 
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. |
Cassandra: One who predicts misfortune or disaster Pollyanna: A person characterized by irrepressible optimism and a tendency to find good in everything CassieClub: OMG!!! Johan DONE!!!!!! PollyPorch: Johan looked fine. A few tough breaks. CassieClub: Whats ERA since no no??? A THOUSAND?????? PollyPorch: Mechanics OK. Velocity OK. Some lucky hits. CassieClub: NEVER SHOULD HAVE LET HIM THROW 134!!!!!! PollyPorch: That was 2 […]  6 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Freddie Freeman, Johan Santana, Reasonable People Can Disagree Each Matt Harvey start transports me to a better place — a better place than third, even if the Mets have been stuck there since well before he came up and will have to keep what’s left of their act together to remain there. (Hard-to-believe fact: the Mets, despite losing 20 of their last 28, […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1977 Mets, 1983 Mets, Matt Harvey, MercyMe, Paul Maholm, Six Feet Under, Winning “You should pull a Bobby O and unload on Niese. He lost that game because he is lazy, immature and uninterested in his craft.” In recognition of Tuesday night’s Mets License Plate Holder giveaway, clearly the highlight of the pancake-flat 4-2 loss with which the […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Flat, Jon Niese, License Plate Holder Night, Terry Collins The First No-Hitter in New York Mets History can be watched (and listened to in two languages) again and again by the five Faith and Fear readers who were first to correctly answer all 15 questions of our Monday night quiz. Congratulations to Chris D’Orso, Josh Himmelsbach, Brock Mahan, Stephen Malone and Joe Nunziata, and […] When I meet a Mets fan from anywhere outside the Metropolitan Area, my instinct is to ask him or her how he or she got to be One of Us. I did so with a Mets fan from Australia a couple of years ago. He gave me the strangest answer imaginable. He said it was because […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bobby Bonilla, Every Met is Somebody's Favorite Met, Mets Fans ***WE HAVE OUR WINNERS. THANKS ALL FOR PLAYING.*** You haven’t lived until you’ve listened to the Spanish-language call of the ninth inning of the First No-Hitter in New York Mets History synced to the video. And if you’re wondering where you can do that, boy do we have a DVD for five of you! Watch. […] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | First No-Hitter in New York Mets History, Johan Santana, Radio It wasn’t Matt Harvey’s day, but then again 2012 wasn’t supposed to be Matt Harvey’s year anywhere higher than Buffalo. There was still plenty likable to be mined from his limp, extra base hit-laden line, but five runs in five frames is what the box score says it is. At the moment, Matt Harvey is a […] Sure the season is shot, but at least we get a chance to take a good, long look at Josh Thole! Never mind throwback uniforms from 1989 (technically 1988 to 1992 for us, but it was the Padres’ party, so whatever). It’s 2010 all over again on the Mets’ schedule. It might as well be in […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alex Trevino, Andres Torres, Carlos Quentin, Henry Blanco, Josh Thole, Mets Catchers, Padres, Rod Barajas, Ronny Cedeno, Scott Hairston, Yonder Alonso The Mets scored nine runs Thursday afternoon. Really? They scored nine runs one night after leaving everybody on in San Francisco but Tony Bennett. Thursday they had one fewer baserunner than they did Wednesday but crossed the plate seven more times despite hitting one less homer — or zero. And they won both games. REALLY!?! Ronny […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Chris Young, Dogma, Herbert Hoover, Jordany Valdespin, Melky Cabrera, Ronny Cedeno, T-shirts, Terry Collins If a pitcher can be deemed “major league” after two starts, Matt Harvey would seem to be it. His lifetime mark has dropped to 1-1, which isn’t an accurate reflection of how well he pitched against the Giants Tuesday night and — whatever we think of the usefulness of pitchers’ won-lost records — probably doesn’t […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | .500, Bill Denehy, Dick Selma, Matt Harvey, Sandy Alderson, Scott Hairston, Tim Lincecum, Tom Seaver, Trades |
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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