 
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. |
It took Lily Tomlin’s character Debbie Fiderer two tries to win the favor of President Bartlet when she interviewed for the executive secretary position on The West Wing, though there was a good excuse for missing on the first try (“I was high”) and, honestly, Fiderer wasn’t really about winning anybody’s favor. “All right,” Martin Sheen […]  10 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Billy Eppler, General Manager, Sandy Alderson, Steve Cohen, The West Wing, Zoom It wasn’t that long ago, yet it was long enough ago that it was a face-to-face conversation (remember those?). The topic was Met managers of very recent past and very near future. Mickey Callaway was ex-manager of the Mets by then. The person I was talking to was somebody whose observations I appreciated as earned […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Disgusting Behavior, Harassment, Mickey Callaway, Sandy Alderson It’s a world that could use Francisco Lindor, a guy called Mr. Smile. It’s a world that could use a reason to smile. From our parochial perspective, it’s a world that could use Mr. Smile ceremonially slipping into Mets jersey No. 12 and smiling like crazy as flashes pop inside whichever title-sponsored club remains as […] 22 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Andres Gimenez, Bradford William Davis, Carlos Carrasco, Compartmentmalization, Francisco Lindor, Photo Ops, Sandy Alderson, Trades, Zoom Steve Cohen further casually introduced himself to us Tuesday afternoon, after tweeting back and forth among us on and off for a week. We’d definitely like to hang out in his company some more. The new owner of the New York Mets, decidedly not the old owner of the New York Mets, took to Zoom to […] Welcome to A Met for All Seasons, a series in which we consider a given Met who played in a given season and…well, we’ll see. Looks back at the ’86 Mets often pair Wally Backman with Lenny Dykstra, his fellow partner in grime (and co-star in the ’86 year-in-review video’s super-cringey “Wild Boys” montage). Which makes sense: Backman and […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1984 Mets, 1986 Mets, A Met for All Seasons, Billy Martin, Brandon Nimmo, Darryl Strawberry, Davey Johnson, Diamondbacks, Earl Weaver, Lenny Dykstra, Managers, Minor Leagues, Sandy Alderson, Terry Collins, Wally Backman If following the beginnings of more than one transition at a time is too overwhelming to contemplate, a quick note to keep you updated: Steve Cohen now owns the New York Mets, lock, stock and Brad Brach. The deal we anticipated for a nearly a year and celebrated for a week — and the addition […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Guttridge, Allard Baird, Brodie Van Wagenen, Jarred Banner, Omar Minaya, Sandy Alderson, Steve Cohen, Transitions Welcome to A Met for All Seasons, a series in which we consider a given Met who played in a given season and…well, we’ll see. Oh yeah FLUSHING (FAF) — Matt Harvey, one of the towering New York Met figures of his time, may opt out of participating […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2013 Mets, 2016 Mets, A Met for All Seasons, Matt Harvey, Sandy Alderson, Scott Boras What is it Olive Garden says? “When you’re here, you’re family.” Learning that Sandy Alderson has to step away from his general manager responsibilities because he needs to devote his attention to cancer treatment and recovery was like finding out somebody in the family has taken ill. Having dealt […] A day game right after a bad loss is often a good thing — right back at em, rinse that bad taste out of our mouths, and what-not. The Mets will put that baseball truism to the test in a couple of hours, and most likely give us a reason to doubt it the way […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Chase Utley, Mickey Callaway, Ozzie Albies, Paul Sewald, Sandy Alderson, Terry Collins, Tom Hallion, Umpires, Zack Wheeler FLUSHING, N.Y. (FAF) — A near-batting champion, a defending Cy Young winner and the franchise leaders in saves will all be on the sidelines as the so-called greatest New York Mets World Series team ever prepares to take on its American League opponent in the upcoming Fall Fantasy Classic. While there is much talent assembled on […] 25 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 1973 Mets, 1986 Mets, 2000 Mets, 2015 Mets, All-Time Mets World Series Team, Fall Fantasy Classic, Gil Hodges, Sandy Alderson, Team History |
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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