 
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. |
Aw, how can you get mad at these Mets for being, per coach Dennis Green, who we thought they were? We thought they were going to be not very good and now we are beginning to be proven fairly prescient. It was a heckuva first half. There may be some heck left in the second half. […]  19 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1980 Mets, 1984 Mets, 2010 Mets, Alex Tevino, Cal Koonce, Craig Swan, Darryl Strawberry, Doug Flynn, Dwight Gooden, Ed Glynn, Ed Lynch, Elliott Maddox, Expectations, Frank Taveras, Gary Carter, George Foster, Hope, Hubie Brooks, Jeff Reardon, Jesse Orosco, Joe Torre, Joel Youngblood, John Pacella, John Stearns, Keith Hernandez, Kevin Kobel, Lee Mazzilli, Magic, Mark Bomback, Mike Jorgensen, Mookie Wilson, Neil Allen, Pat Zachry, Ray Burris, Ray Knight, Roy Lee Jackson, Steve Henderson, Tom Hausman, Wally Backman Less news flash than point of fact: On Monday night, Justin Turner, a largely anonymous utility infielder with perhaps the most generic ballplayer name to grace a Met roster since 2004 catcher Tom Wilson arrived and departed, became the team’s 141st third baseman Monday when he replaced David Wright in the seventh inning of an […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andy Green, David Wright, Distractions from Drubbings, Don Zimmer, Justin Turner, Mets Third Basemen, Mike Pelfrey, Oliver Perez, Team History, Tom Wilson, Wilson Valdez You could have colored me the whitest shade of pale orange and blue when I saw Frankie “Release K-Rod Now” Rodriguez return to the mound in the bottom of the tenth inning to attempt to do with a one-run lead what he couldn’t do with a two-run lead in the bottom of the ninth inning. “I […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Angel Pagan, Darryl Hamilton, David Wright, Frankie Rodriguez, General Custer, Ideal Saves, Jay Payton, Jeff Francoeur, Jerry Manuel, Johan Santana, Managing, Phil Cuzzi, Plays That Don't Show Up in the Box Score, Relief Pitching, Streaks, Travis Ishikawa, Umpiring Welcome to Flashback Friday: Take Me Out to 34 Ballparks, a celebration, critique and countdown of every major league ballpark one baseball fan has been fortunate enough to visit in a lifetime of going to ballgames. BALLPARK: The Ballpark in Arlington 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dr Pepper Museum, Flashback Friday, Mike Shropshire, Rangers, The Ballpark in Arlington I know I’m not the first to note their facial and follicle similarity, but on Thursday night Tim Lincecum really put me in mind of Mitch Kramer, the newly minted ninth-grader doing his best to avoid a paddling from the SOB seniors in 1993’s 1976 homage Dazed and Confused. Whenever I see Lincecum’s locks, I think of […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Beltran, Dazed and Confused, Jose Reyes, Mitch Kramer, R.A. Dickey, Shawn Mullins, Tim Lincecum Sure, I thought it was a little kooky, some fan/writer declaring his candidacy for an office to which he couldn’t be elected because it’s not an elective office. I like a good gag, but how far can you stretch one? Howard Megdal was practically Plastic Man in that regard. He was stretching the gag. He […] Time moves glacially between the last game before the All-Star break and the first game after it (a West Coast game, at that), but to make it through the final hours of the void, there is, thankfully, a time machine: Mets Yearbook. SNY is sprinkling in several greatest hits in the course of Thursday… • 1976: […] First, to the McCann of the Hour… I didn’t have a favorite Brave before, but I do now. Thank you Brian McCann for ending a streak of twelve consecutive negative All-Star decisions that seemed destined to reach thirteen on habit if not merit. And you’re welcome, Brian McCann, for our firing you up properly at Citi Field […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2004 Mets, All-Star Game, Bobby Bonilla, Brian McCann, Buddhism, Chris Young, Fred Wilpon, George Steinbrenner, Jeff Wilpon, Joan Payson, Lorinda de Roulet, M. Donald Grant, Matt Thornton, Media, Moment of Silence, Nelson Doubleday, Ownership, Rationalization, Richie Hebner, Ricky Bottalico, Roberto Alomar, Ty Wigginton, Vince Coleman, Wellington Mara, Winning Howard Megadal, still running hard, brought his campaign to AMAZIN’ ALL-STAR MONDAY last night at Two Boots Grand Central and no doubt earned himself some votes with a winning stump speech and earnest Q&A. Thanks to Howard for setting the stage and Marty Noble taking it from there. Marty’s session, covered beautifully by Matt Artus […] The Megdal for GM campaign has come to Faith and Fear. If you’re a connoiseur of other Mets blogs in addition to this one (and it’s OK if you are), you’re probably aware writer Howard Megdal is running hard for the office of New York Mets general manager. While there is no known election for […] |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
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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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