Jonah Tong was 80% splendid Monday afternoon in Miami, throwing four sterling innings that weren’t undone by the lone dreadful frame that interrupted their flow. The order in which Tong’s five were delivered was, in fact, the best part. He wasn’t good in the second inning (allowing a single, a triple, a walk, a three-run […]
 
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. |
 3 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Fight for Fourth, Jerry Koosman, Jonah Tong, Labor Day Sunday afternoon unfolding as it did at Citi Field indicated patience can be a baseball virtue. Christian Scott had to wait eight days for his next start. Tobias Myers had to wait nearly two months for his next major league appearance. Brett Baty had to wait until the eighth inning to enter Sunday’s game. Mets […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1987 Mets, 2017 Mets, Bo Bichette, Brett Baty, Christian Scott, David Cone, Dwight Gooden, Giants, Intentional Walks, Jacob deGrom, Jonah Tong, Longevity, Patience, Projection, Rick Aguilera, Seth Lugo, Shawn Colvin, Sid Fernandez, Steven Matz, Team History, Tobias Myers, Zack Wheeler The Mets have used a franchise record-tying 64 players thus far this year. The proliferation of personnel has won them 63 games, or approximately one win per player. This ratio doesn’t exactly scream efficient allocation of resources, but that panoply of participants can sure make things exciting. Granted, the churn has backfired 77 times, but […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1982 Mets, Brett Baty, Chris Devenski, Daniel Duarte, Dedniel Nunez, Games We Name, Gary Rajsich, Jared Young, Jonathan Pintaro, Juan Soto, Justin Hagenman, Marcus Semien, Mark Vientos, Nate Lavender, Nick Morabito, Pinch-Running, Rays, Roster Turnover, Tampa Bay Geography, The Kid from Left Field, Youth The 2026 Mets are nobody’s genie, but they are on occasion capable of granting relatively small baseball wishes. Sometimes it takes them a while. When July was becoming August, and almost everybody you heard might be traded was getting traded, you might have wished “almost” could be upgraded to “everybody”. Specifically, Luis Robert, Jr., began […] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cedric Mullins, Christopher Morel, Cristian Pache, FIP, Luis Robert Jr., Manny Machado, Mark Vientos, Old Friends, Pitcher Wins, Rays, Robert Stock, Steven Matz, Wishes At one end of the rickety Passarelle Boardwalk, the US Open was just getting going. I shared my LIRR train from Woodside with people who were far too clean, fit, and stylish to be going to the other end of those dubious planks. Not exactly a slobs versus snobs scenario, but our differences were palpable. […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andy Green, Annie, Astros, Back-to-Back Leadoff Home Runs, Bill Shea, Bob Moorhead, Bull Durham, Chris Devenski, Christopher Morel, Don Zimmer, Francisco Lindor, Jared Young, Jonathan Pintaro, Juan Soto, Last Active Shea Met, LIRR, Max Scherzer, Mets Outfielders-Third Basemen, Mets Third Basemen-Outfielders, Metsoterica, NBC, Passarelle Boardwalk, Recidivist Mets, Robert Stock, Rod Kanehl, September Callups, Sunday Night Baseball, T-shirts, Tennis, Tug McGraw, Zac Thornton On Saturday afternoon, Nolan McLean was pretty darn beautiful, with an array of hitters and fielders supporting him in his attractiveness. Nolan went seven, giving up just a first-inning run. Juan Soto returned with a big RBI single. Jared Young — the Jonathan Pintaro or perhaps Daniel Duarte of the starting lineup — quietly chipped […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 3-1 Losses, Anthony Young, Astros, Billy Wagner, Bob Aspromonte, Christian Scott, Colt .45s, Cumulative Franchise Record, Danny Heep, Dave Mlicki, Interleague Play, Jake Marisnick, Jonathan Villar, Juan Soto, Mike Hampton, Mike Scott, Nolan McLean, Octavio Dotel, Rusty Staub, Sid Fernandez, Team History Tuesday night at Citi Field was a game for icons. Dolly Parton’s music played to seemingly unanimous approval, one of those ballpark as public square moments that reminds a person that when something or somebody needs to be commemorated or celebrated — even if the subject isn’t baseball — a ballpark is the place to […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brewers, Dave Kingman, Dolly Parton, Francisco Lindor, Icons, Moment of Silence, Rey Ordonez, Ryder Chasin I wasn’t wishing any ill will toward Huascar Brazobán when he came into Saturday night’s game to face his former team, beyond hoping his former team would rough him up gently. It was the seventh inning of a game the Mets were leading, 7-5, an evening pervaded by the sense that this game could be going […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carson Benge, Christian Scott, Family Feud, Huascar Brazoban, Luis Robert Jr., Luis Torrens, Mimosas, Old Friends, The Carpenters, The DH Scam, Vienna Beef For most of my life, my relationship to needles has been a matter of bracing for the absolute worst and reacting to them as if they definitely are. Once in a while, if a medical professional is coming at my anatomy in a spot where I’m not used to it, I will still yelp and […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Interleague Play, Jefry Yan, Luis Robert Jr., Needles, Sean Manaea, Teammates with State Capital Names, White Sox, Yelps, Yowls Let’s go live to the internal dialogue I’ve developed in the wake of the august Mets play of August 2026, right up through their 4-2 victory over the Padres at Citi Field on Wednesday afternoon. The Mets are winning some baseball games lately. 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2013 Mets, A.J. Ewing, Austin Warren, Baseball Scores, Bo Bichette, Carson Benge, Christopher Morel, Daniel Duarte, Francisco Lindor, Gabriel Arias, Jared Young, Jonathan Pintaro, Jorge Polanco, Kodai Senga, Nate Lavender, Robert Stock, Small Sample Sizes, The Replacements |
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. |
|
Copyright © 2026 Faith and Fear in Flushing - All Rights Reserved |
||