 
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. |
One hundred sixty two games, figure three hours per game on average… Twenty nine thousand The rallies, the replays Enjoy this one. There isn’t much time in every sense of the concept. Enjoy this one. There’s another game in a couple of hours. Enjoy this one. There’s only four more overall. Enjoy this one. Wright’s shoulder issue sounds vexing, to say the least. Let’s enjoy baseball news that isn’t solely injury news. Enjoy this one. D’Arnaud’s absence is […]  4 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Erik Goeddel, Juan Centeno, Unscheduled Makeup Day Halves of Split Doubleheaders, Wilfred Tovar Good news yesterday, even with the rainout: I heard the neighbors aren’t throwing their annual October party this year. Actually, this is the second consecutive year they’re skipping it, making those affairs no longer annual events, I suppose. I didn’t think they were gonna have their party. I know they ordered in a bunch of […] As a service to New York Mets fans who find themselves encountering an unfamiliar concept, Faith and Fear in Flushing provides the following helpful primer. Welcome to the battle for second place! Yeah, I thought I heard something about that. Can you explain what this is exactly? With Monday night’s loss by the reeling Braves to the Pirates, […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Jacob deGrom, Jim McAndrew, Sandy Alderson, Second Place, Team History, Terry Collins, Tom Seaver You can now update the Mets’ slash line to reflect their currently accurate settings: 9 YRSWOPSA/15 YRSWOPNT/29 YRSWOWCH GLOSSARY The clock jumped ahead one year once the Pirates beat the Brewers in a game loaded with playoff race implications, which is to say it had […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Mets, Lucas Duda, Mathematically Eliminated, Zack Wheeler When viewed from just a bit outside Metsopotamia, our obsessions must seem odd to the detached observer. I guess you could say that about how any community appears to anybody who’s not wholly immersed in it, but over the past couple of days, we have been uncommonly true to ourselves, our passions and our minutiae. First, […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | An Appreciation, Kevin Burkhardt, Mets Fans, Skyline Logo, SNY When they opened it in 2009, the Mets of Fred and Jeff Wilpon dedicated themselves to convincing potential patrons that Citi Field would present a premium ballpark experience because it would grant those with the right kind of ticket access to exclusive clubs. That first year, very specific castes were established in terms of who […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2001 Mets, Bartolo Colon, Brad Penny, Bud Selig, Citi Field, Eerily Quiet, Milestones, Promenade, Timo Perez, Todd Zeile, Wilmer Flores Following a Monday night when it hit me just how few innings remain to this season, I sort of retroactively wish the Mets could have deprived us of two or three from their twelfth-to-last game of 2014. It was an extraordinary night at Citi Field through six. It was a night that was surely meant […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Jacob deGrom, Pete Falcone, Strikeouts, Team History A person might ask another person, “How are you?” or “What’s up?” or “Excuse me, does this train go to Woodside?” (I get asked that one a lot). I’m convinced the idle question asked more than any other of Jon Niese always begins, “Jon, how frustrating is it that…?” Sunday I watched Niese pitch well enough […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Mets, Closeness to Contention, Jon Niese, Terry Collins Pictured: One of the many innings when Anthony Rendon batted. There were two hints on my ticket for Saturday night’s game that a pleasant result wasn’t in the offing: 1) The Washington Nationals were listed as the opponent. 2) Chris Young’s picture adorned it. The Nationals need no introduction in our neighborhood. One delightfully foot-stompin’ win notwithstanding, […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anthony Rendon, Aurora Borealis, Chris Young, Dave Kingman, Fireworks Night, Wilmer Flores, Zack Wheeler |
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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