Faith and Fear in Flushing has obtained a prototype of the commemorative patch* to be worn by all Mets players next season in celebration of their unmatched record of consistency at Atlanta’s Turner Field. “Wanna buy a Pennant Race Pack?” a patch department official asked. “First dibs on post-season seats!” Operators, he added, are standing by.
 
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. |
This should bother me. It doesn’t. This should be terrible. It isn’t. This should feel…not like it does. I’m at peace tonight. There is nothing more I can do, nothing more I can say, nothing more I can even think. It’s over. I knew it would be over eventually. I didn’t know how it would end but if I […] At the end of the 1998 season, a moment in time that I seem to be referencing quite a bit lately, I came to a decision: I would no longer be a baseball fan. I started by not watching or listening to, other than to get a score, the Giants-Cubs playoff game that determined the winner of […] You may now purchase Finazzle Grout Cleaner and Finazzle Soap Scum Remover at all Home Depot Stores in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC and in the Philadelphia area. All Finazzle products are also available at all Publix Supermarkets. Finazzle Grout Cleaner and Soap Scum Remover are absolutely guaranteed to do exactly […] It was the best of sixths. It was the…yeah, it was the best. The short season that just passed — the 28 games encompassing August 5 through September 4 — ended with a record of 16-12 and a winning percentage of .571. That's the best Mets' mark compiled in such a period since we began paying […] The Redbirds were glowing with success as they lined up in the narrow runway between their locker room and the ball field. They were serene, confident and rich. They followed their drillmaster, Dr. Walter C. Eberhardt of St. Louis University, to the grass along the first base line. “Con-grat-u-lations on your last season,” Eberhardt sang […] You and your Unholy Books. Ever since I bore witness to them almost five years ago, I have rooted for them and for their contents to flourish. I keep up on who's a new Met first and foremost in order to confirm with you the status of the next entry within those heretofore sacred volumes. Therefore, […] That was it? That was the vaunted “roll” we waited to get on for 4-1/2 months? Nine of eleven against three certifiably lousy teams and one that's roughly our peer? Now it's over? That ain't gonna cut it. Neither is the new math, the one in which we have now lost five of six. It's a […] The year was 1980. I was 17 years old. I learned the truth at 17. I learned that advertising slogans are come-ons, not guarantees. I learned that a few dozen wins in the middle of summer does not mean a pennant is in the offing. I learned that every promising story doesn’t have a happy ending, just […] Editor's Note: As you are probably aware, baseball blogs can expand their rosters beginning September 1. We at Faith and Fear in Flushing have called up Dodd, a young blogger with great stuff, for the stretch drive. He's a little raw, but we hope you enjoy his debut. The Mets suck. The Mets totally suck. I'm serious. I […] |
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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