 
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. |
Congratulations to Pete Alonso of the Baltimore Orioles on hitting his 300th career home run at Citi Field. Please go hit No. 301 somewhere else. Pete’s having gone somewhere else is what got us into this particular mess, the one in which a 3-2 Met lead in the top of the ninth inning became a tie […] The Polar Bear had a homecoming in Flushing Monday night. Except for the uniform he wore, it was like he never left. The uniform he wore indicated he did leave. Thus, the need for a homecoming. Pete Alonso of the Baltimore Orioles was welcomed back to Citi Field as Pete Alonso of the New York Mets. […] After some games, all you can do is shrug. Even when they come when every game left feels precious. Even when they come against the Yankees, with all the associated pomp and bother. Christian Scott was awfully good, giving up solo shots to Ben Rice and Austin Wells. Wells’s drive was even long enough to have been a […] Take that, overdogs! Putting up 12 runs against the Yankees in their home park won’t change anything about October or much about the trajectory of a disappointing Mets season, but boy was it ever a satisfying way to spend a Saturday afternoon. Francisco Lindor led off with a line-drive homer into the short porch on Gerrit Cole‘s […] Al Leiter, former Yankee and eternal Met, always did have a way with words. On Friday morning, at a community-minded event tied to the date on the calendar, Leiter assessed why he and others with enduring MLB/NYC ties were at Citi Field doing a little something for others in the spirit of those who had […] “The final score, Mets 15 Marlins 14. What a night in Miami. Steve, I understand you have our star of the game standing by.” “That’s right, Gare. We’re here with Uni Corn. Uni, I should let you catch your breath, but I’ve gotta ask, you don’t make many appearances with us.” Baseball is almost universally weird, but there’s weird by normal baseball standards and then there’s whatever happened to the Mets on Tuesday night in Miami. Sandy Alcantara reported for duty with his sinker acting as a Mets sleeper agent. That was obvious from the very first pitch of the game, which Francisco Lindor smacked over the […]  3 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Andy Green, Clayton McCullough, Dedniel Nunez, Francisco Lindor, Joe Mack, Jonathan Pintaro, Juan Soto, Kodai Senga, Kyle Stowers, Last Place, Marlins, Nate Lavender, Nationals, Owen Caissie, Perfect Game Bids, Sandy Alcantara, Sean Manaea, Soilmaster Stadium Jonah Tong was 80% splendid Monday afternoon in Miami, throwing four sterling innings that weren’t undone by the lone dreadful frame that interrupted their flow. The order in which Tong’s five were delivered was, in fact, the best part. He wasn’t good in the second inning (allowing a single, a triple, a walk, a three-run […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Fight for Fourth, Jerry Koosman, Jonah Tong, Labor Day Sunday afternoon unfolding as it did at Citi Field indicated patience can be a baseball virtue. Christian Scott had to wait eight days for his next start. Tobias Myers had to wait nearly two months for his next major league appearance. Brett Baty had to wait until the eighth inning to enter Sunday’s game. Mets […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1987 Mets, 2017 Mets, Bo Bichette, Brett Baty, Christian Scott, David Cone, Dwight Gooden, Giants, Intentional Walks, Jacob deGrom, Jonah Tong, Longevity, Patience, Projection, Rick Aguilera, Seth Lugo, Shawn Colvin, Sid Fernandez, Steven Matz, Team History, Tobias Myers, Zack Wheeler Saturday afternoon’s game was, essentially, a mirror image of Friday night’s. This time it was the Giants hitting home runs all over the place, a Mets starter who got clubbed early, and the Mets who looked plucky in coming back but were more an annoyance than a threat. Zac Thornton had one of those games, surrendering […] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, Christian Koss, Giants, Jefry Yan, Justin Hagenman, Rafael Devers, Tony Vitello, Zac Thornton |
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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