 
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. |
A baseball season is hardly an immaculate grind, and unlike the puzzle with which many of us start our day, solutions can prove elusive. We didn’t know how to solve the 2026 New York Mets season. The grind ground to a halt and therefore solved itself. Our team played its 162nd game of its allotted 162 […] It is early fall and late in the season. The weather isn’t interested in helping us sort out contradictions. It came to the Mid-Atlantic region with its own agenda, unaware there is still baseball to be played. The Washington Nationals responded to meteorological realities by rescheduling the second-to-last game of the year, against the New […] When the Mets completed their series in Texas on Thursday, their record stood at 73-86, despite the current season having little in common with either ’73 or ’86. One night later, in Washington, we definitively find 2026’s companions in other Met seasons. The Mets have finished alone in last place in… 1962, Seems like a good idea to […] Get two hits and score one run in the first inning. Get two hits and score no runs the rest of the way. Unless you’re planning on throwing a shutout, you’ve just guaranteed yourself a futile afternoon in Arlington. I don’t know what plans the Mets had, but they didn’t throw a shutout on Thursday. […] They aren’t gonna play, are they? Have you seen the forecast? Have you clicked on your weather app of choice a thousand times? I have. Look at those percentages for precipitation for each hour within ZIP Code 11368. At no point on Sunday afternoon do they drop below 60%. Does that mean there’s more than […]  8 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  An Appreciation, Bugs Bunny, Closing Day, Howie Rose, Jonah Tong, Peanuts, Rain We haven’t asked Julio Franco to conjure his connective chronological magic in quite a while, but today — on the heels of one his old teams (the Mets) defeating another of his old teams (the Phlllies, by a score of 6-3, thanks in large part to Zac Thornton’s six-innings of sterling pitching and Juan Soto’s […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Beltran, Hall of Fame, Icons, Jerry Grote, Julio Franco, Mets Hall of Fame, Retired Numbers, Team History, Warren Spahn, Woody Allen Congratulations to Pete Alonso of the Baltimore Orioles on hitting your 300th career home run at Citi Field. Please go hit No. 301 somewhere else. Pete’s having gone somewhere else is what got us into this particular mess, the one in which a 3-2 Met lead in the top of the ninth inning became a tie […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Coby Mayo, Curtain Calls for Visitors, Francisco Alvarez, Kodai Senga, Milestones, Orioles, Pete Alonso, Sean Manaea The Polar Bear had a homecoming in Flushing Monday night. Except for the uniform he wore, it was like he never left. The uniform he wore indicated he did leave. Thus, the need for a homecoming. Pete Alonso of the Baltimore Orioles was welcomed back to Citi Field as Pete Alonso of the New York Mets. […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Homecomings, Mathematically Eliminated, Pete Alonso Al Leiter, former Yankee and eternal Met, always did have a way with words. On Friday morning, at a community-minded event tied to the date on the calendar, Leiter assessed why he and others with enduring MLB/NYC ties were at Citi Field doing a little something for others in the spirit of those who had […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2001 Mets, Al Leiter, Anniversaries, Armando Benitez, Caps, Juan Soto, Mike Piazza, New York, Nolan McLean, Subway Series, Timestamp “The final score, Mets 15 Marlins 14. What a night in Miami. Steve, I understand you have our star of the game standing by.” “That’s right, Gare. We’re here with Uni Corn. Uni, I should let you catch your breath, but I’ve gotta ask, you don’t make many appearances with us.” 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Christopher Morel, Cranky Postgame Guests, Francisco Lindor, Luis Torrens, Marlins, Pinch-Runners, Pinch-Runners Who Homer, Pinch-Running, Steve Gelbs, Tobias Myers, Unicorn Scores |
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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