Just for an evening, it would be pretty fun to be a big-league ballplayer. I don’t mean as a walk-on — a Joe Boyd thrust onto a stage not normally yours. I mean, wouldn’t it be fun to be an invisible traveling companion — someone who could see what the player sees, hear what the […]
 
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. |
Well hello! It’s me, your prodigal blogger, stepping in to keep Greg off the ledge. Seriously, I depart for two weeks of book tour and terrible things start happening to the Mets. Though, granted, what do you expect when the Mets head for Coors Field and the House of Loria, both famous for their soul-killing finales. […] Well, here’s another 2014 first: the first game that made you want to discover the ability to reach into your TV and smack Mets several time zones away. This was the game I’d feared the Mets would play on Tuesday in Philadelphia, and was pleasantly surprised to be wrong about: a dead-eyed, slumbering, miscue-filled mess. Every […]  7 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Bartolo Colon, Juan Lagares, Rockies, Travis d'Arnaud In recent history, the Mets haven’t led the league in much, but they’ve been a powerhouse when it comes to excuses. Terry Collins would always sound philosophical when he noted the conditions, the weather, the late arrival, the flu, or whatever bogeyman had snuck in to sink its teeth into the Mets. It was never quite […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cole Hamels, Jonathon Niese, Phillies, Weather Now THAT was an entertaining game. Late April is still a period where you’re acknowledging first times, and this was one I’d been waiting for: the first exhilarating win that leaves a contact high, so you’re up for hours watching replays and reading recaps and searching for hashtags with a goofy, slightly dazed grin. But man oh […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bunting, Curtis Granderson, Gonzalez Germen, Marlins, Omar Quintanilla, Terry Collins, Travis d'Arnaud, Zack Wheeler It’s a big world with lots of people of it. Even our little part of it — in which people in the New York area cheer for a baseball team — is pretty big. No, I wasn’t specific about the baseball team. For one night, I’m going to expand our circle to include Yankees fans. Only […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cardinals, Jonathon Niese, Kyle Farnsworth, Michael Pineda, Michael Wacha, Travis d'Arnaud, Yankees The Mets of recent vintage have been more about sabotage than camouflage, but for a night all was well in Flushing. The good vibes started with Jenrry Mejia, whose mix of cutters, sinkers and sliders had the Cardinals flailing, muttering and occasionally smashing bats. Mejia faltered in the seventh, as per usual for 2014 Mets […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Daniel Murphy, Jenrry Mejia, Travis d'Arnaud, Uniforms Curtis Granderson isn’t having fun so far. There’s the .127 batting average, the $60 million contract, and even the defense — what, exactly, that throw in the nightmarish top of the fifth was is a question best not pondered. Granderson is by all accounts a peach of a guy, but he’s been hearing boos from […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Braves, Curtis Granderson, Dan Uggla, Freddie Freeman, Justin Upton, Scott Rice “A diamondback without venom is a belt.” Points to our pal Metstradamus for the line of the series and an unsparingly accurate take on the National League’s Arizona franchise. As a lifelong Mets fan, I’m well acquainted with terrible baseball, and the Diamondbacks are supplying it by the truckload right now. I’ve been listening to Howie and […] Can we talk about the Angels? I’ll grant you that the entire AL West is essentially uncharted on my personal baseball map, but the Angels are the true terra incognita. This shouldn’t be — the Angels are essentially us, a mere year older thanks to the AL pushing to the head of the expansion line. But […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Albert Pujols, Angel Stadium, Angels, Extra Innings, Jeurys Familia, Kyle Farnsworth, Mike Trout, Scott Boras, West Coast Trips |
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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