On Sunday afternoon the Mets and Nationals played their last game against each other in 2018, and it turned out to be an ordeal: more than four hours of bad baseball played in a continuous rain before irritated Nats fans. The Mets bashed not-ready-for-prime-time Nats pitchers about for eight runs, the Nats did the same […]
 
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. |
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 How many ways, exactly, can one game be a make-up date? The obvious: the Mets and Yankees reported for duty in the Bronx to complete the July half of this year’s Subway Series, which had been erased by rain. Despite an extremely wet morning in New York and a brief in-game squall, the second try proceeded […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cy Young, ESPN, Jacob deGrom, Keith Olbermann, Rain, Yankees Absent a perfect, um, storm of unfortunate factors, Wednesday’s matinee would never have been played. It was a miserable day in New York, a gloomy, continuous soak. But the Mets and Blue Jays had only two scheduled meetings here, and while the Mets had an off-day Thursday, the Jays did not. That left both clubs out […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Absurdity, Blue Jays, Buddy Baumann, J.A. Happ, Juan Lagares, Kevin Pillar, Rain, Zack Wheeler The forces of good were temporarily foiled Thursday night in St. Louis by Yadier Molina and dunderheaded officiating. Like havoc wreaked by rain on the late-September schedule, hardy perennials are hard to avoid. The Cardinals and Reds were locked in a 3-3 tie in the bottom of the ninth. The Cards had Matt Carpenter on first […] 26 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cardinals, Elimination Day, Giants, Rain, Sam Rice, Sheadenfreude, Ties, Umpiring, Video Review, Yadier Molina Lots of things can go wrong for a baseball team. Tuesday night — which bled painfully into Wednesday morning — brought cruddy relief, an absence of hitting and some bad luck, all familiar maladies of late. Matt Harvey looked better than he has in a while, with life on his fastball and sharp breaking stuff, but […] 35 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Disappointment, Fans, Lucas Giolito, Matt Harvey, Oliver Perez, Rain Welcome to your recurring state of suspended animation, last visited approximately two years and one month ago. The Mets haven’t lost and they haven’t yet lost. I suppose the same could be said about winning, but I just sat in the rain for what seemed like several hours, but it was just several innings and […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Phillips, Curtis Granderson, Matt Harvey, Rain, Steve Miller Band, Suspended Games A laugher after a long stretch of laughees? Turns out it makes for some complicated emotions. After the Mets scored a lone run early, I sourly thought, “Well Jacob deGrom, there’s your offense.” I also thought that our long-legged, long-haired rookie of the year in recovery looked a lot better than he had in recent outings. It […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Big Innings, Jacob deGrom, Rain, Wilmer Flores The Mets did the right thing, calling tonight’s game in advance of the forecast deluge. And a Mets game postponed (to Thursday night) in this September is tantamount to a good deed. Yet I find myself sad that the miserable Mets won’t be playing another miserable game that they were probably going to lose and will […] 1) It appears impossible to all but give away tickets to a Mets game in September, and that includes trying to all but give away tickets to people outside Citi Field who seem determined to go to the Mets game about to be played. Saturday afternoon was my annual Mets game with Jeff from Washington […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Braves, Chipper Jones, Citi Field, Jeurys Familia, McFadden's, Oddball Behavior, Pat LaFrieda, Rain, September, Sterling Awards, T-shirts, 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. 
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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