 
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 New York Mets are worth your time. They’ve got a rich history, by turns tragic and comic and occasionally even triumphant, that’s fun to be a part of. And one year, maybe even a year pretty soon, they’ll add something to the triumphant part of that history. And that’ll definitely be worth your time. But […] Hope springs eternal if you’re a Mets fan, but even springs can lose their sproing. Come Tuesday evening, I have to admit I wasn’t particularly feeling it — if you’d shown me a flash card that said METS, I most likely would have responded by having a tantrum about Edwin Diaz and demanding to know […]  16 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  A Fucking Piece of Toast or Something, Carlos Carrasco, Hopelessness, Jeff McNeil, Pete Alonso, Soilmaster Stadium, Stupid Marlins Even by the Mets’ standard of absurdity, the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader was something: A stately chug out to a 9-0 lead, unbelievably blowing that 9-0 lead, then somehow winning anyway. (Followed by the seemingly inevitable hangover loss.) For me the game was a blogger’s version of the tortoise and the hare: A couple of minutes […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andrew Stevenson, Blown Leads, Brandon Nimmo, Francisco Lindor, Injuries, Josh Rogers, Nationals, Seth Lugo Maybe I need to see the therapist of my blog partner’s imaginings, because I figure any sane counselor would tell me and the Mets that we’re better off apart. Right now, we’re making each other insane, night after night. On Friday night the Mets jumped out to an early 2-0 lead over what used to be […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Absurdity, Closers, Edwin Diaz, Jonathan Villar, Kevin Pillar, Nationals, Pete Alonso Who were those strangers in blue and orange at Citi Field on Sunday? They couldn’t have been the Mets, because they won a baseball game. And they scored nine runs! Which scored all manner of ways — a monstrous home run into the second deck from Javier Baez, a less prodigious but equally consequential clout from […] Time just gets away from us. Mattie Ross says that at the end of Charles Portis’ sublime True Grit, a benediction so flat and matter of fact that it comes all the way around and serves as an elegy in spite of itself. Those words keep creeping into my mind as the Mets continue their freefall […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2002 Mets, Charlie Watts, Disappointment, Rolling Stones, Shea Stadium, Time, Tony Tarasco No matter what the standings have to say, a night at the ballpark feels a little like getting away with something. And Wednesday night was nice at Citi Field — a hot day turned into a breezy evening, enjoyed by a boisterous crowd. Even our neighboring Giants fans — of which there were admittedly too […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Loup, Double Plays, Giants, Javier Baez, Luis Rojas, Pete Alonso, Taijuan Walker After a one-day respite, the Mets were back to doing nothing in particular, this time against the Dodgers. They showed little discipline at the plate, ran the bases poorly, and generally played the role of GENERIC OPPONENT, standing around looking poleaxed while the Dodgers bunched hits and played solid defense and loped off with the […] …fuck it, let’s do an actual Mad Lib. The Mets lost again, continuing their painful slide, and what, really, is there to say? There were some mildly encouraging moments, such as ______________ and the moment where ______________. And at least _______________ showed a little fight. But it wasn’t enough. It hasn’t been enough for a long time. There […] It’s good to be the Giants. The 2021 Giants are what happens when everything breaks right — when veterans thought to be on the back end of the career curve have career years, role players step up, and the whole becomes more than the sum of its parts. And you know what? Good for them and […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | bad, Disappointment, Giants, Kris Bryant, Miguel Castro, Pete Alonso, Rich Hill, Trevor May |
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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