 
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. |
Welcome to FAFIF Turns Ten, a not completely forgotten milestone-anniversary series in which we consider anew some of the topics that defined Mets baseball during our first decade of blogging. In this ninth of ten installments, we go to the only ballpark we’ve got. Citi Field and I have had a strained relationship these past seven […]  12 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Beach Towel Day, Citi Field, FAFIF Turns Ten, Jon Niese, Marlins Early on, it was the kind of game you watched with eyes wide open. By the time the postgame show rolled around, you didn’t mind that you were nodding off to the sounds of Gary Apple and Nelson Figueroa telling you what went wrong. You already knew what went wrong. The Mets didn’t hit enough […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dee Gordon, Jon Stewart, Justin Bour, Matt Harvey, Not Just Another Pitcher I first laid eyes on Noah Syndergaard in July 2013, when he pitched for the USA in the All-Star Futures Game at Citi Field. (His opponent: Rafael Montero.) The Futures Game was lightly attended, and I wound up sitting with my pal Will in the luxe seats, the ones with padding where people will bring […] 29 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlton Willey, Dwight Gooden, George Stone, Mike Hampton, Noah Syndergaard, Pitchers Hitting, Sean O'Sullivan, Tom Seaver, Walt Terrell I love those interludes when a given Met can do no wrong. Wilmer Flores is in smack in the midst of one of them right now. It is his golden hour. Nobody’s calling him a stiff after the last two games against the Phillies. I still think he looks stiff in the field, but has he […] It’s an odd feeling when you’re away from your team and they’re doing poorly. You’re a bit relieved, because in your normal life you’d have flushed three hours down the drain but instead you get the bad news via a glance at a phone, paper or distant TV and then get on with whatever it […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Citi Field, Family, Fans, Lucas Duda, Michael Cuddyer, Wilmer Flores A 9-1 game in Pittsburgh. It sounded familiar. It should have. It was the score and scene of the first game the Mets ever won. Oh, those Original Mets. Such infamy is attached to their shortcomings, but when the Mets played that first 9-1 game in Pittsburgh on April 23, 1962, and upped their record to […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, 2015 Mets, Bobby Gene Smith, David Wright, Elio Chacon, Felix Mantilla, Gil Hodges, Harvey Haddix, Jack Lamabe, Jay Hook, Robin Ventura, Tom Sturdivant, Unflattering Comparisons I’m one of the few Mets fans to have had an uplifting Harvey Day Saturday. You might say I had a Charlie Day. Charlie’s my father. Charles, really. Dad to me. Dad doesn’t care about baseball, which is why he doesn’t show up often in these pages. But this week Dad has been front and center […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bonnie Franklin, David Wright, Fathers and Sons, Matt Harvey, Stenosis The Mets played a lame, losing game in Pittsburgh Friday night. I won’t argue the point or by any means embrace the result. But I truly enjoyed watching young, strong Noah Syndergaard throw baseballs past as many Pirates as he could. And if I didn’t enjoy watching young, strong Gerrit Cole throw baseballs past as […] What are the Mets historically on the field of play if not outstanding pitching, reliable defense and frustrating offense whose capability for power and speed emerges mostly in sporadic fashion? This is their personality profile through the years. Some seasons the composition varies, but this is what one has been conditioned to expect if things […] Nice jersey, Dave. David Letterman built an impressive ratings lead once he moved from 12:35 AM on NBC and took over the 11:35 PM time slot on CBS in late August of 1993. All felt right with the comedic if not baseball world as that particular summer turned to fall. The guy who deserved […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1993 Mets, An Appreciation, Bartolo Colon, David Letterman, Joe Orsulak |
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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