 
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. |
The Mets through Monday had me so giddy of late, I was contemplating them in terms of borrowed memes. My closer’s Senga Then, on Tuesday in Atlanta, the bats fell flat and the Mets got shut out (or, as it’s articulated in Wagstaff, “shutouted”). When they’re not raising hopes, they’re […] I’m happy the Mets have won five of six when they’ve won the five of six, right here, right now. I have no choice in the when of the matter. No use asking where this was when the Mets were in the portion of the season that determined their fate. Five out of six would […] Long after the Black Sox scandal shook the faith of fifty million people, yet well before SNY viewers were inundated with lingo-laden advertisements urging us to make the games we’re already watching more interesting, there was betting on baseball, right in the middle of a major league clubhouse — and I don’t mean the one […] In the bottom of the first Thursday afternoon at Cleveland, Nolan McLean threw his first pitch and got his first out on a fly ball to left, making him the soul of efficiency. Then he threw eleven pitches to his next two batters, eight of them balls, giving him two baserunners to negotiate. The next […] “You remind me of Tug McGraw,” Gil Hodges told Ron Santo, regarding Santo’s heel-clicking routine that rubbed opponents the wrong way in 1969. “When he was young and immature and nervous, he used to jump up and down, too. He doesn’t do it anymore.” I’ve always loved that anecdote, recounted in The Year the Mets […]  7 comments | |  Print This Post |  1969 Mets, Angel Genao, Bo Bichette, Cade Smith, Chayce McDermott, Cristian Pache, Daniel Duarte, Gil Hodges, Jared Young, Jefry Yan, Joie de Vivre, Jorge Polanco, Joy, Jumping, Kate Smith, Larry Sanders, Leaping, Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom, Nate Lavender, Ron Santo, Tug McGraw As I saw one trade after another announced in the leadup to 6 PM Monday, my impulse was to frame so many forced Met exits happening at once as some kind of massacre, à la the one that happened late on a Wednesday night a little over 49 years ago, the date of another trade […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2026 Mets, A.J. Minter, Bobby Ojeda, Brooks Raley, Bryce Conley, Chayce McDermott, Clay Holmes, Cristian Pache, David Stearns, Ded, Freddy Peralta, Hope, Huascar Brazoban, Jefferson Rojas, Jefry Yan, Luke Weaver, Mets Fan Childhood, Nate Lavender, Sammy Stafura, Team Chemistry, The Simpsons, Tom Seaver, Trade Deadline, Tyrone Taylor When it comes to retrospection in the moment, the 1986 Mets have become their own version of the 1969 Mets. That is to say, it’s damn good to see them after all these years. It may not produce the electrical charge it used to, but damn good is plenty good. I attended, in the delightful and […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1986 Mets, Celebrations of World Champions, Memory, Recency, Response, Reunions, Team History The Mets held a Christmas in July promotion the other night, which apparently inspired a sequel of sorts on Friday when they conducted their business a little like it was the end of March. They had a starting pitcher slated to throw, but then decided they better not let that starting pitcher be seen, lest […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Minter, Cionel Perez, Freddy Peralta, Jonathan Pintaro, Kodai Senga, Temporally Misplaced Spring Training, Trade Deadline, Xzavion Curry When the Mets edged the Braves in the afternoon portion of Wednesday’s day-night “doubleheader” at Citi Field (if they scan for tickets twice, then it’s really just two wholly separate games played on the same day), it was both satisfying and mystifying. The satisfaction came mainly from the Mets having extended a winning streak to […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 14-3 Symmetry, Carson Benge, Chris Sale, Christian Scott, Cionel Perez, Daniel Duarte, Day-Night Doubleheaders, Mystery, Satisfaction, Sean Manaea, Spite, Splendiferous Catches, The Two-Thirds Mark, Trade Deadline Contrary to popular perception, the Los Angeles Dodgers do not merely have to throw their gloves on the field in order to defeat the New York Mets. Friday and Saturday, I’m pretty sure all it took was the Dodgers checking in on the MLB Ballpark app. From all appearances, L.A. clicked “win” prior to first […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brooks Raley, Carlos Beltran, Cionel Perez, Devin Williams, Dodgers, Freddy Peralta, Hall of Fame, Ice Baths Gone Awry, Jeff Kent, Luke Weaver, Marcus Semien, Self-Esteem, Tyrone Taylor |
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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