 
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. |
Surprise! Aaron Harang was … not that bad. He wasn’t great, but he pitched capably enough — a team with an iota of offense might have had a chance out there, which unfortunately doesn’t describe the current Mets. A couple of weeks ago, our young players might have frowned at hearing that baseball conventional wisdom is […]  9 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Aaron Harang, Frank Francisco, Jayson Werth, Ron Darling, WFAN Matt den Dekker is a plus center fielder for a team that suddenly has a surplus of them, has some pop, and looks like he’s got an idea about how to approach an at-bat. Travis d’Arnaud, despite being written off by people unfamiliar with the concept of “small sample size,” has a good arm and an […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Fans, Justin Turner, Lucas Duda, Matt den Dekker, Travis d'Arnaud Joaquin Andujar, a quotable pitcher from a bygone era, famously remarked that his favorite word in English was “you never know.” Which is a good way to break down Sunday’s Mets-Indians finale: * Daisuke Matsuzaka was good. No really, he was. Though as Scott Kazmir showed, that’s what happens when you’re facing a club that let […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Frank Francisco, Joaquin Andujar, Justin Turner Well. Your New York Mets, losers of five of six, will send Daisuke Matsuzaka to the hill on Sunday in an effort to prevent the Indians from sweeping, a tactic that summons up visions of the Maginot Line. Anything’s possible — Dice-K may author the Mets’ second no-hitter for all we know — but the Mets’ […] A year is a perfect amount of time to forget stuff you think it’s obvious you’ll remember. Example: We go to LBI every year. For years we returned with lessons learned about what to bring next time, what not to bring, when to depart to avoid traffic and other tips. We never wrote them down, because […] 1. When the Mets seem to have the game won but the Nats keep hanging around in the rearview mirror, you’re not being paranoid. They really are closer than they appear. 2. Particularly if it’s happening at Nationals Park. 3. I guess it’s nice that David Wright and Ryan Zimmerman are buds and all, but I hate […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Jayson Werth, Matt den Dekker, Omar Quintanilla, Ruben Tejada, Ryan Zimmerman, Vic Black, Wally Backman For a decade now Emily and Joshua and I have spent a week at the end of the summer on Long Beach Island, the 18-mile strip of beach just north of Atlantic City. Greg and I traded assignments this week; he got stuck with Wednesday night’s game and the interminable spectacle of whatever it is Daisuke […] The Mets lost 2-1. Nobody cares. Nobody would have cared if they’d lost 130-1, or if they’d won 130-1. That’s because the Mets and all of us were staggered by today’s asteroid-hits-the-mammals news out of Citi Field. And here’s a bit of news: I know why Matt Harvey got hurt. Look at this picture I took […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dan Warthen, Fans, Frank Jobe, Injuries, Matt Harvey, PItching, Sandy Alderson, Stephen Strasburg, Terry Collins Watching Daisuke Matsuzaka get spanked the Tigers, I found myself depressed. I wasn’t depressed because Matsuzaka got pummeled, though that wasn’t much fun — the Mets put up a bit of a fight early, then trudged through the rest of the game. Matsuzaka said after the game that he found himself after the Tigers’ initial barrage, […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Disappointment, Garbage Time, Miguel Cabrera, Tigers In the bottom of the ninth, with one out, the score tied and the winning run on second, I was deliriously certain that Wilmer Flores would single, making the Mets walkoff winners and getting himself mobbed at first. When Flores grounded out instead, I was not particularly disheartened: The Braves walked John Buck (not sure […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Angel Hernandez, Daniel Murphy, Football, Freddie Freeman, Instant Replay, Jerry Layne, Terry Collins, Umpires |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
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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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