 
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. |
I will endure its passing, but I would have loved to have been an old man in these seats, under these lights. That’s what Dana Brand wrote in Mets Fan, in an essay he entitled “For Shea“. I’ve thought of those words often since Shea Stadium was scheduled for and then met its ultimate demise. Every […] I thought it was passion, but it’s just drama. Is there a more exhausting baseball club to root for than the New York Mets? Has there ever been a more exhausting baseball club to root for than the New York Mets? The Mets used to tire us out with manic playoff runs, […] 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 consisting of the “best” 43rd game in any Mets season, the “best” 44th game in any Mets season, […]  7 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1971 Mets, 1998 Mets, 1999 Mets, Curt Schilling, Fiftieth Anniversary, Mike Piazza, Nolan Ryan, Team History, The Happiest Recap “Your phone number for a Monday night schmooze, One Eight Seven Seven, Three Three Seven, Six Six Six Six on your Fan — WFAN, here taking your calls until Richard Neer at ten o’clock. Fred from Locust Valley, you’re next.” “Hello Steve.” “Hello Fred! You’re calling from the Valley of the Locusts, with the bedbugs…what already?” “Steve, I […] And sometimes a lineup patched together with recently recalled minor leaguers gets beat. Go figure. BuffaMets fever broke a little Saturday night, though Justin Turner continued to hit, which was good news for Americans from coast to coast wondering breathlessly whether Turner would break the longstanding record for most consecutive games with a run batted […] Tough, tough news today where Gary Carter is concerned: four “small tumors” were found on his brain; their status as malignant or benign hasn’t yet been learned. If there’s any sentiment as obvious as Let’s Go Mets this otherwise sunny Subway Series Saturday, it’s Get Well Kid. Update: Carter issued a statement explaining he will be examined […] Ah, the rites of the Friday afternoon before the first Friday night of the first Subway Series game of the year… Is that tonight? I’d forgotten all about it. Seems they used to make a bigger deal out of it. Whatever, I don’t care. It’s just another game. It’s gotten old. This doesn’t matter more than any other series. It isn’t what it […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Family Tradition, Mets Fan Philosophy, Posadenfreude, Subway Series 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 consisting of the “best” 40th game in any Mets season, the “best” 41st game in any Mets season, […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1964 Mets, 1999 Mets, 2009 Mets, Dick Smith, Fiftieth Anniversary, Omir Santos, Robin Ventura, Team History, The Happiest Recap The 2011 New York Mets are the best thing to come out of Buffalo since Scott Norwood’s penchant for kicking wide right. How many Mets were playing in the vicinity of Lake Erie when the major league season commenced? Half of them? Most of them? However you do the Bison-slicin’, what counts is these Erie Couny […] 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 consisting of the “best” 37th game in any Mets season, the “best” 38th game in any Mets season, […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, 1981 Mets, Fiftieth Anniversary, George Stone, Greg Harris, Mookie Wilson, Team History, The Happiest Recap |
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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