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Edwin Diaz, Ervin Santana, Jason Vargas, Marcus Stroman, Noah Syndergaard, Tomato Cans, Trade Deadline, Trade Rumors, White Sox, Zack Wheeler I’ll give the Mets this much: They do keep you interested. I started Sunday in the park with Emily and Joshua, securing visors and nice tickets in section 101, another one of those sections that didn’t exist at Shea and so are irresistible to me. The best thing about our seats? This time, they were in […] 28 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brodie Van Wagenen, Chris Archer, Edwin Diaz, Jason Vargas, Jung Ho Kang, Marcus Stroman, Media, Noah Syndergaard, Ownership, Pirates, Robinson Cano, Trade Rumors, Trades, Tyler Bashlor, Wilpons, Zack Wheeler |
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. 
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