 
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. |
It was 34 degrees this morning in New York because it’s March 27, and on March 27, about a week beyond winter, you’re as likely as not to get a very chilly morning. Days with mornings with that low a temperature don’t exactly scream baseball weather. But the Mets were in Florida for a month-and-a-half (where […]  8 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  A.J. Minter, Astros, Billy Murphy, Bob Gallagher, Brandon Nimmo, Clay Holmes, Ed Kranepool, Felix Mantilla, Field Of Dreams, Griffin Canning, Hayden Senger, Jack DiLauro, Jeff Torborg, Jose Siri, Juan Soto, Lenny Randle, March, Mark Bradley, Max Kranick, Mike Cubbage, Moment of Silence, Opening Day, Patches, Rickey Henderson, Ron Locke, Team History, Tommie Reynolds, Wayne Graham Baseball seasons run only so many games and so many months long. Yet if you’re lucky, they last forever. Also, if you’re a little unlucky after the fact, they stick around without a peer emerging to join them where you left them. The season that lands at No. 3 among MY FAVORITE SEASONS, FROM LEAST […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1986 Mets, Boldface Type, Jimmy Breslin, My Favorite Seasons, My Least Favorite Seasons Flies who’ve watched Spring Training shake their buzzy little heads and remark on unfortunate colleagues dropping like Mets. Down goes Alvarez (hand). Down goes McNeil (oblique). Down already went Montas and Manaea and the backup infielder Madrigal who wasn’t hyped enough to be saddled with Jed Lowrie comparisons, so at least he’s got that going […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, Aging, Being John Malkovich, Casey Kasem, Francisco Lindor, Grimace, Larry Sanders, My Favorite Seasons, My Least Favorite Seasons, OMG, Playlists, Ralph Malph, Recency Bias, Towels Before he incurred infamy for the two words he uttered to communicate he wanted no more of his 1980 rematch versus Sugar Ray Leonard — “no más” — Roberto Duran was mainly recognized as the fighter who was “pound for pound” the best in the world. Duran is the reason I learned that phrase. For […] Academy Award winners deemed guilty of defying brevity in their acceptance speeches Sunday night heard the orchestra subtly nudging them off the Dolby Theatre stage. New York Mets receive a more definitive elbow toward the rideshare area on Seaver Way when the powers that be decide it’s their time to go. Designated for assignment. Waived. […] Spring Training, you gotta stop making real news. Frankie Montas’s lat last week. Nick Madrigal’s shoulder over the weekend. Sean Manaea’s oblique as the Monday surprise du jour. We’re here for bright skies and optimism and megastars presenting vehicles to would-be stars in exchange for jersey numbers. That’s the news we can consume and smile about. All injuries […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 22, Al Leiter, Alexander Canario, Brett Baty, David Wright, Dom Smith, Donn Clendenon, Frankie Montas, Injuries, Jimmy Carter, Juan Soto, Moment of Silence, Nick Madrigal, Presidents, Ray Knight, Retired Numbers, Rituals, Roberta Flack, Sean Manaea, Spring Training Injuries, Team History, Uniform Numbers “Welcome everybody to Kiner’s Korner, brought to you by Mitsubishi Motors. I’m your host, Ralph Kiner, and today we have three very special guests. My producer told me they would be No. 7, No. 6 and No. 5, so I had my questions ready for Eddie Kranepool, Al Weis, and the Glider, Ed Charles, but […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1970 Mets, 1975 Mets, 1980 Mets, Mike Vail, My Favorite Seasons, My Least Favorite Seasons, Ralph Kiner, Ray Sadecki, Steve Henderson, Tom Seaver For years, I never forgot where I was when J.C. Martin laid down the bunt that led to the winning run that gave the Mets Game Four and a commanding Three-One lead in the 1969 World Series. I was in the Cozy Nook, the all-purpose luncheonette where I bought most of my baseball cards, magazines […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 1969 World Series, First Impressions, J.C. Martin, Marilu Henner, My Favorite Seasons, My Least Favorite Seasons Ah, the rites of Spring. Two, specifically… 1) The first press availability of the year with players who rate a full-blown sitdown with the assembled St. Lucie media. Francisco Lindor one day, Juan Soto the next, Pete Alonso today. Revelations? They’re thrilled to be back, or here, or back here. Why shouldn’t they be? They’re all […] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Annual Rituals, Frankie Montas, Injuries, Reassuring Happy Talk, Spring Training, Spring Training Injuries To borrow an opening line from an impeccable source, it was twenty years ago today that Faith and Fear in Flushing began to play. With a little help from our friends who’ve read us, contacted us and been an essential part of us, we’ve kept playing. Just like the Mets. Just like some other players. It […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anniversaries, Internal Affairs, Mets Pop Culture, Milestones, Saturday Night Live |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
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