 
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. |
When the Mets play in Philadelphia, SNY unfailingly shows us cheesesteaks sizzling at Geno’s and Pat’s. In Miami, it’s sun worshipers and night clubbers doing the same. Cacti stand tall outside Phoenix. A Monument towers over Washington. Like its announcers, the network’s cameras take an expansive view of their environs. I don’t know what SNY would […] The Mets won by shutout. Their starter went at least eight-and-a-third innings. He gave up no more than three hits and got the win. According to Baseball Reference, those specific boxes have been checked 119 times in franchise history, about twice a year since 1962. It’s a total that includes some of the most memorable […]  22 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1968 Mets, Adam Duvall, AJ Ramos, Bill Short, Cal Koonce, Gil Hodges, Jim McAndrew, Joey Votto, One-Hitters, Rafael Montero, Reds, Scooter Gennett, Team History, Terry Collins, Tom Seaver Technically, Sunday afternoon’s Mets win over the Nationals was the day half of a day-night doubleheader, but you’d be excused for confusion in that the day game itself proceeded like day and night from a Met perspective. Maybe that was appropriate at the end of a week that commenced with a solar eclipse. DAY BREAKS: Asdrubal […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alejandro De Aza, Amed Rosario, Asdrubal Cabrera, Daniel Murphy, Day-Night Doubleheaders, Doubleheaders, Edwin Jackson, Gary Cohen, Great Calls, Hansel Robles, Juan Lagares, Relief Pitching, Strike Zones, Tommy Milone, Travis d'Arnaud, Travis Taijeron, Wilmer Flores As Metsian sequences of events go, the one that unfolded in the top of the first Friday night at Nationals Park was among the Metsiest of 2017. Asdrubal Cabrera was on first base, Yoenis Cespedes was on second, Dominic Smith was batting. Smith singled up the middle. Cespedes came around to score. Except Smith’s ball […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2017 Mets, AJ Ramos, Brandon Nimmo, Elton John, Injuries, Jacob deGrom, Jerry Blevins, Juan Lagares, Travis Taijeron, Uniforms, Yoenis Cespedes Here’s some good news: the Mets didn’t lose Michael Conforto in the middle of a playoff hunt. Man, that would hurt. Hurt like Conforto’s left shoulder appeared to when he dislocated it after swinging and missing against Arizona starter Robbie Ray in the fifth inning at Citi Field on Thursday. Conforto went down on the […] “You have to respect a ballplayer who’s just tryin’ to finish the season,” Annie Savoy told us after she learned Crash Davis left her at dawn for an opening at Asheville in the South Atlantic League. Crash had a goal: minor league home run No. 247, the record for such things in the world of […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Bull Durham, Dee Gordon, Giancarlo Stanton, Individual Goals, Jacob deGrom, Jacob Rhame, Pitcher Wins June 3, 2017, was a fine Saturday night for the New York Mets, who beat the Pittsburgh Pirates at Citi Field, 4-2, with, Lucas Duda at first, Neil Walker at second, Curtis Granderson in center, Jay Bruce around in right, René Rivera catching, and Addison Reed pitching the eighth and ninth innings to record his […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2018 Mets, Brandon Nimmo, Curtis Granderson, De Facto Designated Hitter, Dominic Smith, Kevin Plawecki, M&M's Sweet Seats, Rafael Montero, Rene Rivera, Youth of America Statistically, it didn’t matter that the Yankees came to Citi Field from the Bronx to complete their Subway Series sweep. It mattered that they came from near the top of their division. The Mets versus any serious contender this year has been almost uniformly bad news. Talk about hewing to your weight class. The lightweight 2017 […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2003 Mets, Curtis Granderson, Futile Comebacks, Grand Slams, Luis Severino, Raul Gonzalez, Reds, Rob Schneider, Steven Matz, Strength of Schedule, Subway Series, Yankees It sure gets orange early out beyond center field on the Met home dates The 7 Line Army comes to play. It’s looked that way from a distance. I can report it’s even more orange up close, radiating brightly from all those personalized jerseys sporting all those last names, nicknames and inside jokes. Good. Citi […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Judge, Bad Relief Pitching, Mets Third Basemen, Orange, Subway Series, The 7 Line Army, Third Base, Travis d'Arnaud When you’ve heard your team won a game by the score of 2-0, you assume there was very good pitching. When you’ve heard your team won a game by the score of 9-5, you assume there was a good bit of hitting. When you’ve heard your team won a game by the score of 6-2, […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1964 Mets, 1980 Mets, 1994 Mets, Chris Flexen, Curtis Granderson, Michael Conforto, Mike Jorgensen, Nolan Ryan, Odubel Herrera, Scores, Team History |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
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