 
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. |
If you’d like some good news from Sunday’s 4-3 loss to the Cardinals, there’s this: Somehow, we’ve reached a juncture where the idea that Jason Vargas might be absent from duty is a cause for concern instead of mild relief. That sounds like a dig but isn’t — Vargas has been genuinely good of late, a […]  19 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Brooks Pounders, Chris Flexen, Jason Vargas, Paul DeJong, Wilmer Font I put off writing the recap of Friday night’s Mets baseball — the completion of Thursday’s suspended game and Friday’s regularly scheduled contest with the Cardinals — in hopes that a night’s sleep would take the sting out of it. Oh ha ha ha ha ha. Nope, in the clear light of morning it hurts just as […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brodie Van Wagenen, Bullpen, Edwin Diaz, Jeurys Familia, Paul DeJong, Pitchers Hitting, Vexing Losses Doubleheaders are funny beasts. Lose the first game — as the Mets just did in the Bronx against some team from an arriviste beer league — and you simultaneously take solace in the fact that doubleheader sweeps are hard to pull off and are gripped with horror at the prospect of dropping two games in one […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Doubleheaders, Luke Voit, Masahiro Tanaka, Subway Series, Yankees, Zack Wheeler Goodness knows the Mets have had plenty of drama in this very strange year. But every so often, they play a baseball game that’s just a baseball game, refreshingly free of sideshows and controversies and agita. And it’s a reminder that, to quote the endlessly quotable Bull Durham, “this game’s fun, damn it.” At our house […] On Friday night the Mets lost, and they lost in a very 2019 Mets way: good start that felt like it should have been better, not enough offense, poor relief, a silly sideshow. The GSTFLISHBB game from Jacob deGrom, which feels like you could put an “of course” on it for ironic effect, except you could […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Antonio Senzatela, Drew Gagnon, Jacob deGrom, PItching My Met fandom is not an unbroken line from seeing my mom jumping up and down and cheering for Rusty Staub to now. Yes, my mom’s joy is my first Mets memory — and one of my earliest memories of anything — but in 1981 I lost the thread. That year my Topps cards are […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Gomez, Fathers and Sons, Jeff McNeil, Mickey Callaway, Pablo Sandoval, Shaun Anderson, Todd Frazier The Mets lost, this time not with the thunder of a bullpen avalanche but with the merest whimper. Steven Matz had one of his games where he shows up for duty in the second inning instead of the first, the offense began and ended with a solo home run, and Amed Rosario had a wretched […] So if Jason Vargas pitches well — and I mean “pitches well,” without any ironic amplification, subtle disparagement or other snobby little digs — and the Mets lose anyway, what sound does a Met fan make at 1 in the morning? If you’re me, it’s a long, drawn-out sigh. Vargas pitched well. Hyun-Jin Ryu pitched better. Ryu […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Hyun-Jin Ryu, J.D. Davis, Jason Vargas, Pete Alonso, Umpiring As Wednesday night’s game became Thursday morning’s game, the storyline seemed pretty clear — clear enough that I scribbled some notes for myself to peruse around now. Let’s see if I can decipher them: No aces And in a […] 23 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adeiny Hechavarria, Carlos Gomez, Debacles, Dodgers, Edwin Diaz, Losses, Noah Syndergaard, Pete Alonso, Todd Frazier On the one hand, the Mets have made the lowly Detroit Tigers into world-beaters, opponents every bit as formidable as, say, the Miami Marlins. Can’t we just play the Nationals 162 times a year? On the other, both of these games have been a lot of fun, filled with twists and turns and chills and […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Creative Managing, Edwin Diaz, Extra Innings, Hector Santiago, JaCoby Jones, Jason Vargas, Managers, Mickey Callaway, Ryan Carpenter, Tigers, Tomas Nido, Wilson Ramos |
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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