 
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. |
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 After two nights of at least looking competitive against the Dodgers, AKA the quarter-billion-dollar baseball death machine, the Mets got macerated. Lacerated. Defenestrated. Eviscerated. Whatever word you choose, it wasn’t pretty. They were out of it essentially from the jump, as Carlos Carrasco showed he’s still working his way back into regular-season form — a plan […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Drury, Carlos Carrasco, Dodgers, Farce, Kevin Pillar, Luis Rojas, Position Players Pitching, Reality It’s one of the oldest questions for a baseball fan who lives and dies with his or her team: If said team is fated to lose, how would you prefer that fate to unfold? Meekly and with minimal fuss? Or loudly but with the same outcome? The Dodgers are a quarter-billion-dollar baseball death machine. Their lineup […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Blake Treinen, Brusdar Graterol, Dodgers, Futile Comebacks, Jeurys Familia, Julio Urias, Justin Bruihl, Matt Beaty, Tylor Megill, Will Smith After 45 years as a baseball fan, I’m pretty much fully formed: I have my habits as a fan, a few rituals (for instance, if you’re at the stadium, you get food or hit the john while the Mets are up, not while they’re in the field), and I’m set. But I’m not completely formed. For […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Drury, Disappointment, Edwin Diaz, Hope, J.D. Davis, Jonathan Villar, Juan Soto, Mason Thompson, Nationals, Rain |
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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