 
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. |
To borrow a phrase favored by Josh Lewin, what did we learn on Saturday afternoon watching the Mets lose in the Bronx, other than Saturday afternoon Subway Series conflicts have diminished in appeal since Matt Franco was in fullest bloom? We learned the […]  25 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2015 Mets, Asdrubal Cabrera, Baseball's Sad Lexicon, Bobby Wahl, Branon Nimmo, Communications, Designated Hitter, Devin Mesoraco, Jeurys Familia, Josh Lewin, Lack of GM, Matt den Dekker, Mickey Callaway, Ron Hunt, Subway Series, The West Wing, Trades, Will Toffey, Yoenis Cespedes Perhaps the reason the Mets seem on their way to their worst season since 1993 is they have too many Mets born in 1993. I wouldn’t expect a Major League Baseball team to discriminate on the basis of anything other […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1993 Mets, 2018 Mets, Birth Years, Branon Nimmo, Corey Oswalt, Drew Smith, Gabriel Ynoa, Jacob Rhame, Karma, Michael Conforto, P.J. Conlon, Robert Gsellman, Tyler Bashlor All-Star Jacob deGrom got taken deep by All-Star Mike Trout in the third inning of Tuesday night’s All-Star Game. Regrettable outcome, as was the final score, but somehow everybody was elevated by the experience. Trout doesn’t need much more elevation, except for maybe a deep postseason run or two so […] 21 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | All-Star Game, Brodie Van Wagenen, Designated Hitter, Jacob deGrom, Mike Trout, Scenarios, Tension, Tony Clark, Trade Rumors All right, who’s in for the Mets to become buyers? We’re talking about a team that has won seven of thirteen, producing its best extended stretch since Mickey Callaway’s managerial acumen was considered a growth stock. And these last two games, encompassing one professional baseball victory after […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bryce Harper, Prospective Seller's Remorse, Zack Wheeler In a haughtier season, we might file away Friday night’s 4-2 victory over the Nationals as a nice, boring win. We’re not in a haughty season, however, so let’s not too hastily dismiss the delights of dullness. Besides, how low-key can any game started by Noah Syndergaard come off as? Noah, […] With my lone natural rooting interest spiritually if not yet officially mathematically eliminated from contention for the National League East title, I find myself inadvertently pulling for some combination of whoever isn’t playing the Mets on a given night. For example, when Brandon Nimmo stuck it to the […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2004 Mets, Anthony Rendon, Cubs, Frank Lennox, Graciousness, Moment of Silence, Nationals, Rivals, Spoilers, Steven Matz, Victor Diaz Five of us had tickets for the entire Mets-Phillies twi-night doubleheader Monday. More than five, according to official attendance figures, but I refer specifically to myself, the three people with whom I’ve been friends longer than anybody and the son of one of those people. I showed […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Nola, Citi Field, Corey Oswalt, David Wright, Doubleheaders, Old Friends, Shea Stadium, Showers, Waiting, Walkoffs, Wilmer Flores Losing by the same score as a forfeit is just too on-the-nose as Met-aphors go, but there’s no compelling reason to leave room for interpretation after a 2018 Mets loss so dismal it would have fit snugly inside the disaster known as 2017.
The Mets lost on Saturday afternoon. The Mets will lose any afternoon, any evening, any day of the week. It’s what they do more often than not. Very recently it was only what they did as often as not. In their previous four games, the Mets had […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Bobbleheads, Kevin Plawecki, Losing, Rays, Steven Matz You don’t remember Jose Bautista was a Met? Yeah, he was another one of those veterans the Mets picked up when nobody else wanted him, another one of those faded stars of whom it was assumed he had nothing left. This was in 2018 when the Mets seemed to be doing a lot of that. Maybe that’s […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2018 Mets, Blue Jays, Gil Hodges, Grand Slams, Jacob deGrom, Jenrry Mejia, Jeurys Familia, Jose Bautista, Memories, Rays, Walkoffs, Wilmer Flores |
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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