Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season that includes the “best” 160th game in any Mets season, the “best” 161st game in any Mets season…and […]
 
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. |
 7 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1973 Mets, 1982 Mets, 1999 Mets, 2008 Mets, Cleon Jones, Fiftieth Anniversary, Johan Santana, John Franco, Kenny Rogers, Robin Ventura, Rusty Staub, Team History, Terry Leach, The Happiest Recap, Tom Seaver, Tug McGraw, Wayne Garrett, Willie Mays In the same way the sight of “10.27” made me smile yesterday, the thought of “Game Seven” has got me grinning today. Yet this has nothing to do with 1986. This is all about 2011 and the World Series that is doing us the courtesy of sticking around one more night. Which still might not be […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2011 Postseason, Cardinals, Darren Oliver, David Freese, Lance Berkman, Rangers, Tony La Russa We have our five winners in the Baseball’s Greatest Games: The 1986 World Series Game 6 DVD contest. We’ll reveal the identities of the recipients of this wonderful disc, furnished by A&E Home Entertainment in association with MLB Productions, as well as the answers to our quiz in short order. For now, congratulations to five Mets fans […] As soon as I saw today’s date, I got happy. It didn’t exactly sneak up on me, what with all the 25th anniversary talk in the air, yet I was surprised at the jolt “10.27” sent charging through my system when it leapt out at me from the bottom left-hand corner of our kitchen clock. […] [NOTE: WE HAVE OUR WINNERS. THE CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.] Quick quiz update: We’ve received correct answers from two readers thus far, meaning three of you still have a chance to win the fabulous Baseball’s Greatest Games: 1986 World Series Game 6 from A&E Home Entertainment in association with MLB Productions. To reiterate, this is the […] [NOTE: WE HAVE OUR WINNERS. THE CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.] The story in Central Texas is Mike Napoli coming through loud and clear. The story in St. Louis is Tony La Russa hearing static on the line while his players left everything else on base. But here in Metsopotamia, where we take every opportunity we can […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1986 World Series, 2011 Postseason, Bill Buckner, Darren Oliver, Mike Napoli, Mookie Wilson, Octavio Dotel, Team History, Tony La Russa The baseball game I watched last night in which Derek Holland thoroughly shut down the St. Louis Cardinals’ offense bore little resemblance to the baseball game I watched 24 hours earlier in which Albert Pujols filleted the Texas Rangers’ pitching staff. Holland stood head and shoulders above his competition the same as Pujols did, yet […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2011 Postseason, Derek Holland, Football, George Carlin, Shea Stadium The World Series contest that’s been instantly enshrined in history for Albert Pujols detonating three tons of TNT into the Arlington night (and then graciously sticking around to chat about it afterwards) was really decided before the King completely got his groove back. Those three homers that defined Game Three, every one of them a […] I admire the 2011 World Series thus far, which is a nice way of saying I have yet to be fully engaged by it. After the slam-bang blowouts that ended the LCSes, it was predicted/feared that the St. Louis and Texas lineups would lay waste to each other’s starting pitching and that the games would […] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2011 Postseason, Albert Pujols, Jason Isringhausen, Jason Motte, Media Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season that includes the “best” 158th game in any Mets season, the “best” 159th game in any Mets season…and […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1971 Mets, 1999 Mets, 2000 Mets, 2008 Mets, Al Leiter, Armando Benitez, Carlos Beltran, Derek Bell, Edgardo Alfonzo, Fiftieth Anniversary, Greg Maddux, John Olerud, Micah Hoffpauir, Pedro Martinez, Ramon Martinez, Rick Reed, Robinson Cancel, Ryan Church, Team History, The Happiest Recap, Tom Seaver |
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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